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Sammy Meets Hard Spun

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Emerging young writer Maria Michalak submits a guest blog entry about a girl named Sammy and the inspiration she found from grade I winner Hard Spun that helped her fight a battle with anorexia. ...

Guest Blog: A Nurse Mare Named Goldie

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Blood-Horse editorial intern Kelsey Riley writes a guest blog entry about her experiences working with a nurse mare Goldie and her adopted foal, Katie....

Buy a Derby Hat, Save a Horse

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Polly Singer of Georgetown has designed three Derby hats that will benefit the Kentucky Equine Humane Center...

Inside the Foaling Barn: A Five-Day Diary

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Blood-Horse editorial intern Kelsey Riley blogs about her experiences while delivering foals at a major Central Kentucky Thoroughbred farm....

Meet the Sansones: Winners on the Track, and in the Show Dog Ring

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Steve and Cynthia Sansone, who are 20-year veterans of the Thoroughbred business, have a new-found passion in dog showing that has quickly evolved into award-winning endeavor....

Pancho Update: Livin' it Up at Oaklawn Park

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Scott Blasi gives an update on infamous lead pony Pancho and what he's been up to since the retirement of Curlin. ...

Thoroughbreds in Tinsel Town

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In this entry, I examined how real horses portrayed some of the creatures in "Avatar," and I interviewed Hollywood horse trainer Cari Swanson about what former Thoroughbred racehorses have been retrained to star in various films....

New Blog: Behind-the-Scenes Experiences and Happy Endings

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This blog will take a look at some of my fun, behind-the-scenes experiences and oddball encounters while working in the Thoroughbred industry, and it will also include some of the rescue stories and triumphs in racing that often get lost in the shuffle, but need to be told. In my first entry, I will share with you the retirement and retraining story of Buster Bailey....