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Add Dogears to Your Thoroughbred Sales Catalog

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Here's a quick, easy way to fold the catalog page so that you can find the pages you want quickly and easily. No origami required, I promise....

Remembering Real Quiet

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Just for fun... remembering Real Quiet and looking forward to Midnight Lute's promising stud career....

Who's the Famous Thoroughbred? (November 2009 edition)

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Armed with a photo and a few clues, can you identify famous Thoroughbreds from the past? Here are six oldies that will challenge your memory -- and your research skills....

Hard-Knocking Eagle Time Serves Double Duty

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Eagle Time has an interesting story. From the Alleged/Hoist the Flag sire line, this 12-year-old stallion ran from 2 to 7, served a few years at stud, and is now back at the track because running is what he most loves in all the world....

New Horse Park Program for Retired Thoroughbreds

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A new trail training course at the Maker's Mark Secretariat Center in the Kentucky Horse Park will allow off-the-track Thoroughbreds to be schooled over natural trails....

Thoroughbred Bloodlines for Performance Sports

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Thoroughbred horses do more than run fast. They're a true equine athlete -- but are certain bloodlines more likely to produce a good jumper or a graceful dressage mount?...

How About a Calvin Crown?

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If everything works out just right, Calvin Borel could create his own jockey version of the Triple Crown....

Kentucky Derby By the Numbers -- How the 2009 Runners Stack Up by Dosage

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With few exceptions, Derby winners have adhered to a Dosage rule for decades. Will future generations of Thoroughbreds force the rule to be re-written?...

This Is a 'Dam Good!' Story

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If you like reading about great Thoroughbred broodmares, take the phone off the hook, cancel your dinner plans, make yourself comfortable, and take a look at this....

Larry Jones Talks Thoroughbred Pedigrees

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What's better than listening to an interview with training great Larry Jones? Having him answer YOUR questions!...

Will the Good Old Days of Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing Ever Return?

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Ferris Bueller inspires me to take a critical look at some of what we're doing wrong in the Thoroughbred industry. ...

Oh No... THOSE Can't Be Thoroughbreds

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Hiding beneath that wooly beast is a real live Thoroughbred!...

A Morning at the Gallops

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Training styles differ throughout the world -- the uphill gallops and large strings of U.K. trainers are a fascinating difference from conventional methods in the U.S....

Walking Pedigrees

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A chance encounter at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud beats out any stallion parade I've ever seen....

Arrival at Newmarket

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I've hopped the pond and after a series of trips on the London Underground and the National Rail, I've arrived in Newmarket for a few days' stay....

Storm Cat Back in Service -- For $20,000 -- Yes, Really

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Oh, it's true -- Storm Cat is back in stud service. There's one little detail, though, that puts a twist on things......

Thoroughbred Horse Names

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Secretariat wasn't the first choice of names for the Triple Crown champ. In fact, it wasn't one of the first FIVE names submitted to The Jockey Club. From Secretariat to Smarty Jones, let's look at how racehorses have been given names over the years....

Thoroughbred Horse Photos - Contest Results

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Birdcatcher was NOT one of the images in this edition of the Thoroughbred photos contest -- check in for the final results!...

Thoroughbred Photo Trivia Contest

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Four new race horse photos will challenge you in the most recent edition of "Name That Thoroughbred!"...

About Those Photos...

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The weekend photo contest exposed a few readers as true Turf historians -- not all of the pictures were easy but we had a couple of perfect responses....

Friday Fun - Name That Horse!

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This time, let's make it interesting: the winner (randomly selected from the best responses) will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Blood-Horse Photo Store....

Friday Fun -- Can You Name This Horse?

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I'm not too good at recognizing horses just by their pictures. This one's pretty well-known, though... ...

Dear Memories

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For a Thoroughbred breeder, few things are more exciting than watching a new crop of yearlings tearing across the field in youthful rivalry. But not everything is always as it seems....

Domino Delivers

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It might be fiction, but this story's equine details are terrific. Think War Admiral ... Blue Larkspur ... and a Domino-line sire. Thoroughbred pedigree fans, you don't want to miss this....

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