Magazine Features

Gem Finder - By Paul Von Hippel

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:48:07 GMT

From the March 2022 issue of BloodHorse Magazine.

‘Speed Above Replacement Jockey’ Metric Can Uncover Underappreciated Riders

By PAUL VON HIPPEL

OVER THE PAST 30 years, sport after sport has revised the way it measures athletic performance—replacing older statistics with new metrics that more accurately identify which players can help a team win. Many teams, managers, and coaches that adopted new performance metrics early enjoyed an edge in identifying, recruiting, and deploying top contributors overlooked by their rivals.

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Promotional Feature: Boarding - Finding the Right Fit

Michelle Benson — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:31:49 GMT

For every homebred raised on a private farm, there are many more Thoroughbred owners and breeders who place their horses at boarding farms—a decision that can be critical in a horse's development.

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Promotional Feature: Boarding - Home Is Where The Horse Is

Michelle Benson — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:20:27 GMT

That Thoroughbreds are a tricky investment is well-known to all par-ticipants in the industry. There is a lot of money passing hands for a most-fragile commodity, meaning that the care and welfare of the animal should be paramount to all involved. Choosing where to board your broodmare and, subsequently, where to raise your foal are crucial decisions not to be made without careful study and examination of all alternatives.

Fortunately, many such top-shelf boarding operations exist throughout the country to give that special care to your Thoroughbred. What follows are profiles of some of the leading facilities.

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Promotional Feature: Boarding - Home Is Where The Horse Is

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:32:39 GMT

Fortunately, many such top-shelf boarding operations exist throughout the country to give that special care to your Thoroughbred. What follows are profiles of some of the leading facilities.

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Promotional Feature: Breaking & Training 2019 - 20

Michelle Benson — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:56:05 GMT

BUYING A YEARLING IS THE EASIEST PART of acquiring a racing prospect. Next for the young Thoroughbred lies many lessons to learn, with patience and experience going a long way toward ensuring these lessons are taught well.

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Promotional Feature: Breaking & Training 2019 - 20

Blood-Horse Staff — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:43:53 GMT

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Promotional Feature: Boarding - Home Is Where The Horse Is

Blood-Horse Staff — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:45:42 GMT

That Thoroughbreds are a tricky investment is well-known to all participants in the industry. There is a lot of money passing hands for a most-fragile commodity, meaning that the care and welfare of the animal should be paramount to all involved. Choosing where to board your broodmare and, subsequently, where to raise your foal, are crucial decisions not to be made without careful study and examination of all alternatives. A proper facility should have the tools, experience, and horsemanship to ensure the safety and welfare of its Thoroughbred charges, as well as the proper physical layout and access to top veterinary care. You’ll want staff members who are well-versed in timely communications with you, the client.

Fortunately, many such top-shelf boarding operations exist throughout the country to give that special care to your Thoroughbred. What follows are profiles of some of the leading facilities.

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Promotional Feature: Breaking & Training - Making Successful Runners

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:36:44 GMT

ALL ONE NEEDS TO DO IS LISTEN to the pride in the voice of the people who worked with Triple Crown winner Justify when he was a yearling to understand the importance of the breaking and early training process in the
success of the Thoroughbred runner. In a matter of a couple of months, Justify evolved from a sales yearling who needed time to grow from a willing student learning the fundamentals of his upcoming career and into a complete racehorse.

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Promotional Feature: Boarding - Home Is Where The Horse Is

Blood-Horse Staff — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:08:43 GMT

That Thoroughbreds are a tricky investment is well-known to all participants in the industry. There is a lot of money passing hands for a most-fragile commodity, meaning that the care and welfare of the animal should be of paramount importance to all involved. Choosing where to board your broodmare and, subsequently, where to raise your foal are crucial decisions not to be made without careful study and examination of all alternatives. A proper facility should have the tools, experience, and horsemanship to ensure the safety and welfare of its Thoroughbred charges, as well as the proper physical layout and access to top veterinary care. You’ll want staff members who are well-versed in timely communications with you, the client.

Fortunately, many such top-shelf boarding operations exist throughout the country to give that special care to your Thoroughbred. What follows aims to educate horsemen about some of the leading facilities.

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Promotional Feature: Keeneland November Owner Spotlight

emorgan — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:57:58 GMT

Keeneland is the world's largest Thoroughbred auction house, and its September yearling and November breeding stock sales are globally significant to the Thoroughbred industry. This year’s November sale offers an outstanding selection of graded stakes-winning fillies and mares, graded stakes producers, exceptional weanlings, and horses of racing age. Book 1 covers two days, Nov. 7-8, with sessions starting at 11 a.m.

“Book 1 just has a great feel to it,” said Mark Taylor of the Taylor Made Sales Agency. “It is a select group of horses. There aren’t a huge number, and you get a good mix of top-end foals and elite broodmares. We’ve sold many, many, many million-dollar mares over at Keeneland, and it’s just a great environment."

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Penny Chenery Tribute

Blood-Horse Staff — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:14:57 GMT

Remembering Penny Chenery from the September 23, 2017 issue of BloodHorse.

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THERE ARE TWO INDELIBLE MOMENTS that reflect the es-sence of Helen “Penny” Chenery. They occurred mere yards from one another, yet 42 years apart. In the box seats at Belmont Park, there was Penny (Tweedy then) in 1973 after her Secretariat had won the Belmont Stakes (G1) in record time by 31 lengths and by extension the Triple Crown, thrusting her arms above her head in exultation, giving a double-handed wave to those fortunate enough to be assembled in the grandstand below, witnesses to history. And then in 2015 she sat in a nearby box with Patrice Wolfson, the owner of 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed, watching American Pharoah join the echelon of Triple Crown winners. Penny was delighted for the new member of the exclusive club because his emergence was good for racing. But when someone mentioned how fast American Pharoah had completed the 12-furlong course, Penny didn’t hesitate. “Not fast enough,” she shot back.

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Promotional Feature: Keeneland September Book 1 Showcase

emorgan — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 20:25:47 GMT

A revitalized Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale begins Monday, Sept. 11, at 3 p.m. By showcasing a critical mass of upper-market horses, 167 elite yearlings, Keeneland has created a “must attend” event for the leading buyers and sellers of Thoroughbreds around the globe.

With a nod to the “go-go” days of the 1980s and their multi-million-dollar yearlings during the Keeneland July yearling sale, this year’s one-day “super session” kicks off the first week of the September sale. Book 2 offers 1,036 top-quality yearlings over three days that run through Thursday, Sept. 14.

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Promotional Feature: Breaking & Training - Readying Runners

Blood-Horse Staff — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:36:37 GMT

EVERY STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT of successful racehorses is important, but few are as crucial as the education they receive during breaking and early training. With the yearling sales in full swing, buyers are looking for the outfits that can put the best mental and physical foundation under their purchases to transition them into talented runners.

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Promotional Feature: Breaking & Training - Off To The Races

Blood-Horse Staff — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 20:11:58 GMT

BUYING A YEARLING IS THE EASIEST PART of acquiring a racing prospect. Next for the young Thoroughbred lies many lessons to be learned, with patience and experience going a long way toward ensuring these lessons are taught well. Aside from merely accepting a bit, a saddle, and a rider, the developing racehorse needs to become accustomed to the routine of the backside, the tight quarters of a starting gate, and how to relax when racing in company. Equally important, the young athlete must be fit and ready to compete when it moves on to the track. In this special section are insights into some of the country’s leading training centers and what makes their programs successful year after year. With research, finding a quality training center can be the second-easiest decision an owner can make.

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Promotional Feature: Boarding - Finding The Right Fit

Blood-Horse Staff — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:59:29 GMT

That Thoroughbreds are a tricky investment is well-known to all participants in the industry. There is a lot of money passing hands for a most-fragile commodity, meaning that the care and welfare of the animal should be of paramount importance to all involved. Choosing where to board your broodmare and, subsequently, where to raise your foal are crucial decisions not to be made without careful study and examination of all alternatives. A proper facility should have the tools, experience, and horsemanship to ensure the safety and welfare of its Thoroughbred charges, as well as the proper physical layout and access to top veterinary care. You’ll want staff members who are well-versed in timely communications with you, the client.

Fortunately, many such top-shelf boarding operations exist throughout the country to give that special care to your Thoroughbred. What follows aims to educate horsemen about some of the leading facilities.

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