The Blood-Horse Regionals

Stories about North American farm owners, racehorse owners, and breeders from the pages of The Blood-Horse magazine.

02/19/11 West Coast: Claims Adjuster

  • February 15, 2011
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Not too many people campaign two millionaires in their lifetime. Don Van Kempen took it further and found his seven-figure earners via the claim box. For $25,000 in 2003, he claimed Moscow Burning. She...

02/19/11 Southwest: Oklahoma Opportunity

  • February 15, 2011
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Ellen Caines hasn’t changed a bit when it comes to horses. “I remember when I was a little girl, my mom and dad would say that wherever we went I could find a horse within a five-mile radius,” she said...

02/05/2011 Southeast: Royal Flush

  • February 08, 2011
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Retirement is a dirty word to Harold Queen. The 75-year-old Florida resident said he works “seven days a week” and doesn’t plan to stop “until I’m dead.” While many men his age in the Sunshine State are...

02/05/2011 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Scary Good

  • February 01, 2011
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Tarry Bratton is standing outside the stallion barn on a sun-splashed late October morning when his cell phone trills. Scanning the caller ID, his eyebrows arch. After a brief conversation a huge smile...

02/05/2011 Midwest/Canada: Cara Climbs

  • February 01, 2011
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Even given the global recession and resultant downturn of business in the Thoroughbred industry, pockets of progressive commerce exist, particularly in places such as New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and now...

01/29/11 West Coast: Special Treatment

  • January 25, 2011
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As a heart surgeon who helped develop coronary bypass surgery—a procedure performed on more than 1.5 million people a year—Dr. Mark Dedomenico has dedicated his career to improving the lives of humans...

01/22/11 Southeast: Diamond ‘Dude’

  • January 18, 2011
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The Thoroughbred business is a family affair for Donald Dizney, who has been involved in breeding and racing for more than 20 years. Go to the website for his Florida-based Double Diamond Farm and you...

01/22/11 Southwest: Cedar Creek Takes Root

  • January 18, 2011
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Cedar Creek Ranch near Grenville, N. Mex., is pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and Richard and Connie Snyder seem to like it that way. Nestled in the northeast corner of the Land of Enchantment, the...

01/11/11 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Dealing In Delaware

  • January 11, 2011
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A lifetime of hard work, dedication, and sacrifice has all come together to make Bessie Gruwell one of the most respected women in racing, not only at her home base of Delaware Park but in the Mid-Atlantic...

12/25/2010 Midwest: Hoosiers Go Higher

  • December 21, 2010
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Indiana is known as the “Crossroads of America” because of its central location and interstate highway system. The state’s horse racing industry has benefited from a geographical perspective, given Indiana...

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