The Blood-Horse Regionals

2/13/10 Southwest: All in, In Oklahoma

• February 09, 2010
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Saturdays for high school students usually mean sleeping late, goofing off with friends, or perhaps attending a sporting event, depending on the season. Not for Joe Carter. A native of Tulsa, Carter spent...

2/6/10 Northeast: Mighty Penn

• February 09, 2010
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One of Mike Jester’s most vivid memories of an afternoon spent at the racetrack occurred April 14, 1977, a day he decided to visit Garden State Park in Cherry Hill, N.J. In mid-afternoon, after being invited...

2/6/10 Midwest/Canada: Going Green

• February 09, 2010
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1/16/10 Northeast: Growing the Garden

• January 14, 2010
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With the loss of two major racetracks over the years and continuous battles with the Atlantic City casinos and state legislature to get slots, New Jersey racing is struggling to remain competitive with...

1/16/10 West Coast: A Gem at Emerald

• January 14, 2010
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Recognition in the Thoroughbred industry comes slowly, if at all, for a horseman who plies his trade in the great Northwest. But for Howard Belvoir—a trainer, owner, and breeder who got his start in the...

1/9/10 Southwest: Triple Threat

• January 06, 2010
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The travel arrangements were made. The horse was ready to go. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate. Snow in Louisiana? So Richard Owens ended up watching the $750,000 Boyd Gaming’s Delta Jackpot...

1/2/10 Midwest: Mission Accomplished

• January 06, 2010
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Innovation. Progress. Leadership. These are just a few of the words used over the years to describe what David Willmot has brought to the horse racing industry in Ontario since he bulled his way into the...

12/12/09 West Coast: Acting Out

• December 09, 2009
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The Roman numeral in back of Don Ameche III’s name not only denotes his ancestral lineage, it also marks the third generation of his family that has been involved in the Thoroughbred business. Having entered...

12/12/09 Southwest: Cowboy Care

• December 09, 2009
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Tom and Sandy McKenna believe in the “cowboy way” when it comes to raising good horses at their 1,200-acre McKenna Thoroughbreds near Taiban in the eastern part of New Mexico. “It’s wide, open fields and...

11/11/09 Northeast: Better With Backer

• November 11, 2009
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O ver the years William Backer has discovered that things go better with racing. The retired songwriting guru, known during his professional career as the man who coined many famous slogans and jingles...