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  • February 7, 2015 - Midwest/Canada Regional: Sitting on Go in Ohio

    For the Ohio Horse Racing Industry Nov. 24, 2014, marked both an end and a beginning. by Tom LaMarra It was the day of the inaugural live Thoroughbred racing program at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course, the last of seven tracks in the state to offer video lottery terminals and live racing simultaneously. And with that, Ohio ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-18-2015

  • February 7, 2015 - West Coast: Horse Power

    Retired BMW dealer Nick Alexander gets runners by Grazen by Tracy Gantz Nick Alexander never intended to enter the breeding business, let alone stand a stallion. LIke many other Thoroughbred owners, he started acquiring horses to watch them compete on the racetrack. With his home-bred sire Grazen, however, Alexander has discovered more enjoyment ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-18-2015

  • An Election Mulligan - by Eric Mitchell

    The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association must hold another election.If the association’s goal is truly to operate with transparency, then the NYTHA board of directors has no choice but to re-run last fall’s election that selected a president and 10 directors. The compelling reason for a do-over: Slightly more than 30% of eligible members, ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-18-2015

  • January 24, 2015 - Young Horse Health Threats

    Protect your foal from these three important causes of young horse illness by Dr. Stacey Oke Foals can stand within a mere 120 minutes of birth. They're unsteady, ungraceful, and uncoordinated, getting their limbs in a tangle and tumbling every which way, yet they almost always achieve an upright stance. And while it might take a bit of ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-03-2015

  • January 24, 2015 - Southeast: Good and Lucky

    Eddie Plesa Jr. rewarded with Itsmyluckyday by Steve Haskin Like many other trainers, Eddie Plesa Jr. believes in karma, good luck charms, and whatever other-worldly powers that might give his horses an edge. After all, in a profession where you lose 80% of the time, any edge is appreciated. Therefore, when Plesa and his wife, Laurie, ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-03-2015

  • Patriots' Dynasty Began with Tiznow

    As long as the New England Patriots keep winning Super Bowls, and doing it in such dramatic fashion, I will keep telling this story, which first appeared in a much shorter version in 2001 and has been expanded since. What better time to re-tell it yet again,16 years after it all began. This time the story shifts to a wild and crazy night in ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-02-2015

  • January 17, 2015 - Southwest: Crowne for a Song

    Songandaprayer puts Copper Crowne front and center by Lenny Shulman If you're a big believer in quality over quantity, the Stallion Station at Copper Crowne Equestrian Center near Opelousas, La., is for you. With the sale of El Corredor to Turkey after the 2014 breeding season, just one stallion calls Copper Crowne home, but he is absolutely ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 01-27-2015

  • Derby Dozen - January 27, 2015 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Texas Red Keith Desormeaux Afleet Alex—Ramatuelle, by Jeune Homme He’s been working steadily, with each work an improvement. Pace setup or no pace setup, he was spectacular in the BC Juvenile and had the race won by the quarter pole. Devastating turn of foot; reminds me of Afleet Alex in many ways. Bred to run all day and 3x4 inbreeding to ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by Jennifer Whittle on 01-27-2015

  • Chrome Team Shut Out

    It’s been 24 years since a Kentucky Derby winner won the Breeders’ Cup Classic. During those 24 years, only eight Derby winners even made it to the Classic, and only one of them finished in the money. That horse was California Chrome, who finished third, beaten only two necks. And he managed to accomplish that with only one prep race since the ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Jennifer Whittle on 01-07-2015

  • December 13, 2014 - West Coast: Labor of Love

    Brazeau Farms caters to each individual horse by Tracy Gantz Shivareen Sky, an 18-year-old stakes-winning broodmare, can't get the food she needs when pastured with other mares because she lets them bully her. Yet when housed by herself, she bcomes upset and lonely. Either way, she doesn't eat.  Nadine Anderson, co-owner and ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 12-23-2014
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