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  • February 3, 2018 - Midwest/Canada: Standing Tall

    Ivan Dalos improves the breed at Tall Oaks Farm By Jennifer Morrison IVAN DALOS HAS A KNACK for nicks. The Toronto, Ontario, businessman will tell you his foray into Thoroughbred racing and breeding began purely by chance. He will tell you one of the first horses he bred, Victory Gallop—who stunned the racing world when he won the 1998 Belmont ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-13-2018

  • Dr. Fager 1968 Part 2: Epic Battles With Damascus

    It was a time when handicaps were truly handicaps and not the feeble imitation into which they have mutated. A time when trainers accepted weights and weren’t afraid to put their horses in a position to get beat. A time when great horses not only carried heavy burdens, but broke track records in spite of them. A time when trainers were as ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-09-2018

  • January 27, 2018 - West Coast: Golden Eight

    An octet of new stallions sets up shop in California for 2018 By Evan Hammonds THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS of the Thoroughbred breeding and commercial markets in California are no dif-ferent than the ones in other states. Horsemen ponder the dwindling foal crop size and wonder what it will take to get more mares, and more “quality” mares, to their ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-09-2018

  • Vino Rosso Looks Live in Sam F. Davis Stakes

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues this Saturday with the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) at Tampa Bay Downs, and although just seven horses have been entered in the 8.5-furlong race, the quality of the field is above average and the race should be very ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 02-08-2018

  • TIP Grows But Doesn't Ignore Non-Competition Riders

    By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea  In only six years The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Incentive Program—a program that offers annual awards for off-track Thoroughbreds to encourage the retraining of racehorses—has grown from offering awards and classes at 150 horse shows to 1,200 shows in 42 states and six Canadian provinces for 2018.  In ...
    Posted to Inside Aftercare (Weblog) by Erin Shea on 02-07-2018

  • January 20, 2018 - Reproductive Problems in Mares

    Reproductive Problems in Mares by Heather Smith Thomas BROODMARE MANAGEMENT CAN BE CHALLENGING, trying to get every mare safely in foal. There are many reproductive problems frequently en-countered and some that are rare, according to Dr. Claire Freeman. She worked in a Thoroughbred practice in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and abroad in Australia ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by emorgan on 02-07-2018

  • Super Dreams - By Evan Hammonds

    The highest-rated television program year in and year out is the Super Bowl, proving the NFL is king among sporting events in North America. Regardless of whom one was rooting for, Super Bowl LII, played indoors Feb. 4 in Minnesota, was a great game, taking us deep into the evening. The pace and scoring of the game between the Philadelphia Eagles ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-07-2018

  • January 27, 2018 - Southeast: Sons Shine in Ocala

    Third generation of O’Farrells carry the ball at Ocala Stud By Lenny Shulman HISTORY ISN’T ALWAYS FLASHY. Of course, there are highlights, but strung out over many years, the institutions that survive are the ones whose tent poles include solidity and soundness. It’s the steak, not the sizzle. There are no fancy copper cupolas atop the barns ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-07-2018

  • Derby Dozen - February 6, 2018 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Good Magic Chad Brown Curlin—Glinda the Good, by Hard Spun He followed up his :48 2/5 half-mile work with a solid five-eighths drill in 1:01, third fastest of 28 works at the distance. The Champagne form took a bit of a hit with the defeats of Firenze Fire and Enticed in the Holy Bull Stakes, but he’s come a long way since then even ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-06-2018

  • Dr. Fager and the Greatest Year Ever Part 1

    It is 2018, which means it’s the 50th anniversary of what many believe to be the single greatest year by a Thoroughbred in modern times--certainly the greatest year I have ever seen. No horse has ever excelled at as many facets of the sport in one year as did the legendary Dr. Fager, who combined world-record speed from seven furlongs to 1 1/4 ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-02-2018
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