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  • January 9, 2016 - Southwest Regional: Sweet Success

    James and Phyllis Hodges work hard at horses By Gary McMillen Detour or Destiny? Sometimes an unexpected twist or turn can affect a life’s direction. For instance when the steam boiler exploded at itta Bena High School in rural Mississippi one September morning, the blast would push a 17-year-old boy named James “Sweet” Hodges toward an ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-21-2016

  • Derby Dozen - January 19, 2016 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    Be sure to read the first official Derby Dozen in Blood-Horse magazine next week! 1 Greenpointcrusader Dominick Schettino Bernardini—Ava Knowsthecode, by Cryptoclearance I know everyone  is shocked to see this and that I’m going against conventional wisdom and perhaps all logic, but I’ve been wavering back and forth among the top 3 and ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-19-2016

  • California Chrome Meets Mr. Peabody

     If California Chrome were on Facebook, here are some comments you might be reading, and I don’t mean all those human run Facebook pages. I mean comments from the real thing. Well, so to speak.*******OK, I bowed out for almost an entire year to give the stage I once shined upon to American Pharoah in order to let history run its course. I had ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-10-2016

  • December 12, 2015 - Northeast / Mid-Atlatnic: Friendly Invasion

     International spice brings good flavor to Keane Stud by Terese Karmel When Spendthrift farm decided to send Normandy Invasion to stand at Keane Stud near Amenia, N.Y., the addition of the 5-year-old son of Tapit to the farm’s stallion roster not only ramped up its offerings but also touched the roots of its French-born farm ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-04-2016

  • December 12, 2015 - West Coast: Tough Love

     Jim Cassidy can train all types by Tracy Gantz Jim Cassidy didn’t set out to specialize in training tough horses. But as he continues to succeed with head cases that other trainers might have given up on, that reputation has been building. Take one of his current stars, multiple graded stakes winner Prize Exhibit, owned by Deron Pearson’s ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-04-2016

  • Why Women Will Keep Racing Alive

    Although this column is about the importance of the passion women bring to racing and the horses, we must begin by deviating from the intended path in order to lead up to it properly, with the help of a famous movie character in a famous movie and a link to American Pharoah.There has been a deluge of words written about American Pharoah over the ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-03-2016

  • December 5, 2015 - Southwest: A&A Cleans Up

    Fred and Linda Alexander bring exciting sires to New Mexico by Lenny Shulman SometimeS it’S the Simple thingS that matter the most. Following the wishes of his ailing father a dozen years ago, Fred alexander left a job on the railroad to take care of some Quarter horse mares his dad cherished on a small farm near anthony, n.m. although the mares ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 12-30-2015

  • December 5, 2015 - Southeast: Good Drama

    Hal Queen breeds royalty by Julie Hazelwood Castro  Harold “Hal” Queen has gone from horseplayer to trainer to the proud owner of a homebred champion and Breeders’ Cup World Championships winner. Auspicious decisions with a dash of unwitting good fate have shaped not only his life but also his influence on the modern breeding industry in ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 12-30-2015

  • December 5, 2015 - Nutrition: Broodmare Care

     Fetal Programming: The Importance of Nutrition in Pregnancy by Heather Smith Thomas  The future of a developing embryo/fetus depends upon the health and nutrition of the dam. This formative time for the foal can be adversely influenced by the uterine environment if the mare is exposed to certain diseases, toxins, or a poor ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by aspradling on 12-30-2015

  • Say Goodbye to Louisville

    Although I have covered my last Kentucky Derby and very well may have gazed  upon the Twin Spires for the final time, the Run for the Roses still encompasses a great deal of my life through the Derby Dozen, which is rapidly approaching. Gone are the 4:30 wake-up calls and prowling the Churchill backstretch at 5:15. Gone are the drives ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 12-29-2015
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