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.postComments { DISPLAY: none } .commentsContainer { DISPLAY: none } .commentForm { DISPLAY: none } Case Clay, president of Three Chimneys Farm, will be the next guest on bloodhorse.com’s Talkin’ Horses. Case Clay returned to the Three Chimneys Team in 2004 after a year at the Irish ...

Ulysses S. Grant is moving down on the Top 10 worst presidents lists.  He went from being the second worst to being the eighth worst.  Pretty soon he’ll be in the meaningless middle of presidents you can’t get excited about in one way or the other.Regardless, the move didn’t dissuade General Grant, aka Lance Ingmire of The Friends of ...

When we launched the new NTRA.com in early March, we promised that additional elements would be phased in over the coming months. We soon added NTRALive! webcasts featuring broadcast quality productions of some the best races leading to the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup. In June, we debuted a virtual horse race game, including a weekly feature ...

Since its inception in 1981, the Arlington Million has showcased some of the most talented turf runners from around the world. Rank these past winners of this prestigious race: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/ArlingtonMillionWinners.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left ...

(Originally published in the August 21, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell“You need to have passion for anything you are involved in, whether it is racing off-road cars or breeding horses—otherwise you’re just spinning your ...

Children wearing Halloween costumes poured into the racecourse on Friday the 13th to put the whammy on triskaidekaphobia.  Meanwhile, the topic of uniforms was discussed from one end of the grandstand to the other.  On Thursday, NYRA told the white caps that they’re no longer permitted to wear decorative pins on their red vests.  No ...

Brien Bouyea, the Director of Communications for the Racing Museum, is planning for a capacity crowd at the Fasig-Tipton pavilion on Friday morning to see seven new members have their names permanently inscribed in the Hall of Fame. The frequently tedious show will be telecast live throughout the grounds of the yearling barns for people who aren’t ...

With Point Given being inducted into the Hall of Fame Friday, I am reprinting my recap of the 2001 Belmont Stakes. It was a day of princes, presidents, and Pegasus. With Belmont Park rocking from the surge of electricity generated by the presence of former President Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), Point ...

The bottom floor of the Carousel Restaurant was closed to the $2 bettors who go there to eat, drink and be merry.  In their place, the first Saratoga Handicapping Challenge was held for serious horseplayers with $1000 to spend on an entry fee.  Six women and 99 men constituted the registered field of 100 participants allowed by the rules ...