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Joe Palmer, the former associate editor of The Blood-Horse, and celebrated columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, once began one of his pieces: “There are several ways of putting a column together. One is to work. This is generally frowned on in the profession. The other is to sit opposite John B. Campbell, a steward at Hialeah and the racing ...

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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman One of the annual highlights of the Keeneland fall meet is the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. I), a nine-furlong race that pits some of the best three-year-old turf fillies against each other in a race that often serves as a prep for the Breeders' Cup Filly ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea The 2017 Thoroughbred Makeover presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America had approximately 300 horses compete in 10 different disciplines all in one weekend at one venue. From Oct. 5-Oct. 8, the Kentucky Horse Park was packed with off-track Thoroughbreds and their owners, trainers, and fans from all walks of the ...

The term “October surprise” is usually pegged to the presidential election cycle, but the Thoroughbred world received a pretty good one when John Sikura and Ken Ramsey announced that Kitten’s Joy, the leading sire of 2013 and a four-time leading turf sire in the U.S., would be moving from Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky., to Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ ...

Keen Ice may have lost the battle, as in the $750,000 purse of the Jockey Club Gold Cup, but don't be surprised when the war is over on the evening of November 4 he is the last one standing. Yes, we are all well aware that Keen Ice is not known for hoisting many victory flags, and no one would be brazen enough to say he is going to go to the ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Even though the primary goal of the 21-year-old ReRun Thoroughbred Adoption is to find second careers and new homes off the track for retired Thoroughbred racehorses, the organization gets significant attention from a few of its permanent residents.  One of the most popular is Saratoga Snacks, who won almost ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With just four weeks remaining until the Breeders' Cup, the second ''Super Saturday'' of Breeders' Cup prep races is coming up this weekend. All told, ten Grade 1 races are scheduled to be held from Friday through Sunday at Belmont Park, Santa Anita, and Keeneland. Let's take a look ...

How good are things in the Thoroughbred world these days? Well, there’s always the doomsday brigade, but in actuality, the breeding and racing business was on a pretty good roll in September. Why the upbeat mood? Spirited action in the auction arena through the summer and early fall and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s good work on ...