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  • November 12, 2016 - West Coast Regional: Feather in His Cap

    Gary Fenton of Little Red Feather helps bring owners into racing by Tracy Gantz WHEN LIFELONG FRIEND Billy Koch asked Gary Fenton for some legal advice in structuring a Thoroughbred ownership partnership, little did Fenton know it would change his life. Previously a full-time entertainment attorney with a racing interest on the side, Fenton ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-22-2016

  • November 12, 2016 - Preparing Mares for Breeding

    Preparing Mares for Breeding by Heather Smith Thomas TO GET EVERY MARE safely in foal, it pays to start preparing for breeding well ahead of when you plan to breed her. This means an assessment of health, nutrition and body condition, a breeding soundness examination, and addressing any problems early enough to be able to correct them. Teeth ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-17-2016

  • Competitive Field Assembles for the Delta Downs Jackpot

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitte: @J_Keelerman With its $1,000,000 purse, the Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes (gr. III) at Delta Downs would be a major race even if it didn't have Kentucky Derby implications, but as an official Kentucky Derby prep race--offering 10 qualification points to the winner--the Jackpot has even more ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 11-17-2016

  • Promotional Feature: Boarding - Finding The Right Fit

    That Thoroughbreds are a tricky investment is well-known to all participants in the industry. There is a lot of money passing hands for a most-fragile commodity, meaning that the care and welfare of the animal should be of paramount importance to all involved. Choosing where to board your broodmare and, subsequently, where to raise your foal are ...
    Posted to Magazine Features (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-16-2016

  • Memories of Sham Rekindled With New Book

    I saw an ad yesterday for a new book on Sham, titled “Sham: Great Was Second Best,” by Phil Dandrea. It is the second book written on Secretariat’s adversary, the first being “Sham: In the Shadow of a Superhorse,” by Mary Walsh. With Sham sort of back in the spotlight again, I went back to a 2009 column I wrote on the colt and felt enough ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-16-2016

  • Breeding Futures - By Evan Hammonds

    As the results of the presidential election unfolded before the nation Nov. 8, it didn’t matter whether one was tracking the vote tallies on FOX News, CNN, or MSNBC—all spectrums of media pointed to the plunge in the futures market of the New York Stock Exchange as Donald Trump’s victory seemed more likely. The thought that crossed our mind at ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-16-2016

  • Arrogate Adds New Dimension to Pegasus Cup

    Several months ago, Dan Schafer, who does not own a single racehorse, but has purchased a spot in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup, was looking forward to the next couple of months when the wheeling and dealing begins to fill the starting gate with 12 top-class horses at $1 million a pop. The situation then looked pretty obvious. Anyone with ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-15-2016

  • Discovery Handicap Could Showcase Future Stars

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With the Breeders' Cup behind us, and with the end of the year less than two months away, it's time to start turning our attention to 2017 and begin analyzing the horses that could be poised to make a big impact next year. On Saturday, Aqueduct will host the $150,000 Discovery ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 11-10-2016

  • October 29, 2016 - Stem Cell Therapy

    New Techniques for Harvesting and Administering Stem Cells by Heather Smith Thomas STEM CELL THERAPY has been utilized in horses to help heal tendon, ligament, and joint injuries for nearly a decade, and new uses for stem cells are continually being explored. At this point there are basically two sources of stem cells for clinical use--from bone ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-10-2016

  • The Long Ride - By Lenny Shulman

    He is north of 50 now, an age where you’d think the only horses he should be riding are going up and down around a carousel. But Mike Smith, in the second half of a clearly delineated career, remains today the go-to jockey for big-name horses in million-dollar stakes. He drove that point home during the Nov. 4-5 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 11-09-2016
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