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  • December 10, 2016 - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: The Long Run

    McGinneses stalwarts of the Maryland breeding scene by Alicia Wincze-Hughes CYNTHIA MCGINNES LOVES a good history lesson. The co-owner of Thornmar Farm cannot speak about the mark she and her husband, Charles, have made on the Mid-Atlantic circuit without providing suitable background information regarding all parties involved. Yes, their ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-10-2017

  • Inside the Kentucky Derby Trail

    On January 24, we will kick off the 2017 Derby Dozen on Bloodhorse.com. Ever since my Daily Racing Form colleague Steve Feldman and I inaugurated the first Derby Dozen in 1993, analysis of the early Kentucky Derby contenders has become a rite of winter. As I watch the first snow of the winter fall on Hamilton Square on a cold gray morning I ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-06-2017

  • American Anthem Steps Up in Sham Stakes

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Happy New Year, everyone! 2016 was a great year for horse racing, with California Chrome, Arrogate, Beholder, Songbird, and Tepin among the many star horses that graced our sport and entertained us with their thrilling performances. 2016 was also a successful year for my selections ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 01-05-2017

  • December 3, 2016 - Breeding: Preparing the Young Stallion for Breeding

    Preparing the Young Stallion for Breeding by Heather Smith Thomas MOST YOUNG STALLIONS that begin a breeding career have already proved themselves in racing careers. If the young horse has done well on the track during his 2- and 3-year-old years, for instance, he may begin breeding mares as a 4-year-old. Before entering the breeding shed he ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-05-2017

  • December 3, 2016 - Southwest: High on the Mountain

    Shaun Hubbard carries on family tradition at Ruidoso Downs by Lenny Shulman RACING FANS FLOCK to their favorite tourist desti-nations in the summertime to enjoy the big meets at resort towns such as Saratoga and Del Mar every year. In the Sierra Blanca mountains of south-central New Mexico, another resort and racetrack attracts patrons to its ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-05-2017

  • December 3, 2016 - Southeast: The New Rules

    Bert Pilcher Jr. and partners reach the big time with Three Rules by Karen M. Johnson FOR 36 YEARS Bert Pilcher Jr. employed a business model that worked to his satisfaction. For a commercial breeder it was quite simple: breed mares, raise their foals, and sell them. Of course, there was the occasional horse that failed to sell, but, by and ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-05-2017

  • Two Scoops - By Evan Hammonds

    The holiday cheer still lingers, the trips to the gym haven’t yet slowed to a crawl, and we’re whistling past the mailbox dreading the day the Visa bill arrives. Until then we are thinking of the better days ahead in 2017…and there are two things that tell us of good things to come. News from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association on Dec. ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-05-2017

  • It Started With Damascus 50 Years Ago

    It is 2017. That means it’s been 50 years since Thoroughbred racing entered, encompassed, and changed my life, altering its course forever. It pulled me out of the frenzied, often cutthroat world of Wall Street and brought to my life a passion and a spirit I had never experienced before. For half a century I have tried to share that passion and ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-04-2017

  • Reported Anabolic Steroid Treatments, 2016 in California

    Horse name  Administration  Next race result  Days from administration to next start  Big League  May 12  Won, July 30 maiden race at DMR  79  Brimstoned  March 14  Sixth, July 31 AOC ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 01-02-2017

  • Wins Often Followed 2016 Steroid Treatments in California

    While it’s a small sample size, horses reported to receive steroid administrations in 2016 in California who have come back to race fared very well in their first starts after those treatments, winning at about three times the normal rate. Looking at the reported anabolic steroid administrations in 2016 in California, 16 times horses have ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 01-02-2017
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