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 (Originally published in the June 5, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) A business with a 100-year history is rare, but the Bluegrass region has four farms that have operated continuously on all or part of the same land by the same family for a ...

By Laura Pugh, of Horsin' Around I believe in tradition, despite my young age. I've always believed that dirt and turf should be the only two surfaces in racing. I believe that a great horse should push the envelope and take risks before s/he can be called great. However, not everything can stay the same; all industries, all sports must learn to ...

In the last 10 years of the Belmont Stakes, we have seen favorites and longshots triumph; and close finishes and runaway winners. But, what if they were all in the same race? How do you think that they would finish? Assume a fast track and clean trips for all. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/Belmont2000_2009.xml''); To ...

(Originally published in the May 29, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) You have to give Frank Stronach points for consistency. Since he embarked on his supermarket sweep of North American racetracks a dozen years ago, his mantra has ...

There is nothing I can say about Skip Away and his owner Carolyn Hine and trainer Sonny Hine that has not been said in the following blog, first published on Dec. 22, 2008. So, I am reprinting it as a tribute to one of the toughest, most durable horses I have had the privilege to see run and the two people whose lives he encompassed. For ...

The Game-Changer of Racing:  Zenyatta's Rock-Star Power Reinvents the Royal Kingdom. By Jennifer Wirth, The Saturday Post I have a word in my arsenal that can start conversations about horse racing with people who have never bet a nickel on the nose of a horse.  It's a great word.  ''Zenyatta.''  For those of you ...

(Originally published in the May 22, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) The Maryland Jockey Club changed owners April 30 but the shift was from Magna’s right hand to its left. A reorganization through bankruptcy turned Pimlico Race Course ...

Will it be Super Saver again in the Preakness? Will Lookin At Lucky find redemption? Or will it be one of the new faces? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2010PreaknessOrderFinish.xml''); To participate, use your cursor ...

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The following was written by my daughter Mandy for the May 3 issue of Stride magazine (http://issuu.com/stridemagonline/docs/stride5), accompanied by photos. It's still ''Hangin' With Haskin,” but this time written by the better Haskin. Part 2 will be posted in the next blog. All the Pretty Horses  “When you wake you shall have all the ...