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No foot, no horse.This commandment of horse racing well serves buyers examining the hooves of prospective purchases, but it has had a far more dire meaning for horses struggling with laminitis. The onset of this foot disease often signals the end of a Thoroughbred’s racing career, and too frequently becomes a life-threatening situation.The pages ...

 Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan on the turf course at Keeneland. ORDER THIS PHOTO Wise Dan had his first breeze on July 17, since returning to full training on June 30.  ORDER THIS PHOTO  ORDER THIS PHOTO    ORDER THIS PHOTO Based at Keeneland in the Charlie and Amy LoPresti barn on Rice Road, the ...

Recently, my wife and I visited with my in-laws in Illinois with the goal of attending Arlington Park for their Preview Day and Food Truck Festival. The visit would be my first time walking the grounds of Arlington International. How could you ever go wrong with great food, a few brews, and wonderful athletes racing? The Arlington grounds are ...

   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16th, 2015 Northern California Regal Heart: An American Filly, a fictional novel by T.R. Racki, launches Thoroughbred Racing's next bestseller. T.R. Racki brings a unique and trend setting approach to getting a new book published via Pubslush, ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) @J_Keelerman Another great weekend of racing awaits on July 18th and 19th, with eight graded stakes races on schedule across the U.S. and Canada. One of the highlights is undoubtedly the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. I) at Delaware Park, a ten-furlong race for fillies and mares that has drawn a very ...

Well, so much for Thomas Wolfe. No, I'm not returning home, but as Emerson said, ''The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.'' And I didn't find out the number of friends who frequented my house at BloodHorse.com until I left.When I resigned from the Blood-Horse, I had no idea what my plans would be. All I knew was that it was ...

Just days before it was reported July 12 that California Chrome would miss at least three months of racing because of a cannon bone bruise, Larry Bramlage talked about that type of injury at the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit July 8 at Keeneland. Dr. Larry Bramlage - Anne M. Eberhardt Photo At the summit Bramlage said that as ...

It wasn’t too difficult to identify the themes that sprung from the sixth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit July 8.One, such as use of data to improve equine and human health and welfare, was apparent. Another was more subtle.Consider the following comments made by various speakers:“It’s more important to get a hold of information on what ...

The Dogwood Stable of today came into existence in 1973 as Dogwood Farm, on 433 acres in West Central Georgia. The energy and enthusiasm that caused the farm to exist began to wane after 13 years, and the property was sold. Dogwood became just a stable, and it moved to Aiken, S.C., in 1986, and life became simpler. A good example of the ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Following last week’s extraordinary extravaganza of stellar stakes races (forgive the alliteration!), this week’s racing action will be a bit slower, although there are still eight fascinating graded stakes races on schedule, including the $200,000 Parx Dash Handicap (gr. III) at Parx ...