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Questroyal Stud North benefits from legal eagles By Bob Ehalt THERE WAS A TIME IN HIS LIFE when Bill Allen Jr. was working as a lawyer, specializing in corporate tax law and making a comfortable living. Yet there was something tugging at his heart. Download this week's Regional to continue reading.

Ed Crothers turns horses around at Cedar Brook Farm By Meredith Daugherty AS THE SON of a blacksmith and trainer, Ed Crothers cannot remember a time in his life when he was not surrounded by horses. From Thoroughbreds to Quarter Horses to mustangs—plus a few miniature donkeys and even the occasional zebra—the veteran horseman and self-professed ...

Randy and Sara Patterson thrive with Cedar Run Farm By Denis Blake LUCK AND FATE have always played major roles in horse racing, and one of the best examples of that is Randy Patterson and his daughter, Sara.   Download this week's Regional to continue reading.

Irish Hill Century and Dutchess Views find multiple benefits in merging their New York stallion operations By Eric Mitchell A DEAL COMBINING the New York stallion operations of Irish Hill Century Farm and Dutchess Views Farm came together quickly because the proposal simply made too much sense. Download this week's Regional to ...

Transportation— Big Wheels by Amanda Duckworth TEN YEARS AGO Mine That Bird stunned everyone when he took the Run for the Roses at odds at 50-1. A most unlikely winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), part of his story wasn't just how he won, it was how he got there in the first place.   Download this week's ...

Eight new stallions make their way to Florida for 2019 By Evan Hammonds THE FACTS AND FIGURES regarding the Thoroughbred breeding industry in Florida have been pretty much on par with those in the rest of the country.  Download this week's Regional to continue reading.

Pierre Esquirol makes a go of it in western Canada  By Jennifer Morrison YOU CAN'T KEEP A PASSIONATE, hard-working horseman down. Pierre Esquirol is as determined a Thoroughbred breeder as you will meet, some-one who has ridden the highs and lows of the business and continues to reinvent his program not just for his own gain but in the ...

 Bob Hutt enjoys the ride with Uptowncharlybrown By Lenny Shulman BOB HUTT ADMITS he insisted on standing his stakes-winning chestnut Uptowncharlybrown at stud for the wrong reason, at least from a business sense. He wanted to honor the memory of his longtime friend and the colt's original racetrack trainer, Alan Seewald, who died in ...