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  • 'Mandate' Should Be Strong in Rebel Stakes

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') This Saturday, the road to the Kentucky Derby continues as eight talented three-year-olds attempt to take another major step toward Louisville in the $600,000 Rebel Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park, while across the country at Santa Anita, a wide-open field of older fillies and mares will battle for supremacy ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 03-13-2014

  • Run the Bluegrass Race Honors Zenyatta

    There's a big race coming up in Kentucky. I know most of you are thinking about the Kentucky Derby, and you're right, that is a big one. But I'm thinking of another race--a human road race called Run the Bluegrass, which starts at Keeneland in Lexington March 29. Dubbed ''America's Prettiest Half Marathon,'' this race has been built over the ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 03-12-2014

  • 3/1/2014 Midwest/Canada: Fine Vintage

    Stallion business growing at Leigh Ann and Kerry Hopper’s RichWine Farm by Claire Novak When Leigh Ann Hopper talks about building an Indiana breeding operation from the ground up with her husband, Kerry Hopper, she’s not kidding. Every fence post,every bit of the barn, all of the layout and the pasture space were painstakingly created by ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 03-11-2014

  • 3/1/2014 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: A New Heritage

    Drs. Bowman, Louis Merryman offer new stallion operation in Maryland by Evan Hammonds Just as the Thoroughbred breeding industry in Maryland veered from the abyss, a pair of local upstarts with no land and no stallions have been quickly able to cobble together a new stud farm venture. Talk about market timing. Veterinarian Dr. Brooke Bowman and ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 03-11-2014

  • Dude the Redeemer - By Eric Mitchell

    God love the seasoned warriors; the ones who rise up and reclaim glory in stunning fashion when everyone else has begun writing them off.During the Sochi Winter Olympics, Austrian skier Mario Matt, two months shy of his 35th birthday, handled a tricky slalom course on challenging soft snow to become the oldest Alpine gold medalist in Olympics ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-11-2014

  • Derby Dozen - March 10, 2014 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 California Chrome Art Sherman Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love What the heck. I just wish I had the chutzpah to put him up here last week after stating back on Feb. 3 he was the most impressive 3-year-old I’d seen this year. The simple fact is, this horse has run three flawless and brilliant races in a row and just keeps getting ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-10-2014

  • A Racing Weekend of Stars

    By Ed DeRosa If you’re the type who thinks that racing needs its stars to keep racing to increase interest, then this is the Saturday for you! The one-two finishers and beaten favorite in America’s richest race all make the second start of their season on Saturday at Santa Anita Park in the Santa Anita Handicap, and last year’s Preakness ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by EJXD2 on 03-07-2014

  • "Horseplayers" and Pioneer Days

    Boy, am I being influenced by television lately. First American Idol spawns a column on Wise Dan and now “Horseplayers,” mainly Team Rotondo (Peter Rotondo Sr. and Jr. and Lee Davis) and John Conte, brings me back to a time long ago in my life; a time of smoke-filled busses and a cacophony of thick Brooklyn accents moaning about the double ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-07-2014

  • TimeformUS Weekend Stakes Plays from Around the Country

    Santa AnitaSaturday, Santa Anita, Race 5, Local Post Time 2:00pm PTThe G2 San Felipe Stakes, 1 and 1/16 miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Robert FinneganKentucky Derby Fever makes its way back to Arcadia for the Grade 2 San Felipe, to be run at a mile and 1/16 on the main track, with 50 Kentucky Derby points going to the winner.• TimeformUS PPs for the San ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by TimeformUS on 03-06-2014

  • Another Opportunity For Wise Dan

    Here we go again. I had absolutely zero plans on writing or even thinking about Wise Dan in the heat of the Derby trail. Who needs all the retorts that accompany it? I don’t consider myself a glutton for punishment. But then I was watching American Idol and another hair-brained analogy for a column popped into my head. It’s basically the same ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-06-2014
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