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  • Derby Dozen - February 3, 2014 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Top Billing Shug McGaughey Curlin—Parade Queen, by A.P. Indy The truth is, I don’t feel comfortable putting him or anyone at No. 1. Just too many question marks, inactivity, and setbacks regarding the top contenders, and he moved up because he’ll now likely go in the Fountain of the Youth with Honor Code out, and he does appear to have as ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-03-2014

  • Haskin's Derby Trail: The 'Ol One-Three

    There is nothing quite as humbling on the Derby trail as attempting to set off two fireworks on the same day, especially when you light them minutes apart. Len Riggio, who hasn’t exactly been a familiar face on the Derby trail, not only attempted this on Feb. 1, he attempted it with New York-breds, both of whom went off as the favorite in their ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-03-2014

  • Tapp's Travels: Cape Premier Yearling Sale

    When South Africa's Western Cape Breeders Club invited me to talk at their Thoroughbred & Equestrian seminar, I knew it meant one thing—an opportunity for another installment of Tapp's Travels, which I hadn't done since 2011 in Australia and New Zealand. The seminar coincided with the Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town Jan. 23-24. This ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 02-02-2014

  • Revisiting Jim French...Again

    It has become a rite of spring in this column that every three years I reprint, re-live, and re-energize the amazing story of Jim French. To those who have read it once or even twice, you are excused, unless you wish to refresh your memory and read it again (I have to admit I never get tired of it). Actually, there is some additional information ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Jennifer Whittle on 01-31-2014

  • Can't starve this fever

    The old wives’ tale to starve a fever doesn’t work with the Kentucky Derby variety—not because the charms of the First Saturday in May are so irresistible 13 weeks away but because sustenance is unavoidable. Not that I’m trying to avoid it, mind you, but even if the highlight of your week is Louisiana Premier Night and our 3:10 to Delta ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by EJXD2 on 01-31-2014

  • TimeformUS Saturday Plays from Santa Anita, Tampa Bay and Aqueduct

    Saturday, Santa Anita, Race 7, Local Post Time 3:30pm PTThe G1 Las Virgenes Stakes, 1 mile, Dirt, 3YOFBy Jason PerlmutterThe G1 Las Virgenes represents the first significant Kentucky Oaks prep of the year for Southern California's new generation of three-year-old fillies.  That said, a mile at Santa Anita is a far cry from nine furlongs at ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by TimeformUS on 01-30-2014

  • St Nicholas Abbey's Brave Battle

    This story originally appeared in the January 25th, 2014 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Some stories are not destined to have happy endings. Although each chapter in St Nicholas Abbey’s remarkable fight for life seemed to end happily, pointing to the feel-good ending everyone had hoped for, it was not to be.After surviving a catastrophic ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-29-2014

  • 1/18/2014 Southwest: Rising Star

    Dr. Linda Robbins grows Starfish Stallions near Hot Springs by Evan Hammonds Dr. Linda Robbins didn't return to Arkansas to start a new stallion operation; getting more involved on the racing side had been the plan. But the veterinarian and life-long horseperson is heading into the 2014 breeding season with three well-bred but unproven ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-28-2014

  • 1/18/2014 Southeast: Beyond Pleasant

    Helen and Joe Barbazon step up for Florida at Pleasant Acres by Michael Compton Destiny, some believe, is not a matter of chance but of choice. For Joe and Helen Barbazon of Pleasant Acres Farm near Morriston, Fla., it’s a little bit of both. Choice: After 30 years of breeding Thoroughbreds, the Barbazons have ushered in the New Year by opening ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-28-2014

  • Chasing Records - By Eric Mitchell

    At the time the question seemed so simple. Who is the fastest Thoroughbred in the world at 1,600 meters? The question surfaced a couple of weeks ago after the brilliant Brazilian 3-year-old colt Bal a Bali won the Grande Premio Estado do Rio de Janeiro Stakes (Brz-I) in 1:31.36. Publicity after the race touted the colt’s time as just shy of the ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-28-2014
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