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  • 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

  • OTTB Spotlight: Theres Trouble

    Today I bring you yet another story from Shannon Hahn at Double L Stable Equine Rescue in New York. For the last six years, I have featured different horses from Double L, and in the process, also plugged that organization's Valentine's Day fundraiser. Please see the bottom of this story for information on how you can ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 01-28-2014

  • Derby Dozen - January 28, 2014 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Cairo Prince Kiaran McLaughlin Pioneerof the Nile—Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull The key formula for selecting a No. 1 horse is running style plus temperament plus pedigree plus class at 2 and showing improvement at 3. Based on that, I have little choice but to put this colt on top right now after what we saw in the Holy Bull and the number ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-28-2014

  • Penny's 92nd Birthday Party

    The party is about to begin. The guests, both two-legged and four-legged, are arriving to celebrate Penny Chenery’s 92nd birthday. The room is decked out in blue and white balloons, and hanging on the walls are dozens of racing photos, including the covers of Sports Illustrated, Time, and Newsweek. It is a time for nostalgia, for remembering a ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-26-2014

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

    Saturday, Gulfstream, Race 10, Local Post Time 5:03pm ETThe G2 Holy Bull Stakes, 1 and 1/16 Miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Douglas SalvatoreThe Holy Bull is without question the deepest Kentucky Derby prep race to date. It includes a fascinating field of eleven led by 3/1 morning line favorite Cairo Prince.• FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Holy Bull Stakes• A ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by TimeformUS on 01-24-2014

  • Stress on the Derby Trail

    We’ve already seen some stress and low tolerance building in the camp of one of the leading Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Following the Seahawks – Forty Niners game, we saw what can happen when the media probes a star player at a time when his emotions are still running high and the adrenaline is still flowing. There is no down time to gather ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-23-2014
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