BloodHorse.com

At least four Saratoga-based jockeys will be bypassing the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) and Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. I) on Saturday to run in the Arlington Million (gr. I). Leading rider Joel Rosario will ride Little Mike, the winner of the Million last summer. Spa Course fans are beginning to see Rosario atop Todd Pletcher horses, all due it’s ...

The four or five races worth walking over to the track to see live began shortly after 3:00 PM.  You wore a sweater if you wanted to be comfortable.  There was an autumn-like chill in the air – another not-so-subtle signal that horseplayers, who consider The Spa Nirvana, have little more than a dozen days left.  One week from ...

There is no use commenting on Wise Dan and the Breeders’ Cup Classic any longer, although there is one final thought mentioned farther down, merely for the sake of history. But although that door has been closed, let’s not forget the Dan No. 2 waiting to charge through Door No. 2. Although Wise Dan’s big brother Successful Dan has barely had his ...

Muscatine, Iowa - July 5, 2013 - Kent Nutrition Group and Blue Seal introduce the expanded Dynasty line of performance horse feed. Dynasty is a full line of pellets, textured and XT (shredded beet pulp and extruded super-fiber nugget) products. The horse needs nutrients to grow and develop, progress, gain strength and stamina, and maintain tissue ...

(Originally published in the August 17, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter The day before Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the auction company’s president Boyd Browning Jr. had ...

There is a French saying that translates as something like ''the more things change, the more they say the same.'' Plenty has changed in the macro- and micro-economic climates since last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale, but despite the various undercurrents, as far as numbers sold, totals, and average, we ended up more or less in the ...

Saratoga’s on the downside of its sesquicentennial meet.  All-sources handle is up.  Good weather, which has been keeping races on the turf and horses from scratching, is at fault.  There is still plenty of heart-pounding horse racing ahead.  The fine Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Orb is in the house, settled in and ...

For owners and trainers of 2-year-olds, autumn means a look into the proverbial crystal ball and seeing images beginning to take shape of the following spring’s classic horses, and sometimes even beyond. Last autumn appeared no different. On Nov. 2, Beholder’s victory over grade I winners Executiveprivilege and Dreaming of Julia and grade II ...

Overshadowed by equine medication issues at the Aug. 11 Jockey Club Round Table was a presentation on Thoroughbred racing in Ireland by Horse Racing Ireland chief executive Brian Kavanagh, who signaled increased competition for the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Though not designed to compete with the Breeders' Cup, the ''Irish Champions ...