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On June 30, 1996, Devon Lane made his racing debut against two other Thoroughbreds and six Quarter Horses. He finished third in the 870-yard ''around the hook'' event at New Mexico's Ruidoso Downs. A Quarter Horse won the race. The runner-up, a Thoroughbred, was by a stallion with an advertised stud fee of $500. Devon Lane's sire, Storm Cat, had ...

A couple weeks before today’s start of the Thoroughbred meet in Saratoga Springs, NY, when thoughts went more to the Phish concerts and the New York City Ballet than to horse racing, a neighbor proclaimed that many full-time residents of this charming Victorian city wouldn’t care if the racetrack went away.  Hers was the most foolish ...

(By Avalyn Hunter) If any proof were needed that a Thoroughbred can be quite a volatile asset, one need look no further than Starship Truffles. An $11,000 yearling at the 2010 Keeneland September yearling sale, she doubled her value at the June 2011 OBS sale of 2-year-olds in training (after being bought back for $29,000 two months earlier at ...

A little over two years ago, we looked at the cross of Galileo with mares by Danehill. This was fast becoming a European mega nick, having—in the space of three weeks—been represented by Frankel, who had just taken the Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) in breathtaking style; Golden Lilac, successful in the French One Thousand Guineas (Fr-I); and ...

The Triple Crown. As the years expand into decades, the feat of sweeping the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes becomes more Herculean with each failed attempt, and those three words begin to take on more of a mystical quality. While not as elusive at the Holy Grail, the quest to obtain the Triple Crown trophy and rediscover the ...

Triple Crown Nutrition Launches New Website WAYZATA, Minn., July 12, 2013 - Triple Crown Nutrition, Inc. proudly revealed its new and improved website today: www.triplecrownfeed.com. The new website design reflects the company's desire to offer consumers a first class experience while connecting them with the Triple Crown brand. The new website is ...

Editor's Note: The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. also introduced a Horses of Racing Age section to its January Winter Mixed sale in 2012. See more details below about this new outlet for race-ready horses. (Originally published in the July 20, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the ...

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that make it happen. The purpose of this blog is to share my stories about some of these characters. My ...

(Originally published in the November 3, 2012 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 Thoroughbred racing has certainly taken its lumps over the years for not embracing television in the early years. Who knows ...

Discreet Cat (TrueNicks,SRO)'s stud career may not yet have matched the scintillating racetrack performances that saw him rated as a world champion at 3, but he's having a very strong year in 2013, standing second only to stud-mate Hard Spun (TrueNicks,SRO) among U.S.-based third season sires. Photo: DarleyDiscreet Cat (Forestry—Pretty ...