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(Originally published in the July 27, 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 Some intriguing storylines are developing in the race for Horse of the Year, and two candidates in particular will be worth watching ...

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Australian media outlets have reported that undefeated two-time Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar's first mating will be to Darley stallion Exceed And Excel (AUS) (TrueNicks,SRO). Photo: DarleyExceed And Excel (Danehill—Patrona, by Lomond) Exceed And Excel was, like Black Caviar, a sprinter. His first of two group I wins at 3 ...

    Hallmarq Standing Equine MRI Machine Reduces Risk to Horses Company's patented standing equine MRI machine eliminates need for general anesthesia ACTON, Mass. (May 29, 2013) - Obtaining a diagnosis in a lame horse today is less complicated than ever before, thanks to the technologically advanced standing equine MRI system ...

by Vic ZastThe weekend was party weekend in Saratoga Springs, NY.  You could spend every waking minute of your evenings at somebody else’s house, drinking in their champagne, eating lollipop lamb chops and hobnobbing with someone of status.  For party-goers still standing at the end of it, there was a turf writer’s film about four ...

At about 10:00 PM Friday a storm came through to darken portions of Broadway and cool things off through the region.  The lightning ran sideways in the North, where the streaks of electricity must have traveled from peak to Adirondack mountain peak. On Saturday morning, 1200 runners in the annual Silks ‘n Satins 5K to benefit Special ...

Steam began rising from sidewalks as street lamps dimmed with the dawning of opening day. Dogs were walking their people by 6:00 AM. The streets emptied of canines and humans two hours later, the temperatures too high for staying outside. Activity ceased at Oklahoma, as if a neutron bomb struck. New NYRA CEO Chris Kay didn’t deserve such a ...

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 ...