BloodHorse.com

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 ...

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 ...