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  • Purple Egg and the Tampa Bay Derby

    If undefeated Purple Egg fails to run well in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) on Saturday, it won't be because of an injury or a lack of fitness, says trainer Jane Cibelli.Scratched from the Gulfstream Park Derby on January 1 and the Pasco Stakes on January 12, Purple Egg will be making his first start in more than three months. Maybe it's partly ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by Pete Denk on 03-06-2013

  • Juvenile Speculation - by Evan Hammonds

    (Originally published in the March 9, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds - @BH_EHammonds on Twitter Thoroughbred racing fans had a busy weekend with lots of options from which to choose: the Gotham Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-05-2013

  • 3/9/2013 Southeast Regional: Proud Transition

    Bridlewood Farm retains its class in a changing role. by Michael Compton The late Arthur I. Appleton will forever be remembered for building up Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla., into one of the industry’s most respected and successful Thoroughbred operations. Established by Arthur and his wife, Martha, on 500 acres in 1976, Bridlewood Farm has ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 03-05-2013

  • Derby Dozen - March 3, 2013 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Itsmyluckyday Eddie Plesa Jr. Lawyer Ron—Viva la Slew, by Doneraile Court Let’s face it, no one has really stamped himself as a bona fide Derby favorite. What prompted the switch this week was the impressive Swale score by Clearly Now, who had been trounced by 13 1/2 lengths by Itsmyluckyday in the Holy Bull. On a lesser scale were the ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-04-2013

  • Frankel's First Mating: Lots of Inbreeding

    15.33%. That's the coefficient of relatedness between Frankel and Chrysanthemum, the first mare scanned in foal to the champion racehorse during his first season at stud. As a point of comparison, first cousins are 12.5% related and half siblings are 25% related. Chrysanthemum, owned by the Coolmore team of Tabor, Magnier, and Smith, won a pair ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 03-04-2013

  • Haskin's Derby Trail: The Unlikely Story of Vyjack

    The Kentucky Derby is like a mountain. It never changes and never withers with time. But in some ways it does change, as every year, new climbers gather on its slopes and attempt to reach the summit, disregarding the many perils along the way. There is no greater feeling an owner can have than to see his or her colors planted atop that mountain. ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-04-2013

  • Looking for value in the Big Cap

    The public is likely to view the 2013 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) as a two-horse race between Ron the Greek and Game On Dude. They might be right, but I doubt there will be any value in going along with that opinion.I like a pair of improving four-year-olds Called to Serve (6-1 ML) and Stephanoatsee (8-1 ML) to run big. Called ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by Pete Denk on 02-28-2013

  • Virgil W. 'Buddy' Raines

       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 requisites in the selection: I had ...
    Posted to Stories from Cot Campbell (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 02-27-2013

  • Mating Peruvian Champion Almudena

    Photo: Anne M. EberhardtAlmudena - Order This Photo From time to time we come across a mare who is ''not from around here,'' as the expression goes. This is often an imported mare whose pedigree, while quite possibly high-class in her own environment, has little in common with the population in her new home. Planning a mating for this ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter on 02-26-2013

  • Double Takes - by Eric Mitchell

    (Originally published in the March 2, 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 Feb. 23-24 racing weekend was rich with the start of the Road to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) championship series and some deep ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-26-2013
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