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  • OTTB Spotlight: Declan's Moon

    Ever since talking with Retired Racehorse Trainer Project founder Steuart Pittman, who was one of 12 people featured in our magazine piece ''Making a Difference'' (The Blood-Horse of February 16, page 26), I have wanted to specifically blog about the organization's ''100 Day Challenge.'' Since this is the last week before the blog focus will ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 04-02-2013

  • Distance Questions Begin for Kentucky Derby Contenders

    With the final round of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) preps underway, so begins the usual analysis of top contenders—Are they good enough?—Will they get the distance? TrueNicks Enhanced Reports include the average winning distance (AWD) for the starters on given sire line/broodmare sire line cross. A table of the top 10 contenders (by Derby points) and ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 04-02-2013

  • 4/6/2013 Midwest/Canada Regional: Flower Power

    Henry Mast goes from greenhouses to winner’s circle by Esther Marr One of Michigan-based Thoroughbred owner/breeder Henry Mast’s life mottos—“Business is easy”—is etched on a sign on his office door. The simple phrase reminds Mast of his long-standing secret to success. “Business is real easy if you do what you say you’re going to do, you do it ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 04-02-2013

  • MacKenzie 'Mack' Miller

    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 dealings ...
    Posted to Stories from Cot Campbell (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 04-02-2013

  • The World's Horse - by Eric Mitchell

    (Originally published in the April 6, 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 American racing fans likely got their backs up as the Australian national anthem played March 30 in honor of Animal Kingdom’s ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 04-02-2013

  • Derby Dozen - April 2, 2013 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Revolutionary Todd Pletcher War Pass—Runup the Colors, by A.P. Indy After several flips of the coin, finally decided to make him No. 1 slightly over Orb, mainly because he was my last No. 1 (Feb. 26) before Itsmyluckyday, and he won having to travel and run over a new track and beating a deeper field. You have to admire his determination ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 04-01-2013

  • Haskin's Derby Trail: E Train Rolling Toward Louisville

    While many of the leading 3-year-olds were competing in the warm, sunny climes of Florida and Louisiana, a silent assassin was laying low up in the chilly confines of Belmont Park. His name has barely been mentioned in the past few weeks, but he appears to be well armed to do some damage in the Wood Memorial, and if he gets lucky, even more damage ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 04-01-2013

  • Florida Derby Flashback: Ycaza's Wins

    Manuel Ycaza won his second Florida Derby in 1969 with Top Knight (Blood-Horse Archives) I first profiled Hall of Fame jockey Manuel Ycaza in 2009 when Churchill Downs' old website was running a series called ''On The Muscle'' and Ycaza's four victories in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) merited a trip down memory lane. A look through the clippings ...
    Posted to Novak at the Track (Weblog) by Claire Novak on 03-29-2013

  • Fla, LA Derby picks

    The pressure will be on the favorites in this weekend's major Kentucky Derby preps -- Itsmyluckyday in the Florida Derby (G1) and Revolutionary in the Louisiana Derby (G2) -- to earn their way to Louisville. Although both are consensus top-five three-year-olds, Itsmyluckyday's fleet run in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and Revolutionary's ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by Pete Denk on 03-28-2013

  • Is Silverbulletday Skipping a Generation?

    Sunland Park's big day turned into a benefit for Bob Baffert and Mike Pegram, who took the Sunland Park Derby (gr. III, VIDEO) with Govenor Charlie (also bred by Pegram) and the Sunland Park Oaks (VIDEO) with Midnight Lucky (owned by Pegram in partnership). The duo—who both scored in track record time—are both from the first crop of the ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter on 03-27-2013
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