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  • Things That Make You Go Hmmmm (12)

    Another year has passed with surprisingly little industry discussion about the price of a wager. You would think that with pari-mutuel handle on U.S. Thoroughbred racing having dropped about 25% from 2006 to 2012, there would be a comprehensive study on maximizing takeout rates to generate more handle and reward the customer. ... Nothing else ...
    Posted to At Large (Weblog) by JerseyTom on 01-07-2013

  • Destination Louisville

    New Year’s Day has come and gone and that means the race for the Kentucky Derby has begun. Some are ready to become immersed in it, while others aren’t quite ready to smell the roses and taste the mint juleps this early in the year.But regardless of whether you’re ready or not, the long, arduous journey has begun. Picture the masses gathering at ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-06-2013

  • Leading Astray, Gary Stevens

    Newly turned four-year-olds facing older horses for the first time can be in for a rude awakening. With that in mind, I still like Leading Astray in the Marshua's River (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Carded as the 10th race, going 1 1/16 miles on turf, the Marshua's River drew a field of 10 fillies and mares. Chokurei (Ire) and ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by Pete Denk on 01-04-2013

  • 1/5/2013 Midwest/Canada Regional: Driven for Success

    Mari Hulman George’s interest in Thoroughbreds is up to speed. by Esther Marr Mari Hulman George has a long and storied history with racing—auto racing. She is the only child of Anton “Tony” and Mary Fendrich Hulman who bought a dilapidated Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and grew the Indianapolis 500 into one of the world’s premier sporting ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-02-2013

  • New Year, New Look, and More - by Eric Mitchell

    (Originally published in the January 5, 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 In the natural world, form follows function. We took the same approach throughout most of 2012 in mapping out a redesign of ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-02-2013

  • Lord Avie Rose From Modesty to Prestige

    (By Avalyn Hunter) If hope springs eternal in the breast of the small breeder and owner, it's because of horses like Lord Avie. The recently deceased champion cost just $37,000 as a 2-year-old in 1980--the same year for which he was named U.S. champion juvenile male--in part because of a relatively modest pedigree. His sire, the Sir Gaylord horse ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by sgillies on 12-31-2012

  • Happy New Year, Happy Birthday

    By Vic Zast At midnight on the last day of the year, as the moon lays a blanket of light on the pastures and the wind stirs the needles on the pines that line their edges, nothing seems different than the night before or the day after. Yet, the horses will celebrate a birthday.  The January 1 birthday is a custom, used by the registry to ...
    Posted to The Racing Hub (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 12-31-2012

  • Saving Potesta, an Unlikely Story

    ''We didn't know how good she was going to be,'' said Potesta's co-owner, Joe Scardino. Here, the 3-year-old filly sets a track record in the Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar (Benoit Photo)Lexington, Ky. – Her name means “power,” and in four starts the seal-bay filly they call Potesta exuded just that. After a runner-up finish in her March 22 ...
    Posted to Novak at the Track (Weblog) by Claire Novak on 12-28-2012

  • Danedream the Newest Addition to Frankel's 2013 Book

    2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) winner Danedream has been retired and will be bred to Frankel in 2013. Danedream was forced to miss the 2012 Arc when her Cologne, Germany, training base was put under quarantine for swamp fever Oct. 1. The filly remains confined to the facility pending future tests. Owner Teruya Yoshida, whose family also ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 12-22-2012

  • OTTB Spotlight: Miss Fifty

    Beyond the Blinkers Guest Blog By Mary Cage It was simply supposed to be a new experience, something fun that would expose me to another part of the sport of horse racing, the part of the industry that I did not realize at the time would be where I would find my greatest passion. My trip to the under-tack show for the 2010 Fasig-Tipton ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 12-20-2012
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