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(Originally published in the December 15, 2012 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 When an NFL team builds a new stadium, fat with luxury suites and amenities that will generate multi-millions in additional ...

Only in Thoroughbred racing can one of the greatest champions in the history of the sport share the same stage with a former $5,000 claimer from Penn National. The first two recipients of the new Vox Populi Award, Zenyatta and Rapid Redux, were perfect examples of what the award, created by Penny Chenery, represents – the melding of popularity ...

When Tommie Ashley contacted me with the story of off-track Thoroughbred Mountain Fox (''Danny''), I couldn't believe the trials this now 30-year-old gelding had been through.  While this story (and photos) are not for the faint at heart, in the end, you will be amazed at Danny's resilient spirit and will to live, as well as the deep love of ...

I think Executiveprivilege is the best two-year-old flly in America, but when we taped this week's edition of That Handicapping Show, I picked against her in the Hollywood Starlet (G1) for two reasons: her odds will be low (less than even money probably) and I don't know where this filly's head is at. Executiveprivilege sustained her first ...

With today's news that Frankel's three-quarter brother Bullet Train (GB) (TrueNicks,SRO) is heading to Wintergreen Stallion Station for the 2013 season, it means that the siblings will begin their stud careers under very different circumstances. Frankel (by Galileo) will stand for £125,000 at Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud in England, while ...

For Immediate Release: Triple Crown Nutrition Announces it is Helping to Give Away $100,000 in Cash! Everybody needs a little ''TLC'' for the Holidays. Deadline is December 12th. Triple Crown Nutrition's $100,000 ''TLC'' for the Holiday's drive asks FB fans to first select then vote for their favorite 501(c)(3) equestrian non-profit ...

(Originally published in the December 8, 2012 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 Gulfstream Park in South Florida has its eye on hosting another Breeders’ Cup World Championships and will invest hundreds ...

(By Avalyn Hunter) 2012 has been a year of changes for historic Calumet Farm. Sold to the Calumet Investment Group Trust and officially leased to billionaire businessman Brad Kelley, the farm now is revamping its breeding operations. Stallions Ice Box and Cactus Ridge, who both stood at Calumet in 2012 while the farm was still owned by ...

I have played in maybe a half dozen handicapping contests in my life, but this weekend I am going to take a shot in the Keeneland NHC qualifier. Entry fee is $150, plus $50 to join the NHC tour (which makes me eligible for the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Contest in Las Vegas if I can finish in the top three.) I am going to split ...