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  • Tapit's Sophomores Deliver Weekend Hat Trick in Graded Races

    (By Avalyn Hunter) Stallions just don't have much better days than Tapit did Feb. 2, when three of his progeny rolled home in graded stakes at three different tracks and over two different surfaces. First, Tapicat sailed home in the Florida Oaks (gr. IIIT) at Tampa Bay Downs, stamping herself as a filly with a future on the grass. Then ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by sgillies on 02-04-2013

  • Angel Penna Sr.

    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 with them, ...
    Posted to Stories from Cot Campbell (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 02-03-2013

  • A Heart The Size of Texas: Texas Bling

    Jockey Erik McKneil couldn't believe Texas Bling upset Remington Park's Springboard Mile at odds of 128-1 (Dustin Orona Photography) They say everything is bigger in Texas, and if that's the case it is easy to imagine that the heart of a Thoroughbred named Texas Bling is biggest of all 3-year-olds competing on the early trail to the Kentucky ...
    Posted to Novak at the Track (Weblog) by Claire Novak on 01-31-2013

  • Haskin's Derby Trail: Points of Interest

    The Kentucky Derby graded earnings system is gone, thank goodness. No more one-time 2-year-old hotshots getting a free pass and riding the gravy train all the way to Louisville. Those lucrative 2-year-old races no longer will get you a starting berth in the Derby, although we feel some tweaking is needed to separate the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-31-2013

  • 2/2/2013 Midwest/Canada Regional: Facing the Challenge

    Tom Roche makes a go of it at his Carmalley Valley Farm in Missouri. by Claire Novak Success in thoroughbred racing is difficult to find and producing the “big horse” is even harder, yet hundreds of small-scale breeding operations persevere. What exactly inspires an owner to invest time and money into what is guaranteed to be an uphill battle? ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-29-2013

  • Kentucky Horsepower - by Eric Mitchell

    (Originally published in the February 1, 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 conclusion of a recent National Agricultural Statistics Service economic survey reaffirmed what we’ve known for many ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-29-2013

  • Derby Dozen (video) - January 29, 2013 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    [brightcove videoid=''2125079616001''] 1 Violence Todd Pletcher Medaglia d’Oro—Violent Beauty, by Gone West Have to stick with him for the time being. Cannot find any flaws in his record, running style, attitude, and pedigree. He’s got it all, and until they beat him he has to be considered top dog. And he is a grand-looking colt. ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-28-2013

  • The Real Shame of Dutrow Ban

    Ten years. If Rick Dutrow’s suspension ended today, it would mean the last time we saw him training horses was the year Funny Cide won the Derby and Preakness. That’s a lot of racing and a lot of years gone by. When Dutrow does return, assuming he has exhausted all avenues and finally capitulates, he’ll be 64. There have been a number of ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-26-2013

  • Holy Bull Stakes

    We analyzed the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) on That Handicapping Show this week, and despite the presence of several big name three-year-olds, including 2yo champ Shanghai Bobby, I picked Calder-based Itsmyluckyday. If you didn't see his performance in the Gulfstream Park Derby on New Year's Day, it is worth reviewing. This Lawyer Ron ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by Pete Denk on 01-24-2013

  • OTTB Update and a Giveaway

    I would like to welcome back Shannon Hahn of Double L Stable Equine Rescue and Sanctuary in Argyle, N.Y., who I have featured several other times on Beyond the Blinkers.Over the years since I started this blog, Shannon has come to me with different stories of horses she has helped nurse back to health, rehabilitate, and re-home. This year, in ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 01-24-2013
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