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  • 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

  • Kentucky Derby 2013: Top 20

    This will be the first of six (monthly) editions of my top 20 contenders for the 2013 Kentucky Derby. Future lists will be ordered/numbered. It's too early to split hairs. These horses need to do a lot of developing between now and May 4, 2013. Bold Dance (c by Pulpit--Quiet Dance, by Quiet American) This half-brother to Horse of the Year ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by Pete Denk on 12-20-2012

  • Mares in Japan Part 3: American Royalty, with Kate Hunter

    Journalist Kate Hunter continues her visit with mares in Japan. Like any big breeding operation, the Yoshida brothers are looking for mares who have performed at the highest level and impressively so. Turf has always been the most important surface in Japan, but they know, better than most, that a dirt horse can rule the turf. Case and point: ...
    Posted to Through the Lens (Weblog) by TakeChargeLady on 12-19-2012

  • Partial Equilibrium - by Evan Hammonds

    (Originally published in the December 22, 2012 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 It’s getting harder and harder these days to see the future in the crystal ball. With tax hikes looming—but who knows how much ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 12-18-2012
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