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With Frankel having run his final race and retiring undefeated following another sensational score in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, we thought we would update our column on the son of Galileo and his namesake that ran last October and add a few new twists to it. Well, there’s no escaping it now. Frankelstein cannot be destroyed. Racing’s ...

There was a column written recently about the “decline” of the American superstar and the “ascendancy” of the English superstar. According to the column, America’s “liberal use of drugs” is the culprit for the U.S. decline, while the exportation to England of young horses with Northern Dancer blood was said to be the contributing factor to the ...

Godolphin Racing's Fortify, who has raced without Lasix in all three of his career starts, could be the only horse in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) who won't be racing ''Lasix off'' on championship day. The Breeders' Cup will not allow any two-year-olds to race on the anti-bleeding medication at this year's event, which will take place ...

(Originally published in the October 20, 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 Love or hate the two-day, 15-race Breeders’ Cup format, the addition of a pair of turf races for 2-year-olds has opened up a ...

 Triple Crown Nutrition's New Chat Feature Dramatically Improves Response Time to Horse Owners Horse Feed & Nutrition Questions. In their ongoing effort to better connect with horse owners, Triple Crown Nutrition is the first ''horse feed'' company to offer an online chat feature.  Now, when you've got important questions about ...

Lexington, Ky. – October 16, 2012 - Steve Haskin, Senior Correspondent for The Blood-Horse, was a guest on Talkin’ Horses with The Blood-Horse live podcast at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 23. Haskin discussed his insight and thoughts on this year's Breeders' Cup. Steve Haskin is an award-winning Turf writer renowned for his Kentucky Derby ...

A light, steady rain fell as the Cooper Horse Transport van pulled up to the barn at Bruce Jackson’s Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center, located a stone’s throw from Graham Motion’s Herringswell Stable barn.Inside the van, Paynter, wearing a thick green blanket, was getting anxious as preparation for unloading began. From Upstate Equine Medical ...

A chilly, cloudless October morning at Beautiful Belmont provided the setting for trainer Bill Mott and his band of Breeders' Cup big guns. First it was Royal Delta who hit the track at 6:45 for her half-mile work, followed by Flat Out, then Ron the Greek, and finally To Honor and Serve, who completes Mott's imposing trio for the Breeders' Cup ...

The $300,000 Hawthorne Derby (G3) on Saturday drew a field of 12, plus two also-eligibles to the south side of Chicago. Carded as Hawthorne's 8th race, post time is 6:40 ET. 1 Film Shot is out of the great turf mare Film Maker. Grade 3-placed, he doesn't quite have his dam's class...He came through on the ...

Checking the TrueNicks website, we were somewhat shocked to find just how many new sires have already been declared for the 2013 breeding season. There is quite a lot to keep track of, so to try and ensure none get overlooked when making breeding plans for 2013, here is a very quick overview of the new sires of 2013 that are currently enrolled on ...