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  • Haskin's Derby Trail: The 'Ol One-Three

    There is nothing quite as humbling on the Derby trail as attempting to set off two fireworks on the same day, especially when you light them minutes apart. Len Riggio, who hasn’t exactly been a familiar face on the Derby trail, not only attempted this on Feb. 1, he attempted it with New York-breds, both of whom went off as the favorite in their ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-03-2014

  • St Nicholas Abbey's Brave Battle

    This story originally appeared in the January 25th, 2014 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Some stories are not destined to have happy endings. Although each chapter in St Nicholas Abbey’s remarkable fight for life seemed to end happily, pointing to the feel-good ending everyone had hoped for, it was not to be.After surviving a catastrophic ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-29-2014

  • 1/18/2014 Southwest: Rising Star

    Dr. Linda Robbins grows Starfish Stallions near Hot Springs by Evan Hammonds Dr. Linda Robbins didn't return to Arkansas to start a new stallion operation; getting more involved on the racing side had been the plan. But the veterinarian and life-long horseperson is heading into the 2014 breeding season with three well-bred but unproven ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-28-2014

  • 1/18/2014 Southeast: Beyond Pleasant

    Helen and Joe Barbazon step up for Florida at Pleasant Acres by Michael Compton Destiny, some believe, is not a matter of chance but of choice. For Joe and Helen Barbazon of Pleasant Acres Farm near Morriston, Fla., it’s a little bit of both. Choice: After 30 years of breeding Thoroughbreds, the Barbazons have ushered in the New Year by opening ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 01-28-2014

  • Derby Dozen - January 28, 2014 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Cairo Prince Kiaran McLaughlin Pioneerof the Nile—Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull The key formula for selecting a No. 1 horse is running style plus temperament plus pedigree plus class at 2 and showing improvement at 3. Based on that, I have little choice but to put this colt on top right now after what we saw in the Holy Bull and the number ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-28-2014

  • Penny's 92nd Birthday Party

    The party is about to begin. The guests, both two-legged and four-legged, are arriving to celebrate Penny Chenery’s 92nd birthday. The room is decked out in blue and white balloons, and hanging on the walls are dozens of racing photos, including the covers of Sports Illustrated, Time, and Newsweek. It is a time for nostalgia, for remembering a ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-26-2014

  • Icabad Crane, No Headless Horseman Here

    There might be some Halloween jokes about jumping a coffin and a headless horseman within this Icabad Crane blog, but I'll let you find those. I, on the other hand, do want to figure out what great things might come from the combination of eventing legend Phillip Dutton and track hero Icabad Crane. Not all horse racing fans follow the sport of ...
    Posted to Adam's Turf (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-22-2014

  • New King of the Derby Trail

    It seems year after year, the Derby trail has been dominated by horses from the A.P. Indy sire line, and this year that line once again makes a powerful presence, especially through his son Pulpit and Pulpit’s son Tapit.But so far, A.P. Indy’s sire-line influence has been a bit overshadowed by that of Fappiano, mainly through his son Unbridled. In ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-13-2014

  • Weighing the Juvenile - by Eric Mitchell

    Since the inception of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, only six juvenile males have been crowned champion without winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Of the six champions that weren’t Juvenile winners, three won the year’s top honor without even starting in the race.A strong chance exists that the 2013 racing season could crown ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 01-07-2014

  • Guest Blog: Tunnel Visions -- by Cynthia Holt

    This is one of those essays sent to me that I had to share with my readers. Not only is it the best collection of Hollywood Park memories I’ve read, and written brilliantly, it, in many ways, brings us all back to the innocence and wonder of youth and the memories that endure through our entire lives.On the last day ever of racing at Hollywood ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 12-28-2013
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