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By Chris Dawahare Remember the old days when you would arrive at a website only to see an ugly ''Under Construction'' image? Sometimes I feel like we need to permanently add this icon to BloodHorse.com. You may not have noticed, but our website has undergone some major changes over the past few months. And, there is a lot more to come. ...

By Michael Nikolic, Gathering the Wind A guy I know - I'll call him Juan, since that is what reads on his birth certificate - agreed to come with me to Gulfstream today. Juan and I grew up together. His mother was our boy scout, pack person, thing; my dad was an assistant coach on our little league baseball team. We played varsity soccer ...

  NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 20, 2009 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com   BLOODHORSE.COM ANNOUNCES NEW FREE FEATURES ON AUCTIONS CHANNEL   Lexington, Ky. - BloodHorse.com introduces a newly redesigned ...

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 20, 2009 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com     BLOODHORSE.COM'S ''TALKIN' HORSES'' NEXT GUEST: MARK ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  The last twenty years should bring these things to mind when you handicap the Kentucky Derby 1) Did the horse run his best race in winning his last prep or did he run good enough to win, leaving something in the tank 2) If he did run his ''best'' race did it come at least 4-5 weeks out from the ...

Courtesy of Fran Jurga Has the nationwide obsession with the economy (Just how poor am I? I dunno...how poor are you?) pushed some other close-to-the-heart issues to the back burner? A press release published Thursday in Washington informs us that US Representatives Jim Moran (D-VA) and Elton Gallegly (R-CA) will co-chair the newly formed ...

By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable, LLC When True Quality (Elusive Quality-Louve Mysteriuse, by Seeking the Gold) snuck off to win yesterday's Grade II General George at Laurel, he not only earned his first graded stakes victory but also struck a blow for that hoary old chestnut of name type: the aspirational name. There are several common ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  There has been some pointed discussion about Stardom Bound's time in her Las Virgenes win on Saturday.  She ran the race in 1:36 2/5 and received speed ratings in the area of 84-87.  To take the time and the rating as the gospel for this race would be the equivalent of reading Cliffs Notes for the ...