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  • A Can't-Miss Weekend

    As I wrote in my preview of Sunday's Fountain of Youth Stakes, in my opinion the Triple Crown season officially starts this weekend. Between Saturday's Risen Star from Fair Grounds, which features the highly-touted El Padrino, and Sunday's Fountain of Youth, a race that pits current Derby favorite Union Rags against a pair of undefeated Todd ...
    Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by Jason Shandler on 02-24-2012

  • In Kentucky, Major Progress Despite Defeat

    “We’re running the continued risk of our relevancy to the citizens of this Commonwealth.” That comment was made by Democratic Sen. Tim Shaughnessy Feb. 23 during the lead-up to a vote on a constitutional amendment on expanded gambling in Kentucky. The “let the people decide” measure failed on a 21-16 vote with one senator absent. Though the ...
    Posted to At Large (Weblog) by JerseyTom on 02-24-2012

  • Time Has Told

    Over two years ago, we ran a TrueNicks Broodmare Report for the O'Reilly (NZ) (TrueNicks) mare Rare Insight. The report was ordered by Rare Insight's part-owner Neil Hoar, who gave a copy to his trainer, leading Australian trainer John O'Shea. After reading the report, the trainer told us: ''I'm impressed that the report has Danehill Dancer as a ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Byron Rogers on 02-23-2012

  • Chips Are Falling - By Tom LaMarra

    (Originally published in the February 25, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Tom LaMarra - @JerseyTom on Twitter What has horse racing learned from 20 years of racetrack-based casino gambling? A review of the landscape indicates the answer ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-22-2012

  • Another for Clarke - By Esther Marr

     (Originally published in the February 25, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  Ask Thoroughbred breeder/owner Harvey Clarke how long he’s been involved in the industry, and he’ll answer with one word: “forever.” “My theory is that it’s a ...
    Posted to Winner's Circle (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-22-2012

  • Promotional Feature: Back For More

     Although relative newcomers to the racing scene, investors in let’s Go stables, llC, are already enjoying high-profile success with el Padrino, one of the horses in the stable’s Derby Dreams fund. The colt is eyeing the Kentucky Derby starting gate after a third-place finish in the grade ii Remsen stakes last fall and is already appearing on ...
    Posted to Magazine Features (FileGallery) by aspradling on 02-22-2012

  • Haskin's Derby Trail: "Veni, Vidi, Valor"

    Last year at this time, Team Valor International was as close to winning the Kentucky Derby as the Indianapolis Colts were to winning the 2012 Super Bowl. Their three top 3-year-olds were all grass and/or synthetic horses, two of whom hadn't even started at 3. The other, Crimson China, had won an allowance/optional claimer on grass in his U.S. ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-22-2012

  • 2/25/2012 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: The Keane Team

    Dr. Winslow Stevens and Phillipe Lasseur make Keane Stud attractive to clients by Esther Marr When Jim Edwards retired in the 1980s and sold Keane Stud, his thriving Thoroughbred nursery near Amenia, N.Y., the wheels began turning in veterinarian Dr. Winslow Stevens’ head. It didn’t take long before Stevens, who had served as Keane Stud’s ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 02-22-2012

  • Bella and Boomer: The Miracle Twins

    Most people in involved in the horse industry know how rare it is for Thoroughbred twins to be carried to full term, successfully delivered, and survive. It’s even more unusual when both of those twins end up thriving in their respective careers. But such is the case for Coco’s Legacy and Coco’s Heritage, respectively nicknamed “Bella” and ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 02-21-2012

  • Three of a Kind

    In the last couple of blogs we've talked about the plethora of Kentucky Derby contenders in the barns of Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher. Let's continue with that theme and take a look at the contenders from another mega-trainer, Steve Asmussen. Asmussen may not have as many contenders as Baffert and Pletcher, but he has three pretty good ones in ...
    Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by Jason Shandler on 02-21-2012
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