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It is November and that means T-Time – Thanksgiving, Turkey….Twin Spires?Those two inverted drumsticks atop Churchill Downs will be playing a major part in the holiday season this year with the expansion of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Now, those who can’t get an early enough start on Derby fever can make their first Future Wager bets from ...

Paris, KY, November 5, 2013- GLC Direct- Makers of Actistatin® want to congratulate “Comeback Kid” Gary Stevens on his incredible performance in this year’s 2013 Breeders Cup! Gary Stevens made history this weekend by overcoming degenerative knee problems and winning both featured races on the two-day Santa Anita card. The stage was set on Friday ...

The following recap is an expanded version of the original that appears in the November 9, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse.It couldn’t have ended any other way. There simply was too much magic at work. And everyone who was at Santa Anita on Nov. 2 could feel that magic. The fairy tale journey of Mucho Macho Man and trainer Kathy Ritvo began five ...

Shelbyville, KY – November 4, 2013 - Farrier Product Distribution, Inc. (FPD), the leading wholesale distributor of farrier products in North America, announced it has launched FPD’s Field Guide, a mobile site for on-the-go farriers.  With this new mobile site, farriers have access to over 400 pages of information on the best products for ...

Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher, Aidan O’Brien and Kathy Ritvo are on a mission: get rid of that agonizing, heartbreaking second-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic that is hanging over their heads and win this darn thing already.All four trainers have finished a close second in the Classic and will be trying to land their first victory this year ...

Mucho Macho Man is showing all the signs. You know those signs good horses show when all the stars are aligned perfectly and you know they’re sitting on the race of their life. Between his last race, his two works since that race, his love for Santa Anita, and his marriage made in heaven to Gary Stevens, he couldn’t be coming into the Breeders’ ...

Revolutionary award winning bit, has proven to stop displacement. Jockey Mike Smith states ''The bit of the future'' Divine Products, Distributors of the unique and award winning products developed by Intelligent Inventions, are proud to be introducing the Winning Tongue Plate. The only bit in the world to win a prestigious Australian ...

During the final week of August 2013, my wife and I had the opportunity to travel to Hipodromo Camarero in Puerto Rico. I have always wanted to visit Camarero and was very excited to visit the track! I follow several horses who've raced there, such as Guerrilla Warfare who was in the money 16 of 23 starts. My co-workers and I also enjoy the race ...

by Frank Angst Where were you in 1986? This writer graduated from high school in the spring and entered college later that summer.Trainer Rusty Arnold was earning his second Keeneland training title, securing a then-record 13 victories. Although he might not have guessed it, the trainer from Paris, Ky. also was beginning a long streak of success ...