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  • 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

  • Southwest Winners Fit Separate Profiles

    It appears – to paraphrase the song about New York – that the Southwest Stakes (gr. III) has become the race “so good they ran it twice.” Since 2004, when Smarty Jones swept the series en route to victories in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I), the Oaklawn Park road to the Triple Crown – the Southwest Stakes (gr. III), Rebel ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter on 02-21-2012

  • Derby Dozen (video) - February 20, 2012 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    [brightcove videoid=''1463679823001''] 1 Creative Cause Mike Harrington Giant's Causeway—Dream of Summer, by Siberian Summer Have mixed feelings about his third in San Vicente, but mostly good, such as coming home in :35 flat and :11 4/5 for final eighth, finding his best stride late and galloping out very strong. But he did change leads ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-20-2012

  • Shopping for 2-Year-Olds? Here's Some Advice

    Dr. Barry Eisaman and his wife, Shari, had a big day Santa Anita Park earlier this month when two horses they had sold captured graded events. I'll Have Another triumphed by 2 ¾ lengths in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) in Feb. 4's sixth race. Two races later, Ultimate Eagle, who was a grade I winner last year on grass, rolled to a 7 ¼-length ...
    Posted to Hammer Time (Weblog) by macawwoman on 02-20-2012

  • Airdrie Looking Beyond Indian Charlie

    Last year didn’t end well for Airdrie Stud—how could it when you lose a top stallion like Indian Charlie? Curious to hear how everyone at the farm is adjusting, last week I spoke with Ben Henley, who handles bloodstock services at Airdrie. Ben summed it up pretty well: “Losing Indian Charlie was a terrible blow, not only to everybody here at the ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 02-20-2012
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