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How big a role does pedigree play nowadays in determining the Kentucky Derby winner? With fewer stamina-oriented stallions, there was for a while more of a tendency to look at the female family in determining a horse’s chances of getting a mile and a quarter, knowing that speed-oriented stallions such as Boundary (Big Brown), Elusive Quality ...

UPDATE Rachel Alexandra delivered early! On Jan. 22, Rachel Alexandra gave birth to a 125-pound colt by two-time Horse of the Curlin. With a white star, the colt is reported to have a striking resemblance to his mother. Farm manager Gary Megibben reported that the mare and foal are doing ...

While horseman in the Northern Hemisphere are working their way through the dark, damp days of winter, a significant portion of the Australasian breeding and racing community were enjoying the sunshine at the Gold Coast in Queensland. From a racing standpoint, the highlight was the A$2,000,000 BMW Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic, run over six ...

 (Originally published in the January 21, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) Trainer Eddie Kenneally is known around backstretches for his hard work and horsemanship. But it is the Irishman’s passion for the sport that makes him a standout to ...

nbsp;(Originally published in the January 21, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter The lure in watching any sport is the always-present opportunity to witness something never before achieved. It’s the ...

2012 will be the first breeding season without A.P. Indy as an active stallion since he retired to Lane's End in 1993. Now 23 years old, the two-time leading sire was pensioned last April due to declining fertility. Sire of 1,119 foals and 142 stakes winners, A.P. Indy commanded a $300,000 stud fee for a large portion of his stud ...

The 2011 racing season officially came to an end Monday in California with the Eclipse Awards. Save a few categories, the ceremony was almost as anticlimactic as the racing was last year. Whether or not your favorite horse won last night or not, I think most of us will agree that 2011 was one of the most uneventful years in recent memory. If that ...

As the 2012 Thoroughbred auction season opens, the talkhas turned from stabilization to recovery. Last year, the business trends at NorthAmerican sales turned upward overall after four consecutive years of declines.Then the first major auction of the New Year, the Keeneland January horses of allages sale, posted big gains. ''This is a ...