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 (Originally published in the January 14, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) Some may call it beginner’s luck that the first horse ever bred and raced by California residents Ted and Judy Nichols became a grade I winner. But when Teddy’s Promise ...

 (Originally published in the January 14, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds   No other Thoroughbred operation has a more storied past than Calumet Farm. The name alone invokes the golden era of the sport and ...

In January 2009, a little more than a year after the launch of the TrueNicks website, the Broodmare Analysis Report was announced. The report allows breeders to cross their mare with up to 50 selected stallions and provides a catalog-style pedigree for the mare. The report lists the stallions in order of TrueNicks rating and Broodmare Sire ...

The past few years have been unforgettable for those of us who love great horse racing.  Stars like Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, Blame and Curlin have given us some great memories on the racetrack. And an explosion of new media has resulted in the engagement of racing fans in ways we could not have imagined just a few short years ...

Established in 1924 to raise Standardbreds, Calumet Farm became a Thoroughbred nursery in 1932. The farm’s first major stallion was Bull Lea, a son of the imported French stallion Bull Dog. Winner of 10 of his 27 starts, including the Blue Grass Stakes, Widener Handicap, and Pimlico Handicap, Bull Lea was only lightly regarded initially. However, ...

 (Originally published in the January 7, 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 pursuit of the 2011 leading freshman sire title turned out to be a match race between Ashford Stud’s Scat Daddy and ...

(Originally published in the January 7, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   Anthony Hegarty and John Wade are successful residential builders and developers in the Chicago area, but their success doesn’t end in the construction business. It has ...

Here is the way my Eclipse Award ballot would look, as of Dec. 30. Happy New Year to everyone. See you on the other side. Horse of the Year: Havre de Grace--It's been discussed at length how there was no true standout in 2011, but she is the best of the group. The decision by Rick Porter and Larry Jones to race her against males in the Woodward, ...

Using a random number generator, I have chosen a winner for the 2012 Blood-Horse calendar: gocurlin12: My favorite older horse is Forego because he always tried his best and showed so much courage on the track. A very worthy favorite! Be sure to email me your street address, gocurlin12, so I can mail you your calendar by the end of the day! ...