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  • March 27, 2021 - Virus Control: Coronavirus and Equines

    Virus Control —Coronavirus and Equines by Amanda Duckworth A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT is a key step when it comes to many of the basic management principles, such as fly control, that surround the care of horses.  Download this week's Health Zone to continue reading.
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 03-24-2021

  • March 27, 2021 - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Moored in Maryland

    Merrymans' Anchor and Hope Farm finding its way By Lynne Snierson GRACE AND LOUIS MERRYMAN were not neophytes, and they harbored no illusions about how hard the horse business is when, as newlyweds, they invested their hopes and dreams in Anchor and Hope Farm.  Download this week's Regional to continue reading.
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 03-24-2021

  • That’s a Wrap - By Evan Hammonds

    Old habits die hard. BloodHorse, which has stuffed mailboxes weekly since before the Great Depression, will transition to a monthly publication with the April issue. Apparently too many subscribers are too far behind in their reading and would prefer to be served with just one issue a month instead of four. The website and Daily are the drivers of ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-24-2021

  • Will Proxy Upset the Louisiana Derby?

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby will take another major turn on Saturday. Fair Grounds is set to host the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), the first prep race of the season awarding 100 qualifying points to the winner. A suitably deep field has turned out to contest the lucrative ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 03-18-2021

  • No Win, No Worry - By Evan Hammonds

    In many respects it seems as if the “year of COVID” has lasted a lot longer than 12 months. A year ago we couldn’t find much on the shelves of the local grocery store, especially paper products. Swiss Skydiver had yet to defeat stakes company. Bob Baffert had just five Kentucky Derby (G1) wins. While we herald the fact racing was able to continue ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-17-2021

  • March 20, 2021 - Southwest: Second-Career Horseman

    After short career as a jockey, Scott Young is an up-and-coming trainer in the region By Denis Blake SCOTT YOUNG WAS LUCKY and talented enough to grow up to be exactly what he dreamed about as a young boy—a jockey.  Download this week's Regional to continue reading.
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 03-16-2021

  • A Shift in Derby Running Styles

    If one of the horses with early speed entered in the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 13 at Oaklawn Park is able to emerge with a victory in the 1 1/16-mile race, they figure to be a good fit for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). I'm basing that ''good fit for the Derby'' statement on the fact that on paper an easy lead ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 03-12-2021

  • Who Will Win the Rebel Stakes Showdown?

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Our quest to picks 50% winners in 2021 enters the second week of March in the ''close, but not quite'' territory. We were right on target after Life Is Good rolled to a convincing win in the San Felipe (G2) last Saturday, but then Ride a Comet faltered with a seventh-place effort ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 03-11-2021

  • Security Measures - By Evan Hammonds

    Making a stand against social injustice at a racetrack is nothing new. Perhaps the most famous example occurred more than a century ago when Emily Davison walked out in front of the horses competing in the 1913 Epsom Derby in England. Stepping out from the inside bend at Tattenham Corner at Epsom, the suffragette was struck by King George V’s ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-10-2021

  • March 13, 2021 - Southeast: Just Swimmingly

    Bobby Jones' hands-on approach helps young horses move forward By Cynthia McFarlandAT THE END of her swimming session, the bay yearling filly splashes out of the water, takes a deep breath, and calmly walks beside the tall man holding her lead shank.  Download this week's Regional to continue reading.
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 03-09-2021
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