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First off, let me set the record straight. I love Blind Luck; have since last spring, and have made my feelings about her known several times. She is a rare link to the past; bringing back memories of the sport in its glory days and the amazing feats a great Thoroughbred was capable of. No, change that. Not even the Thoroughbreds of the past ...

by Kate Hunter, http://www.keiblog.net/ It is no secret that horse racing isn’t the most tech-savvy sport, and it is no secret the industry has a big problem connecting with youth. The best way to attract more young fans would be to improve the way racing uses new technology, especially mobile devices.  Sure, I have the Derby App, Preakness ...

By J. Keeler Johnson This Saturday, Delaware Park will play host to what may end up being one of the biggest races of the year. In the track's signature race for older mares-the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. II)-the remarkable fillies Havre de Grace and Blind Luck will continue their rivalry as the heavy favorites against only three other ...

Last week, the NTRA’s Safety & Integrity Alliance launched a new microsite on NTRA.com devoted to aftercare. Click here or go directly to the microsite at www.ntraaftercare.com.  This site is the work of a lot of important people in racing, many of whom you probably don’t know because you rarely if ever read about them.  For ...

Video Portal MakeoverBloodHorse.com has released an update to the BloodHorse.com video portal. Upgrades include the ability to search for any Race Replay of your choice and a new tab organization structure. New tabs  that have been added include International Video and News Video sections.http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videosOther ...

The Blood-Horse magazine, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants LLC and TrueNicks.com, announces the 2011 Thoroughbred Pedigree, Genetics, and Performance Conference. The two-day event will be hosted at the Marriott Griffin Gate hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 7-8, 2011, conveniently preceding the Keeneland September Yearling ...

(Guest Post) This spring, the American Graded Stakes Committee decided that because Colonial Downs' Colonial Turf Cup would be opened to older runners, after having been for 3-year-olds only previously, it would be stripped of its grade II status. The committee judged that this was a ''material change and therefore the committee considers the ...

In my last blog post, I mentioned that sufficent funds had been raised for the body of Hall of Famer Noor to be transferred to Old Friends. It has been brought to my attention by an official involved in the process that this is not the case, however. Noor's body will be moved at the end of August only if funds are ...

By Jordan Miller Despite the title of this blog and the material which follows, I consider myself an unapologetic supporter of California racing. I was first exposed to racing as a teenager while living in California in 1989, and started attending the track on a regular basis later that year. I lived in California until 1999, when I relocated to ...

Perhaps the most interesting pedigree of the July 4 weekend stakes winners is that of Her Smile, the 3-year-old filly who took the Prioress Stakes (gr. I, video below). She’s a daughter of Include (TrueNicks,SRO), who had the grade I-winning fillies Panty Raid and Cash Included in his first crop, but hadn’t had a graded stakes winners since. ...