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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. ...

On an extremely sultry Kentucky afternoon last week, I made the 25-minute trip from my office to Old Friends’ Dream Chase Farm near Georgetown, Ky. There’s a stillness during the summers here that I can’t quite explain, but it’s so peaceful and calm. And also breathtakingly beautiful—driving down the country roads of Fayette, Woodford, and Scott ...

Read Donna's answers to your questions now! Download this free PDF of many questions not answered during the Talkin' Horses with The Blood-Horse show. Donna Barton Brothers is the daughter of Patti Barton, one of the first women to be licensed as a jockey, Barton Brothers is second on the all-time leading earners list for female ...

By Jennifer Wirth, of The Saturday Post There is something about a two-year-old racehorse that draws optimism from seasoned owners in a sport with dizzying odds of finding success at the highest tiers of the racing world.  Yet, the very nature of odds is that they judge what is probable rather than what is possible in the world.Pryce ...

Will will win the 2011 Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I)? Will Awesome Gem repeat? Or will it be a Dude? Or will a Candy horse prevail? How will the rest finish? Need more information about the Hollywood Gold Cup? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping ...

Welcome back to Breeders' Cup Chat, 2011 edition. Most years, I watch the Hollywood Gold Cup with minor interest. With a couple of rare exceptions, it's a race that doesn't have much major impact on the Breeders' Cup Classic, and so for me, it's a just another California grade I with a small field that helps pass the time before Saratoga begins. ...

Invisible Ink died today at Pin Oak Lane Farm in New Freedom, Pa. at the age of 13. Although he was far too young, every day of his life was a miracle. His owner, John Fort of Peachtree Stable, has built Peachtree into a successful operation, with dozens of stakes winners, and this year has one of the leading sprinters in the country in ...

 (Originally published in the July 9, 2011 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 Public hearings are supposed to provide answers and resolution. Unfortunately, the administrative hearing held June 28-30 ...

  (Originally published in the July 9, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) Leonard Lavin, who started his Glen Hill Farm Thoroughbred operation 40 years ago, promised his daughter Carol back around 1980 that he wouldn’t make a horseplayer out of her ...