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 (Originally published in the July 2, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds   Competitors on the track, comrades on the backside—Thoroughbred racing is a sport of contradictions. That dichotomy was brought into sharp ...

One of the most fun things about summer racing is watching the 2-year-olds emerge, especially at Saratoga, where many well-bred youngsters start for the first time. It's also interesting to see how some of the high-priced horses at the juvenile sales do as they make their career debuts. Most from this year's round of auctions already have been ...

Many may wonder what possessed Barb Hutchison to make Thoroughbred rescue her life mission, having not grown up around the industry. But for her, all it took was one look into the eyes of a slaughter-bound Thoroughbred at Fairmount Park to turn her whole world upside down. Renaissance Rescue, a 75-acre facility located south of St. Louis in ...

This was to be the year. You could feel it. Divine forces were guiding Smarty Jones up the sacred slopes of Mt. Olympus. Only a quarter mile away, the pantheon was in sight. Every step to this point had been perfectly orchestrated, and Smarty's ascent to immortality seemed written in the stars. The vast majority of the record 120,139 in ...

Although a front-running victory in a sloppy renewal of the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) would prove to be the final win of Pretty Discreet’s racing career, she was about to commence a broodmare career that would bring her even greater acclaim. Last weekend, Awesome Maria became the latest grade I winner to extend from Pretty Discreet when winning the ...

Seventeen go to the post in the Queen's Plate on June 26. Are you up to the challenge of predicting the order of finish? Need more information about the Queen's Plate? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011QueensPlateOrder.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to ...

Are there any country music fans out there? Truth be told, I can't say I'm the world's biggest, but I am a fan of high-profile people supporting the industry, and that is exactly what Toby Keith is doing for horse racing. A multi-platinum recording artist and Billboard's Country Artist of the Decade, Keith is one of the biggest country music ...

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RLEASE, PLEASE!June 23, 2011 Contact: Charlene Peterson VP Sales and Marketing (702) 575-7519 MAGIC LITTLE BOX HELPS EQUINE COMPETITORS AND TRAINERS WITH THE I.R.S. Las Vegas, Nevada - It took a C.P.A., a group of engineers and software developers to create and produce a ...

This story appeared in the May 8, 2004 issue of The Blood-Horse, with several new graphs added. Get out the cheese steaks and pretzels. It's party time in Philly. After Pennsylvania-bred Smarty Jones' stirring May 1 victory in the 130th Kentucky Derby, the City of Brotherly Love has found the real Philadelphia flyer. Although it sounds like a ...

Guest blogger/photographer Mathea Kelley is back to share her latest update on our good friend Zenyatta.  Thanks Mathea! Hope you guys enjoy! Spring at Lane's End Farm is paradise for horses and people alike. It seems like overnight the gray of the long winter is gone and there are new foals, green grass, trees and flowers blossoming ...