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  • Kentucky Assembly Stuck in Neutral - By Tom LaMarra

     (Originally published in the March 12, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Tom LaMarraNothing is going on here. It was foolish to believe the Kentucky General Assembly would take substantive action involving the horse industry during the ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-08-2011

  • Retired Racehorse Spotlight: Felicity and Windy

    Jackie Cross of Maryland wrote me a few weeks ago to tell me about her 14-year-old cousin, Gabby Gordon, who recently adopted a retired Thoroughbred racehorse named Felicity. The 9-year-old daughter of Tarakam, who raced under the name Susies Cameo Girl, made 48 starts on the Texas circuit, winning seven times, with seven seconds, and six thirds. ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 03-08-2011

  • March 12, 2011 - Reproduction Takeaways from the AAEP Convention

    Trade Zone: Reproduction Takeaways from the AAEP Convention  Each year at the American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, veterinarians share the latest in research on a number of topics. The revelations often mean a better understanding of managing horses’ health. Reproduction topics at the convention, which was held Dec. 4-8, ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by aspradling on 03-08-2011

  • 03/12/11 Southeast: Finery at Vinery

    Sometimes it pays to be contrarian. While other operations have contracted over the past few years, Tom Simon’s Vinery has gotten aggressive. It has supported its young stallions More Than Ready and Congrats and turned them into major success stories; it has enhanced its racing stable and come up with horses such as Kodiak Kowboy, a champion in ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 03-08-2011

  • A.P. Indy Sophomore Sires Shine

    Last weekend Danzig line first season sires War Front (TrueNicks,SRO) and Pomeroy (TrueNicks,SRO) were writing the headlines. This weeked it was three-year-olds from the first crop of sons of A.P. Indy (TrueNicks,SRO) who made their mark. Turbulent Descent – a grade I-winning daughter of last year’s upset Leading Freshman Sire Congrats ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 03-08-2011

  • Ky. Derby Trail: Thirst Quencher

      Dictionary.com has an interesting definition of the word prep: “A preliminary or warm-up activity or event; trial run: the race is a prep for the Kentucky Derby.”It should have added: “See Giacomo.” You know, the 2005 Kentucky Derby winner who went into the race off five straight defeats and only a maiden victory at 2 in seven career ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-07-2011

  • Derby Dozen - March 7, 2011 - Presented by Pauls Mill

       1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch One mo week to the long-awaited debut in the Timely Writer. At this point, the decisions have all been made and as Mike Repole said, on May 7 he’ll either look like a genius or an idiot. But for now it’s one step at a time, and they not only have to get past this ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by aspradling on 03-07-2011

  • The Buy-Back Dilemma: Can Anything Be Done to Get More Select 2-Year-Olds Sold?

    The most disturbing statistic in the results for the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training March 3 was the buy-back rate, which climbed past the 40% level. Making it even more concerning what that it didn't take into account the large number of scratches, many of which were the result of consignors realizing that there was ...
    Posted to Hammer Time (Weblog) by macawwoman on 03-07-2011

  • All Eyes on Stay Thirsty, Dialed In

    While next week's racing calendar includes three key Triple Crown preps including the season debut of Kentucky Derby favorite of Uncle Mo in the Timely Writer, this weekend features only Saturday's Gotham Stakes from Aqueduct, and to a lesser degree a Sunday allowance race at Gulfstream that will serve as Dailed In's two-turn debut. The Gotham is ...
    Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by Jason Shandler on 03-04-2011

  • Bernstein, Modigliani Add Enhanced Report

    The stallions of Castleton Lyons have upgraded to the TrueNicks Enhanced report. Breeders can access unlimited reports for these stallions. Bernstein (TrueNicks,SRO) is an Irish group III-winning son of Storm Cat and has been a top sire in both North and South America. He is a full brother to grade III winner Caress, the dam of good sire Sky ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Ian Tapp on 03-04-2011
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