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Who will win the 2011 Fountain of Youth? Who will complete the exacta? Who will come up empty? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. Need more information about the Fountain of Youth? Read the race preview. ...

Patrick Patten, Handride I thought about expanding the title ala Dr Strangelove… to Horse Racing: Alive or Dead Needs a Fix or: Numbers Don’t Lie but Statisticians don’t Tell the Truth. It seems that every year between the Breeders’ Cup of early October and the Derby trail beginning in late January the writers, media, bloggers, anyone with a ...

By Scot T. Gillies Pollard's Vision enters the picture, Birdstone maintains a slight edge over Medaglia d'Oro, and Mineshaft makes a determined move to the top of his class. It's the annual AEI leaders issue and we present the top 200 North American stallions by Average Earnings Index (cover story). Additional statistical charts in the ...

For Immediate Release The Toro Company Forms Alliance with Innovative Equine MarketingPartnership supports equine industry with innovative Toro and Exmark equipment BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (February 21, 2011) - The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) today announced it has entered into a partnership with Innovative Equine Marketing, LLC and its Equine Savings ...

I have a special treat for you all this week. Kelsey Riley, former intern at The Blood-Horse and current Darley Flying Start student, agreed to write about her experiences trimming the hooves of some of the equine stars at Michael Blowen’s Old Friends retirement farm near Midway, Ky. I happened to be out at Old Friends the same day as Kelsey ...

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One of the great aspects of the Derby trail is that in most cases the decisions made are not proven right or wrong until the first Saturday in May. So, you can debate all you want whether the decision to start Uncle Mo’s 3-year-old campaign off in the newly created one-mile Timely Writer Stakes is a good one or a bad one. Right now, it is nothing ...

 (Originally published in the February 26, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Jacqueline DukeEd Martin has said what many in racing have long wished they could—Enough is enough. The president of Racing Commissioners International has ...

Al Stall Jr. wants to make sure he squashes all of the Kentucky Derby talk before it even gets started: Bind will not be pointed to any of the Triple Crown races. It's understandable that Stall felt the need to dismiss the Derby talk on Tuesday, a few days after Bind dazzled in his debut at Fair Grounds. The dark bay colt stole Risen ...