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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 ...

 1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch Breezed five furlongs in 1:01 2/5 as he progresses toward much-awaited debut. The new one-mile stakes carded at Gulfstream on March 12, same day as Tampa Derby, adds a new twist and is now their first choice. From a historical standpoint, only one horse in the past 30 ...

The latest farm to make their stallions available for complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced reports is WinStar Farm, an outfit that is currently riding on the crest of a wave, coming off a pair of 2010 classic wins. Leader of the WinStar stallion division, Distorted Humor (TrueNicks,SRO), is a horse that made an extremely rapid rise through the ranks, ...