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  • January 28, 2017 - Southeast: Next Step

    Tristan de Meric is making his own way in the Thoroughbred business By Erin Shea PINHOOKING AND PREPARING young horses for the racetrack are not easy. Not only does one need a good eye for what makes a great racehorse and the horsemanship skills to take those horses to the next level, one needs the skills to cultivate relationships with clients ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-07-2017

  • Derby Dozen - February 7, 2017 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Irish War Cry Graham Motion Curlin—Irish Sovereign, by Polish Numbers Well, someone has to be No. 1, so why not the horse with the most impressive maiden victory I saw last year and the most impressive stakes victory I’ve seen this year. I just needed to see if he would rate going two turns after being surprisingly rank in last, and he ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-07-2017

  • The Amazing Non-Growth of Arrogate

    Since last year’s Travers Stakes, the racing world has been trying to place Arrogate’s astounding feats in historical perspective. With the Juddmonte colt having started in only three stakes races, it’s been nearly impossible to explain his mind-boggling performances and meteoric rise to stardom, because no one has seen anything like it ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-03-2017

  • Birthday Wishes: Revisiting Pharoah's Belmont

    In honor of American Pharoah's Birthday, I thought I would reprint my column recapping his historic Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown victory. It brings back a lot of special memories, especially being the last race I will ever cover. For 37 years, the gates to racing’s pantheon have remained shut, rusted with time, leaving a number of fallen ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-02-2017

  • Will Horse Owner Tamme Be Having Super Dreams?

    When the teams come out on the field for Sunday’s Super Bowl, on the sidelines supporting his team will be Jacob Tamme, the Atlanta Falcons’ starting tight end for the past two seasons who has been sidelined since Week 8 with a shoulder injury that required surgery. Tamme has been to the Super Bowl twice before, with the Indianapolis Colts, ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-01-2017

  • January 21, 2017 - West Coast: West Coast Swing

    New stallions to California for 2017 by Evan Hammonds  THE SUCCESS OF STALLIONS Lucky Pulpit—the sire of California Chrome—and Unusual Heat—the sire of 53 stakes winners, including champion Acclamation—has gone a long way to raise the profile of the California-bred breeding program of late.  Download this week's Regional to ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-01-2017

  • New World Order - By Evan Hammonds

    he 2016 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings appear to have carried over well into January as its choice Arrogate proved again to be the best racehorse—at least on Jan. 28—with his overpowering victory in the inaugural Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1). There were plenty of doubters whether Frank Stronach could pull off his ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-01-2017

  • January 14, 2017 - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Head East

    Booming state-bred programs lift incoming stallion rosters by Evan Hammonds THE PURSES AND MONEY available to breeders and owners through the New York Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Funds have certainly increased the value in racing New York-breds and with that has brought an influx of new stallions to the Empire State market. On a ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-31-2017

  • Derby Dozen - January 31, 2017 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Classic Empire Mark Casse Pioneerof the Nile—Sambuca Classica, by Cat Thief Turned in a sharp 5f breeze in 1:00 3/5 before working same distance in 1:03 4/5 in company, as he preps for his 3-year-old debut in the Feb. 4 Holy Bull Stakes. You’re not looking for anything earth-shattering, just a good solid effort to show he’s made the ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-31-2017

  • Light Of Day - By Evan Hammonds

    They’ve been doing this Eclipse Awards thing for some time now. Over the 46-year history of the event to honor the best in Thoroughbred racing, the date has moved around the calendar, the venue has shifted from East Coast to West Coast and back again, and the format and dissemination of the voting results have changed. After a steady run under the ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-25-2017
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