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Fasig-Tipton has made two major announcements recently. One was good news; the other was bad news. The good news was the decision to move the Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training from Calder Casino & Race Course to Palm Meadows. Every change involves some adjustment, but this one is probably for the best. Calder is not located in ...

Another Saratoga meet had passed into history, and all eyes were now on Belmont Park’s Super Saturday. But the one star who would have truly made it super was missing. Rachel Alexandra, racing’s reigning monarch had days earlier been forced to abdicate her throne and was now preparing to depart for another life. The autumn leaves, in different ...

What did you think of the Secretariat movie? Rate the Secretariat MovieMarket Research Submit your review below.  Read Steve Haskin's review. [brightcove videoid=''44633876001''] Penny Chenery Interview with Lenny Shulman, Oct 2009

Impressive maiden winner Uncle Mo is getting all the talk going into Saturday's Champagne Stakes (gr. I) for 2-year-olds. Owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher hope to use the Champagne as a stepping stone to the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) on Nov. 6. Repole went to $220,000 to secure the son of Indian Charlie ...

The much anticipated Thoroughbred Pedigree and Genetics Symposium is rapidly approaching. The event is sponsored by The Blood-Horse magazine, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants LLC, and will be held at the Marriott Griffin Gate hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, on Monday, October 11, 2010. Speakers for the 2010 Thoroughbred Pedigree and ...

In my introduction yesterday (Thoroughbred Breeding Stock Sales Approaching), I mentioned that I would profile several sale mares in the lead-up to the bloodstock auctions. I thought it appropriate to start out by looking to the 2010 MarketWatch Broodmare of the Year candidates (download it free at the MarketWatch blog!) -- after all, these mares ...

With less than a month to go and one major weekend of preps remaining for the Breeders' Cup, I decided to take a quick stab at who the favorites for each race might be as of today. The Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies are both still very much up in the air until after this weekend at Belmont, but the other races, with a couple of exceptions, could be ...

By Bill Pressey Thoroedge Equine Performance The fact is that harness racing times have improved markedly over the past 70+ years, while Thoroughbred times have lagged well behind. To keep things simple, I decided to use the winning times in the Kentucky Derby and the Hambletonian – the two feature races for each discipline. I converted winning ...

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 This is an exciting weekend for horse racing—not just because of the back-to-back-to-back days of live ESPN coverage from Keeneland starting Friday.  Not just because of the slew of Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” races at Keeneland, Belmont and Oak Tree at Hollywood Park this weekend.  But because the eagerly ...