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Ulysses S. Grant is moving down on the Top 10 worst presidents lists.  He went from being the second worst to being the eighth worst.  Pretty soon he’ll be in the meaningless middle of presidents you can’t get excited about in one way or the other.Regardless, the move didn’t dissuade General Grant, aka Lance Ingmire of The Friends of ...

A world record priced yearling at auction, the mare depicted above traces in tail female to several champion sires and exceptional racers, including a winner of two grade I events that will be run this weekend – albeit one via disqualification. Name this mare, the grade I winner mentioned, and the two grade I races won by that horse. As a ...

When we launched the new NTRA.com in early March, we promised that additional elements would be phased in over the coming months. We soon added NTRALive! webcasts featuring broadcast quality productions of some the best races leading to the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup. In June, we debuted a virtual horse race game, including a weekly feature ...

The 28th running of the Arlington Million (gr. I) will be run Saturday, August 21. Post time is 6:14pm EDT. Click the link for each contender to view a complimentary report.   1 - Marsh Side (12-1) FREE TrueNicks report for Marsh Side 2 - Debussy (12-1) FREE TrueNicks report for Debussy 3 - General Quarters (8-1) FREE TrueNicks ...

THE BLOOD-HORSE PRESENTS THE FIRST LIVE EVENT FOCUSED ON THOROUGHBRED PEDIGREE AND GENETICS TO BE HELD IN KENTUCKY The Blood-Horse magazine, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants (Visit Site), announces the first Thoroughbred Pedigree and Genetics Symposium, to be held at the Marriott Griffin Gate hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 11, ...

Despite the colossal natural talent that he obviously was, the pedigree of Bellamy Road (TrueNicks,SRO) didn’t make him a natural commercial sire, nor an obvious sire of precocious two-year-olds (he's by Concerto, a son of Chief’s Crown and useful sire in Florida, but not exactly at the head of anyone's ''sire of sires'' list, out of a mare by ...

Normally, it's her pretty face that you see on TV. But Jeannine Edwards has a great seat. For those unaware of the comely ESPN commentator's off-the-air interests, she's an equestrienne par excellence. Edwards sat her back up like a washboard on Ashkal Way through an impressive demonstration of dressage in front of the Clubhouse before the ...

It’s definitely time for another retired Thoroughbred feel-good story, don’t you think? Charming Jim is special in the fact that he has managed to be successful both on and off the track. After being retired from racing and acquired by Christy Weese last July, the 9-year-old gelding has wasted no time dedicating himself to a new career as a ...

On Sunday, Wasted Tears hung on by a nose to win the John C. Mabee Stakes (gr. IIT) in a thrilling finish. Remarkably, it was the 10th consecutive victory on turf for the 5-year-old mare, half of them coming in graded stakes company and all of them coming in wire-to-wire fashion. It's been an amazing two-year run for the undersized daughter of ...