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It was only by a nose, but Wasted Tears took her most recent winning streak to seven in the John C. Mabee Handicap (gr. II). Taking out one unplaced effort on the dirt, she actually has a ten race undefeated run on the sward stretching back to May, 2008. You'd have to credit a significant proportion of that to courage and toughness as well as ...

This isn't the Kentucky Derby, this is the Breeders' Cup. Last year at the Breeders' Cup Stable Boy and I were able to push out track-side video in real time, through my blog. At the same time, I was tweeting live from the gap at Santa Anita. Observing the horses coming on and off the track. As well as how they looked while hitting the top of ...

Since its inception in 1981, the Arlington Million has showcased some of the most talented turf runners from around the world. Rank these past winners of this prestigious race: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/ArlingtonMillionWinners.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left ...

By William Shanklin  The August 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected sale had the lowest average purchase price since 2002. However, in view of the macroeconomic environment in the United States and Europe, that result is not as negative as it appears to be at first glance.The sale was held in a time of waning gross domestic product in the ...

(Originally published in the August 21, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell“You need to have passion for anything you are involved in, whether it is racing off-road cars or breeding horses—otherwise you’re just spinning your ...

Dubawi (IRE) (TrueNicks,SRO) was a horse very well-suited by some give in the ground, a point underlined by his win in the 2005 renewal of the Prix Jacque Le Marois (gr. I) at Deauville. That the same is true of his offspring is evident by their efforts at Deauville on August 15. Five years on from his sire's victory in the same race, the English ...

It's the first summer for setting up shop at the racecourse for an art gallery with haberdashery for sale called Sorelle Gallery.  But the high cost of rent doesn't jive with the low flow of sales and it's doubtful that the owner will conclude that the pop-up boutique in a tent should return. Nevertheless, women in search of a fancy hat ...

While there will always be stories of corrupt dealers, cheaters, and dishonest people in the Thoroughbred industry, we must remember there are also plenty of selfless, charitable, and good-natured souls. It’s these people—like Trish Regard of Occidental Farm—whose stories we should hold on to. Regard, who owns and operates Occidental near Paris, ...

Other work pressures have kept us off the blogosphere for most of this week, but we've finally found a minute or two for some pedigree notes on last week's stakes winners. Last year, after his win in the Fayette Handicap (gr .II) at the end of October, we noted that Blame was developing a career arc very similar to that of his sire, Arch ...