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Carol Homersham and Joan Proctor of Barrie, Ontario were the most stunning women at breakfast in their custom-made hats.  It was Homersham’s first visit to a racetrack, but she looked like a Kentucky Oaks fashionista in her black mesh chapeau with a big bow.  Homersham’s hat went in different directions; its flat oval top slanted left ...

I don’t know how I feel anymore. I hate to become too wrapped up in all this Curlin vs. Big Brown banter and then have it all become moot when they go their separate ways. If it turns out to be nothing but idle chatter, then what good did it do other than provide us with amusement or indignation, depending on how you reacted to it?There was Rick ...

The Breeders’ Cup took important steps last week to help ensure the integrity of its races, while at the same time prodding those states not already on board to hurry and establish steroid policies for tracks its racing authority regulates.Should a horse test positive for anabolic steroids at the Oct. 24-25 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at ...

How many times have you heard the expression, “No one would have beaten him today?” Throughout history, there have been numerous horses who, for one or two races, turned in performances so extraordinary, you can’t imagine anyone beating them. Often, these horses were meant for great things, but were hampered by a variety of problems, such as ...

The trusting souls, who didn’t let the threat of inclement weather keep them away from the racetrack, were treated to a grand day of Thoroughbred sport.  This does not mean that the competition was spectacular.  It was first class; not incomparable.  What was proved in the end was that there is no need for NYRA to pool its best ...

There’s been an uptick in sales of ear plugs at the CVS drug store.  The yearlings have returned to the Fasig-Tipton grounds on Madison and East, and sleep-deprived residents of nearby Fifth Avenue are being awakened by their whinnying at 4 a.m.On the other hand, Phyllis Crocker has heard the early call of Thoroughbreds for nearly 44 Augusts, ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston Monmouth Park’s crown jewel, the one million dollar Haskell Invitational Stakes will hold it’s renewal Sunday.  Big Brown hopes to regain his Derby winning form, but this field will be hard-pressed to put on a show like the one we saw in 1987.Each year when the Haskell is run, it is impossible for me not to reach ...

Although I have discussed Evening Attire and his stirring performances in mile and a half races at age 10, I feel I must say something about another amazing old boy, Commentator.These are the horses and stories that stir our souls and reach deep into our heart…and remain there. We all have our favorite Triple Crown horses and speak of them with ...

As the great poet/musician Bob Dylan so eloquently wrote 45 years ago, “The Times They Are a-Changin’.”Though the rock icon was writing about the political and social upheaval of that era, the title track of his 1964 album is often referred to when any major societal changes are occurring.At The Blood-Horse, which has been publishing since 1916, ...

By Vic Zast Finally, the breakfast brigade had a morning on which it could enjoy bacon and eggs railside.  The day was crisp in the manner required for those photos on postcards of horses emerging from the mist, their nostrils flaring with steam like locomotives.  But the rain had stopped, and everyone let out with a sigh.On a dawn such ...