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I know I just featured New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program a couple weeks ago, but I wanted to bring to attention the fact that the organization hosted its final Thoroughbred event last weekend at the Kentucky Horse Park, and it was, once again, a success. Nearly 40 Thoroughbreds gathered July 11 at the Lexington-based facility to compete in ...

By Laura Pugh, of Horsin' Around “I'll bet Eclipse voters are really regretting their decision now.'' ''Now what do the voters think of Horse of the Year.'' ''Bet voters wish they could change their minds.'' This is not even a tenth of what is being said or what has been said, seven months after the Eclipse Awards were announced. Did you get ...

Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winner Line of David, who retires to B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm for the 2011 breeding season, has joined TrueNicks. Making his first stakes appearance in the Arkansas Derby, Line of David (TrueNicks) set quick fractions and held off gr. I winner Dublin and subsequent Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Super Saver, with ...

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When The Blood-Horse MarketWatch purchased the publication Owner-Breeder International a few years back, we were excited to expand our editorial reach. Alan Porter's ''Undervalued Sires'' updates were one of OBI's most popular features, and we've carried forward the concept in our August issue each year. The timing is not random: with the yearling ...

The saying is that “great minds thing alike,” but sometimes, and especially with horses, there is more than one way to the same destination. We didn't have time or space to cover her in detail in our U.S. weekend round up, but one recent example is Pica Slew, who stamped herself as one of the leaders of the three-year-old filly sprint division by ...

By Eric Mitchell My memory includes an indelible image of George Steinbrenner standing before members of the then-Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association poised with a large sledge hammer painted gold. It was his scepter, given to him in the fall of 1989 when he was elected president of the association's board. Steinbrenner's main goal was to ...

The Fasig-Tipton July Sale is currently underway (Click here for Fasig-Tipton July TrueNicks reports). You'd probably be pleased if your yearling purchase goes on to win a graded stakes race regardless of the distance, but – in an ideal scenario – what distance would you prefer? Explain your choice in the comments section below. If your ...

(Originally published in the July 17, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   By Evan Hammonds  The focus of racing in Kentucky after the Fourth of July should have been on Ellis Park as the Henderson, Ky., track once dubbed the ...