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Who will win the Belmont? A favorite or a longshot? Who will finish last? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2010BelmontOrderFinish.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently ...

By Tim Capps It is hard to pick up a publication or listen to a news or commentary show without hearing talk about sustainability, which in current vernacular is code for sustaining the environment. We are in the “green” era, when the people of the planet are seriously thinking about how to maintain the habitability of the planet for future ...

 (Originally published in the June 5, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) A business with a 100-year history is rare, but the Bluegrass region has four farms that have operated continuously on all or part of the same land by the same family for a ...

While others could doubtless offer worthy alternatives, Quality Road (TrueNicks,SRO) impresses us as the most naturally talented U.S. runner we’ve seen since Ghostzapper (TrueNicks,SRO). His latest exploit saw him return from a near four-month break to take the Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I). In doing so, he lead throughout, turning back a pair of ...

In addition to the spectacular victory of Quality Road in the Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I), there was considerable other Memorial Day Weekend action of note. There is no doubt that Quality Road heads the older males, but the weekend also saw another older runner advance her claims to divisional leadership. This was Tuscan Evening (TrueNicks A++) ...

Kelly Young, the director of Lost and Found Horse Rescue near York Pa. really needs our help. Young, who buys and rehabilitates horses at local auctions from which she believes the animals are often sent on to slaughter, has been told by the people who helped her start the rescue 13 years ago that she has until July to come up with the funding to ...

For Immediate Release!Hoof Sealant Blocks  Pathways of InfectionResearchers from SBS Equine Products have developed a product using dental technology that seals out moisture and disease causing fungus and bacteria from entering the hoof wall through nail holes and small cracks. The product is called Farrier's Hoof Sealant.The secret is ...

Having supplied Apapane (by King Kamehameha), winner of this year’s Japanese 1,000 Guineas (gr. I) and Oaks (gr. I) – the latter in a dead heat – the Kingmambo line was represented by this weekend by Eishin Flash, who took the Tokyo Yushun, the Japanese Derby (gr. I). In fact the Kingmambo (TrueNicks,SRO) line took the first two places, Eishin ...

How much have the Dude's improved since their Florida Derby meeting?Let's take a brief second to review their year so far...First Dude:For 2010, he is 5-1-2-1. Including the place in the Preakness Stakes, and show in the Toyota Bluegrass Stakes.Game On Dude:For 2010, he is 5-2-1-0. Including a win in the Lone Star Derby.If we are going by talent ...

On Memorial Day, racing fans will watch as Quality Road--perhaps the most talented and exciting horse in the country--returns from a short layoff in the Met Mile at Belmont Park. After dominating wins in the Hal's Hope and Donn Handicap this winter at Gulfstream to begin his 4-year-old season, Quality Road rolls into the Met Mile as the ...