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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 ...

By Laura Pugh, of Horsin' Around I believe in tradition, despite my young age. I've always believed that dirt and turf should be the only two surfaces in racing. I believe that a great horse should push the envelope and take risks before s/he can be called great. However, not everything can stay the same; all industries, all sports must learn to ...

By William Shanklin  Individuals doing business in the racing industry have found that mobile communications devices are simultaneously a boon and a burden. Trainers, for example, can more easily update their owners, but the downside is they can be swamped by incoming messages. Utilizing cell phones, computers, and e-mail without becoming a ...

The weekend provided the first ever dead heat in a Japanese grade I event as Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Japan 1,000 Guineas (gr. I) victress Apapane could not be separated from Saint Emilion, who we had noted as one to watch here after her win in the Sankei Sports Sho Flora Stakes (gr. II). Apapane (TrueNicks A++) is one of four stakes ...

In the last 10 years of the Belmont Stakes, we have seen favorites and longshots triumph; and close finishes and runaway winners. But, what if they were all in the same race? How do you think that they would finish? Assume a fast track and clean trips for all. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/Belmont2000_2009.xml''); To ...

As we touched on in the last blog, without the Derby and Preakness winners involved, the 2010 Belmont Stakes lacks the star power that would attract the casual sports fan. In that respect, the third leg of the Triple Crown won't draw many newspaper or SportsCenter headlines and will likely see TV ratings take a significant dip. The good news for ...

On a quiet weekend for U.S. racing, Treat Gently gave another example of just how versatile the excellent trio of sprinter/milers by Green Desert – Oasis Dream, Invincible Spirit, and Cape Cross – are as sires, with her win in the 11-furlong Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. II). Oasis Dream, who was a pure sprinter, and whose third crop are currently ...