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(Originally published in the May 29, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) You have to give Frank Stronach points for consistency. Since he embarked on his supermarket sweep of North American racetracks a dozen years ago, his mantra has ...

It was big—not as big as the total wagering of $9.3 million—but a big enough development on opening day of the Monmouth Park experiment, which came together in only a few months. Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was on hand to sign into law the legislation that made the one-year “million-dollar meet” possible.  He didn’t ...

Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Lookin At Lucky, who was 2009's champion 2-year-old male, should teach shoppers at Thoroughbred auctions an important lesson, according to Jerry Bailey. ''It says to me that when people are buying horses, they should look for reasons to buy a horse rather than for reasons not to buy a horse,'' said the Florida ...

After a spectacular win in the Coventry Stakes (gr. II) was followed by a third in the Prix Morny (gr. I) – his final outing at two – a second in the seven furlong Greenham Stakes (gr. III), and a third in the English 2,000 Guineas (gr. I), there were many who questioned Canford Cliffs’s ability to get a mile. However, his connections never ...

FENWICK EQUESTRIAN TO MANUFACTURE HIGH PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FOR COMPETITION HORSES Launches FenwickEquestrian.com CAMDEN, S.C. (May 25, 2010) - Fenwick Equestrian, a new manufacturing company of equine products featuring high performance fabrics for horses of all disciplines, was launched today by Wilhelmina McEwan and her brother, Fred McEwan. ...

TrueNicks is proud to announce our newest stallion. The beautifully-bred Kitalpha (TrueNicks,SRO) stood his first five seasons in Zimbabwe, but when his runners so thoroughly dominated the racing scene in that country, Kitalpha was soon brought to Kentucky. His initial crop of 45 named foals included both the Zimbabwe Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and ...

The 2010 Triple Crown season has produced a couple of worthy winners with good stories behind them, but it also left us without a Triple Crown winner for yet another year. Not only that, but for the second straight year we will also have a different winner in all three of the classics. And with Dublin now out, we won't even a have a single ...

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There is nothing I can say about Skip Away and his owner Carolyn Hine and trainer Sonny Hine that has not been said in the following blog, first published on Dec. 22, 2008. So, I am reprinting it as a tribute to one of the toughest, most durable horses I have had the privilege to see run and the two people whose lives he encompassed. For ...