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At first glance one wouldn’t expect Sunday Silence to combine particularly well with Tony Bin. Sunday Silence was a great runner on dirt in the U.S., and there are no particularly obvious pedigree similarities between his pedigree and that of Tony Bin, a late-maturing, Italian-trained son of Kampala (from the Zeddaan branch of the Grey Sovereign ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  Last week in Tucson, I got the chance to speak to another group of engaging young people preparing for careers in the racing industry as part of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Joe Hirsch Speaker Series.  Interacting with young people about industry issues is always ...

.commentForm, .postComments, #comments{display:none;} Steve Davidowitz has been a professional handicapper, reporter, editor, consultant, and columnist for more than three decades. He is the author of the “The Best and Worst of Thoroughbred Racing” and the best-selling “Betting Thoroughbreds,” which sold more than 150,000 copies. That ...

When the gates opened for Saturday’s Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II), Buddy’s Saint was the favorite for the Kentucky Derby. But after a disastrous trip a he passed the baton to runaway winner Eskendereya.  From the only crop of Horse of the Year Saint Liam, out of a mare by Blushing John, Buddy’s Saint (TrueNicks A++) is bred on the ...

Before we get started, I must congratulate my boy Giant Oak. If you are a common reader of my blog, you totally understand why =) ''Daniel Sullivan, president of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation, announced that Giant Oak has been selected its 2009 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male. The son of Giant’s ...

(Originally published in the February 27, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  It seems funny to say fillies took a backseat to the boys, but after the big news of a possible race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta dominated headlines, it was prep races ...

Steve and Cynthia Sansone, who own and operate the Malvern, Pa.-based Long Grove Bloodstock, have enjoyed many successes in the Thoroughbred breeding and pinhooking industry over the years. But when their Giant Schnauzer Skansen’s Bacchus II won a first award of merit in his breed class at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York Feb. 16, ...