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By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA Last week, I was invited to speak to a panel of New York state lawmakers. The hearing was called for the purpose of investigating the viability of thoroughbred racing in New York State and to compare it to the performance of racing enterprises in other states. My role was to offer a national ...

 1 Buddy's Saint Bruce Levine Saint Liam—Tuzia, by Blushing John Some are knocking his big Beyer Speed Figure drop from the Nashua to the Remsen, but he was coming back in only three weeks after popping a 101 Beyer and figured to regress. Runner-up did come back to win Whirlaway Stakes.  2 Lookin at Lucky Bob Baffert Smart ...

In our most recent post we commented on some interesting duplications found in last weekend's stakes winners. There a few more that are also worth highlighting: Repent (TrueNicks,SRO) had a good winner last weekend in Sweet Repent, winner of the Sunshine Millions Distaff Stake. TrueNicks rated A++, Sweet Repent has an intriguing pedigree. She ...

Last weekend was relatively light on graded stakes action in the U.S., with just three races at that level. Two of the three, however, went to horses with interesting genetic relative inbreeding. Medaglia d'Oro (TrueNicks,SRO)’s “other” grade I winning filly, Gabby’s Golden Gal, took her second race at that level, the Santa Monica Handicap (gr. ...

Oaklawn Park made all the right moves with their big Apple Blossom announcement. They put up the money, they changed the distance, and in short they dangled one heckuva carrot in front of Jess Jackson and Jerry and Ann Moss.It all makes for great theater and great anticipation. But there are logistics to consider, and at some point the theater ...

From the blog Horsin' Around Speed, beauty, dominance, and brilliance. These four words are all it takes to sum up the 2009 Haskell Invitational and its champion. Before 2009 only one filly had ever won the prestigious race. The Haskell would mark her second victory over the boys and a year of greatness that saw her win an astounding nine ...

Well, it's February, and even though the weather outside isn't exactly hot, racing is really starting to heat up--especially for 3-year-olds. There is solid stakes action from Santa Anita, Gulfstream, Aqueduct, and Oaklawn on the calendar, so let's take a look at some of the major races. Let's start with the 3-year-olds first: Robert B. Lewis, ...

Rick Porter is a man of the sea: he likes to take his boat out and feel the wind; hear the waves; taste the salt. But when his latest Kentucky Derby hopeful, Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) winner Winslow Homer, was discovered this past weekend to have a slab fracture, Porter said of the news, “It takes the wind right out of your sails.” The Kentucky ...

Anyone who has read my blog for the past few years or knows me personally, knows just how big of a Pyro fan I am. We have not heard much on him since he has been retired to stud. Well, I have an update from a great friend. So thanks to Amanda for the inside information.The challenge is that the website is in Japanese, since he is now standing in ...