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El Corredor (TrueNicks,SRO) is off to a very good start in 2010, and when El Caballo took the Colonel E. R. Bradley Stakes (gr. III), he followed the Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) victress Crisp, as the second graded winner of January for the sire. El Caballo, a six-year-old gelding who was beaten a nose in the Mervin Muniz Jr. Handicap ...

I voted for Rachel Alexandra for Horse of the Year because I thought she accomplished more in 2009 than Zenyatta. Those that voted for Zenyatta made a solid, well-informed decision. Who can argue with someone who voted for a mare that was unbeaten during the year and won the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I)? I can’t, but I do disagree—vehemently and ...

We have to wonder if there has been a more prolific family in the last couple of years than that of the Verbatim mare, Right Word, the dam of three stakes winners: the graded scorer Ascutney and Words of War (both by Lord At War) and Word o’ Ransom (by Red Ransom). Ascutney is dam of two graded winners, headed by Raven’s Pass, winner of the 2008 ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA     This is a big week for some of racing's most devoted followers. On Friday and Saturday, some 300 horse players will compete in the 11th Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship at Red Rock Resort, Casino and Spa in Las Vegas. The stakes are high and I am told ...

In Ireland last week trainer Jim Bolger and scientist Dr. Emma­line Hill announced they have formed a company to promote the Equinome Speed Gene Test, which they claim will help horsemen identify the optimum distance for a particular Thoroughbred. Bolger was quoted as saying the test is “without a doubt the most important thing that has happened ...

Things have gotten pretty heated on this blog over the past couple months with all the Horse of the Year debate. How about we take a step back and talk about something fun before we tackle the long Triple Crown season? One of the coolest parts of Thoroughbred racing is the names that owners come up with for their horses, and I am always intrigued ...

.postComments, .commentsContainer, .commentForm{display:none;} .questionForm{display:block} Julien Leparoux, who won the Eclipse Award as top jockey in 2009, will be the featured guest on bloodhorse.com’s Talkin’ Horses podcast on Tuesday, Feb. 2. By winning his second Eclipse Award after being voted champion apprentice rider in 2006, ...

By Kevin Stafford, The Aspiring Horseplayer By now the news has already reached many of you. Or perhaps, like me, the return to the post holiday work grind has left you a bit dazed and unable to process all that is happening around us?   The world is reeling from the horrific disaster that has befallen Haiti,with perhaps hundreds ...

 1 Buddy's Saint Bruce Levine Saint Liam—Tuzia, by Blushing John Showed he can run a horse into the ground early and draw off and showed he can blast by horses on the turn and draw off. Also showed in his debut he can scrap. Not bothered by slow time in Remsen, coming back in three weeks off 101 Beyer Speed Figure and running on ...

Winslow Homer has been a “talking horse” ever since his three lengths maiden win at Saratoga in August and he came through loud and clear in the Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) on Saturday. Winslow Homer is the first foal of his dam, Summer Raven, winner of the Tempted Stakes (gr. III) at two. A daughter of Summer Squall, Summer Raven is out of ...