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(Originally published in the December 19, 2009 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)     Suppose you chose a day and stationed survey takers at the entrance of every racetrack asking those who entered the grandstand three questions: Who is Rachel ...

European sales this fall seemed well on the way to recovery while auctions in this country continued to suffer from the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. But Europe’s strength might be America’s gain in 2010, according to Lincoln Collins, president and owner of the Kern Thoroughbreds bloodstock agency and a director of ...

Wildcat Heir (TrueNicks,SRO) , a speedy grade I winning son of Forest Wildcat leads all North American freshman with a record-setting 38 individual winners. Five of his runners have earned blacktype so far. The Carson City son Hear No Evil (TrueNicks,SRO) has only 11 foals in his first crop but two of them are stakes winners,  Jackson Bend. ...

As mentioned, to keep this blog active over the holiday season, I am reprinting a series of race recaps, mainly from the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup, that originally were published on Bloodhorse.com over the past decade. A new recap will appear every two days. The intention is to provide the reader with a kaleidoscope of images and ...

Street Cry (IRE) (TrueNicks,SRO) is already the sire of a Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and a Melbourne Cup (gr. I) winner, not to mention one of the all time greats in Zenyatta.Darley America is now home to Medaglia d'Oro (TrueNicks,SRO) North America’s #1 second crop sire. He is, of course, the sire of another all time great in Rachel Alexandra. She ...

This is not really a blog, but a preview of what will appear in this space over the next couple of weeks. Rather than simply take a few weeks off from the blog, every two or three days I will reprint the original recaps of some of my favorite races and stories of the decade, mainly Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup events, as they appeared on ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  In the fall of 2008, the NTRA brought together 55 racetracks and every major horsemen’s organization for the purpose of forging a new path for horse racing.  Together, we pledged support for the affirmation that the health and safety of racing’s human and equine athletes and the ...

Stormy Atlantic (TrueNicks,SRO) has been one of the most consistent sires in North America the past several years. He’s ranked among the top 10 on the General Sire List twice and has been represented by 14 stakes winners in 2009. The last year he's had less than 10 stakes winners was 2004. The Seeking The Gold son Mutakddim (TrueNicks,SRO) is ...

By Brian Zipse, Zipse At The Track All of a sudden the city of New Orleans is the place to be for the sporting inclined. Those oft downtrodden Saints, are scoring points by the bushels and sport a spotless 12-0 record. Big news for a team who’s fans wore more paper bags over there heads than most. Across town, a quick glance down the Asmussen ...

Glencrest Farm announced Dec. 11 it's moving second-crop sire Champali (Glitterman–Radioactivity, by Dixieland Band) to Richwine Farm in East Anderson, Ind. As part of the announcement, Glencrest owner John Greathouse Jr. had this to say: ''Champali is yet another Kentucky stallion being lost to the lucrative slots and casino-supported Indiana ...