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 By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  Breeders' Cup 2009 was outstanding.  Competitive from top to bottom. Inclusive of many of the best horses from around the world. Maddeningly hard to predict for even the most skilled horse player. Life changing for the single winner of the $1.8 million BC Pick Six. And ...

TrueNicks is pleased to welcome Fleming Thoroughbred Farm in Willcox, Arizona, the first Arizona farm to sign on with TrueNicks. Distorted Reality (TrueNicks,SRO) stood his first year in Kentucky and will now take up residence at Fleming Thoroughbred for the 2010 season. As a three-year-old he ranked among the best turf runners of his ...

Later this week we'll be talking about sire prospects -- those top-performing colts from the past year who are likely to enter stud service in 2010.  But after this weekend's Breeders' Cup, I felt inspired to look through the winners list for the event's most likely stallion candidates. Usually it's a no-brainer.  In any given year, if ...

 Stable Boy and I will be posting video reels of horses in Breeders' Cup races. The goal is to split up the horses we have footage of, by race, so you can see what they look like around the track.  So Bookmark/Favorite this page as we will be updating it for videos for each race. DAY 2 Classic [brightcove ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  Are the fans ruining the sport? Is Zenyatta great?  She has only run outside California once.  She's never faced the boys, until now.  She's never raced a longer distance.  She's never raced on grass.  She needs to race on dirt again.  She is too one dimensional.  She needs ...

I have written a lot lately about the importance of wagering to the overall economic health of Horseracing.  Contrary to what some might think, though, I am equally passionate about the many opportunities to sell horse racing as the exciting sporting competition that it is.  And no racing competition is more exciting than the ...

Holy grade I winners, Batman.  Better Than Honour just saw another foal take some impressive black type when Man of Iron nosed out a win in the Breeder's Cup Marathon (a race destined to earn grade I status upon eligibility). Thought this was a good time to reflect a bit on a great mare.  Here's a few previous articles on the Deputy ...

After a long week of handicapping, here are my Saturday thoughts... Juvenile Turf When considering morning-line favorite Interactif, there are two ways to look at the full field that he is facing: If you like him, you should be thrilled that you are likely to get a more than fair price. Or if you think he is vulnerable, there are no shortage of ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston Looking over the Breeders' Cup card I began to see a trend.  Colts that ran well in their own edition of the Cup make good broodmare sires.   Ten of the Broodmare Sires represented were winners of 11 Breeders' Cup races.   Here are some stallions that will be represented this weekend (BC plus ...

We haven't had a photo competition in a long, long time. This time around, we're playing for honor and pride and pretty much anything except a prize (to be reinstituted another day...). The rules are simple.  Below are six images from various collections at The Blood-Horse building.  Identify as many of the horses as you can and post ...