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By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA Voting will get under way next week on NTRA.com to determine the 11th annual NTRA Moment of the Year. Voters can choose from among 10-12 images drawn from this year's events. Those selecting the winning image will be entered into a drawing to win two tickets to this year's Eclipse Awards on ...

By Larry Sealy  ''My horse is faster than yours.'' ''You're joking right? Mine is way faster than yours.'' ''Oh yeah.'' ''Yeah.'' ''Okay then, let's race.'' ''Okay, you're on!'' If history is to be believed, this conversation took place sometime around 4500BC and the result was the sport of horse racing. As the centuries passed, the ...

(Originally published in the December 5, 2009 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)     Ever wonder what the Thoroughbred industry would look like if Sheikh Mohammed woke up one morning and decided he no longer wished to be a participant?If you are a ...

Tragically, Horse of the Year Saint Liam died after serving only a year at stud. The offspring of this late-developer where not expected to be precocious, but with his first crop two-year-olds of 2009 he has at least one horse who might extend his legacy. This is Buddy’s Saint, who has stamped himself as a leading contender for the Kentucky ...

Oratory (TrueNicks,SRO), the #2 first crop sire in Maryland, missed the 2009 breeding season at Country Life Farm with an injury but it's all systems go for 2010. The son of Pulpit was never off the board in his racing career and carried the Darley silks to an impressive stakes record win in the Peter Pan S. (gr. II) at Belmont Park. Out of the ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA  Lots of great racing around the country this Thanksgiving weekend.  Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Fair Grounds, Hollywood Park, and Sam Houston, among others, are each preparing for big days of racing and dining.   Nothing better than turkey and dressing at the track. The whole ...

This may be a contrived recreation of Oak Tree at Santa Anita’s decision to rename the Lady’s Secret Stakes the Zenyatta Stakes, but the immediacy of it and its knee-jerk nature suggest it could be a possible scenario. Whether it has any substance or not, it is an insult to Lady’s Secret and a lack of respect for her placing among the all-time ...

Okay, everyone have all the Zenyatta/Rachel stuff out of their system? I didn't think so, but we'll move on to some actual racing anyway. This weekend's lineup is tremendous, with 16 graded stakes at Churchill, Aqueduct, and Hollywood. I'm especially looking forward to the 2-year-old races, as well as the Cigar Mile and Clark ...

  Scott asks: When I run a TrueNicks with Candy Ride and one of my mares, Surf N Sand, it appears to be a complete outcross in the first five generations, but the nick is an A++. He's an excellent phenotype for the mare, so I'm very curious about the nick. Thank you in advance and keep up the good work. I thoroughly enjoy having ...