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While everyone seems to be focusing on the Horse of the Year voting, there are a few other divisions offering plenty of intrigue--namely the juvenile, older male, turf female, outstanding jockey, and male sprinter. We'll examine each of these in the coming weeks, but today let's focus on the male sprinter. Some are assuming that Kodiak Kowboy ...

Applebite Farms in French Camp, Calif., will host E Z Warrior (TrueNicks,SRO) for his inaugural 2010 season. A source connected to the Zayat Stables-owned stallion confirmed that E Z Warrior is due to arrive on the West Coast this week, having shipped from Kentucky. The dark bay Storm Cat-line 5-year-old stud sold for $1.2 million to Zayat ...

In any non-athletic endeavor, the longer you work at a job the more knowledge you gather, the more skilled you become at your profession, and the more respect you command from your peers. Not in Thoroughbred racingWhen athletes capture their sport’s greatest events and earn numerous championship honors and accolades, it stamps their place in the ...

WinStar Farm is home to two of the top three stallions on the General Sire List, Distorted Humor (TrueNicks,SRO) and Tiznow (TrueNicks,SRO) . A former leading first crop sire, Distorted Humor burst on the scene with 2003 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness S. (gr. I) winner Funny Cide in his first crop. He hasn’t looked back since ranking ...

The first 10 years of the new century have produced many superstar runners in North America. The editors have whittled down a lengthy list to what they believe to be the 12 best female runners of the decade (2000-09). Now it's time for you to rank them in your order. Final results will appear in the Dec. 26th issue of ...

If you think that the only bloodlines worth buying have already passed through the ring this mixed-sale season, here are a few reasons to reconsider. While wintertime auctions are generally considered to be the appropriate venue for lesser breeding stock, a few unique factors this year will result in some high-quality mares being put under the ...

Last week we were writing about American Lion, a promising juvenile graded stakes winner by Tiznow (TrueNicks,SRO) . We noted at that time, that Tiznow had just three graded stakes winning two-year-olds, all out of Storm Cat line mares. Well, that pattern was broken at the weekend after Tizahit took the Demoiselle Stakes (gr. II) on Saturday. ...

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 ...