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 Rob Dyrdek has competed in the X Games, set Guinness Book of World Records, and is an amazing skater period. He was born in Kettering, Ohio and used to travel down to my hometown of Lexington, KY to skate every now and then. A few of my friends would skate with him way back in the day. With Rob's location, he easily had access to horse ...

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Harris502-636-4474Liz@KyDerby.com TwinSpires.com TV Announces High-Def Keeneland Races Louisville, Ky. (Oct. 13, 2009) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN)(“CDI” or “Company”) has announced wholly owned TwinSpires.com will offer all ofthe Keeneland Race Meet’s 17 days of racing in High-def on ...

 AAI Safety Products & Equipment has announced their NEW - UP RIGHT® Anti-Cast Safety StripsTM are reformulated and available in a Newly Developed Safety Materials.   The Up-Right Strips new materials offer a revolutionary way to protect horses from unnecessary injuries when ''CAST'' in their stall or enclosure.   Ralph ...

Early this year, I complained that sales companies are well behind the times in their catalog technologies (Revelations of the Catalog Page -- The Thoroughbred Industry's Techno Failure).  I suggested that newly-revitalized Fasig-Tipton would be the right one to try out newer technologies, such as sending out catalogs on an electronic ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston     Remembering some of those that have left us recently and the offspring they produced. Cryptoclearance (Fappiano - Naval Orange by Hoist the Flag) 1984 - 2009 Cryptoclearance in the 1987 Pegasus Cryptoclearance in the 1990 Widener Sons and Daughters of Cryptoclearance: Victory ...

Pin Oak has developed such outstanding stallions as the late Maria’s Mon in recent years and Broken Vow (TrueNicks,SRO) is another one of their success stories. The son of Unbridled was a multiple graded winner under the Pin Oak silks and has come home to sire 25 stakes winners in his first five crops. Among his stars are the grade I winners ...

Long before the domestic recession and the global financial crisis, it was a challenge to sell a Thoroughbred and it's an even more daunting prospect today. In this blog post, I'd like to look at two of the problems a little closer. The first is a change that has been dramatic since I came to Kentucky in the 1980s. When I first arrived, there was ...

Pulpit (TrueNicks,SRO) hails from A. P. Indy's first crop and has helped his sire achieve the coveted title of ‘sire of sires'. He's in the midst of another strong season with runners like Darley Debutante (gr. I) winner Mi Sueno and Forego S. (gr. I) winner Pyro. Among Pulpit's other grade I winners are the top young sires Sky Mesa and ...

“We’ve been on a death march for two days. Is (horse racing) valuable? If you don’t believe it is, it’s time to look for a different job. We need to educate ourselves about the things that work in this industry. We have a lot of strength and things going for us if we can get our crap together. I don’t think it’s dead or dying—or at least it ...

Okay, only three weeks to go. It's time to start getting serious. As most of you know, I live for beating chalk. Win or lose, I like to take my shots. On that note, I'm beginning to think about which potential favorites I will have to play and which ones I am going to try to beat. This exercise lets us look at possible top contenders for many ...