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Like every racing fan and person looking forward to the Breeders' Cup, I was disappointed to hear the news today that Sea The Stars is being retired. When I first heard, I was saddened but not surprised. Then I read the comments by trainer John Oxx and became annoyed. ''We feel it is unfair to keep him going any further given his ...

John King, with CNN's State of the Union, recently visited Crestwood Farm and Hazard Kentucky. This is his brief with his staff on how Kentucky is doing. Word is getting out about our industry. Embedded video from CNN Video     Three Chimneys has released their commercials for the Breeders' Cup on their YouTube Channel. They are ...

.commentForm, .postComments, #comments{display:none;} Sea the Stars’ retirement, as disappointing as it was, should not have come as a surprise to anyone. But what compounded the disappointment, as if rubbing salt in the wound, were the comments made by trainer John Oxx and owner Christopher Tsui. All they had to say was, the horse was at the ...

What a simply spectacular weekend of racing we have ahead of us--Opening weekend of Keeneland, six grade I races from Santa Anita, and a pair of major 2-year-old races at Belmont. Other than Derby and Breeders' Cup week, and opening weekend of Saratoga, there may be no better racing weekend on the calendar. Enjoy. There are way too many races to ...

The Northview roster is headlined by Not For Love (TrueNicks,SRO), who is once again Maryland’s leading sire in 2009 with over $4.7 million in progeny earnings. On the General Sire list he ranks as the top stallion standing outside of Kentucky, a distinction he’s earned several times in his career.Just behind Not for Love on the Maryland sire ...

Free TrueNicks are now available for the three stallions standing at Castleton-Lyons Farm in Kentucky. Castleton-Lyons is home to Bernstein (TrueNicks,SRO), second only to Giant’s Causeway in international prestige among the sons of Storm Cat. He’s the sire of 48 stakes winner in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, 26 of whom are graded ...

I remember this time last year when I was constantly clicking my computer keyboard to get the latest update on the stock market. It was horrifying to watch its plummet, and I couldn't stop checking in to see how low it would go. But earlier this year, the stock market found its bottom and started to rebound a little bit, providing a glimmer of ...

By Rob Fundter, The Amateur Capper    After winning the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for his undefeated, six race G.1 2009 campaign, the Irish “Horse of the World” may skip the Breeders’ Cup; the new star of the “World Thoroughbred Championship” weekend…it’s locally based LOOKIN AT LUCKY! The Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred ...

We've tracked the progress of freshman Pollard's Vision (TrueNicks,SRO) in several previous posts, but we must admit we didn't expect him to vault to the top of the Freshman Sire table. However, that's what happened when his daughter, Blind Luck, emerged from the Oak Leaf Stakes (gr. I) with a 2½ lengths victory. She is the fourth stakes winner ...