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A sunny day, low 80s, a stern breeze and landscape that rivals serenity. This is the day we were provided with to shoot a video piece to accompany our magazine feature on Dixiana farms. The talent, an incredibly wise and witty Ercel Ellis led the way. We were later joined by farm manager Terry Arnold. The two led Evan Hammonds, and we Blood-Horse ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA A new feature you will now find on ntra.com - with a direct link right off our home page - is  our Breeders' Cup Divisional Blogs section.  We have 15 individual contributors-one assigned to each Breeders' Cup race , and one assigned to the international contenders as a whole.  ...

Just two weeks ago, in a column on sire lines represented at the Keeneland September sale, we noticed that the Byerly/Herod line was a big fat zero -- not a single foal offered. But, then, really not surprising, since the line has long been dormant in North America.  Well, since then another headline has hit the news that concerns ...

When Patricia Cooksey was beginning her riding career in 1979, she was advised to list her name as “P.J.” because many trainers would not ride a female jockey. When she retired in June 2004, Cooksey had been aboard 2,137 winners, second all-time among women riders. Cooksey also made history when she became the first female jockey to win a stakes ...

As promised, here is part 3 of our Fantasy Breeders' Cup races, courtesy of Harry's bar & grill in Lexington. In part 1, Secretariat won the Breeders' Cup Classic with 43% of the vote. In part 2, Dr. Fager took home top honors in the Breeders' Cup Sprint by garnering 41% of the vote. No surprise in either one. I'm not expecting any ...

After covering the Keeneland Septemeber Sale yesterday, I was amazed to discover there were ZERO seven digit horses sold. Compared to at least five on the first day of last years September Sale. The breeders/sellers and those involved in the sale were expecting the market to correct itself, but that is pretty major. I just wanted to give some ...

This year's Perfect Trip Award will recognize a Breeders' Cup Challenge race winner from this season's North American races that best exemplifies a ''Perfect Trip''. The winner will be selected from a panel of racing experts and will have the opportunity to experience his or her own ''Perfect Trip'' through Sentient Jet, with ...

... buy, buy again!  Or, that's what Keeneland is hoping you'll do, at least.  The Thoroughbred sales company has opened up RNAs from its premier yearling sale to an electronic re-bid program. Keeneland asks would-be buyers to take a second look at first-class horses. The program allows consignors whose colt or filly didn't sell in the ...

Christine asks: I am hoping you can help me to understand why TrueNicks assigns a rating of ''D'' to Aptitude-Mr. Prospector crosses yet Enicks assigns an ''A+'' to the same cross. By my own manual analysis, 35% of Aptitude's top performing progeny are from broodmare sires in the Mr. Prospector line. Is there a way to use TrueNicks ...