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The rain that changed Travers Day wasn't the typical Saratoga rain.  Typical Saratoga rain comes at the end of an afternoon in buckets that flood the streets and thunderclaps that rock the town's quiet.  No, this rain began innocently - a small drizzle, then a steady patter and finally a presence lasting through the night and into ...

The Daily Racing Form’s David Grening, horse racing’s hardest working writer, wrote that Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Munnings, was disappointed when his colt drew the rail in Saturday’s 7-furlong King’s Bishop Stakes.  As a result, The Saratogian’s perennial top handicapper, Bill Taylor, wants to set the record straight about the importance ...

Events have made our look at last weekend a little belated, but there was one performance that can't be overlooked. The Alabama Stakes (gr. I) didn't see Rachel Alexandra in the line-up, but it did witness a Rachel like performance by Careless Jewel, who devasted her opponents to score by 11 lengths. In winning the Alabama, Careless Jewel ...

Before we get into the terrific weekend of racing from Saratoga, I wanted to make mention of Michael Straight, the 23-year-old apprentice rider who was seriously injured on Wednesday at Arlington Park. As of Friday morning, Straight had undergone successful surgery on his spine but long-term prognosis will be unknown for a couple more days. In ...

Of all the products and services that Blood-Horse offers, our most popular is probably the Stallion Register -- now celebrating 75 years of being America's guide to Thoroughbred stallions. I wanted to point out a few updates we've made recently to the free Web version, the Stallion Register Online (SRO). Since many of you are ...

The TrueNicks score is one factor yearling buyers consider when looking through a sale catalog. At the Keeneland September sale -- with 5,189 hips! -- it's especially important to have a process of elimination to make sure that you're spending your time wisely and seeing only the most promising hips. That's why TrueNicks has created a Keeneland ...

The usual place on the agenda for a steeplechase is the first race.  But in deference to the lofty status of the $100,000 grade 1 New York Turf Writers Cup, the jumpers were moved down the card a bit, thus moving up, in fact.  The 2 3/8 mile fixture over fences went forth as the third and, wouldn't you know it, a 20-1 shot upset the ...

Last Friday night, Animal Planet rolled out the season premiere of its high energy show ''Jockeys'' to critical and industry acclaim.  ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Keeneland September Yearling sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Keeneland September yearlings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number and pedigree line and submit the foal's sire and dam information   Normal 0 ...

It's always fun to pass along good news about retired racers.  From our sister site The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health comes this release:  A new trail training course at the Maker's Mark Secretariat Center in the Kentucky Horse Park will allow off-the-track Thoroughbreds to be schooled over natural trails. The training course, ...