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(Originally published in the July 21, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter “The medication issue has been a major one in racing for more than 20 years. Knee-jerk reaction...will not answer the public ...

(Originally published in the July 21, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Claire NovakIt is not unusual for a jockey’s name to be linked with one horse. Mention Jeremy Rose and Afleet Alex comes to mind. Bring up Stewart Elliott and you think of ...

Yes, ‘tiz the season to be jolly. Saratoga is here again, and it seems to be getting earlier and earlier. The first half of the year has been a series of emotional ups and downs with issues so hot they burned up the pages of newspapers and network air waves, in good part to the detriment of the sport.If there was a face of horse racing it would be ...

(Originally published in the July 14, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter Before the end of 2012, Thoroughbred racing jurisdictions across the U.S. could dramatically change the regulatory landscape ...

(Originally published in the July 14, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) For a trainer such as Dale Romans, Mike Bruder is the perfect owner.“He’s smart, he knows the horses, and he knows the business,” Romans said succinctly of his client. “We’re always ...

Trainer Roger Attfield, who will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame this year, was the guest on the latest edition of BloodHorse.com’s popular Talkin’ Horses podcast July 17. Mr. Attfield, a British native who has been based in Canada since the early 1970s, discusses some of his favorite horses and his views on ...

The following guest blog was written by I’ll Have Another’s owner Paul Reddam in response to some of the concerns of the public regarding the colt’s injury and retirement. On a personal note, Reddam has always been extremely conscientious when it comes to the public’s feelings and the passion they exhibit when it comes to horses and racing and he ...

 By Michele MacDonaldBeing the first or the only is nothing unusual for Dr. Harry Sweeney The Irish-born veterinarian from Dundalk admits he never imagined years ago that he would find both success and happiness in the faraway land of Japan. Shown with a Deep Sky filly from his JRHA sale consignmentPhoto: Michele MacDonaldFate and chance ...

(Originally published in the July 7, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds - @BH_EHammonds on Twitter As we flip the calendar to July, the cycle of the Thoroughbred industry turns over and the gears shift into sales mode. The ...

(Originally published in the July 7, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   Wally and Terry Leong’s homebred Strait of Dover did more than just win the 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate Stakes at Woodbine June 24. The 3-year-old son of champion ...