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I am glad to see Stroll returning to Claiborne Farm after having spent a couple years in Italy. The grade I turf star and a son of Claiborne's hot sire Pulpit has seven stakes winners in his first crop, which were 2-year-olds of 2008. As a second-crop sire he is currently co-ranked ninth by number of stakes winners (3) along with Congaree, ...

Yesterday's Blog: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/adamsturf/archive/2009/08/13/the-bald-caper.aspx After filming and editing That Handicapping Show for about two months now, I have heard the name Kensei mentioned twice in different shows. The name Kensei was pretty interesting and what Jason, Tom, Evan, Les or any of the other TwinSpires ...

The artist Greg Montgomery is saying that this year's Travers poster is selling like gangbusters.  Montgomery has produced a Travers poster every year since 1985, making his series the longest continuing series of sporting art in the world.  When he began the series, he never expected the string to last this long.  The first poster ...

Karen Johnson's take in the recap of Day 2 - this is the first mention of the mysterious bidder of hip #151 that I saw. She called him an ''interloper'' 9:11 amhttp://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/watch/DFFA048A-2E52-42E6-AC33-42C4DA688355Later the story emerged as our Deirdre B. Biles investigated the story. She posted the story Wed ...

ELLIOTT EQUINE TRANSPORT OFFERS IMPROVED EQUINE RESCUE GLIDE DUE TO LARGER SIZE, VALUE AND MULTI-PURPOSE APPLICATIONS.Barry Elliott President Elliott Equine Transport and Emergency Equine Ambulatory Services 502-415-5370 transportequine@yahoo.com-August 11, 2009-Striving to meet the needs of the Equine Community and large breed animals that are ...

With runners like Curlin (TrueNicks,SRO), English Channel (TrueNicks,SRO) , and Labatt Woodbine Oaks winners Eye of the Sphinx and Gold Strike, Smart Strike (TrueNicks,SRO) is generally considered a horse whose runners do their best work when given some time, and often over middle-distance. That consensus, however, overlooks another side ...

First a few words about chaos.  People who complained about slow service and crowded tables at the Man O' War Café at the Fasig-Tipton auction grounds on Monday evening have no idea of what good is.  There's a long list of restaurants with plenty of empty space where you can dine alone. But the restaurants which cater to big crowds ...

.postComments, .commentsContainer, .commentForm{display:none;} .questionForm{display:block} Editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1981-89, Jim Squires has been a Thoroughbred breeder since 1977. Since 1990, he has bred horses in Kentucky and operates Two Bucks Farm, where he resides with his wife, Mary Anne. Among his successes as a Thoroughbred ...

There were many big performances last weekend, including Bullsbay with a shocking win in the Whitney, Zenyatta keeping her perfect record alive in a thrilling Clement Hirsch, and Fabulous Strike proving he is the nation's best six-furlong sprinter in the Vanderbilt. But in my mind, Gio Ponti's Arlington Million score was the best. It was the ...

The general economy in the United States is starting to show signs of recovery, elements of which are necessary to improve individual industries, such as the business of breeding and racing Thoroughbreds. On Aug. 6, the U.S. Senate approved a measure already passed by the House for $2 billion in additional funding for the program known as “Cash ...