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Veteran racegoers sensed a lack of excitement in the air as Saratoga opened its doors for the start of its 141st season.  It may have been the high humidity and subsequent rain or the realization that better racing was ahead on the weekend that dragged people down.  But the July and September days of the meet are never as ...

The Comparable Index (CI) measures the average earnings of progeny produced from the annual book of mares bred to a sire, when those same mares were bred to other sires. In other words, CI indicates the producing quality of the mares bred to a stallion.  To understand CI, you must first be familiar with the Average Earnings Index (AEI). The ...

 (The following was submitted by Jessi Pizzurro of Pennyroyal Stables. She is based at Mountaineer and spent part of the morning of July 29 watching Mine That Bird gallop. ... Thanks for the first-hand account.) The racing surface at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort, normally closed for training on Wednesdays, was ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRAFirst, I want to thank everyone who responded to my last blog entitled ''Strategic Thinking.''  The overwhelming response I received from so many of you speaks volumes about the passion and enthusiasm of racing's fans.  Rest assured that I personally have read every ...

Editor's note:  In part I of the series, Dr. Robert Fishman, breeder of recent stakes winner Girlfrienontheside, discussed his choice to breed his mare Inlaw to Unbridled's Song -- a mating that resulted in Refrain, dam of Girlfrienontheside.  Follow along as Dr. Fishman continues the story. I bred Inlaw next to first-year ...

Few have made mention that trainer Bill Mott’s birthday is Opening Day at the Spa Course. This helpful bit of handicapping knowledge comes to you with no strings attached. Last summer was a rare Saratoga in which Mott didn’t saddle a winner on his birthday. This year, with Come From Behind in the fifth and Antenna in the seventh, as well as Auteur ...

Guest blog - by Brian Zipse Miss Woodford, Beldame, Regret, Busher, Twighlight Tear, Gallorette, Gamely, Dark Mirage, Gallant Bloom, Shuvee, Susan's Girl, Desert Vixen, Ruffian, Genuine Risk, Princess Rooney, Lady's Secret, Personal Ensign and Go For Wand. The greatest females of American racing. These fillies and mares so dominated their ...

In the last blog, the differences between U.S. and European racing were discussed. There was a time, long before the Breeders’ Cup, when foreign horses came to the U.S. for one special event, like the Washington D.C. International, and then returned home. But, then, along came Dahlia, and international racing changed forever. Unlike your typical ...

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As Rachel Alexandra prepares to take on the boys in the Haskell Invitational, we look back at the history of the race by ranking these previous winners: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/haskellwinners.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in chronological order) ...