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Last Thursday was cleaning day for me. For any of you that work in an office, you know all about cleaning day. The cluttered paperwork on your desk becomes unbearable, the dust on your computer screen must go, and your drawers full of old, useless papers must be thrown out. It has to be done. While in the middle of my cleaning chores, I can ...

I was looking at some photos of Da Hoss taken recently at the Kentucky Horse Park and was happy to see how physically well and seemingly content he looked, much like he did when he was at Michael Dickinson's Tapeta Farm in Maryland, where he lived a blissful life in that scenic and pastoral environment. Looking at Da Hoss in these photos ...

It might have taken a while for Sadler's Wells to hit his stride as a sire of sires, but he's been making up for lost time at a tremendous rate -- as evidenced this weekend when his line dominated group and grade I racing. The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Ire-I) resulted in a one-two for the offspring of his sons as Investec Epsom Derby ...

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  Back from beach vacation, so now it's time to get back to work. Following are some of the interesting pedigrees in the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky select yearling auction, scheduled for July 20 and 21:   FIRST SESSION, JULY 20 Hip No. 6, a First Samurai - Saunter colt that is a half-brother to Lafayette Stakes (gr. III) winner More Smoke ...

I can not promise anything other than thoughts, commentary and random things I think of or discover during the days at work. BUT I will say it should be entertaining =) The new discoveries is fitting for my blog though, since this blog is set out to be through the eyes of a new comer to the industry, discovery is inevitable.   So join ...

The title of this post is a bit misleading.  The great racemare Flawlessly won nine grade I contests and $2,572,536 during her multiple-championship career -- but her produce record is too short to judge, with only two Storm Cat fillies produced. Of them, the 1996 Flawlessness was a maiden winner who died at age 4, reportedly because of ...

Over the last two days we have learned that Zenyatta is likely not leaving California and Rachel Alexandra won't be going to California. Great, isn't it? The two most popular horses in training this year will not meet one another. Sound familiar? If it does, that's because we went through this same thing last year when we all envisioned a Big ...

As a native of New Jersey, I had the displeasure of witnessing a once-proud horse racing industry deteriorate. The third-biggest circuit in the country in terms of quality and pari-mutuel handle didn't go away overnight; it took about 25 years. Why? You can blame casino gambling, competition from other states--take your pick. I always blamed it ...