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If you raise horses to be sold, and even if you don't, you're probably trying to find ways to cut your veterinary bills. The Blood-Horse spoke to several top veterinarians in Kentucky about reducing veterinary expenses, and here's what they had to say: Dr. Andrew Clark, CEO of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington: ''When optimism is in ...

It was a casual introduction, nearly 25 years ago now, at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November breeding stock sale. Remember his name, the man said, because you are going to hear a lot from him. We’ve all heard that before; only this time it was true—we have heard a lot from Frank Stronach in the ensuing years.Some people, such as Stronach, are ...

March means many things to owners and trainers of horses on the Kentucky Derby trail. There's the nail-biting, the sleepless nights, and the early morning phone calls that every owner dreads. And for many it sadly means the end of the road. Read the full column here.

Going into the Gotham, which was one of the most hotly-debated Derby preps so far this season, there was one thing that nobody could deny: I Want Revenge had a huge class edge. The question he had to answer was, how would he take to Aqueduct's natural dirt for the first time? In hindsight, it should have been easy to believe trainer Jeff ...

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  The following heartwarming story was sent to me by Carrie Brogden at Machmer Hall Farm in Kentucky. I am relaying just as she wrote it because it’s a must for all horse lovers: I want to share a heart touching story with all of you.  One that makes my eyes well up with tears over just the thought of me typing it.  As all the ...

Just prior to its March 3 Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training, Fasig-Tipton officials announced they were going to include private sales in the auction's results. The private sales had to take place before the auction ended and had to be reported to the sale office to be included.   Cynics might say  that Fasig-Tipton made ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston The 72nd Sanita Anita Handicap will be run Saturday.   There are four South American and three European bred runners in the field of fourteen.  (Matto Mondo CHI, Heroi Do Bafra BRZ, Magnum ARG, Einstein BRZ, Dansant GB, Zambezi Sun GB, Champs Elysees GB) The 1985 running of the Santa Anita Handicap ...

Two stallions that were in our ''search for value,'' Dixie Union (TrueNicks,SRO) and Mizzen Mast (TrueNicks,SRO), were represented by recent stakes winners. Dixie Union's daughter Justwhistledixie -- rated A++ by TrueNicks -- gained a first graded win in the Davona Dale Stakes (gr. II), with daughters of other ''seach for value'' sires ...