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  • Powered by Dodge and Presented by Yum! Brands

    I have a couple of ''rants'' left in me, but I think I'll hold off on any more of my promised snarkiness for a while. Before I start looking at pedigrees again (watch for my early Kentucky Derby picks soon, and a return of ''Is This a Broodmare?''), though, I wanted to address someone else's small ''rant'' in a comment from a previous ...
    Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 02-18-2009

  • Is OBS February as Good as It Gets?

    Following the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February select sale of 2-year-olds in training, OBS general manager and director of sales Tom  Ventura warned not to look at the sales results and assume they will be the  trends for the rest of the juvenile selling season. He did have a good point because only 154 horses were offered at the ...
    Posted to Hammer Time (Weblog) by macawwoman on 02-18-2009

  • Old Fashioned Thoughts and a New Top 10 Derby Watchlist

    There has been a lot of talk on this blog about Old Fashioned's performance in the Southwest. Considering what he did in the Remsen, was it all that we expected out of his 3-year-old debut? Were the relatively average final splits (:51 1/5) too slow for a legitimate Derby favorite? Was his victory just an average showing based on a) less than ...
    Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by Jason Shandler on 02-17-2009

  • What's In a Name?

    By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable, LLC When True Quality (Elusive Quality-Louve Mysteriuse, by Seeking the Gold) snuck off to win yesterday's Grade II General George at Laurel, he not only earned his first graded stakes victory but also struck a blow for that hoary old chestnut of name type: the aspirational name. There are several common ...
    Posted to Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance (Weblog) by cdawahare@bloodhorse.com on 02-17-2009

  • 02/21/09 Southwest Regional: Star of Louisiana

    Download PDF Though she has been a major Thoroughbred breeder and owner in Louisiana for nearly three decades, Evelyn Benoit says until recently some people in the industry saw her as a bit of a laughing stock. “People used to laugh at me when I’d go to these sales at Keeneland or in Florida and I’d tell them I breed horses in Louisiana,” Benoit ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-17-2009

  • February 21, 2009: Infectious Disease Topics at the AAEP Convention

    Trade Zone: Infectious Disease Topics at the AAEP Convention - Click Here to Download PDF  Among topics discussed at the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioner’s Convention, held Dec. 6-10 in San Diego, Calif., were a number of practical topics that equine veterinarians could take home and apply to their clients’ horses. Convention ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-17-2009

  • Under the Sun - by Dan Liebman

    Unless you stand a stallion in Florida, regularly breed and/or race in the state, or stable at Calder Race Course, you probably didn’t pay much attention to a news release regarding juvenile racing at the South Florida track and the Florida Stallion Stakes series.But you should pay attention, because the Feb. 13 announcement shows what can be ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-17-2009

  • Ky. Derby Trail: Southwest & Middle East

    Although there was nothing over the weekend to knock your proverbial socks off, there were a few races that could steer you toward a horse or two as potential Derby material. With the Southwest Stakes having just been run, we’ll briefly discuss the race and go over it in more detail next week. Read the entire column here.  Watch the ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-17-2009

  • Rant #2 -- Sub-10 Second Works at 2-Year-Old In Training Sales

    Two-year-old Thoroughbred horses are still foals in late winter and early spring.  Many aren't even fully two years old when they're entered in 2-year-olds in training sales.  And then worked faster than most will ever run again.  That's right, at this tender age, we expect our Thoroughbred foals to run a furlong in 10 ...
    Posted to The Five-Cross Files (Weblog) by sgillies on 02-16-2009

  • Kentucky Derby Future Wager - Have You Found Your Horse?

    So, has everybody found their horse in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1? Or, if you're like me, are you less than thrilled with many of the 23 horses that wound up on the list? As Steve Haskin pointed out in his column, many talented 3-year-olds were left off Pool 1, which opened Thursday and closes on Sunday. And many on the list don't ...
    Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by Jason Shandler on 02-13-2009
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