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  I don't own Hasili (IRE) (pedigree).  To provide a quick recap of that mare's record as a broodmare, I'll just say she got off to a ''slow'' start with Dansili (GB), her first foal:  he was merely a multiple group II winner.  The five foals following -- the mares Banks Hill (GB), Heat Haze (GB), and Intercontinental (GB), ...

By Susan Dalebroux, Post Parade A number of weeks ago, Donna and Dallas Keen received an email from a young woman, “Hi … I have one of your race horses that you used to have, Kinoko Man.  I found him at a auction sale and saved him from the slaughter man.” What?!?The Keens were aghast! Dallas and Donna Keen are devoted to the care and ...

As the breeder of Big Brown, Dr. Gary Knapp has a lot for which to be thankful. The winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) and the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), Big Brown helped raise the profile of Knapp's Kentucky-based commercial breeding operation, Monticule Farm, with his exciting racetrack performances. Knapp, who owns ...

It takes only a minute or two to sell a horse at public auction. The animal is led into the ring, the announcer makes a few comments, the auctioneer rattles his chant, and the hammer falls.Simple. Easy.Not exactly.In 2002, The Blood-Horse presented “A Day in the Life of a Racetrack,” followed in 2005 by “A Day in the Life of a Breeding Farm.” For ...

For a moment, let's put aside the somber, serious issues of horse racing and breeding in today's economic climate, and instead discuss the more lighthearted topic of horse names.  As we round out the year, The Jockey Club is receiving an influx of naming requests -- for weanlings being registered and for yearlings and 2-year-olds purchased at ...

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As the Kentucky Derby hoopla began to quiet down, a stunned racing world was still trying to recover from the bombshell that had fallen on Churchill Downs. An obscurely bred, crooked legged, harlequin of a horse from Venezuela, who had been ridiculed by the press and local horsemen, had just concluded the most bizarre journey and adventure in the ...

In the past few days we've learned Curlin will not be running in the Clark Handicap, one of the last big races of the year. Despite Curlin's absence, the Clark will still have plenty of star appeal, thanks to amazing 7-year-old gelding Commentator, who has become one of the big fan favorites after winning his second straight Whitney this ...

By Kevin Stafford, The Aspiring Horse Player ''this is the way the world will end this is the way the world will end this is the way the world will end Not with a bang, but a whimper'' -T.S. Eliot  Could Curlin's retirement finally prove that thoroughbred racing needs to do a better job of telling its own story?  ...