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On Thursday, the Breeders' Cup Legends Tour, featuring Hall of Fame jockeys Pat Day, Laffit Pincay Jr., and Jorge Velasquez (who filled in for Angel Cordero Jr.), made their way to Keeneland. If you were unaware, the jockeys are in the midst of multi-city tour to promote the Breeders' Cup, which celebrates its 25th anniversary at Santa Anita Park ...

Before we begin, I wanted to let you know that we've got a new poll up and running:  Time to Buy a Broodmare?  The Thoroughbred breeding industry is in flux -- please take 30 seconds to have your vote counted. .......... And now, back to our regularly-scheduled event.  With the long weekend coming up, I thought I'd shake up ...

Relive Cigar's career with our special slideshow and some of his best moments in horse racing.        Slideshow: Cigar Tribute Cigar Videos:Cigar at the Kentucky Horse Park, Fall 2008. Watch Video A few of Cigar's greatest moments.    1995 Breeders' Cup Classic - Cigar wins the 1995 Breeders' ...

With Dreaming of Anna being retired, I thought she deserved something special. I am a big fan of her's but my co-worker Amidala is quite possibly her number one fan. So I asked Amidala to write a guest blog on Dreaming of Anna and the following is that reflection. Enjoy! --- People fall in love with horses for a variety of reasons. Sometimes ...

By Teresa Genaro Racing faces the daunting task of marketing an identical product to two disparate audiences:  the gambler and the fan.  Racing can't exist without the former, and it shouldn't exist without the latter. Figuring out how to get more gambling dollars through the windows (or over the bandwidth) is best left to those ...

So many mares, so little time.  Today's selection has a definite slant towards grass bloodlines.  Overall, there's a lot to like, and some downsides to consider as well, in this world-traveling mare that spent time in the U.S., France, Great Britain, Ireland, and Australia. Hip #898 (catalog page, pedigree), an ...

The term ''sire of sires'' is a coveted position in our commercial Thoroughbred world. Such title invariably vests an increase in stud fee, or at least underpins the established service fee as sons of these stallions are sought after in the sale ring and as they retire off the track. It is, after all, much easier to ''sell the dream'' of a son of ...

I could talk about broodmares all day, every day -- okay, okay, I DO talk about broodmares a lot! -- but that's only part of the picture when it comes to Thoroughbred racehorses.  With all the recent interest in all-weather tracks, I thought I'd do a quick study of the Thoroughbred stallions that are having notable success on ...

By Gene Kershner & Patrick Patten Back in June, Gene mentioned briefly on his EquiSpace blog that it might be time to change the format of the Triple Crown races.  Heresy, you say?  Well, number one, he wouldn't change the venues (although Pimlico is not located in the best neighborhood in the world) and number two, he wouldn't ...