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Courtesy of Becky Johnston Saratoga will run the 81st edition of the Whitney Handicap on Saturday, a race named for a family that has meant much to the sport of Thoroughbred horseracing.  The Whitney name has been a fabric of this country for over 300 years through service, philanthropic acts and their sportsmanship. William Collins Whitney ...

By Vic Zast Inclement weather is wreaking havoc with Saratoga.  Yesterday, two men in tights from the New York City Ballet called off their trophy presentation to the winners of the third race because the rain would have ruined their costumes.  Tonight, the trainers opted out of their softball game against the Saratoga Springs ...

Representatives of the Sales Integrity Program Monitoring Committee and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association have been making the rounds recently, talking to members of the media about the past and future efforts to make public auction transactions involving horses more transparent. It's clear that a lot of thought and debate have gone ...

The conference rooms in the Blood-Horse building are all named for famous racehorses.  If you've watched ''Part I'' of the Losing the Iron Horse? video, you know that the Breeders' Roundtable was held in one of these meeting rooms.  Several times throughout the 14-minute show, you'll see a painting of a stallion (the first glimpse comes ...

In a strange instance of synchonicity a pair of stakes at Lone Star Park, Texas, on the same day were taken by horses whose pedigrees - and close inbreeding - are virtual reverses. The first of these was the Allen Bogan Memorial Stakes, won by Wrenice. By Uncle Abbie, a brother-in-blood to Lemon Drop Kid (TrueNicks, SRO), Wrenice (now an earner ...

The French Colonial Stakes, run over nine furlongs on turf at Belmont Park July 10, resulted in a first stakes win for Willsboro Point, a son of Point Given (TrueNicks, SRO) out of the Red Ransom mare Petrouchka. Rated A by TrueNicks, Willsboro Point is bred on the same Thunder Gulch/Roberto cross as grade I winners Balance and Tweedside. Point ...

Nothing ruins a day at the races more than rain, and at Saratoga, where people huddle under the trees in the backyard to picnic, the effect can be worse than ants in the potato salad. Nevertheless, a happy crowd of 18,127 people ventured into the dreary weather to welcome the Thoroughbreds back.  Umbrella-toting fans wagered $2.8 million, and ...

It was just about this time 36 years ago that I was sitting on the porch at Saratoga having breakfast with a Daily Racing Form co-worker who also happened to be one of my best friends. There was the usual amount of activity on the track, with horses working and galloping past us in a steady procession.At one point, I heard a noise behind me that ...

In this week's edition of The Blood-Horse we present a study that will clear up some facts regarding a question frequently debated in Thoroughbred circles: Is the breed getting weaker? The full report -- all 232 pages of it -- is available for download on BloodHorse.com. If you haven't already done so, review Losing the Iron ...

Alan Porter recently commented on the newly-announced merger of powerhouse Thoroughbred industry newsletters Owner-Breeder International and TBH MarketWatch. ''Having been publisher of Owner-Breeder International for the last seven years, I'm delighted by the recent merger of the publication with MarketWatch. The move will both bring the work of ...