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Louisville native Steve Moody picked his first Derby winner at age nine ''when the name Kauai King sounded good to me'' and made his first visit to a racetrack at 17 and bet on two winners that first day, made $40, and was ''hooked on the game thereafter.'' After attending the University of Kentucky, Steve taught school for six years and ran a ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mjohnson_large.jpg'']Murray Johnson[/image] Murray Johnson, 46, has more than a dozen stakes winners to his credit since launching his training career in 1988. But he has achieved his greatest success and notoriety with his handling of the popular running machine Perfect Drift, the 7-year-old ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/rpaulick_large.jpg'']Ray Paulick[/image] Ray Paulick has been editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse weekly magazine since May 1992 and oversees all editorial products for Blood-Horse Publications, a 90-year-old Lexington-based company that also encompasses the monthly horse health magazine, The ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/vzast_large.jpg'']Vic Zast[/image] Chicago-based perfumer Vic Zast has been a participant in the sport of the Thoroughbred -- as an owner, breeder, innovator, observer, and fan -- for more than 45 years. As an owner-breeder, Vic campaigned champion Illinois 3-year-old filly Comforts of Home, ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/talbertrani_large.jpg'']Tom Albertrani[/image] A native New Yorker, Tom Albertrani was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1958. He made his foray to the racetrack at the tender age of 13 when he began walking hots and grooming for his uncle, trainer Jack Abatenarco, at Belmont Park. ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dours_large.jpg'']Dorothy Ours[/image] Dorothy Ours has a lifelong fascination with horses, history, and Thoroughbred racing. As a child, following the great Secretariat's career stoked her curiosity about the immortal Man o’ War. As a teenager, thanks to the West Virginia University ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/doneill_large.jpg'']Doug O'Neill[/image] Michigan native Doug O'Neill went out on his own as a trainer in 1994 and won his first stakes race in '96, scored his first ''major'' wins with Classy Cara in the 2000 runnings of the Fantasy Stakes and Honeymoon Handicap, and claimed his first grade ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/kmclaughlin_large.jpg'']Kiaran McLaughlin[/image] When gritty, little Jazil crossed the finish line a length and-a-quarter ahead of a very stubborn Bluegrass Cat to claim the third jewel of the Triple Crown series at Belmont Park this past Saturday, the win not only stamped his name forever ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jsiegel_large.jpg'']Jeff Siegel[/image] Jeff Siegel has been a handicapper since 1978. After making selections as a syndicated handicapper for six Los Angeles area newspapers, he then became co-founder of ''Handicapper's Report,'' an innovative publication that provided speed ratings, trip ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dhendricks_small.jpg'']Dan Hendricks[/image] When Brother Derek won the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) Saturday, it solidified his status as favorite for the May 6 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). Not only is the colt the best horse trained by the 47-year-old Dan Hendricks since he ...