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J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') starts contributing to the Unlocking Winners blog this week. Johnson is a videographer, handicapper, and all-around horse racing enthusiast who was drawn to the sport by Curlin's quest to become North America's richest racehorse. A great fan of racing history, he considers ...

Erin Mckenna Flannery was the runner-up in the Thoroughbred Charities of America's inaugural Youth Essay Contest, which was open to writers 18 years or younger who have been volunteers, supporters, or benefited from the services of an organization that received a grant from TCA in 2013. Contestants were asked to submit an essay between ...

Just as good horses make good trainers, writers need good stories. The challenges the Parbhoo family faced when many family members had their homes flooded by Hurricane Sandy just a few days before last year's Breeders' Cup and the family's subsequent victory against a deep Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) field is a remarkable tale. Their ...

Leo Bangura, 11, wrote the following winning entry in the Thoroughbred Charities of America’s inaugural TCA Youth Essay Contest.The contest was open to writers 18 years or younger who have been volunteers, supporters, or benefited from the services of an organization that received a grant from TCA in 2013. Contestants were asked to submit an essay ...

The primary attribute of Palace Malice is that he is a very good racehorse, having won the Belmont Stakes, Jim Dandy Stakes, and $1,481,135. But there are other plus factors. One, he is a big, powerful, handsome animal with a most ingratiating personality, deserving of his hefty fan base. Certainly, we do not choose racehorses based on their ...

   The ground rules for these blogs, which we began in late winter, were that I would write about colorful, old-time horsemen with whom I had some relationship.  And!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Times; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 ...

Timing is everything, and the spin required to convince the Kentucky legislature that the Thoroughbred industry needs alternative gaming to survive just got a lot trickier. A recent statewide equine survey did reaffirm the economic clout the Kentucky horse industry wields with an estimated 40,665 direct and indirect jobs and a $3 billion ...

Author Mike Sekulic has been a horseracing fan for more than 39 years. The Arcadia, Calif., resident works in the mortgage field but also has degree in English from California State University Long Beach. - See more at: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2011/10/01/Remembering-the-Cougar.aspx#sthash.IwJi7l5a.dpufAuthor ...

   Alfred Vanderbilt enjoyed playing tennis with me. The reason he enjoyed it is that he was a very bad tennis player, and he sought the company of others of equal ability. I fit the bill. He liked ladies—in every sense of the word, I'm sure—so it was usually mixed doubles at Saratoga. ...

Story provided by Dr. Stephen and Jan SinatraEveryone thinks they have it tough. But racehorse owner Dr. Stephen Sinatra's granddaughter, nearly 10-year-old Cecelia, is one of those who has it much tougher than most. Cecelia suffers from a rare neurological condition that makes it difficult for her to use her legs. She never gives up, though, ...