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One of the stallion success stories of 2008 is that of New York's Hook and Ladder (Dixieland Band - Taianna, by Cox's Ridge). Although a very fast horse - he ran a 110 Beyer speed figure as a 2-year-old and subsequently won the Mr. Prospector Handicap (gr. III) and the seven furlong Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Sprint Handicap (gr. II), after ...

Spent a day with Dr. Larry Bramlage in the operating room at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital recently, and quite a number of the patients were yearlings and foals that could one day end up in a sale. It was interesting to see what OCDs and bone chips actually look like. The undamaged cartilage of a joint looks like new-fallen snow with a ...

My mother, Alice Chandler, and I were scheduled to meet with the Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse April 4 to reflect on her life and the transition of our family�s Mill Ridge Farm. But it was hard that morning to also not reflect on the life of our dear friend Buddy Bishop, who had passed away the previous night after struggling with cancer for ...

Few have the resources to do anything they want in the Thoroughbred industry. Sheikh Mohammed would be one of the exceptions. The news of the last few weeks only further validates how much the ruler of Dubai not only loves the Thoroughbred industry, but desires to be its most dominant global player. On March 24, news arrived that Sheikh ...

 Recently I glanced at a horse classified section. There was an ad promoting a company that exists to help name horses. I thought to myself, ''man, I really enjoy brainstorming and coming up with clever ideas and names. I want to get paid for doing something fun like that.'' So, the gears started turning in my head.Some people look to name ...

  Below is a list of the last 20 Kentucky Derby winners and where they finished in their final prep race: 2007 - Street Sense, 2nd Blue Grass Stakes 2006 - Barbaro, 1st Florida Derby 2005 - Giacomo, 4th Santa Anita Derby 2004 - Smarty Jones, 1st Arkansas Derby 2003 - Funny Cide, 2nd Wood Memorial 2002 - War Emblem, 1st Illinois ...

I've got to say, the Northern Dancer line never really excited me as broodmare sires.  Sure, there were loads of successes along the way, but you'd expect that just based on opportunity: a lot of well-bred mares had a lot of well-bred daughters by Northern Dancer and his sons, and just by sheer numbers they're likely to have their fair share ...

A recent poll asked The Five-Cross Files readers ''Are you a horse owner?''  It turns out that 2 out of 3 readers own at least one horse, and apparently several of you guys own a bunch of ‘em.  Of those non-owners, half of you have had horses previously. Not surprisingly -- this is a breeding/pedigree-oriented blog, after all -- the ...

This poll has ended.  The question was:  What are the effects of racing 2-year-olds?