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[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/pvegso_large.jpg'']Peter Vegso[/image] Peter Vegso founded the publishing company Health Communications, Inc. in 1976. HCI’s first New York Times bestseller, Adult Children of Alcoholics, appeared on the list in 1985 and has been followed by dozens more self-help and inspirational ...

One of the first pedigree books Avalyn Hunter can recall reading as a fifteen-year-old is Sir Charles Leicester’s classic work Bloodstock Breeding, which twenty-five years later served as a model and inspiration for Hunter’s first book, American Classic Pedigrees 1914–2002. Covering the race records, antecedents, and descendants of the ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/flyons_large.jpg'']Frank Lyons[/image] Born and raised in Ireland, Frank Lyons was introduced to race horses by an uncle who was a horse owner. His interest was enhanced by his mother, Betty, who took him to local tracks such as Phoenix Park and Fairyhouse. While in boarding school, Lyons ...

Steve Moody, 50, grew up in Louisville, Ky. His first connection to horse racing was listening to Cawood Ledford call the feature races during the Keeneland and Churchill Downs meets. When WHAS-TV would broadcast from Churchill Downs on Saturdays in the spring and summer, Moody would watch the races and make his selections. He picked his first ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jasher_large.jpg'']John Asher[/image] John Asher, vice president of Communications at Churchill Downs, has worked in the Thoroughbred racing industry as a journalist and a publicist for more than 20 years. A native of Leitchfield, Ky., Asher has a journalism degree from Western Kentucky ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/ewilson_large.jpg'']Emma-Jayne Wilson[/image] If you were imagining the ideal rookie season for a Thoroughbred jockey, you probably couldn't envision the year Emma-Jayne Wilson had in 2005, when the 24-year-old Ontario native capped a sensational debut season on the circuit by winning both ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dhaire_large.jpg'']Darrell Haire[/image] Recently appointed Interim National Manager Darrell Haire replaced ousted former president L. Wayne Gertmenian as Congress continues its investigation into the health and welfare issues facing jockeys, as well as other track workers. A member ...

The January 4th opening of the 2006 meet marks the beginning of a new era at Gulfstream Park. Join the self-described devotee of the P.T. Barnum-Bill Veeck-Vince McMahon school of presentation as he and his staff approach the unveiling of the newly-renovated Gulfstream Park and prepare to usher in a new era of racing and entertainment in South ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mmccarron_large.jpg'']Matt McCarron[/image] Join champion jockey Matt McCarron as he prepares to ride reigning Eclipse Award Steeplechase champion Hirapour in Saturday's Colonial Cup showdown with 2003 champion McDynamo. McCarron, who won second straight NSA jockey championship with 24 wins ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dbiles_large.jpg'']Dede Biles[/image] With Thoroughbred auction grosses up around the world and record-setting prices almost routinely being paid in every sales ring, join our Bloodstock Sales Editor Dede Biles as she answers your questions about the rise in prices at recent select yearling ...