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[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/tdurkin_large.jpg'']Tom Durkin[/image] Chicago native Tom Durkin got started in his career of choice by calling races at county fairs throughout Wisconsin during the early 1970s. From there, he progressed from ''call taker'' for the Daily Racing Form to track announcer (and sometime line maker ...

[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 ...

[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 ...