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[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mgriffin_large.jpg'']Merv Griffin[/image] Entertainer/entrepreneur Merv Griffin has been a lifelong fan of Thoroughbred racing. As a child he saw Seabiscuit run twice, and over the past decades he has served on the Boards of Hollywood Park and Thoroughbred Owners of California. Working with ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/fabbott_large.jpg'']Franny Abbott[/image] Franny Abbott is the President of the National Steeplechase Association, a post he accepted in 2007. He is the 14th president of NSA, dating to 1895 and follows Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard. Abbott is the former director of the Radnor Races ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dmanley_large.jpg'']Dwight Manley[/image] Sports agent, real estate developer, rare coin expert and skilled negotiator, Dwight Manley was named in July 2006 the National Manager of the Jockeys' Guild, a union representing more than 1,100 of the nation's horse racing jockeys. On only his third ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jsantos_large.jpg'']Jose Santos[/image] Jockey Jose Santos, currently recovering from injiuries suffered in an early February spill at Aqueduct, is this week's guest on Talkin' Horses. A native of Chile and the son of a jockey, Santos was among South America's top jockeys when he made the ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/ddowney_large.jpg'']Dick Downey[/image] Dick Downey, owner and publisher of TheDowneyProfile.com, is a native Kentuckian and a lawyer who still actively practices in south-Central Kentucky. At the close of 2005, he retired from private practice after 28 years. He now represents the indigent ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/psaylor_large.jpg'']Paul Saylor[/image] In recent years, Paul Saylor has shared ownership in such outstanding runners as the record-setting Keyed Entry and Eclipse Award champion fillies Ashado (2004, 2005) and Fleet Indian (2006), been named Georgia Owner of the Year (2003), and currently ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/sclancy_large.jpg'']Sean Clancy[/image] Sean Clancy, author of the upcoming Eclipse Press release Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America's Heart, is a critically acclaimed writer and former champion jockey who's had a lifelong association with horses. Sean's father, Joe Clancy Sr., trained ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dthayer_large.jpg'']Damon Thayer[/image] A first-time breeder expecting his first foal around March 1, Republican State Senator Damon Thayer lives in Georgetown, where he has represented a district northeast of Lexington that includes Scott, Owen, Grant and southern Kenton counties since ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/rarthur_large.jpg'']Dr. Rick Arthur[/image] Dr. Rick Arthur, world-renowned expert in the field of veterinary medicine and advocate for equine health and welfare issues for more than 20 years who currently serves as equine medical director for the California Horse Racing Board, is our guest ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mdickinson_small.jpg'']Michael Dickinson[/image] The oft-honored Michael Dickinson is perhaps best known as racing's ''Mad Genius'' in response to his unorthodox approach to conditioning his runners, but few can argue with his success. After an impressive career as a steeplechase rider and ...