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[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dhood_large.jpg'']David Hood[/image] David Hood has been Director of Public Relations for Britain's William Hill Organization since 1993. Universally recognized as one of the leading bookmakers in the world, William Hill specializes in legal off-track wagering and operates the fastest ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mbattaglia_small.jpg'']Mike Battaglia[/image] Breeders' Cup 23 represents the ''local boy makes good and comes home'' theme for America's Odds-maker Mike Battaglia as the Edgewood, Ky. resident sets the morning line for this year's eight-race extravaganza to be run at Churchill Downs next ...

A simulcast commentator from the paddock at Santa Anita and Oak Tree and a host for HRTV since its inception, Jon White has been involved in racing since 1974. A 25-year career with the Daily Racing Form took him to tracks from coast to coast as a reporter, columnist, handicapper and chart-caller. White has also been involved in racing as a track ...

Louisville native Steve Moody picked his first Derby winner at age nine ''when the name Kauai King sounded good to me'' and made his first visit to a racetrack at 17 and bet on two winners that first day, made $40, and was ''hooked on the game thereafter.'' After attending the University of Kentucky, Steve taught school for six years and ran a ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mjohnson_large.jpg'']Murray Johnson[/image] Murray Johnson, 46, has more than a dozen stakes winners to his credit since launching his training career in 1988. But he has achieved his greatest success and notoriety with his handling of the popular running machine Perfect Drift, the 7-year-old ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/rpaulick_large.jpg'']Ray Paulick[/image] Ray Paulick has been editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse weekly magazine since May 1992 and oversees all editorial products for Blood-Horse Publications, a 90-year-old Lexington-based company that also encompasses the monthly horse health magazine, The ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/vzast_large.jpg'']Vic Zast[/image] Chicago-based perfumer Vic Zast has been a participant in the sport of the Thoroughbred -- as an owner, breeder, innovator, observer, and fan -- for more than 45 years. As an owner-breeder, Vic campaigned champion Illinois 3-year-old filly Comforts of Home, ...

[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 ...