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[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 ...

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 ...