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(Originally published in the January 7, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   Anthony Hegarty and John Wade are successful residential builders and developers in the Chicago area, but their success doesn’t end in the construction business. It has ...

Thirteen colts and geldings will do battle in the CashCall Futurity (gr. I) at Hollywood Park. Can you predict the complete order of finish? Need more information about the CashCall Futurity? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011CashCallOrder.xml''); To participate, ...

 (Originally published in the December 10, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter Stud fees are rising, nudged upward by the gradual recovery seen this year in the Thoroughbred commercial market. ...

 (Originally published in the December 10, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  When you’re running hot, Plan B works out just as well as Plan A. Owner Ron Winchell was pointing up-and-coming 2-year-old Sabercat to the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup ...

The Kentucky Horse Park currently is auctioning off a halter worn by Cigar, as part of an on-line auction to benefit the retired Thoroughbred racehorses in the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), which is headquartered at the Horse Park. The bidding runs through Dec. 11, 2011. As this year also marks the 15th anniversary of ...

Who will win the Clark Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs? Will it be one of the horses that ran in the Breeders' Cup, or a new face? How will the others finish? Need more information about the Clark? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011ClarkOrder.xml''); To ...

It is time again for my annual Thanksgiving holiday blog.  Perhaps it’s a bit cliché to make a list of things to be thankful for but it’s an important exercise nonetheless.  So here goes.   Here is my list of things in the horse industry for which I am grateful. Horseplayers. Again this year, you are at the top of my ...

By Jennifer Wirth, of The Saturday Post American Runner Steve Roland Prefontaine once likened his running to a creative art form in saying, “Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints.  I like to make something beautiful when I run.  I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anything run like ...