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One of the latest technological advances sweeping the nation is the QR, or Quick Response, Code. The QR, which is a type of barcode, was developed by a Japanese subsidiary of Toyota in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process. When Steve Jobs and company reinvented the cell phone by turning it into the smartphone, he, in ...

Sometimes a trend is not just a trend, but the beginning of the end. Pardon the feeble attempt at poetry, but is it time to come to the realization that the Sport of Kings may be witnessing the end of male domination and that the queens will one day rule racing?Many archeologists have concluded that women once were the dominant species on Earth, ...

It just doesn’t make sense. Frankel seems an aberration, a contradiction; something that defies all the rules of genetics and racing tradition. At the risk of sounding pompous and disgustingly provincial, Frankel should have American blood coursing through his veins, especially on his sire’s side; a Seattle Slew incarnate let loose over the grassy ...

It seems a contradiction to the senses to boost the merits of the Breeders’ Futurity, run over Polytrack, and several of its participants. But the feeling here is that we saw a couple of potential stars emerge from the race, whose true talents actually will not be seen until they run on dirt. One of them already has become our live longshot for ...

This year's Perfect Trip Award will recognize a Breeders' Cup Challenge race winner from this season's North American races that best exemplifies a ''Perfect Trip''. The winner will be selected from a panel of racing experts and will have the opportunity to experience his or her own ''Perfect Trip'' through Sentient Jet, with ...

Press the Play button below to listen to the full interview. Steve Haskin, Senior Correspondent for The Blood-Horse, provided insights into all things Breeders' Cup on Talkin' Horses on Tuesday, October 18 at 2:00 PM. Steve Haskin is an award-winning Turf writer renowned for his Kentucky Derby commentary, and his Breeders' Cup ...

Is the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) simply a 2 horse race between Flat Out and Stay Thirsty? Or, will the others have their say? Need more information about the Jockey Club Gold Cup? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011JCGCOrder.xml''); To participate, use your ...

Our last blog dealt with the 3-year-old male crop of 1969. Well, their female counterparts were pretty special themselves, and what better time to recount their exploits than on the day of the grade II Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont. The race’s namesake will be the main focus of this blog, but no mention of that period would be complete without ...

By Jennifer Wirth-Ice, of The Saturday Post Bernard Fontenelle once said, ''It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.''  Perhaps, the time of ruin arrives when a single generation forgets why certain places are important.  Or possibly, the importance of the events that occurred on that ground fail to excite a culture ...

Nine three-year-olds battle at Parx Racing in the 1 1/8 mile Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II). Who will win it? How will the others finish? Need more information about the Pennsylvania Derby? Read the race preview, or watch That Handicapping Show. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2011PADerbyOrder.xml''); To participate, use ...