Steve Haskin's Look Back at the Decade Editors of The Blood-Horse challenged senior correspondent Steve Haskin to fill in the blanks on several “best of” lists for the decade of 2000-2009. While several of them appear in the Dec. 26/Jan. 2 combined issue of the magazine (mailing on Dec. 29), there wasn...

As the year winds down, a few closing thoughts on gifts given this year that will continue to bring a smile to my face as long as I live. Feel free to share favorite memories, but please leave your HOY and HOD arguments at home. I want to hear races, from Maiden Claiming to Foreign Allowance races to...

With more than 400 responses on my last blog, and with some of the posters a bit overzealous in expressing their opinions, it is obvious the Horse of the Year debate is going to continue to heat up as we get closer to the Eclipse Awards. I have stated my feelings and have nothing more to say on the matter...

I will have a few stories to post later on the Breeders' Cup, but until I have time to jog my memory and share those with you, here are some things to keep you busy... --- I had a chance to get to know Ernie Munick in the field. He is a genuine guy and enjoys learning/teaching on the industry. Breeders...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston Are the fans ruining the sport? Is Zenyatta great? She has only run outside California once. She's never faced the boys, until now. She's never raced a longer distance. She's never raced on grass. She needs to race on dirt again. She is too one dimensional. She needs to beat...

Slide Show Memorable Moments The 25 years of the Breeders' Cup has produced many memorable moments, including the wild finish in the 1984 Classic, Personal Ensign's dramatic finish in the 1988 Distaff, Da Hoss' second Mile triumph, Richard Mandella winning 4 races in 2003, and more. View this slide show...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston How did this happen? The Breeders' Cup smack in the middle of the LSU Alabama football game? I guess it's payback time for me. I sarcastically empathize with my Gator horse racing friend each year when he has to make a choice between their biggest rivalry game with Georgia...

The Breeders' Cup pre-entries are out. Here is a complete list for each of the 14 races. I'm interested to get your thoughts on some of them. Anything surprise you? Any disappointments? I have a few thoughts. First, as far as some of the horses cross-entered, I wasn't too surprised to see Zenyatta has...

OK, the curtain is about to go up for the revival of “My Cup Runneth Under.” Most of the audience is disgruntled. The cast is not as strong as it should be; the stage is poorly constructed; the ensemble is too large with too many amateurs; the producer should have moved the show to a different venue...

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...