The results are in and quite a few astute readers scored perfectly in this round of Name That Thoroughbred ! These first two images are from various collections at The Blood-Horse Building:. When the contest...
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It's been six weeks since our most recent "Name That Thoroughbred!" contest -- it's about time for another challenge Once again, the winner (randomly selected from the best responses) will receive a $20...
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The weekend photo contest exposed a few readers as true Turf historians -- not all of the pictures were easy but we had a couple of perfect responses. Good work Sharon, Ashley A., and iknowitall. By random...
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The hallways of Blood-Horse Publications are a gallery of spectacular equine art. A couple of weeks ago, I challenged you to name a horse based on a painting in one of our conference rooms. Who's up for...
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The conference rooms in the Blood-Horse building are all named for famous racehorses. If you've watched "Part I" of the Losing the Iron Horse? video , you know that the Breeders' Roundtable was held in...
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Last week I had the opportunity to sit in on a "round table" discussion of a few prominent breeders, hosted by Blood-Horse Publications. In addition to several fascinating theories presented during the...
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Mares by War Admiral out of Blue Larkspur daughters... crossed with a Domino-line sire... the nick of the century? Bluegrass by Borden Deal is fiction, but the novel approaches breeding -- and training...
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While it may not have been rocket science to pick out the winner, you could have had yourself the Trifecta in the Preakness Stakes if you had merely boxed the five horses that were A++ rated by TrueNicks...
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Twelve contenders will go to the post for the May 17 Preakness Stakes (gr. I). Let's see how they're rated by TrueNicks. A++ BIG BROWN (Boundary - Mein, by Nureyev) - Went into the history books by winning...
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With the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands mere days away, we thought it was worth giving TrueNicks a tryout on the leading contenders. TrueNicks came through its Derby Trial with flying colors....
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