(Originally published in the May 21, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Owner/breeder Mary Sullivan is still floating on the cloud she’s occupied since April 15 when her 5-year-old stakes winner Get Stormy became her...

You look at Steve Bajer and John O’Hara moving around the sales at Keeneland each September and November, and they seem like two guys who took a wrong turn on the way to a fishing trip. Bajer, 62, and O’Hara, 53, both married, walk the grounds with an easy give-and-take dialogue running between them...

The first truly warm day in Lexington could not emerge at a better time. My annual trip to watch the undertack show at Keeneland has arrived! The undertack showcases the upcoming 2-Year-Olds in Training that will be on sale, the horses run a variety of distances, 1/8, 3/8 or 1/4 usually. The standard...

Churchill Downs announced NBC will air the first of three "Road to the Kentucky Derby" telecasts of Derby prep races. The first day falling on Saturday March, 27. This day will show the Louisiana Derby (GII) live and the Lane's End Stakes (GII) on the USA Network. The goal is to go beyond the horses...

It is like the ingredients are mixed right to cook a sweet Red Velvet cake (my favorite), but we need the chef to bake it correctly or a bitter taste could replace a delicious opportunity. If the Thoroughbred Industry can't do anything to help it’s self this year, then I vote the industry is just at...