(Originally published in the May 1, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) If you toss a coin 24 times, and it lands on heads each time, what are the odds it will come up heads on the 25th try? Since odds are based on...

(Originally published in the April 24, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Gail Hughes called recently and wanted to stop by and chat, an invitation readily accepted. I have learned many things over the past 25-plus...

(Originally published in the April 10, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) There are two races in the condition book for Monmouth Park’s opening day, May 22, for maiden special weights, 3-year-olds and up. One is open...

(Originally published in the April 3, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) The Jockey Club issued a release last week that contained one single number, but it is an important number. Breakdowns are an unfortunate—and...

(Originally published in the March 27, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) The results of a study done by the Thoroughbred Breeders Australia received little publicity in the United States when released last week, but...

(Originally published in the March 20, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Satish Sanan was publicly admonished by leaders of the Breeders’ Cup last week for his comments on a radio talk show. Sanan, they claimed, went...

(Originally published in the March 13, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) The key to the success of any business is to know what the customer wants…and give it to him. Once again Keeneland has listened to its customers...

(Originally published in the March 6, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Speaking recently to a group of students in the University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program, I wanted to make a point about the dwindling...

(Originally published in the February 27, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) It seems funny to say fillies took a backseat to the boys, but after the big news of a possible race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta...

(Originally published in the February 20, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Standard football coach-speak on national signing day is always to say recruiting starts at home. “We need to get the best players from within...