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...

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...

Growing up a Cincinnati Reds baseball fan, I always wanted to play shortstop like Barry Larkin. So I naturally sought after his baseball cards. Including Barry's hologram card, his rookie card and every other special/limited edition card I could find. Baseball cards were just a part of growing up for...

Who will win this year's Preakness? Who will finish last? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. writeRanker("http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/preaknessorderoffinish.xml"); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left...

Like all quarters, General Quarters is a two-sided coin. So far, it’s only come up heads, with the face of Tom McCarthy and his Cinderella story receiving all the press. But a flip of the coin to the tails side will reveal the faded and forgotten face of Mark Miller. Read the full column here .

My horses had a big weekend, including several old friends. How did your's do? Winning feels good..., but I need to learn to take my own advice. Opening day of Keeneland was a little cool and overcast, but that wasn't going to keep me away. The crowd was small, and I was a little concerned about the...

There are three ways of looking at the Florida Derby (gr. I): the best horse won, the best horse finished second, and both horses ran sensational races and established themselves as major Kentucky Derby contenders. The consensus would have to be number three. Read full column here .

Thoroughbred racing coverage takes another hit. As sport giant ESPN has decided to cut its coverage of the Kentucky Oaks (gr.I) on Friday May 1, with its primary three networks, and opted for Bravo. I am an optimist, and Churchill placed a positive spin on ESPN's decision. It is true that Bravo will...

It was an excellent weekend on the old trail, with some first-class performances, not only by the winners, but several of the losers as well. The latest Top 15 follows the column. From a visual and statistical standpoint, Pioneerof the Nile ’s victory in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) was as impressive...

Because the Top 30 list took up a great deal of Monday’s column, we’ll go double duty this week and catch up on some updates and ramblings and look at the Risen Star Stakes . On the pedigree front, are you tired of all the inbreeding in racing, especially through Mr. Prospector and Northern Dancer? Well...