(Originally published in the March 30, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter For three years the owners of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.—home of the New York Giants...

(Originally published in the March 16, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter Disputes over Thoroughbred racing dates are as endemic to South Florida as the sabal palm. Ugly...

(Originally published in the March 2, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter The Feb. 23-24 racing weekend was rich with the start of the Road to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) championship...

(Originally published in the February 9, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter Thirty points. Under Churchill Downs’ new points system, 30 points is expected to be the minimum...

(Originally published in the February 1, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter The conclusion of a recent National Agricultural Statistics Service economic survey reaffirmed...

Nearly two months have passed since a coalition of more than 60 owners launched an experiment into Salix-free racing, pledging to run their 2-year-olds without the controversial anti-bleeder medication (also known as Lasix) on race day. Several trainers managing the medication-free horses say not enough...

Seven weeks out from the Breeders' Cup World Championships and there is much to contemplate about this year's return to Santa Anita Park. A change to be closely scrutinized is the ban on race-day furosemide (known as Salix or Lasix) in all the 2-year-old races. The ban is the first step toward ending...

(Originally published in the September 8, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter Too often conducting the people’s work results in sneaky business. We saw an example of this...

(Originally published in the September 1, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter The Juddmonte International Stakes (Eng-I) Aug. 22 at York Racecourse ( View photos here ) had...

(Originally published in the August 25, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter Arlington Park more than exceeded its expectations to restore the international flavor of its Aug...