For the past 20 years Thoroughbred racing has been losing “market share” as a relative sport in the major press. Entries and results have disappeared from most newspapers, and stories and features—even...
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The hopes from the Breeders’ Cup for the breeding industry are that the day’s best runners would go on to advance the breed through their offspring. The breed-shapers of the day have indeed come out of...
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The second day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park turned into an afternoon for returning winners. In a span of six Breeders’ Cup races, four previous winners—Groupie Doll, Mizdirection...
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(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...
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(Originally published in the October 20, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Evan Hammonds - @BH_EHammonds on Twitter...
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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...
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(Originally published in the November 12, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter...
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(Originally published in the November 27, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter...
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By Lenny Shulman Here in Central Kentucky, where we’ve just gone a month without rain, the grass and leaves are both turning brown, the evenings require a light jacket for the late dog walk, and the sun...
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(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...
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