(Originally published in the May 25, 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 In the days leading up to the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I), jockey Gary Stevens had been wrestling...

(Originally published in the April 20, 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 A couple of issues have surfaced related to cases of sudden death in California racehorses. One...

(Originally published in the April 6, 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 Some American racing fans likely got their backs up as the Australian national anthem played March...

(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 9, 2013 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 Thoroughbred racing fans had a busy weekend with lots of options from which to choose: the Gotham...

(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 23, 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 “If your facility does not meet the standards that (fans) come to expect in their daily lives...

(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...