They’ve been doing this Eclipse Awards thing for some time now. Over the 46-year history of the event to honor the best in Thoroughbred racing, the date has moved around the calendar, the venue has shifted...
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Keeneland’s January sale is, well, the January sale. It has always been considered to be more the last mixed sale of the previous year than the first sale of the new year. Its results are hard to measure...
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The holiday cheer still lingers, the trips to the gym haven’t yet slowed to a crawl, and we’re whistling past the mailbox dreading the day the Visa bill arrives. Until then we are thinking of the better...
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December 6 was a monumental day in the offices of BloodHorse : Arriving in all of its heft and glory was the 2017 hard copy version of our Stallion Register . It is an exciting day in the annual publishing...
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Asked to take a swing at profiling the rising stars in the Thoroughbred breeding and racing industries by our publisher and editorial director John Keitt Jr., the staff of BloodHorse came up with what...
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As we flip to the last calendar page of 2016, naturally our focus turns to something we haven’t thought about for quite a while—elections. In the world of Thoroughbreds, it’s time to collect our thoughts...
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Spend some time at any Thoroughbred sale and there’s no telling what you will hear. The recent Keeneland November sale left us with an earful. The following are some select sound bites. Whether the sale...
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As the results of the presidential election unfolded before the nation Nov. 8, it didn’t matter whether one was tracking the vote tallies on FOX News, CNN, or MSNBC—all spectrums of media pointed to the...
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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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Blessed with beautiful weather and an indigenous, knowledgeable fan base, Keeneland Race Course broke in stride during its Fall Stars weekend Oct. 7-9. More than 19,000 turned out on a blue-sky Friday...
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