I voted for Rachel Alexandra for Horse of the Year because I thought she accomplished more in 2009 than Zenyatta. Those that voted for Zenyatta made a solid, well-informed decision. Who can argue with...
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(Originally published in the January 23, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta couldn’t...
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By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRA As we all know by now, Rachel Alexandra received the Eclipse Award as 2009 Horse of the Year Monday night in Beverly Hills. Thus ended a nearly three-month...
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It is like the ingredients are mixed right to cook a sweet Red Velvet cake (my favorite), but we need the chef to bake it correctly or a bitter taste could replace a delicious opportunity. If the Thoroughbred...
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Even though it was only a little over two months, it seemed as though the Horse of the Year debate had gone on forever. Now that it is finally (and thankfully) over, I wanted to give people a final chance...
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So you thought the Zenyatta/Rachel debate was over, huh? Well, it looks as though we won't have to let the Eclipse Awards settle this argument for us after all. Now that John Shirreffs and Jerry Moss have...
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Have you ever met anyone you idolized and you sort of lose consciousness and don’t know what you are saying or doing? Well, I had that moment. Vic Stauffer, John Shireffs and Steve Willard were nice enough...
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The 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, winner of all eight of her starts in 2009, including the Preakness Stakes, and the 5-year old mare Zenyatta, who won all five of her races last year and culminated...
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Here's hoping everyone had a great New Year's and is refreshed and ready to go for a fun Triple Crown season. This will be the final post on Breeders' Cup Chat before the blog switches over to Triple Crown...
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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...
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