Research continues to advance on a crucial topic by Amanda Duckworth LAMENESS, WHICH PRESENTS as an abnormal gait or stance, is a common but frustrating issue when it comes to horses. Download ...
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Steve and Cynthia Sansone, who are 20-year veterans of the Thoroughbred business, have a new-found passion in dog showing that has quickly evolved into award-winning ...
A couple of years ago, I wrote the back story of Mine That Bird’s amazing Triple Crown journey. Now, with the motion picture “50-1” having its premiere in Albuquerque, N.M. Wednesday, March 19, I have ...
There is a timeless sound in the rustling of pines on a breezy rise overlooking fields of mares and foals that stretch to a horizon also dotted by olive trees and the bobbing heads of sunflowers. Here ...
This reprint from six years ago is to commemorate the 45th anniversary of one of racing's darkest days, the death of the legendary Ruffian. But it is not just about the Ruffian—Foolish Pleasure match ...
It was nine o’clock in the morning on May 7, 2002—25 years to the day since Seattle Slew’s historic victory in the Kentucky Derby. The great Thoroughbred gave one final look at his devoted owners, ...
There was a time when seven furlongs in 1:23 to 1:24 was considered pretty decent for allowance and stakes horses, and anything under 1:23 was what the fastest stakes sprinters would run. Today, 1:24 ...
Ask any racing fan to name the best horses of the early 1930s and you are likely to hear names like Equipoise, Twenty Grand, Gallant Fox, Discovery, Cavalcade, Top Flight, and Sun Beau. That is to be ...
Some years ago, a young groom at Belmont Park looked admiringly at all the well-bred Ogden Phipps horses and said to himself, “If I could ever train those horses, my life would be made.” That groom’s ...
In a recent survey about Thoroughbred breeding and pedigree content on BloodHorse.com, I asked readers to suggest topics they'd like to read about more often. A frequently-repeated request was to run ...