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• First crop

  A mid-August list of the leading first-crop sires — courtesy of the Blood-Horse — is a little like a message sent by the future to those of us stuck in the present, or, in this Olympic year, the first few strides of a long race. The truth... Posted Aug 17 2008, 05:04 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Breeding, That's Amore horses

• Connections, or, Ya know, maybe she’s right

  Our fellow blogger Teresa, over at Brooklyn Backstretch, suggested (here) a few weeks ago that she and I are, as she put it, “separated-at-birth siblings.” At the time, I poopooed the idea as a suggestion that would come as news to our mothers... Posted Jul 28 2008, 01:47 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Breeding, Experience of owning horses, That's Amore horses, Human connection to horses, Handicapping, Betting and bettors, Responsibility to horses, Retired horses

• Breeding, overnights, and standings — oh, my!

  At the sales, flashy good looks and a good family background are what matter most. Thoroughbred sales are all about people, and the auction ring is ultimately that most human of endeavors: the popularity contest. Which is interesting, since once the horses... Posted Jul 04 2008, 11:49 AM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Breeding, Experience of owning horses, Standings, Auctions, Monmouth Park, Overnights, Stakes races

• The right thing, for the right reasons

  T.S. Eliot wrote that the “greatest treason [is] to do the right thing for the wrong reason.” Racing, in its stop-and-start initiative to control drugs, will likely be forced to do the right thing for the right reason — the health and... Posted Jun 24 2008, 01:07 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Future of racing, Drugs and racing, Congress, Breeding, Congressional hearings