Thoroughbred Opinions - Blood-Horse

Commentary: Healing the Wounds

2008-05-13T17:12:01Z

by Dan Liebman - There were 417 races run on the flat in North America May 3, but only one captured the attention of the public. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: It Just Is

2008-05-13T17:09:28Z

by Joel B. Turner - It is what we owners and breeders fear the most. A call from a farm employee, trainer, or vet with that oddly familiar, awkward tone foretelling the bad news we have lost one of our horses. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: The Sound of Silence

2008-05-06T14:02:12Z

by Dan Liebman - After winning the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) May 2, Airdrie Stud owner Brereton Jones talked of the relationship his family has developed with trainer Larry Jones and his wife, Cindy. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Feeling the Chill

2008-05-06T13:59:58Z

by Evan Hammonds - Cold lies the heart of Thoroughbred racing following Eight Belles' untimely end after Kentucky Derby 134. The dark side of the toughest game in town showed itself once again on the national stage, this time in the nation's biggest Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Dear John

2008-04-29T14:45:14Z

by Dan Liebman - One night during the 2007 Keeneland November sale, Eoin Harty was enjoying a leisurely dinner when the topic turned to horses, in particular those in his Southern California stable. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Farewell to the Meadows

2008-04-29T14:40:49Z

by Morton Cathro - Bay Meadows, California's pioneering racetrack, has been this aging fan's delight for nearly my entire lifetime. Now, barring an unlikely last-minute reprieve, it is marching inexorably toward May 11, the final day of its final Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Just Like Yesterday

2008-04-22T15:19:03Z

There are moments along the Triple Crown trail that remain forever etched in our minds. For this writer, one of those was April 27, 1978. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Affirmed Career

2008-04-22T15:16:57Z

by Patrice Wolfson - Affirmed was both the focal point and cement that would bind my husband's and my wonderful 35-year relationship. From the outset of our marriage in Miami in 1972, we dearly enjoyed driving up to spend time at Harbor View Farm Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Sales Sold

2008-04-15T15:57:45Z

by Dan Liebman - Few have the resources to do anything they want in the Thoroughbred industry. Sheikh Mohammed would be one of the exceptions. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: He Touched Many

2008-04-15T15:55:43Z

by Headley Bell - My mother, Alice Chandler, and I were scheduled to meet with the Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse April 4 to reflect on her life and the transition of our family's Mill Ridge Farm. But it was hard that morning to also not reflect Read More......(read more)

Commentary: The Next Steps

2008-04-08T17:24:15Z

by Dan Liebman - Alice Chandler has no intention of shooting craps in a fancy, glitzy casino. Wouldn't be the same. Now 82, she harkens back to her youth when she would try to make her point in a tack room with the men on her dad's Beaumont Farm Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Piece of Cake

2008-04-08T17:21:14Z

by Joe Hickey - Stepping down from his Windfields jet, E.P. Taylor bounded across the tarmac into the terminal building, where he pulled up short in front of a vending machine. "Help me, Joe. I don't have any U.S. change." Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Losing Gamble

2008-04-01T13:34:02Z

Wallace Wilkinson did what the voters asked him to do. Steve Beshear did not. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: More Anna Houses

2008-04-01T13:04:53Z

By Donna Chenkin - Transformation of a dream often begins with acts of imagination that elevate a starting vision of change above the intimidating presence of things as they are. Read More......(read more)

Commentary: Detox

2008-03-25T14:18:02Z

By Dan Liebman - Imagine using something in your profession for 25 years because you believe it to be beneficial, and then having regulators take it away from you. Read More......(read more)