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Eclipse Press' Keeneland Book Wins Award

'Keeneland: A Thoroughbred Legacy' has won an Independent Publisher Book Award for best sports book of 2010.

 Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Livingston Book Signing Benefits Old Friends

Two-time Eclipse Award-winning photographer Barbara Livingston will sign copies of her new book "Horses: In Living Color" and her previous release "More Old Friends" on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at the Circa 1840 Restaurant in Georgetown, Ky.

 Thursday, December 03, 2009

New Book Goes Inside Prominent Equine Clinic

Readers can now take a behind-the-scenes tour of one of the leading equine veterinary hospitals with the release of "Equine ER: Stories From a Year in the Life of an Equine Veterinary Hospital."

 Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Inside Track: Best-selling Story

Inside Track: Best-selling Story

As he was a full brother to three-time champion Skip Away, whom many consider as one of the greatest racehorses of all time, big things were expected from Skipingo when he was purchased as a yearling for $300,000 in 1998.

 Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Second Chance Horses Book Released

Second Chance Horses Book Released

Eclipse Press, along with publishing partner Keeneland, has announced the release of the new book Second-Chance Horses: Inspiring Stories of Ex-Racehorses Succeeding in New Careers.

 Thursday, March 19, 2009
Signing Set for Eclipse Press' Skipingo

Signing Set for Eclipse Press' Skipingo

Prominent Thoroughbred breeder Jane Lyon and her daughter, Karen Bailey, have captured the story of their horse Skipingo in a new children's book, "Skipingo Home: A Thoroughbred's Second Chance."

 Friday, December 05, 2008

Best of Talkin' Horses Book Published

Eclipse Press has announced the release of Best of Talkin' Horses, a compilation of the popular online chats with the movers and shakers in the Thoroughbred racing industry featured on BloodHorse.com.

 Wednesday, August 06, 2008
'Barbaro' Book Recognized With Award

'Barbaro' Book Recognized With Award

"Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America's Heart," written by Sean Clancy and published by Blood-Horse Publications' Eclipse Press division, has won a 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association.

 Monday, June 02, 2008

Dark Star's '53 Derby Voted Biggest Upset

Dark Star's victory in the 1953 Kentucky Derby is the greatest upset of all in the classic, according to readers of bloodhorse.com.

 Monday, May 07, 2007

Author Sighting: Clancy to Sign Barbaro Book, Appear on Television

Author Sean Clancy will sign copies of "Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America's Heart" at the Keeneland gift shop Friday, April 13, and will conduct two television interviews the following week.

 Friday, April 13, 2007

Blood-Horse Charitable Foundation to Donate Funds to Barbaro Memorial Fund

Blood-Horse Publications has announced that The Blood-Horse Charitable Foundation will donate a minimum of $10,000 to the NTRA Charities Barbaro Memorial Fund, established earlier this month to raise awareness and money for equine health and safety research.

 Thursday, February 22, 2007

Author! Author! Winants to Sign Book

Author Peter Winants will be signing "The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss" at the Potomac Hunt Club on Sunday, Jan. 22 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Potomac Hunt Club is at 21315 Peach Tree Road in Dickerson, Maryland.

 Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Meet the Authors: Upcoming Book Signings

Some members of Eclipse Press's stable of authors have upcoming book signings.

 Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Meet the Authors: Upcoming Book Signings

The authors of two recent releases from Eclipse Press, a division of Blood-Horse Publications, have upcoming book signings scheduled.

 Tuesday, October 11, 2005

News and Notes from Saratoga

Smuggler to miss Alabama... Travers field grows... Spot found for Alinghi's North American debut... High Limit to stay on grass... Book signings scheduled.

 Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Beltran's 'Agua Caliente Story' Recognized

The Agua Caliente Story: Remembering Mexico's Legendary Racetrack has been chosen as a 2005 Independent Publisher Book Award semifinalist in the sports category.

 Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Here and There

Racing and breeding news and information.

 Thursday, July 15, 2004

Cot Campbell Books to Benefit Equine Research

The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation is now selling two of Cot Campbell's popular equine books, with the profits going to veterinary research beneficial to the horse. Lightning in a Jar and Rascals and Racehorseswere published by Eclipse Press and provided at cost by the publisher.

 Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Blood-Horse Publications Takes Top Honors in AHP Competition

Blood-Horse Publications won several top honors June 12 during the American Horse Publications awards presentations in Lexington, Ky. This years event was dubbed the 2004 AHP Red, White & Bluegrass" seminar.

 Monday, June 14, 2004

A Chapter in Triple Crown History: King Kong

As Smarty Jones attempts to duplicate Seattle Slew's feat as an undefeated Triple Crown winner, the following excerpt from "Seattle Slew," published by Eclipse Press, recounts the weeks and events leading up to Slew's Belmont Stakes victory.

 Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Blood-Horse Inc. Purchases New Building; Offices to Move in First Quarter of 2004

Blood-Horse Publications announces the acquisition of a new 46,000 square-foot building, located at 3101 Beaumont Centre Circle on land that was originally part of the historic 4,000-acre Beaumont Farm.

 Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Livingston, Campbell to Sign Books

Eclipse Press authors Barbara Livingston and Cot Campbell will be part of a five-person autographing session at Lyrical Ballad Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, New York, from 7-9 p.m. (EDT) this Friday, Aug. 22.

 Monday, August 18, 2003

Here and There

Bits and pieces from around the industry...

 Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Eclipse Press Releases Book Chronicling Seabiscuit's Racing Career

Eclipse Press has delved into the archives of its parent company, Blood-Horse Publications, and compiled "The Seabiscuit Story," using firsthand accounts of Seabiscuit's life and racing career as originally reported in the pages of The Blood-Horse magazine.

 Monday, June 02, 2003

Blood-Horse Editor Donates Book Fee to Charity

Ray Paulick, editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse magazine and author of the recently released book Sunday Silence, has donated his entire compensation for writing the book to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and to Central Kentucky Riding for the Handicapped.

 Thursday, April 04, 2002

Here and there ...

News from the racing and breeding industries

 Tuesday, April 02, 2002

Racing's Holy Grail--The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby--Chapter 2

Racing's Holy Grail--The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby--Chapter 2

 Friday, March 15, 2002

Excerpts From

Excerpts From "Racing's Holy Grail - The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby"

 Friday, March 08, 2002

Excerpts From 'Racing's Holy Grail'

Excerpts From "Racing's Holy Grail - The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby"

 Friday, March 08, 2002

Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You: More Horse Books

The success of Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit," which has more than 400,000 copies in print and is being made into a motion picture, is spawning more books on horse racing and breeding, according to USA Today.

 Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Christine Salvino -- The Soprano in the Paddock

Excerpt for week Nov. 3.

 Monday, November 05, 2001

Here and there ...

Racing, breeding, and industry news

 Tuesday, August 21, 2001

Here and There

News, notes, and happenings around the Thoroughbred world.

 Monday, July 16, 2001

Here and There

News, notes, and happenings around the Thoroughbred world.

 Monday, July 16, 2001

Eclipse Press Showcase

Eclipse Press, the book publishing division of The Blood-Horse, Inc., is hosting a major author event on Thursday, May 3.

 Wednesday, May 02, 2001

Here and There

Eclipse Press book signings

 Wednesday, May 02, 2001

Here and There…

News bites

 Tuesday, June 20, 2000