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Talkin' Horses with Cot Campbell

Talkin' Horses with Cot Campbell

The archived Talkin' Horses podcast with Cot Campbell is now available.

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 Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Happy Holidays from Blood-Horse Publications

Happy Holidays from Blood-Horse Publications

The offices of Blood-Horse Publications will be closed Dec. 24-25. There will be no daily e-newsletters sent for Dec. 25 and Dec. 26.

 Sunday, December 25, 2011
Fravel, Haskin on Dec. 20 'Talkin' Horses'

Fravel, Haskin on Dec. 20 'Talkin' Horses'

The final segment of BloodHorse.com's popular Talkin' Horses podcast for 2011 will take place at 2 p.m. EST Dec. 20, with two guests: Breeders' Cup president Craig Fravel and Steve Haskin of Blood-Horse Publications.

 Monday, December 12, 2011

Blood-Horse Sales Director Jim Hurst Dies

Jim Hurst Jr., 51, died suddenly Aug. 11 in Lexington. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Aug. 15 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in Lexington.

 Friday, August 12, 2011
Leffel Joins TOBA as Membership Manager

Leffel Joins TOBA as Membership Manager

Terry Leffel has been named membership development manager for the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA). One of his responsibilities will be increasing membership.

 Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Haskin to Appear on Talkin' Horses

Haskin to Appear on Talkin' Horses

Talkin' Horses with The Blood-Horse, a popular feature on BloodHorse.com, will change to a new live format at 12:00 pm, EDT on Tuesday, June 21.

 Friday, June 17, 2011
The Blood-Horse Announces Internal Changes

The Blood-Horse Announces Internal Changes

Blood-Horse Publications has announced some recent internal changes that will allow the organization to work more efficiently and be more responsive to its customers.

 Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Mitchell Named Executive Vice President

Mitchell Named Executive Vice President

Eric Mitchell has been appointed Executive Vice President of Blood-Horse Publications it was announced Jan. 17. He will retain his primary role of Editorial Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse.

 Monday, January 17, 2011
Happy Holidays from Blood-Horse Publications

Happy Holidays from Blood-Horse Publications

The offices of Blood-Horse Publications will be closed Dec. 24-25. There will be no daily newsletters for Dec. 25 and Dec. 26.

 Sunday, December 26, 2010
Balancing Past, Present, and Future

Balancing Past, Present, and Future

"What's the future of The Blood-Horse?" By Marla Bickel

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 Tuesday, November 30, 2010
'Big Red' on the Big Screen in Lexington

'Big Red' on the Big Screen in Lexington

Actors, directors, and hundreds of individuals from the horse industry walked the red carpet Oct. 3 for a special screening of the movie "Secretariat."

 Monday, October 04, 2010

Pedigree and Genetics Symposium Announced

The Blood-Horse magazine, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants, has announced the first Thoroughbred Pedigree and Genetics Symposium to be held at the Marriott Griffin Gate hotel in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 11.

 Friday, August 20, 2010

Blood-Horse Publications Wins 13 Media Awards

Blood-Horse Publications magazines and web sites were honored June 19 with 13 awards during the American Horse Publications' annual seminar.

 Sunday, June 20, 2010
Clancy Wins Eclipse Award For Commentary

Clancy Wins Eclipse Award For Commentary

Sean Clancy has won the 2009 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the News/Commentary category for his column "Life's Work," which appeared in the Blood-Horse on Jan. 3, 2009

 Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Blood-Horse to Publish Combined Issue

Blood-Horse to Publish Combined Issue

Blood-Horse Publications will publish a combined issue of The Blood-Horse dated Dec. 26, 2009-Jan. 2, 2010 that will feature "Year in Review" and "Auctions Digest." The issue will go to press Dec. 28.

 Monday, December 21, 2009

Blood-Horse to Publish Combined Issue

Blood-Horse Publications has announced The Blood-Horse will publish a Dec. 26, 2009-Jan. 2, 2010 combined issue featuring a "Year in Review", recapping the top industry stories of 2009, and include a "Auctions Digest."

 Friday, December 04, 2009

BH Advertising Rates Reduced

The Blood-Horse, the nation's oldest continually-published weekly news magazine for Thoroughbred racing and breeding, will reduce its print advertising rates by 5% effective January 2009.

 Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Unwanted Horses: A Challenge for Sellers

With the economy struggling and the buy-back/no bid rates at Thoroughbred auctions rising, the issue of unwanted horses is a growing concern. Antony Beck, president of Gainesway Farm in Lexington, decided to try to do something about by sponsoring an adoption service on the Web site of The Blood-Horse's sister publication, The Horse (www.TheHorse.com).

 Friday, October 31, 2008
Liebman Named Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse

Liebman Named Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse

Dan Liebman, most recently executive editor of The Blood-Horse, has been named editor-in-chief of the magazine, Blood-Horse Publications announced Oct. 8.

 Monday, October 08, 2007

Paulick Joins TRF Board of Directors

Ray Paulick, editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse, has been elected to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation's board of directors.

 Friday, June 08, 2007

Blood-Horse to Publish Barbaro Commemorative

Blood-Horse Publications has announced it will publish a special edition commemorating the life of Barbaro, the classic winner who died Jan. 29.

 Monday, February 12, 2007

Note from the Publisher: Single Copies Available of Barbaro Issue

Due to increased interest in the Feb. 3 issue of The Blood-Horse with Barbaro on the cover, Blood-Horse Publications printed additional copies of the magazine that were offered on a single copy basis.

 Monday, February 05, 2007

Eric Mitchell Named Executive Editor of Blood-Horse Digital Media

Blood-Horse Publications has announced that Eric Mitchell has accepted the newly-created position of executive editor of Digital Media for The Blood-Horse.

 Monday, February 05, 2007

Philadelphia Inquirer's Jensen Wins Second Eclipse

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Jan. 5 that Mike Jensen of the Philadelphia Inquirer has won the 2006 Media Eclipse Award for writing in the features/enterprise category for "The Man Whose Job is Saving Barbaro," a profile of Dr. Dean Richardson, which was published May 28, 2006. Honorable mention in the feature/enterprise category went to Josh Pons for "Merryland, a Diary" which appeared in The Blood-Horse Dec. 3, 2005.

 Saturday, January 06, 2007

Jerardi Wins Eclipse Award for Barbaro Coverage

Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News won the 2006 media Eclipse Award for writing in the news/commentary category for his series of articles on the events surrounding the injury and surgery on Barbaro, and The Blood-Horse received two honorable mentions in the same category for columns that appeared in the magazine.

 Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The Blood-Horse Adds Free RSS Feeds to Web Site

The Blood-Horse, the industry's foremost and fastest provider of racing and breeding news and information, has added free RSS (Really Simple Syndication) as an extension of its Web site, bloodhorse.com.

 Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Enhancements Made to The Blood-Horse Online Stallion Register

The Blood-Horse's online stallion reference, StallionRegister.com, is now easier to navigate than ever before and even more useful and functional with expanded auction information.

 Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Author Peter Chew Dead at 82

Peter Thomas Chew, an author, journalist and former correspondent for The Blood-Horse died July 16 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., of complications from a heart attack. He was 82.

 Thursday, July 20, 2006

Blood-Horse Publications Honored With 16 Awards from AHP

Blood-Horse Publications' publications received a total of 16 awards on Saturday, June 24 at the American Horse Publications Annual Awards Program in Orlando, Florida.

 Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Owens Hired as RMTC Communications Coordinator

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) announced Tuesday the appointment of Amy Owens to communications coordinator.

 Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Blood-Horse Takes Home Several AHP Awards; Named Top Web Site

Blood-Horse Publications took home several awards from the 2005 American Horse Publications Annual Awards Program held June 11 in Seattle, Wash. The awards are for material published in 2004.

 Monday, June 13, 2005

Jockey Smith to Answer Questions in Blood-Horse Online Chat

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode Giacomo to a 50-1 upset victory in Saturday's 131st Kentucky Derby (gr. I), will join The Blood-Horse's senior correspondent Steve Haskin for a special edition of bloodhorse.com's "Talkin' Horses" Wednesday at noon (ET; 9 a.m PT).

 Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Blood-Horse Publications Launches Initiative to Educate Legislators about Thoroughbred Industry

In an effort to educate Kentucky residents and legislators on the importance of the horse industry to the Commonwealth's economy, Blood-Horse Publications is providing each member of the Kentucky Senate and House of Representatives with an annual subscription to The Blood-Horse, the company's flagship publication and the oldest continually published North American Thoroughbred magazine.

 Thursday, August 26, 2004

<i>The Blood-Horse Electronic Edition</i> Launched

Blood-Horse Publications, a multimedia publishing company that traces its roots to 1916, has officially launched The Blood-Horse Electronic Edition, a complete new digital edition of The Blood-Horse, the Thoroughbred industry's leading weekly news and information magazine.

 Thursday, July 15, 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

King Lou

By Harry Miller -- For more than 22 years, the first ad in the Classified Advertising section each and every week was always for Lou Salerno's Questroyal Farm. Lou has now decided to devote all his energies to another of his passions, fine art. He has passed the torch to Chris Bernhard, who calls his farm Hidden Lake.

 Tuesday, February 03, 2004

The Blood-Horse Launches StallionRegister.Com

Blood-Horse Publications has launched a new tool designed to aid users in making breeding, auction, and other important purchasing decisions. The new StallionRegister.com provides 24-hour online comprehensive statistical information on over 450 leading stallions and on 2,500 stallions actively standing around the world.

 Thursday, January 15, 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

Paulick Named AAEP Equine Industry Board Member

Ray Paulick, editor in chief of The Blood-Horse and executive vice president and editorial director of Blood-Horse Publications, has been selected as the American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) equine industry representative on the group's board of directors.

 Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Janney Elected Chairman of Blood-Horse Publications

Maryland horseman Stuart S. Janney III has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Blood-Horse Publications. Janney assumed the post Aug. 4.

 Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Belmont in National TV Spotlight on Friday

Included in the plethora of broadcast and print stories about Funny Cide and his quest for the Visa Triple Crown will be two features Friday on national network television programs.

 Thursday, June 05, 2003

New Logo, Corporate Name for The Blood-Horse

The Blood-Horse has a new logo and adopted a new corporate name to better reflect the diversity of the company, according to publisher Stacy V. Bearse, president and CEO. Previously operated as The Blood-Horse Inc., the company will now operate as Blood-Horse Publications.

 Friday, November 01, 2002

Hammonds Wins Magical Mythical Tour

The Blood-Horse's own head-to-head competition, where executive editor Dan Liebman and managing editor Evan Hammonds were given mythical $1,000 bankrolls to bet the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, was no contest.

 Sunday, October 27, 2002

Ladies' Day to Benefit Breast Cancer Research at River Downs

Breast cancer research will get a boost after Saturday when River Downs hosts Ladies' Day on July 27.

 Thursday, July 25, 2002

Here and There

Bits and pieces from the racing world...

 Tuesday, May 21, 2002

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

The Trouble Was Not in Your Set...

If you were unable to access bloodhorse.com or other Web sites in Kentucky early Tuesday, the problem was not at your end. Service was lost about midnight Monday and not restored until about 1:00 p.m.

 Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Barbara Livingston Wins Photography Eclipse Award

Barbara D. Livingston's photo of a Thoroughbred during a workout, which appeared on the cover of the March/April 2001 issue of The Thoroughbred Chronicle, has won the Eclipse Award for Photography. This is Livingston's second Eclipse Award for photography.

 Wednesday, December 19, 2001

Blood-Horse Website Introduces Free Daily Sire Lists

bloodhorse.com, the Thoroughbred industry's leading online Web site for Thoroughbred racing and breeding news and information, is now offering free daily Leading Sire Lists for Leading Sires, Leading Broodmare Sires, First Crop Sires, Second Crop Sires, and Third Crop Sires.

 Thursday, May 24, 2001

13 Mares Now in Foal to Ashford Stallion High Yield

Ashford Stud first-year stallion High Yield (Storm Cat -- Scoop the Gold, by Forty Niner) now has 13 mares in foal, according to a statement from the farm.

 Thursday, March 08, 2001
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