The Blood-Horse: 11/24/2007 issue

Photo: BLOOD-HORSE

Early morning at Fair Grounds; the 136th season of racing in New Orleans begins Thanksgiving day.

Photo: ALEXANDER BARKOFF

Dylan Thomas is named 2007 Cartier Horse of the Year.

Photo: Trevor Jones

A.P Indy, Distorted Humor, Storm Cat to stand for $300,000. Thirteen others are also expected to boast six-figure fees.

Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt

It was announced that undefeated War Pass will stand at Lane's End Farm near Versailles, KY, upon his retirement from racing.

Photo: Barbara D. Livingston

Fifteen days of selling produced a Keeneland November breeding stock sale record gross of $340,727,2000.

Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt

Colonel John overcame his inexperience and a rail draw in his first two-turn race to deliver a polished victory in the $105,900 Real Quiet Stakes for 2-year-olds.

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Odds-on favorite Foxy Danseur shook loose of pace rival Champagne Eyes mid-stretch and drew off to a 2 3/4-length win in the $107,100 Sharp Cat for 2-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park.

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Hunting ran down 2-1 favorite Utopia in the final yards of the $108,500 Stuyvesant Handicap (gr.III) at Aqueduct to win by a length.

Photo: ADAM COGLIANESE

Criminologist won the $150,000 Cardinal Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs to earn her fourth consecutive victory.

Photo: ADAM COGLIANESE