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Eclipse Press' Keeneland Book Wins Award

By Blood-Horse Staff
May 11, 2011
Kentucky

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

Livingston Book Signing Benefits Old Friends

By Blood-Horse Staff
December 3, 2009
Kentucky

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.

New Book Goes Inside Prominent Equine Clinic

July 7, 2009
Horse Health, Kentucky

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."

Inside Track: Best-selling Story

By Jason Shandler
April 7, 2009

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.

Second Chance Horses Book Released

March 19, 2009

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.

Signing Set for Eclipse Press' Skipingo

December 5, 2008

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."

Best of Talkin' Horses Book Published

August 6, 2008

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.

'Barbaro' Book Recognized With Award

June 2, 2008

"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.

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.

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

By Blood-Horse Staff
April 13, 2007

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.

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

February 22, 2007

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.

Author! Author! Winants to Sign Book

January 18, 2006

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.

Meet the Authors: Upcoming Book Signings

November 9, 2005

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

Meet the Authors: Upcoming Book Signings

October 11, 2005

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

News and Notes from Saratoga

August 10, 2005
Thoroughbred Racing

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

Beltran's 'Agua Caliente Story' Recognized

By Blood-Horse Staff
May 10, 2005

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

Here and There

By Blood-Horse Staff
July 15, 2004

Racing and breeding news and information.

Cot Campbell Books to Benefit Equine Research

June 23, 2004

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.

Blood-Horse Publications Takes Top Honors in AHP Competition

By Blood-Horse Staff
June 14, 2004

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

A Chapter in Triple Crown History: King Kong

By Dan Mearns
May 25, 2004
Triple Crown

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.

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

December 17, 2003

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.

Livingston, Campbell to Sign Books

August 18, 2003

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.

Here and There

June 10, 2003

Bits and pieces from around the industry...

Eclipse Press Releases Book Chronicling Seabiscuit's Racing Career

June 2, 2003

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.

Blood-Horse Editor Donates Book Fee to Charity

April 4, 2002

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.

Here and there ...

April 2, 2002

News from the racing and breeding industries

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

March 15, 2002
Triple Crown

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

Excerpts From

March 8, 2002

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

Excerpts From 'Racing's Holy Grail'

March 8, 2002
Triple Crown

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

Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You: More Horse Books

By Ron Mitchell
February 27, 2002

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.