Steve Haskin, senior correspondent for The Blood-Horse, shares his thoughts on recently retired racehorse Intense Holiday’s death, injuries and deaths in horse racing, and laminitis.
The motion picture “50-1,” which chronicles Mine That Bird’s Kentucky Derby victory in 2009, was premiered in Albuquerque on Wednesday. So, Steve Haskin took a look back on he remembers Mine That Bird’s Triple Crown journey.
Learn about St Nicholas Abbey’s battle with a fracture that was ultimately ended by a severe bout of colic.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at Irish Thoroughbred racing champion St Nicholas Abbey’s battle to overcome a life-threatening fracture that was ultimately ended by a severe bout of colic.
Meet a person instrumental in helping Rachel Alexandra recover from life-threatening foaling complications.
Steve Haskin provides an update on Paynter’s recovery at Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center.
The filly’s eye was swollen shut the evening after her race, but no one is sure how or when she was injured.
All Pletcher’s 2-year-olds have raced on Salix in all of their starts.
Steve Haskin shares his thoughts on racehorse Paynter’s multiple medical battles and his recovery.
The NYSRWB issued protocols for Belmont horses, including a stakes barn at which all horses must reside.
Todd Pletcher, trainer of Life At Ten, has issued a statement regarding the much-publicized incident in which his filly finished last in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, held Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., creating a public
Steve Haskin is a veteran Blood-Horse writer who recently got the chance to visit with Zenyatta. Find out how she’s adjusting to life on the farm, a pasture with friends, and if she’s physically ready to become a mom in this blog originally posted on BloodHorse.com.
After the slow times turned in on Sunday’s opening day card, and the forecast of freezing low temperatures for Friday and Saturday, the typical warning flares went up. How fair will the track be for the Breeders’ Cup and what can be done to prevent the track from becoming cuppy, a condition no trainer wants to see, especially those coming from harder surfaces and synthetic
Mighty Mare vs. Goldi the Great. Although they won’t be competing against each other, filly phenoms Zenyatta and Goldikova will be battling for world domination on Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs. The burning question on everyone’s mind is whether one or both, or neither of racing’s divas will be taking their final bows in the winner’s circle and conclude their amazing c
It was an early August morning at Saratoga in 1972. I was sitting several yards from the rail, having breakfast with a Daily Racing Form colleague when I heard this sound behind me, getting louder and louder. The pounding hooves and snorting nostrils sounded like the proverbial locomotive. I turned toward the track and there before me was a big chestnut, adorned in the blue and whit
Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer has been taken out of training indefinitely with an ankle problem that trainer Bill Mott said likely will keep the colt out for the remainder of the year.
The problem was discovered after Drosselmeyer breezed a half-mile in :49 2/5 at Bemont on July 4.
“He was doing fine and we breezed him last Sunday and he came back a little stiff, kind of shuffly,
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