The Breeders’ Cup Forum: Understanding Colic
From time to time, horses on and off the track make headlines if they undergo surgery for colic, which is a fairly common but complex illness in horses. Most recently, Grade 1 winner Dullahan showed...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: Stevens Relishes ‘Blessing’ of a Year
The Nov. 1-2 Breeders' Cup capped a remarkable comeback year for Hall of Fame and Eclipse Award-winning jockey Gary Stevens, with victories aboard Beholder in the Distaff and Mucho Macho Man in the...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: Elisabeth Jensen
Elisabeth Jensen is the Democratic frontrunner to face first-term Republican Rep. Andy Barr in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District in 2014. Jensen, who announced her candidacy in June, is president...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: Craig Fravel
Craig Fravel was overseeing his third Breeders' Cup, Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita Park, since being named the organization's chief executive officer in 2011. He is the former president and general manager...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: Fravel on Medication Policy, Site Selection
A ban on race-day medication for 2-year-olds was approved by the Breeders' Cup board of directors just as Craig Fravel was joining the organization as its new president and chief executive officer in...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: Track Superintendent Dennis Moore
The hiring in November of Dennis Moore as track superintendent at Santa Anita Park was widely applauded within the Southern California racing community, especially after an autumn meeting when Santa...
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The Breeders’ Cup Forum: Deshawn Parker
Deshawn Parker has only occasionally stepped outside of his comfort zone, Mountaineer Park in West Virginia, where he has compiled numerous riding titles and logged the vast majority of his 4,456...
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The Breeders’ Cup Forum: Not Your Average ‘Horseplayers’
Peter Rotondo, vice president of media and entertainment for Breeders' Cup, has been moonlighting over the past six months as one of the cast members in the reality television show “Horseplayers,”...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: The Future of Equine Education in the Bluegrass
Nancy Cox was recently promoted to the dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, replacing former dean Scott Smith. Cox, previously the associate dean of...
View ArticleThe Breeders’ Cup Forum: A Love of the Land
Carrie Willwerth Brogden established Machmer Hall in 2001 in Paris, Ky., with husband Craig Brogden and mother Sandy Willwerth. The commercial operation is named after a building that honors Carrie's...
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