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It began in 1916 through its flagship magazine, The Blood-Horse. [1] From 1961 to 2015, Blood-Horse Publications was owned by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association , a non-profit organization that promotes Thoroughbred racing and breeding.
Man o' War, shown with jockey Clarence Kummer in 1920, was voted number one on the list. Around 1998, The Blood-Horse magazine polled a seven-person panel of distinguished horse racing officials and journalists: Keeneland racing secretary Howard Battle, Maryland Jockey Club vice president Lenny Hale, Daily Racing Form columnist Jay Hovdey, Sports Illustrated senior writer William Nack ...
Thomas Cromwell was the first editor of magazine. Joe Estes joined The Blood-Horse in 1930 and later became the second editor-in-chief. [9] He was succeeded by Kent Hollingsworth, Ed Bowen, Ray Paulick and Dan Liebman. [10] Blood-Horse books. Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments by The Blood-Horse Staff.
Edward L. Bowen (December 23, 1942 – January 20, 2025) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author, and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research.
Horse racing was established there in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and Thoroughbreds were imported in increasing numbers. [71] The first Thoroughbred stallions arrived in Argentina in 1853, but the first mares did not arrive until 1865.
In 1973, Forego was fourth behind Secretariat in a Kentucky Derby that was run in record time (1:59 2/5). Eddie Hayward, assistant trainer to Sherrill Ward, took over when Ward was ill and is officially listed as Forego's trainer in his wins in his final two races of 1973: the Roamer and Discovery Handicaps. [1]
First Century : Daily Racing Form chronicles 100 years of Thoroughbred Racing (1996) The Grand senor : The Fabulous Career of Horatio Luro (1989) Kentucky Derby : The Chance of a Lifetime (1988) co-authored with Jim Bolus. In The Winner's Circle: The Jones Boys of Calumet Farm (1974) co-authored with Gene Plowden
Old Rosebud (March 13, 1911 – May 23, 1922) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose pedigree traced to the influential sire Eclipse, and through Eclipse to the founding stallion, the Darley Arabian. In the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse magazine, Old Rosebud ranks 88th.