Much as we try, we can’t stop humanizing our horses. This one’s got the heart of a champion; that one has the guts of a mudder. We don’t really know if there’s anything behind all that ...

The top of the yearling market has never been hotter. Outside of Australia, however, it is difficult to make money in the middle market and the bottom is a disaster if you are selling. Most of us do ...

Horse racing people like Orb%27s chances at the Triple Crown after Kentucky Derby win Orb is the favorite in Saturday%27s Preakness%2C at Pimlico in Baltimore Orb%27s more traditional breeding and ...

Joe Penn, a Kentucky horse and mule auctioneer, is not a sentimental man -- not once he enters the stockyard. He knows that the value of many horses is measured in pounds of flesh. But this winter, ...

After 40 years at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., stallion manager Richard Barry is retiring at the end of June. Born in Clondalkin, Ireland, Barry, 67, sat down with BloodHorse to reflect on the ...