The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news

News

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 magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding

Horse breeding

Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses...

, and horseracing. It was founded in 1916, the oldest continually published North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

n Thoroughbred magazine. The magazine is based in Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

, the Horse Capital of the World. The publisher claims it to be the number one magazine of its kind.

The magazine won acclaim for its exclusive report indicating that 1986 Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

 winner Ferdinand

Ferdinand (horse)

Ferdinand was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1986 Kentucky Derby and 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic. He was voted the 1987 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year.He entered stud in 1989 and was later sold to a breeding farm in Japan in 1994....

 had been slaughtered by his owners overseas after a marginal stud

Stud (animal)

A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species usually imply that the animal is entire—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring...

 career. The news resulted in increased efforts to save retired racehorses.

Issues cover races, analysis, events, trends, debate

Debate

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, farm management, pedigree

Pedigree chart

A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the occurrence and appearance or phenotypes of a particular gene or organism and its ancestors from one generation to the next, most commonly humans, show dogs, and race horses....

s, people, profiles, medication issues, investigative report

Investigative report

An investigative report is a document that is meant to provide information on a certain topic that is not easily obtained. It is meant to present the reader with a wealth of easily understood information and usually contains an interview or two on the subject...

s, and breeding news.

The magazine is printed in full color by Blood-Horse Publications

Blood-Horse Publications

Blood-Horse Publications is an American multimedia publishing house focused on horse-related magazines.Blood-Horse Publications is located in Lexington, Kentucky. Their book-publishing arm is Eclipse Press...

, in association with the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders...

. Blood-Horse Publications is located in Lexington, KY and publishes several other off-shoot magazines.

The Blood-Horse has an online version, at bloodhorse.com.

The similarly titled, Australian Bloodhorse Review is unaffiliated.

For the new millennium, Blood-Horse magazine compiled a Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

In 1999, a panel for The Blood-Horse magazine was made up of distinguished horse racing people: Howard Battle, Lenny Hale, Jay Hovdey, William Nack, Pete Pedersen, Jennie Rees and Tommy Trotter. These experts compiled a list of what they considered to be the top 100 United States thoroughbred...

 which was published in book form.

Blood-Horse books:

• Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments by The Blood-Horse Staff. Blood-Horse Publications (2006) ISBN : 1581501390
• Thoroughbred Champions: Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse Staff. Eclipse Press (1999) ISBN 1-58150-024-6
• Handicapping the Wall Street Way by Mark Ripple
  Mark Ripple
  Mark E. Ripple, born August 30, 1967 is an American money manager, ,. and author of . He is frequently sought after to pen articles, having written for American Turf Monthly, The Horse Jockey, CBS, and . He’s been featured in American Turf Monthly and Motley Fool, and has been a featured financial...
  
  . (2005) ISBN : 1-58150-126-9