Bloodstock Editor at BloodHorse, looking for ways to re-energize horse racing.
Joined May 2009
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Jun 11
Glencrest Farm's John Greathouse Jr. died June 10. The skilled owner/breeder was 82. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4vAXAKg @BH_EMitchell
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Jun 8
Caribbean Equine Advocacy's @Chrissy_Ottb has identified five areas of concern with a new Puerto Rico Racing Commission lameness exam for all imported horses of racing age. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/3RNa2Iz @BH_EMitchell
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Jun 4
.@Gainesway sire Tapit is already the co-leading North American sire of @BelmontStakes winners with four. @WinStarFarm stallion Constitution can build this year on Tapit's legacy. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/43MIbdY @BH_EMitchell #TC2026
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 25
.@LanesEndFarms' Flightline continues to rule the commercial market as a freshman sire, leading all sires by average price through the first three major 2YOs in training sales. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/3Q0AnSI @BH_EMitchell
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 22
ALERT: Upon the conclusion of his racing career, @Kentucky Derby Winner Golden Tempo will enter stud at @LanesEndFarms. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4nGfFUu
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 18
On #BHMonday: @PreaknessStakes winners Napoleon Solo, @horsesummers, Al Gold, and Paco Lopez join the show and share their thoughts on the race. @RadioLouie @BH_SCollins go.bloodhorse.com/4dhN4S2 #BloodHorsePlus #TC2026 #Video
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 18
.@BloodHorse magazine and BloodHorse Daily along with @Keeneland Magazine received a combined six first-place media awards from American Horse Publications. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4uQHrA3 @BH_EMitchell
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 6
ALERT: .@KentuckyDerby (G1) winner Golden Tempo will skip the @PreaknessStakes (G1) and await the @BelmontStakes (G1), according to trainer @reredevaux. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4urbWwi @BH_Bking
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 6
.@BobEhalt of BloodHorse and Charles Toler of Eclipse Sportswire will be recognized for their coverage of the 2025 @PreaknessStakes (G1) during the Alibi Breakfast May 14. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4f4huZ8
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Leading sires represented in the @KentuckyDerby. @TMStallions Not This Time (two SWs Friday) is the sire of Six Speed (17) in the Derby; @spendthriftfarm Into Mischief (SW on Friday) has three in the Derby in Renegade (1), Commandment (6), and Potente (14);
ALT Churchill Downs, photo by Coady Media/Casey Cable
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@Three_Chimneys Gun Runner (Ky Oaks exacta) has Further Ado (18) in the Derby; and @HillnDaleFarm Curlin (who had 2 wnrs Friday incl. Alysheba S. wnr Corporate Power) will have Golden Tempo (19) in the Derby.
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@BloodHorse There will be a leading sires smackdown in The Churchill Downs S. (G1) R10 today with runners by Not This Time, Into Mischief, Nyquist, and Gun Runner in the field. These are currently the top four general leading N. Am. sires on the BloodHorse leading sires list.
ALT Knightsbridge, photo by Coglianese Photos/Jetta Vaughns
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Not This Time, who had stakes winners On Time Girl and Imaginationthelady on Friday, will have Disco Time (1); Into Mischief, sire of La Troienne S. wnr Shred the Gnar, has Cornucopian (2), Imagination (7), and Point Dume (11);
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Gun Runner, who sired the KY Oaks exacta, will be represented by Disruptor (5); and, finally Nyquist, who sired maiden winner Passerine on Friday, will be represented by 9-5 ML favorite and @Godolphin homebred Knightsbridge (6).
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It never ceases to amaze where horses can take you. John Oxley's first graded stakes winner was Yes Dear Maggy, who won the G2 Black Helen S. at Hialeah in 1976. Yes Dear Maggy became the dam of his first G1SW as a breeder, Stalwart.
May 1
Owner/breeder John Oxley will be represented by his ninth #KentuckyDerby starter as an owner or breeder as the breeder of Further Ado. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4w4RYJg @BH_EMitchell #TC2026
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
May 1
ALERT: Right to Party Out is out of the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1), and Nycon is out of the Kentucky Oaks (G1). Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/3PhTirP
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For those who love Dosage. @BloodHorse bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/…
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Apr 30
Pedigree insights into three @KentuckyDerby winners by @spendthriftfarm sire Into Mischief, the co-leading #KentuckyDerby sire by winners and with three contenders this year. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4cHSGor #TC2026
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Apr 29
.@KentuckyDerby favorite Renegade compeletes training this morning as Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty gallops by.
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Apr 28
Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst notes Churchill Downs plans more major renovations as it continues to lean into high-end experiences during Kentucky Derby week. Read more: go.bloodhorse.com/4e9L0fN @BH_FAngst #KYOaks2026 #TC2026
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Eric Mitchell retweeted
Apr 24
Kentucky Oaks contender Explora out on the @ChurchillDowns track this morning.
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