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Who Reads Thoroughbred Times?
Thoroughbred Times is written for Thoroughbred owners, breeders, trainers, farm managers, and racing fans. Our readers are active participants in the industry, the majority of which have invested in the sport by either owning and/or breeding racehorses, while others are employed in the sport.
What You Can Expect in Each Issue:
Thoroughbred Times weekly coverage includes: News from around the world on any and all things about racing or affecting Thoroughbred racing; results of all graded and group stakes in North America and Europe; reports and full results of all public auctions in the U.S.; race reports on graded stakes from around the world; breeding and pedigree profiles; training; tax issues in racing; top-notch regional coverage; sire lists; farm management news; veterinary topics; calendar of upcoming events, and more.
Feature Articles:
Special sections include Tack and Equipment, Equine Transportation, Barn and Fencing, Feed and Nutrition, Pedigree Profiles, Bloodstock Topics, Tax Matters, Insurance, Hoof Care and Shoeing, Training Centers, and more.
Contributors:
Thoroughbred Times' full-time staff writers, knowledgeable about the many facets of racing and breeding and ownership of horses, write the majority of articles for the publication. We also use correspondents and contributors worldwide for news, race reports, and features, writers who are at the events to contribute first-hand articles to our audience and to interview the experts in their place of business.
Magazine Layout:
Thoroughbred Times is tabloid size so our articles are complemented with beautiful, full-color photographs that capture all the excitement of Thoroughbred racing. While the emphasis is on providing quality, informative writing, the design and layout enhance the reading experience.
Advertising:
Advertising largely comes from the racing industry itself, the farms that stand stallions, the consignors who sell horses at auction, the companies that provide the products and services used by professionals in racing. About 40% of the publication is advertising.
Awards:
Thoroughbred Times has won the General Excellence Award for overall editorial achievement from the American Horse Publications 15 times; articles and photographs in the publications have won Eclipse Awards; several staff editors have received numerous lifetime achievement awards for contributions to the industry; and numerous staff writers have won awards for news reporting.
Additional Information:
With a subscription, the reader also receives the annual Stallion Directory, a 1,200-page book that contains information on all the horses that stand at stud in North America and worldwide. It is mailed every December. In January, we publish the comprehensive Auction Review issue, a 150-page issue that comes in the first issue of January reports on every horse offered at public auction in North America, providing buyer, price, consignor, and other details.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A cover-to-cover read when it finally arrives,
By E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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"Thoroughbred Times" is my favorite of the two Thoroughbred weeklies to which I subscribe (the other is "Blood Horse") in spite of its unwieldy size, and in spite of the fact that my issues always arrive one to three weeks late. I don't know if this means someone at the Post Office is reading them first, or whether the Post Office has problems with the size of this magazine (14.5"x 11"). At any rate, the 'Times' is worth waiting for.Most of the 'Times' is taken up with articles on racing, breeding, sales, and other topics that pertain to the Thoroughbred business. For instance, the two cover articles on the 08/30/03 issue are: "Breaking through in the Travers" with a photo of a mud-splattered Ten Most Wanted powering past Peace Rules; and "Magna acquires 30% interest in AmTote" (which I didn't bother to read). Several features are common to all of the issues, including 'Sire lists,' 'Stakes winners,' 'Thoroughbred quotes' (these are usually quite lively, e.g. Trainer Neil Drysdale on how he handles quirky behavior from Storming Home: "You let the bear sit where the bear wants to sit."), 'Veterinary Topics,' 'Calendar of Events,' and a somewhat stranger 'Zodiac calendar' ("Favorable times for weaning are Sagittarius (thighs), Capricorn (knees), and Pisces (feet), while castration is said to cause less bleeding when performed in the sign of Pisces (feet)"). One of my favorite weekly features is 'Hoofprints of the Century.' It's interesting to note that fifty years ago this week, sales yearlings were too fat, and a hundred years ago this week, Delhi covered seven furlongs in 1:26 with 105 pounds on his back. Articles on bloodstock pedigrees also frequently appear and should appeal to anyone who is interested in the history and genealogy of the Thoroughbred. The 08/30/03 issue has commentary on the Foundation Mare, *Beaver Street who "never won or placed but produced four stakes winners and established a great family." The Bloodstock/Sales Editor, John P. Sparkman generally authors these genealogical explorations.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Weekly Coverage From All Angles,
This review is from: Thoroughbred Times (Magazine)
The Thoroughbred Times is truly a newspaper that covers the Thoroughbred industry. It is an oversize weekly publication with general news, opinion, race results and breeding information.
By covering the industry in a variety of angles, there are sections for fans and those more involved at the track and on the farm. The wrap-ups from the tracks and general news section are especially informative for people not actively involved in the sport. Subscribers also receive the daily on-line service and a stallion register book. It is virtually impossible to follow Thoroughbred racing in the sports sections of newspapers or in other media resources. Thoroughbred Times will keep you informed and help you better understand the various facets in the Sport of Kings.
4.0 out of 5 stars
old time reader,
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One of the major thoroughbred racing horse journals I have been getting for the past 10 yrs or so; It keeps me up to date; I like many of the articles and pictures, (for example, review of an old magazine article about the great Man O'War, as well as copy of a photo of MOW as he appeared at auction) and especially it's weekly "Hoofprints of the Century"; also equine veterinarian items are of great interest to me. The yearly complete Stallion Register alone is worth the cost of the subscription. Do not care for the large size of the magazine, and the fact that at times the issues tend to arrive late. But all in all, I am a fan.
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