BLOOD-HORSE RECOGNIZED AT 2007 AMERICAN HORSE AWARDS PROGRAM

BLOOD-HORSE PUBLICATIONS RECOGNIZED AT 2007 AMERICAN HORSE PUBLICATIONS AWARDS PROGRAM

Albuquerque, NM — Blood-Horse Publications’ publications received a total of thirteen awards on Saturday, June 23 at the American Horse Publications (AHP) Annual Awards Program held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sixty-nine AHP members were named finalists in the 2007 AHP Annual Awards Contest for material published in 2006. Participation in this year’s contest represented 113 AHP members and more than one-thousand entries. Twenty-eight professional judges placed the classes and provided constructive critiques for all entries. Since its inception in 1970, the American Horse Publications Annual Awards Program has recognized excellence in editorial content and graphic design.

American Horse Publications is a non-profit professional association of more than 400 publications, individuals, and equine-related businesses dedicated to promoting better understanding and communication within the equine publishing industry.

Blood-Horse Publications’ publications were recognized as follows:

EDITORIAL CONTENT:

First Place: Feature Article; Circulation 5,000 to 25,000; (52 entries); The Blood-Horse for “Coming Home” by Gary McMillen.

First Place: Feature Article: Circulation over 25,000; (42 entries); The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care for “Healing Storm Scars” by Stephanie L. Church.

First Place: Online News Reporting Article; (8 entries); Bloodhorse.com for “The Fight to Save Barbaro” by Dede Biles, Steve Haskin, Lenny Shulman, Ray Paulick, Ron Mitchell, and Gordon Lester.

First Place: Online News Reporting Article; (3 entries); TheHorse.com for “More Than a Pain in the Neck” by Tracy Norman, VMD.

Third Place: Instructional Single Article; Circulation over 25,000; (15 entries); The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care for “Nine Steps to a Better Feed Room” by Marcia King.

Honorable Mention; Service To The Reader; Circulation over 25,000; (33 entries); The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care for “Anatomy and Physiology Series” by Les Sellnow.

  EDITORIAL DESIGN:

Second Place: Editorial Design; Circulation 5,000 to 25,000; (45 entries); The Blood-Horse for “2006 Year in Review”; Designers: Anne Kindl and Beth McCoy; Art Director: Beth McCoy; Creative Director: Suzanne Dorman.

Honorable Mention: Editorial Design: Circulation 5,000 to 25,0000; (45 entries); Keeneland Magazine for “Garden Spot”; Designer: Suzanne Dorman; Photographer: Kirk Schlea.

Honorable Mention: Editorial Design; (Circulation 5,000 to 25,000); The Blood-Horse for “King of the Jungle”; Designer: Beth McCoy; Photographer: Wally Skalij.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

First Place: Open Color Editorial Photograph; (13 entries); The Blood-Horse for “Leapin’ Leparoux”; Photographer: Matthew Goins.

SPECIALTY CLASSES:

First Place: Equine-Related Electronic Publication; (4 entries);  Bloodhorse.com; Webmaster: Gordon Lester; Online Editor: Ron Mitchell; Web Designer; Jeff Flannery.

Second Place: Equine-Related Single Issue Specialty Publication; (27 entries); Blood-Horse Publications for “The Blood-Horse Audience Profile Book”; Editor: Robert Bolson; Designer: Beth McCoy; Promotions Manager: Ashley Runyon.

GENERAL EXCELLENCE :

Honorable Mention: Self-Supported Magazine; Circulation 15,000 and over; (13 entries);  The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care.

“We are deeply honored by this recognition and extend our congratulations to all of the evening’s award winners,” commented Stacy V. Bearse, President and CEO of Blood-Horse Publications. “The AHP Awards recognize the creativity and contributions of our entire team and their continued committed service to our loyal readers and to the equine industry.”

A complete PowerPoint presentation of all of the event’s winning entries will be posted online at AmericanHorsePubs.org in the near future.

About Blood-Horse Publications:
Blood-Horse Publications is a multimedia publishing company that traces its roots to 1916. Its flagship publication, The Blood-Horse, is the leading weekly Thoroughbred racing and breeding news and information magazine. In addition, Blood-Horse Publications also publishes the award-winning The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, a monthly equine health care magazine; TBH MarketWatch , a newsletter for Thoroughbred investors and recipient of the prestigious Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) for 2006 and 2005; the official Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup souvenir magazines; Auction Edge ; and Keeneland magazine. In addition, Blood-Horse Publications also publishes equine-related books and videos under the Eclipse Press  banner, and operates a family of award-winning Web sites including Bloodhorse.com , TheHorse.com , StallionRegister.com , ExclusivelyEquine.com , the official store of Blood-Horse Publications; and coming soon, Blood-HorseNOW.com .

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For more information, contact:

Robert Bolson

Director of Corporate Marketing

Blood-Horse Publications

Tel.: (859) 276-6809

E-mail: rbolson@bloodhorse.com