HALL OF FAME JOCKEY GARY STEVENS TO BE ON “TALKIN’ HORSES”

*NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*Monday, July 10, 2006
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
(859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com

Lexington, KY — Join legendary Hall of Fame jockey and current national television racing analyst Gary Stevens as he shares his interesting and entertaining insights on his celebrated career as one of Thoroughbred racing’s biggest icons, on the next edition of bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses.” Stevens will be the special guest live online on *Wednesday, July 12 beginning at Noon ET* (9:00 a.m. PT); online at http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.

Stevens, who twice led all jockeys in earnings in 1990 and 1998 while ranking among the top ten money winners sixteen times between 1985 and 2001, was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1997 and received the Eclipse Award as North America’s Outstanding Jockey in 1998.
In addition to his eight winning rides in Breeders’ Cup races and eight Triple Crown wins, Stevens also won an impressive total of twelve races in which purses exceeded the million dollar mark. In 2003, he added acting to his list of accomplishments when he portrayed jockey George Woolf in the blockbuster film /Seabiscuit/. He retired from racing in 2005 to become a racing analyst for NBC and TVG.

*How to participate/ask questions:*
Questions for Gary Stevens can be submitted in advance now or during the live online discussion by going to *http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses*. The same Internet address will also carry bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses” web cast live. Bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses” offers an entertaining and engaging opportunity for racing enthusiasts to talk online one on one with high-profile insiders, newsmakers and legends of the Thoroughbred industry.

Racing enthusiasts are invited to join in the discussion or simply enjoy and monitor the informative “Q&A” session as it occurs by visiting http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses at Noon ET on Wednesday. Each edition of bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses” is also archived and available 24/7 for later reading.

For more information, visit:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.

*About bloodhorse.com:*
bloodhorse.com is operated by Blood-Horse Publications, the Thoroughbred industry’s premier publishing company. Blood-Horse Publications also publishes /The Blood-Horse/, the leading weekly Thoroughbred racing and breeding news and information magazine; /The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care/, a monthly equine health care magazine; TBH MarketWatch , a newsletter for Thoroughbred investors; 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 TheHorse.com , StallionRegister.com , and ExclusivelyEquine.com , the official store of Blood-Horse Publications.

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For more information, contact: Robert Bolson
Director of Corporate Marketing Services
Blood-Horse Publications
Tel.: (859) 276-6809
rbolson@bloodhorse.com

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