Blood-Horse Publications is an American

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s headquartered in

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. It began in 1916 through its flagship magazine, ''

The Blood-Horse ''The Blood-Horse'' (also referred to simply as ''Blood-Horse'' and displayed on its nameplate in upright all-capital letters without hyphenation as BLOODHORSE) is a news magazine that originated in 1916 as a monthly bulletin of the Thoroughbred ...

''. From 1961 to 2015, Blood-Horse Publications was owned by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, a non-profit organization that promotes Thoroughbred racing and breeding. In 2015, the

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became the majority owner. According to the company, Blood-Horse has subscribers from over 80 countries worldwide, and according to

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is the thoroughbred industry's most-respected trade publication.

Executive

;Publisher & CEO * Marla Bickel ;Board of trustees * Stuart S. Janney III – chairman * G. Watts Humphrey Jr. – vice chairman * Antony Beck * D. G. Van Clief Jr.

Publications

Their book-publishing arm is Eclipse Press. They also distribute a mail-order catalog of horse-related items, called Exclusively Equine that offers publications such as the ''Kentucky Derby Souvenir Magazine'' and ''Commemorative Collector's Issues'' and run several websites. * ''

'' * '' TBH Marketwatch'' * '' TBH Auction Edge'' * ''

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Products and services

* TrueNicks * Stallion Register Online *''The Blood-Horse Source Online''

References

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External links

Eclipse Press

Bloodhorse.com

TheHorse.com

tryanimal.com

ExclusivelyEquine.com
Companies based in Lexington, Kentucky Magazine publishing companies of the United States Publishing companies established in 1916 Equine firms based in Kentucky Publishing companies based in Kentucky