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Friday, January 13, 2006

Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing

Blood-Horse Publications

(859) 276-6809; [email protected]

TODD PLETCHER, 2005 RECORD-BREAKING TRAINER, TO BE

WEDNESDAY’S GUEST ON BLOODHORSE.COM’S “TALKIN’ HORSES”

Lexington, KY — Join Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher for an informative and engaging online discussion of his career, his record-breaking year in 2005, and his thoughts about what lies ahead in 2006. Pletcher will be the guest for the Wednesday, January 18th edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” sponsored by HorseHats.com beginning at 12:00 Noon ET (9:00 a.m. PT); online at www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses. At age 38, Pletcher has ascended to the top of the trainer ranks in a short period of time. Using some of the same business acumen and training regimen he learned while serving as an assistant to Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, Pletcher won an Eclipse Award in 2004 and is a finalist for a second Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer in 2005.

With more than 200 horses in his stable that is spread along the East Coast and Midwest, Pletcher set a season earnings record in 2005 with his horses winning more than $20.8 million in purses, surpassing the previous record of $19.1 million set by Bobby Frankel. Along the way, Pletcher was listed as the trainer for 257 winners from 1,039 starters, for a win rate of 25%. And he achieved this feat at the upper reaches of the racing game, with 47 individual stakes winners accounting for 76 stakes victories. Of his stakes wins, 38 were in graded races, including 10 grade I stakes. Join the discussion and submit your questions for Todd Pletcher.

How to participate/ask questions:

Questions for Todd Pletcher can be submitted in advance now or during the live online discussion by going to www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses. The same Internet address will also carry bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” web cast live. bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” offers an entertaining and engaging opportunity for racing enthusiasts to talk online “one to 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 www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses at 12:00 Noon ET on Wednesday, January 18th. Each edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” is also archived and available 24/7 for later reading.

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For more information, visit: 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

Blood-Horse Publications

Tel.: (859) 276-6809

E-mail: [email protected]