NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing
Blood-Horse Publications
(859) 276-6809; [email protected]
Award-winning author chronicles Barbaro’s story and pays tribute “to a horse who made us think, who made us cry, and who made us believe.â€
Lexington, KY — Join Sean Clancy, author of the upcoming Eclipse Press release Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America’s Heart , for Thursday’s edition of bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses.†Clancy, a critically acclaimed writer and former champion jockey who’s had a lifelong association with horses, will be the guest live online at www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses on Thursday, Feb. 15 beginning at Noon ET (9:00 a.m. PT). Clancy is editor/publisher of ST Publishing, based in Fair Hill, Maryland.
Clancy is also the author of Saratoga Days and co-author of The Best of the Saratoga Special. He has also written for the Daily Racing Form, The Blood-Horse, Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and Newsweek among others. Sean’s father, Joe Clancy Sr., trained flat and steeplechase horses and instilled in sons Sean and Joe Jr. a love of racing. Sean had quite a career as a jockey, riding steeplechase races professionally for 13 years, winning a total of 152 races and a national championship in 1998. He was the 10^th highest winner of all time upon his retirement in 2000.
Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America’s Heart is available for pre-order through ExclusivelyEquine.com . Customers without Internet access may order copies by calling 1-800-582-5604.
*How to participate in the bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horsesâ€ask questions:
Questions for Sean Clancy 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 Thursday. 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 foremost publishing company. Blood-Horse Publications also publishes The Blood-Horse, the leading weekly Thoroughbred racing and breeding news and information magazine; the award-winning The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care, a monthly equine health care magazine and recipient of the 2005 American Horse Publications General Excellence Award; 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 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
[email protected]