Stories from Cot Campbell

In the mid-eighties the great Arab sheikhs invaded Kentucky. They came to the sales, bringing with them crusty old British bloodstock advisers, great determination, and untold millions of dollars...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/08/20/Stories-from-Cot-Campbell.aspx

The Dogwood Stable of today came into existence in 1973 as Dogwood Farm, on 433 acres in West Central Georgia. The energy and enthusiasm that caused the farm to exist began to wane after 13 years...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/07/09/mistaken-identity.aspx

I am a great admirer of brevity in speech. And, since I am somewhat deaf, I am also a great admirer of clarity. Sometimes I think both auditory characteristics are on the decline. Seems to me a l...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/05/28/Jockey-Speak.aspx

DON'T MISS COT'S LONGFORM FEATURE ABOUT SUMMER SQUALL , DOGWOOD STABLE'S FIRST CLASSIC WINNER. The 1980s was a time when both Japanese tourists and business folk were beginning to venture forth...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/05/11/A-Good-Buy-Bye.aspx

I suppose most of us in the Thoroughbred racing game have permitted our hearts to rule our heads on occasion. If our hearts were not influential factors in our make-ups, we would probably be purs...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/04/16/Pipes.aspx

It has been said that I have a good eye for a horse. Certainly I have bought a great many. Some were good and many were not. Admittedly, when I have picked out and bought a good horse (like Palac...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/03/27/the-one-that-got-away.aspx

The Breeders' Cup World Championships is wonderful, invaluable to racing...and thank God we have it. However, what a shame that its late fall timing killed the most wonderfully glamorous and un...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/03/06/the-ambassador-vs-the-amorous-wolfhound.aspx

Many diverse theories, techniques, procedures, tools, skills, and outright voodoo-isms go into the acquisition of young Thoroughbred horses. But what the whole rigamarole boils down to was once e...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/02/10/the-wisdom-of-shoe.aspx

In the world of commerce, nothing could be more colorful and fascinating than an auction of Thoroughbred horses.  For instance, at Keeneland in Lexington each fall for almost two weeks, around 4...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/01/20/how-not-to-buy-a-horse-at-auction.aspx

Many years ago I established a successful Thoroughbred training farm in Southwest Georgia. It was truly a triumph of energy and enthusiasm over stupidity and bad judgment. When energy and enthusi...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2015/01/02/the-travails-of-poo-poo-man.aspx

Thirty-five years ago the Arabs started coming to America to buy Thoroughbred racehorses, and everyone in the game was in a frenzy to latch on to a "Mohammed" or a "Khalid" or some son of the des...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2014/12/04/Prince-Faisal-and-the-Ham.aspx

The primary attribute of Palace Malice is that he is a very good racehorse, having won the Belmont Stakes, Jim Dandy Stakes, and $1,481,135. But there are other plus factors. One, he is a big, p...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/10/18/Palace-Malicitis.aspx

   The ground rules for these blogs, which we began in late winter, were that I would write about colorful, old-time horsemen with whom I had some relationship.  And—to facilitate candor—p...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/10/03/mickey-rooney.aspx

   Alfred Vanderbilt enjoyed playing tennis with me. The reason he enjoyed it is that he was a very bad tennis player, and he sought the company of others of equal ability. I fit the bill. He l...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/08/27/alfred-vanderbilt.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/07/16/fred-hooper.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/06/25/lester-piggott.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/05/31/john-m-s-finney.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/05/15/doug-davis.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/04/26/horatio-luro.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/04/02/mackenzie-_2700_mack_2700_-miller.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/03/14/leslie-combs.aspx

   The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/02/27/buddy-raines.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/02/15/jimmy-jones.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/02/03/Angel-Penna.aspx

The charm of horse racing lies primarily in the animals that do it—their beauty, grace, power and their degree of class. But there is an undeniable attraction to the colorful human beings that ...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/cot-campbell/archive/2013/01/17/warner-jones.aspx