April Issue Touts Journal Karma!

On our April cover, The Racing Journal celebrates the return to the Northwest of 4-year-old Washington-bred filly—and winner of The Racing Journal Purse at Emerald Downs on May 13—Bury The Hatchet.





Also in our April issue:

• Fun features:




• Help for your Kentucky Derby party: Emmy-award-winning Food Network chef Bobby Flay teams up with Churchill Downs Incorporated to present Derby party recipes, menu ideas, and invitations.


• An update on the Hennegan brothers’ indie-flick documentary “The First Saturday in May”


• Mare-Watch Reading: our review of Eric Floyd’s new book, “The Backstretch: My First Decade Playing the Game.”




• News you can use:




• The third part in Janet DelCastillo’s three-part series “Backyard Training Pays Off”


• News from the second Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit


• Equine health news: WSU Vets Studying Navicular Treatments




• People in the news:




• Montanan Joyce McDonald receives AQHA Merle Wood Humanitarian Award


• Newly inducted Idaho Quarter Horse Hall of Fame trainer Kenny McReynolds gears up for another season on the backstretch




• Horses in the news:




• Canadian Champion distance horse Bizzy Bud


• Everybody’s springtime favorite: baby pictures!




• Plus results late-winter racing from Los Alamitos, Portland Meadows, and Fonner Park