[4] Based in Lexington, Kentucky, the publication's media kit states that the magazine "coverage includes race reporting, comprehensive analysis, events, trends, debate, farm management, pedigrees, people, profiles, medication issues, investigative reports, and breeding news and information, and anything newsworthy and important to the racing and breeding industry".

[5] In 2003, William Nack of ESPN referred to The Blood-Horse as "the thoroughbred industry's most-respected trade publication".

[6] The magazine won acclaim for its exclusive report indicating that 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand had been slaughtered by his owners overseas after a marginal stud career.

[7] In August 2015 Blood-Horse Daily was launched, with content available on an app, by email subscription or downloadable from the website.

[8] For the new millennium, the magazine compiled a List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century which was expanded into a book form.