Thoroughbred Record

Dan Mearns, the former managing editor of the Blood-Horse and the Thoroughbred Record, passed away Sunday, January 16 due to complications from Covid-19, according to his brother, Greg, who posed the news on Facebook. "Dear Friends of Dan," he wrote on Mearns's Facebook page. "This post is from his brother, Greg. I am heartbroken to report to you that Dan sadly and suddenly left us on Sunday, January 16, 2022 due to complications from Covid. His last communications with family were, `you don't want to get this,' and `make sure...

Sumner Patrick "Pat" Terry, former president of the Thoroughbred Record, died peacefully in Lexington, KY on Dec. 14. He was 78. An attorney by trade after serving five years in the Navy, Terry purchased the Thoroughbred Record in 1980 with partners John Sparkman and Bill DuPont and presided over it until 1988. He was the adopted son of former Domino Stud owner W.B. "Bill" Terry, Sr., and was vice president of Domino for Ken T. Jones after the farm was sold in 1989. An owner of racehorses and mares himself,...