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Skimming the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Yearling Sale Catalog

Following are some of the interesting pedigrees in the catalog for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky select yearling auction, which is scheduled for July 20 and 21.

Hats Off to Overseas Sellers

Sellers of yearlings in Britiain and Ireland come up with a bonus scheme that would reward buyers. Should we try to do the same?

Triple Crown 2009: A Commercial Bust?

Not necessarily. A successful gelding with a long career could benefit the Thoroughbred marketplace more in the long run than yet another stallion prospect..

A Look at Sale Yearlings, Mine That Bird, and Big Butts

Not all yearlings re big and beautiful, and some go on to be very good racehorses like Mine That Bird.

Juvenile Name Game

Many of the top-selling select 2-year-olds this year already have been named. Read what they are being called.

A New Source for the Classic Horse

Who would have predicted that Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky fall yearling auction, a source of modestly priced horses, would produce two Kentucky Derby winners?

Laid-Back Desert Party Should Handle Derby Uproar Well

Laid-back Desert Party shone in the sale ring and also has done well enough on the racetrack to be pointed for the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I).

Nine Positive Things About 2YO Market

Even though most of the statistics suggest otherwise, the 2-year-old selling season hasn't been all bad at the select auctions.

Renaming Vallenzeri: What Would You Do?

What would you rename the world's biggest Thoroughbred buy-back if you had the chance?

Tar Heels Win, and Vallenzeri Sells!

In the gloom and doom of the Thoroughbred marketplace, there are some glimmers of hope -- especially when a $7.7-million buy-back finally finds a new home.

Revenge Is Sweet for Barretts Buy-Back

I Want Revenge could have been purchased for $100,000 at last year's Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training for $100,000, but nobody wanted to pay the price. That was a good thing for breeder David Lanzman because now the colt is a top Triple Crown candidate.

The Pamplemousse: Not a Sale Star

Triple Crown candidate was criticized for his knee action and his pedigree when a 2-year-old.

Saving Money on Your Veterinary Bills

Three leading veterinarians discuss the issue of reducing veterinary expenses and what they think their clients should do to save money..

Reporting Private Sales: Good or Bad?

Fasig-Tipton reported the private sales of horses completed during its March 3 Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training. Did it just help the sale company improve some of its statistics or was it a good thing?

Is OBS February as Good as It Gets?

The results for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February select sale might be the best we see for the juvenile marketplace in terms of the size of the losses.
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