One of the biggest complaints about racing is that its superstars leave competition too soon. Six people have done something to address that situation – Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke of Stonestreet Stables, Jerry and Ann Moss, and brothers Alain Gerard Wertheimer. To say thank you, the Thoroughbred industry in this country needs to give each and every one of them Special Eclipse Awards.
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It's good news (I think) that Fasig-Tipton is moving its Florida sale of 2-year-olds in training to Palm Meadows, but it's bad news that Walt Robertson is retiring. I'll miss him....
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Alan Greenspan says a sustained stock market rally would be the best thing for the American economy and it also would help the Thoroughbred auction business as well....
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Changes in the format of for the Keeneland September sale's select sessions produced mostly positive results....
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Are the results of earlier yearling sales the signs of things to come? If they are, it will be good for the lower end of the market, but not so positive for the upper end....
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Blind Luck, whose nickname was Clover, survived a scare caused by a Great Pyrenees before going through the sale ring and becoming a famouse racehorse....
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Sale's cancellation is another sign of a contracting Thoroughbred industry....
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We learned a few things from the Saratoga select yearling sale, but deep in our hearts, we probably already knew them anyway....
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Here's some information about stallions whose progeny earn a lot of money and also are durable....
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Hard Spun's offspring don't have that rangy look that makes some buyers drool, but his Northern Dancer sire line indicates their sturdy bodies will have enough stamina to go two turns....
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The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling sale performed pretty much as expected....
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The yearling market's downturns shouldn't be as big as last year's, but there isn't going to be a major rebound either. ...
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Winstar Farm executive Doug Cauthen thinks the market for yearlings will be a little bit better this year and will improve further in 2011 and 2012....
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Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Looking at Lucky and Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Drosselmeyer both are graduates of Taylor Made Sales Agency's sales program....
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Lookin At Lucky's connections were smart enough to figure out Lookin At Lucky could overcome his physical deficiencies and be a top runner....
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Cocalero, whose $675,000 price topped the 2009 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. spring sale of 2-year-olds in training, made his career debut May 8 and won. ...
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Horses purchased as yearlings in a variety of price ranges generated enouraging rates of return when they were resold as 2-year-olds in 2010....
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Fifteen of the 25 most recent Kentucky Derby winners were reported as being sold once or more at public auction before they captured the classic....
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The five major select sales of 2-year-olds in training produced results that indicated the recession-battered market was stabilizing -- finally....
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Wilburn's was prepared for the Keeneland April juvenile sale like he was going to race instead of be sold....
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John Moynihan purchased a $225,000 Imperialism colt for Stonestreet Stables that the bloodstock agent said he has received just as many comments about as the $2.3 million Distorted Humor colt that Stonestreet also bought. Here's why Moynihan and Stonestreet paid a big price and took a chance on a 2-year-old by a somewhat obscure sire that stands for $5,000....
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The Thoroughbred auction business finally got what it wanted and needed with the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. March select sale of 2-year-olds in training. Like previous juvenile auctions this year, the sale showed increased strength at the top of the market, but it also delivered what the others didn't - enthusiastic buyer demand at all levels of the market. The average and median prices both rose from...
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The results for the first two major select juvenile auctions of 2010 weren't all bad, but they weren't all good either....
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Fasig-Tipton is a sale company, but it's going racing in an effort to attract new participants for the Thoroughbred business. IIt's a good idea, and in the long run, it won't just benefit Fasig-Tipton....
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Pinhookers' profits might tell us more about the health of the juvenile auction business than gross, median, and average....
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