David Mullins enjoyed the Thoroughbred business more than just about anybody I have ever met....
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Gene doping has the same effect as anabolic steroids, but will be harder to detect....
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There were several positive developments at the Saratoga sale, including Coolmore Stud's participation as a buyer and solid prices for quality horses....
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Prices for Storm Cat yearlings could increase this year now that the stallion has been pensioned....
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There's been a lot of hard work, but more needs to be done in the effort to improve sales integrity....
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Coolmore Stud's Demi O'Byrne and Paul Shanahan attended the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling auction, but their names didn't appear on a sale ticket. That can't be interpreted as a buying boycott because the auction traditionally doesn't offer the colts with fancy pedigrees that Coolmore craves....
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When will America's suffering economy have the most effect on the Thoroughbred marketplace this year?...
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What changes should Fasig-Tipton make now that it has a new owner?...
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Mark Taylor says he is seeing fewer yearlings whose crooked legs have been surgically corrected....
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Big Brown's auction prices stood out among the amounts brought by other Boundary offspring in the years he was sold....
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Soundness apparently isn't always an important factor to breeders when they plan their matings....
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There are no horses that brought seven-figure prices at public auction in this year's field for the Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands....
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When Storm Cat lost some of his luster at last year's yearling auctions, it opened a window of opportunity for yearling-to-juvenile pinhookers....
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What it's like to look inside the legs of future sale horses during surgical procedures.....
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Keeneland tinkered with this year's April sale of 2-year-olds in training and may do so again in the future....
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It's interesting to think about what's going to happen to Fasig-Tipton and the Thoroughbred marketplace....
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The sessions are really short at Keeneland with all the scratches....
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OBS has shown that testing for anaboolic steroids causes little inconvenience....
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A filly brings $500,000 at the OBS March sale without working fast....
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Why American Idol is like pinhooking....
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OBS March sale was fun for all....
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Frank Stronach gave away three Cadillacs at the Adena Springs sale of 2-year-olds in training....
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Ryan Mahan, the MC Hammer of the Thoroughbred auction business, talks about what it's like to be the head auctioneer for some of the Thoroughbred business' most prestigious and exciting auctions....
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"Woody" wasn't the most expensive or best bred horse at the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training. But he might have been the toughest. More ......
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When you go to a sale, you pretty much are part of a captive audience when it comes to dining. You eat what's available. Sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes it's not.
My favorite sale dining experience has been at the outdoor bar on the Fasig-Tipton sale grounds in Saratoga Springs. I love the corn on the cob and the thin, stringy French fries and there's a nice choice of sandwiches. Yum.
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