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  Looking back at 2008, here are the things I'll remember most about the year in Thoroughbred auctions:   1. The Big Crash. Just about everybody expected a decline in business. After all, the market was due for a correction and there had been complaints for years that there were just too many sale horses. But few people predicted an ...

As the breeder of Big Brown, Dr. Gary Knapp has a lot for which to be thankful. The winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) and the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), Big Brown helped raise the profile of Knapp's Kentucky-based commercial breeding operation, Monticule Farm, with his exciting racetrack performances. Knapp, who owns ...

When Bayne Welker joins the Fasig-Tipton management team early next year, he'll be changing his role in the Thoroughbred auction business. In recent years, he's become a leader among sale consignors. He is the president of the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association, and he also serves as the director of public sales and stallion marketing ...

When Bayne Welker joins the Fasig-Tipton management team early next year, he'll be changing his role in the Thoroughbred auction business. In recent years, he's become a leader among sale consignors. He is the president of the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association, and he also serves as the director of public sales and stallion marketing ...

  Gainesway Farm is the sponsor of a Thoroughbred adoption service on the Web site for The Horse (http://www.thehorse.com/), which, like The Blood-Horse is a Blood-Horse Publications product. As of Nov. 17, 11 horses have found new homes.   The service was the brainchild of Gainesway's Antony Beck, who was concerned heading into the ...

If you're in the Thoroughbred business, it's tough to watch what's happening at Keeneland. The auction's gross revenue has plunged more than 40% from a year ago, and when you walk around the sale pavilion, the crowd - if you can call it that - is very sparse. Mares are bringing less than the stud fees cost to produce the foals they are carrying; ...

Robert and Blythe Clay's Three Chimneys Farm found the perfect balance Nov. 3 when they introduced Big Brown to breeders. In these troubled economic times, the event was classy without seeming extravagant. Attendees got to take home a ''Re-usable Brown Bag'' tote, and it was filled with lunch and practical Big Browned-themed items: a baseball cap, ...

All the bad financial news might have you thinking about scratching your horse from the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. But if you're planning on taking your horse home, you need to be planning for a long-term commitment to that animal.   Keeping a good mare, breeding foals out of her, and selling them or racing them yourself could ...

Better Than Honour, the dam of back-to-back Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winners Jazil and Rags to Riches, will be last horse offered Nov. 2 during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale in Lexington.  According to Fasig-Tipton president, Boyd Browning, her position in the catalog is a result of a mutual agreement between ...

Sometimes the racing gods smile on you after the sale gods don't. So, it's not always bad news when a consignor buys back a horse - at least in the long run. Jane Schosberg enjoyed a delayed return on her investment Oct. 12 when Sunshine for Life, trained by her son, Richard, defeated Criticism by a half-length in the Athenia Handicap (gr. IIIT) ...