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By Nicole Sauer As has been previously discussed in MarketWatch, Comparable Index (CI) and Class Performance Index (CPI) are useful tools for breeders and buyers to estimate a stallion's level of mare support, but the figures can sometimes be misleading due to factors such as outliers and mare age. Shown below are the top 10 sires by 2004 CI and ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') He’s arguably the most beloved three-year-old racehorse since Smarty Jones. His dominating victory in the Kentucky Derby was breathtaking to behold. His gritty victory in the Preakness Stakes was thrilling. His gallant fourth-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, achieved on an injured hoof and with a ...

By Bob Kieckhefer   Barring something truly unforeseen, the Global Sprint Challenge will go unclaimed for another year. What's that? You're not aware of the Global Sprint Challenge? That's a shame but not a surprise, especially if you live in North America, which is not represented ...

Just as he has marched up many other rankings of top stallions, Galileo appears poised for a climb on the list of leading Breeders’ Cup sires in the years ahead. More earnings figure to come this season. Through Sept. 14, Coolmore Ireland’s Galileo ranks first in 2014 Breeders’ Cup Challenge winners with three. He picked up his third Challenge ...

Toro Renews Partnership with Innovative Equine Marketing Initiative provides preferred pricing for equine facilities   BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (September 15, 2014) - The Toro Company has renewed its support of the Equine Equipment Savings® program, a unique initiative created by Innovative Equine ...

The median tells the tale of the market’s health at the Keeneland September sale to date.Forget the number of horses that sell for $1 million or more, even though they provide the sizzle to the world’s largest yearling market. Million-dollar sale horses are like home runs in baseball and 98-yard touchdown plays in football—they’re exciting to ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') This week’s extensive selection of top-notch international racing continues on Sunday with a trio of graded stakes races at Woodbine, including a pair of prestigious grade Is that have drawn talented horses from Canada, the U.S., and England. With such deep fields, there are bound to be some solid longshots ...

The Grade 1 Woodbine MileWoodbine / September 14 / Race 11 / 6:13 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Justin Finch Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Woodbine MileThe Grade 1, $1,000,000 Woodbine Mile has attracted a field of 11 horses to go a one-turn mile on the scenic Woodbine turf course. The field contains no Grade 1 winners, but it ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') As Saturday is a rather slow day for racing in the U.S., with only a trio of grade IIIs and a single grade II on the agenda, the attention of this blog post shall be focused across the waters in Ireland, where a spectacular eight-race card at Leopardstown is highlighted by an terrific renewal of the group I ...

Two days before September 11, 2001, my family and I were returning from Lexington, where we attended “John Henry Day” at the Kentucky Horse Park. As the plane flew along the Hudson River to Newark Airport, out the window we could see the World Trade Center set aglow by the setting sun. We all commented what a magnificent sight it was ...