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By Ian Tapp Halfway through the 2013 Keeneland September sale we looked at the chart of sold yearlings by hip number (see blog). At that point the median was $120K. The updated chart below shows how second-half sales tempered that figure to a more reasonable $50K (+11% vs. 2012). The average price of $102,220 reflected a 17% gain compared to the ...

At TrueNicks we are continually trying to improve the data in our reports in order to help you make a more informed and intelligent decision in your breeding and selection efforts. In that regard, in response to feedback we received from our customers, earlier this year we launched the TrueNicks Key Ancestors Report, a report that considers the ...

I've lamented before about the horseplayer compulsion to pick THE winner, and nothing upsets that need more than coupled entries. The Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances now available for Belmont Park this weekend include program numbers and morning line to help you navigate this situation. When it comes to the pari-mutuel pool, though, ...

Belmont, Race 10, Local Post Time 5:49 pm ETThe G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, 1 and 1/4 Miles, 3+, DirtBy Douglas Salvatore The Jockey Club Gold Cup is unquestionably the main attraction of this year's Super Saturday card at Belmont Park. The eventual Breeders' Cup Classic winner has used the Jockey Club Gold Cup as his final prep for each of the last ...

Timing is everything, and the spin required to convince the Kentucky legislature that the Thoroughbred industry needs alternative gaming to survive just got a lot trickier. A recent statewide equine survey did reaffirm the economic clout the Kentucky horse industry wields with an estimated 40,665 direct and indirect jobs and a $3 billion ...

First there was 1993, then 2003, now 2013. Will the cycle continue? Richard Mandella has had two of the greatest days any trainer has ever had in the Breeders’ Cup, certainly the greatest single day by far. But with those big days have come an outbreak of fires in the Los Angeles area. Mandella showed last year he can win a Breeders’ Cup race at ...

When Breeders' Cup got regulatory approval Sept. 19 to add a grade I Arabian race to its Nov. 1 World Championships program at Santa Anita Park, there was a flurry of sarcasm on Twitter, but it quickly ended. That's good. There are legitimate issues on which to question Breeders' Cup, but an Arabian race isn't one of them. It's surprising one ...

Author Mike Sekulic has been a horseracing fan for more than 39 years. The Arcadia, Calif., resident works in the mortgage field but also has degree in English from California State University Long Beach. - See more at: http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2011/10/01/Remembering-the-Cougar.aspx#sthash.IwJi7l5a.dpufAuthor ...