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The Keeneland September yearling sale is the largestauction of its kind in the world. Because it offers so many horses of so many bodyand pedigree types, it is this country's best gauge of the health of theyearling market. Last year, the auction switched to a new format forits select sessions, which seemed to help boost business in the portion of ...

Nancy Dillman, who lives in Anchorage, Ky., is having a year that many breeders can only dream about. Her small program hasbeen represented in 2011 by grade I winner Havre de Grace and a Bernardini colt that brought $1.2 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling auction and shared the sale-topping honor with a half brother to 2010 ...

Yearling auctions in upstate New York in early August produced impressive results. Both Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga select sale and New York-bred preferred sale enjoyed gains in their key business figures of gross, average price, and median price. The Saratoga select auction's median of $250,000 equaled the sale record and the New York preferred ...

The goal of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale isn't to be the largest auction of its kind in the world. Instead, its focus is quality over quantity, making it a boutique market designed to appeal to the wealthiest Thoroughbred shoppers. But the size of this year's catalog is small enough to raise some questions about how the auction ...

For EQB's Jeffrey Seder, high-tech is the way to go. The president and CEO of the Pennsylvania consulting firm advocates using science to find the best sale prospects. His arsenal includes heart exams, a special camera that helps him analyze gaits, and a database with information from more than 50,000 horses. Seder will tell you his gizmos and ...

Anyone who goes shopping for a yearling colt has a dream. For many buyers, winning the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) or another big race is the ultimate fantasy. They also think about the riches that might follow if a lucrative stallion deal can be hammered out following that victory. In 2000, Coolmore Stud acquired the breeding rights to Derby winner ...

Because the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale is a boutique auction, buyers expect to find some of the fanciest pedigrees around in its catalog. This year's edition of the sale, which will be held Aug. 8 and 9 in update New York, has a number of horses should tempt shoppers based on the very blue blood flowing through their ...

One of the most fun things about summer racing is watching the 2-year-olds emerge, especially at Saratoga, where many well-bred youngsters start for the first time. It's also interesting to see how some of the high-priced horses at the juvenile sales do as they make their career debuts. Most from this year's round of auctions already have been ...

  I do not like Archarcharch's  Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) post down on the rail, but I'm still going to pick him as the Run for the Roses winner. Here's why: 1. I saw him Monday waiting to go on the track after the renovation break and was impressed with his poise with all the people gawking and the cameras ...

The select portion of the 2-year-old selling season ended April 11 at Keeneland. Here's a look at the good and the bad:   THE GOOD 1. Fasig-Tipton's move to Palm Meadows. Nearly everybody was happy with the Florida select auction's new home, agreeing that the barn area and track were superior to the facilities at the sale's former site ...