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Soldat, a Triple Crown nominee who captured the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 26 and the With Anticipation Stakes (gr. III) last year, is a $180,000 graduate of the 2009 Keeneland September yearling sale, where thousands of young horses were offered. Steve Shahinian, agent, purchased the dark bay or brown son of War Front ...

The most disturbing statistic in the results for the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training March 3 was the buy-back rate, which climbed past the 40% level. Making it even more concerning what that it didn't take into account the large number of scratches, many of which were the result of consignors realizing that there was ...

Once upon a time, mom and pop could operate a small commercial breeding operation. They owned a few inexpensive mares and bred them to stallions with inexpensive fees. They sold the resulting offspring as yearlings, sometimes making a little money and sometimes losing a little, but not a lot. They got to enjoy the outdoor life, watch some ...

The catalog is out for what traditionally is the fanciest juvenile auction, the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale, This year's edition of the auction is scheduled for March 3 at its new site, the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla. Following is a list of some of the 2-year-olds that are close relatives to top racehorses:   Hip No. ...

Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales Agency said recently that he had ''gone back and forth on how to feel about the (racetrack) medication issue over the years.'' Now he's leaning toward a ban of race-day treatment even though some of the horses he sells  might have a better chance for racing success with approved medication to treat ...

Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's director of sales, has a message for the struggling Thoroughbred industry. Breeders have done what was needed on their part to get the business out of its slump; now help is needed from elsewhere.   ''I commend the breeding industry; I think it has adjusted to what has been handed to it very, very well,'' said ...

It's always fun to track the racing fortunes of expensive sale yearlings to see if they are able to live up competitively to their impressive purchase prices. Some of this year's auction ring stars already have been named, so keep watch for the following monikers  in the racing entries in 2011: Mr. Besilu, Global Response, Point Cadet, and ...

Breeding Thoroughbreds for the commercial marketplace always has been a risky venture. Sometimes Mother Nature doesn't cooperate and the result is a crooked foal. Sometimes the stallion chosen goes from hot to cold by the time its offspring are ready to sell as yearlings. Sometimes the result of a mating gets sick or hurt and is unable to be sold ...

The suggestions for the perfect stallion for Zenyatta were large in number and wide in their variety. Studs at her new home, Lane's End Farm, were mentioned prominently, but other suggestions included her successful Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) rival Blame; various foreign stallions, including Sea the Stars; deceased sires, including Northern ...

  With the official announcement that Zenyatta has been retired from racing, it's time for her to move on to a new role in her life, producing little Zens. Jerry and Ann Moss haven't announced which stallion she will be bred to, but it's a fun topic to discuss.   Is her perfect mate at Lane's End Farm, where the great race mare will ...