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What's the best source of stakes-winning broodmare prospects for the low-budget breeder?  Without question, it is at the racetrack. I like to study the fillies entered in claiming contests on upcoming race cards, hoping to find one that has potential as a producer. With a bit of research and a lot of patience, it is possible to ...

The glorious Saratoga race meeting is now underway -- which means that the highly successful Fasig Tipton Saratoga Select and New York-bred yearling sales are just around the corner. TrueNicks has you covered! Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga sale of selected yearlings is one of the premier horse auctions in the world. It has roots that stretch back to ...

Courtesy Quinella Queen of Turf Luck Fresh off a trip up I-35 to Canterbury Park's fine presentation of the Claiming Crown, where the kind and courteous Ted Grevelis took time from his preparations for live blogging of the day to show a few out-of-towners the best seats in the house, I'm trying to catch up on the racing world news I missed while ...

No one could have blamed Fasig-Tipton executives for not including private sales in the results for the recent Kentucky July yearling sale. By excluding the out-of-the-ring transactions, the final numbers would have looked a bit brighter. The average price for 241 horses would have been $81,216 instead of $77,716 (down 12% instead of 15.8%) and ...

Man does not live on food alone. Souls become nourished in Saratoga by meeting its people, by being near the Thoroughbreds and by walking the grounds and the city.  Still nobody picks winners on an empty stomach. There are four unofficial, fan-sanctioned breakfasts.  Here they are in terms of ascending fulfillment: The first requires a ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  If Superman wears Tim Tebow pajamas, I doubt Zenyatta honors her counterpart with a “Rachel is my Hero” negligee.  In fact, I doubt she’s ever heard of her.  With no match up anywhere in sight, the fans must speculate on who is better and it is getting to be a bitter feud.   Can you imagine ...

Veteran racegoers sensed a lack of excitement in the air as Saratoga opened its doors for the start of its 141st season.  It may have been the high humidity and subsequent rain or the realization that better racing was ahead on the weekend that dragged people down.  But the July and September days of the meet are never as ...

The Comparable Index (CI) measures the average earnings of progeny produced from the annual book of mares bred to a sire, when those same mares were bred to other sires. In other words, CI indicates the producing quality of the mares bred to a stallion.  To understand CI, you must first be familiar with the Average Earnings Index (AEI). The ...

 (The following was submitted by Jessi Pizzurro of Pennyroyal Stables. She is based at Mountaineer and spent part of the morning of July 29 watching Mine That Bird gallop. ... Thanks for the first-hand account.) The racing surface at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort, normally closed for training on Wednesdays, was ...

By Alex Waldrop, President and CEO of the NTRAFirst, I want to thank everyone who responded to my last blog entitled ''Strategic Thinking.''  The overwhelming response I received from so many of you speaks volumes about the passion and enthusiasm of racing's fans.  Rest assured that I personally have read every ...