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One of the biggest complaints about racing is that its superstars leave competition too soon. Six people have done something to address that situation - Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke of Stonestreet Stables, Jerry and Ann Moss, and brothers Alain Gerard Wertheimer. To say thank you, the Thoroughbred industry in this country needs to give each and ...

Fasig-Tipton has made two major announcements recently. One was good news; the other was bad news. The good news was the decision to move the Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training from Calder Casino & Race Course to Palm Meadows. Every change involves some adjustment, but this one is probably for the best. Calder is not located in ...

Some people believe newspapers are dead, but I still enjoy reading USA Today in its print form. In the Sept. 26 edition, there was an interesting article quoting Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan, who said in a speech that a sustained stock rally would be the ''most effective'' stimulus for the sluggish American economy.   It also would ...

After some time to reflect on the select portion of the Keeneland September yearling sale, I've decided to give it a grade of B+. Designed to provide more excitement and glamour, the nighttime sessions delivered on the former and produced - as Dogwood Stable Cot Campbell said - ''a glimmer'' of the latter.   The auctioneers and bid spotters ...

There usually is a lot of fretting about the fate of horses consigned to the Keeneland September yearling sale after the first week. In a market of thousands, people worry about the strength of the demand, particularly for horses whose pedigrees and conformation don't come close to measuring up to the best.   Interestingly, in recent ...

  Blind Luck, who is leading the chase for the champion 3-year-old filly title, didn't have a distinguished sales career. Bred and consigned by veterinarian Bill Baker's Fairlawn Farm, she brought $11,000 at the 2008 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling sale and then was a $10,000 buy-back at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. April sale of ...

The recent decision by the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. not to conduct a February select sale of 2-year-olds in training (or combine it with the March select auction, however you wish to word it) in 2011 didn't come as a surprise. The sale had been on the endangered list for a quite a while. The catalogs had gotten smaller over time and when only 66 ...

The results of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale taught us a few things and reminded us of others we might have forgotten in the euphoria of the auction’s performance last year, which generated upswings in a generally down market. (1) The market is still treacherous. If consignors want to get horses sold they have to be very careful ...

The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation published its second annual listings of stallions based on durability in an advertisement that appeared in a recent edition of The Blood-Horse. The stallions were ranked based on the performance of their offspring using the average number of lifetime starts per starter and the lifetime percentage of ...

When buyers judge horses physically, they examine at a variety of things, including the angles of the legs and shoulders and the appearance of the head and neck. They also look at a horse's overall body type.   A popular body type today is the longer, leaner, leggier look. Strapping, rangy horses, like the ones sired by Medaglia d'Oro, ...