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Being in the industry for a year and a half now, there is one thing I know. We need to engage younger people and bring in more fans to this wonderful sport. Though I feel the Breeders' Cup fell short in their advertising efforts for such a huge event, the coverage was great. The spike in national, and international media coverage and web traffic ...

Robert and Blythe Clay's Three Chimneys Farm found the perfect balance Nov. 3 when they introduced Big Brown to breeders. In these troubled economic times, the event was classy without seeming extravagant. Attendees got to take home a ''Re-usable Brown Bag'' tote, and it was filled with lunch and practical Big Browned-themed items: a baseball cap, ...

Now that the dust has settled on Zenyatta's marvelous Breeders' Cup win, I thought it would be a good time to catch up with her trainer, John Shirreffs, who is one of the nicer guys in racing. Admittedly, my motives were a bit self-serving, as I wanted to inquire about two of the hot-button topics surrounding Zenyatta: Her future and of course, ...

By George Doria The Europeans took five races on the B.C. card including two on the ''dirt.'' While we have come to expect the ''world'' contingent of horses to do well on the turf we have more or less owned the dirt from the inception of the Breeders' Cup. This year the two biggest changes in B.C. rules (ever) seem to have shot a few ...

 When Better Than Honour sold for a broodmare world-record $14 million Nov. 2 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale, it evoked memories of Nov. 10, 1984, when another world record was set on the day of the first Breeders’ Cup.“You and I must have been the only ones thinking of that day,” a laughing Jeff Morris said the morning after ...

The day after the 1987 Preakness Stakes, I stopped at a service area on I-95 in Maryland on my way back home from the Preakness and called Jack Van Berg, asking if I could do a feature on him for the Thoroughbred Times, which had only been in existence for about a year. I had never met Van Berg, who was on top of the world at the time and who ...

All the bad financial news might have you thinking about scratching your horse from the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. But if you're planning on taking your horse home, you need to be planning for a long-term commitment to that animal.   Keeping a good mare, breeding foals out of her, and selling them or racing them yourself could ...

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Several weeks ago, I started a poll asking whether it's a good time to be buying bloodstock.  Over 61% of you said that you would at least consider purchasing a broodmare if you could find a good deal -- and only 16% said that you're trying to sell off some of your current herd.  See the full poll results here. Sounds to me like there ...