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The ceiling on Thoroughbred stud fees in the U.S. has fallen.  We saw broad cuts last year, and it's shaping up to be an across-the-board slashing as we approach the 2009 breeding season.  But have the reductions been too modest? Take a look at the Breeding News section of BloodHorse.com and almost every headline about stud fees being ...

Disaster. Brutal. Blood bath. Just a few of the many descriptive words being used by breeders to describe the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, which at this writing still had a week to run.In light of the recessive global economy, everyone thought the sale, the largest of its kind in the world, would be down. But a drop of 10-20% was ...

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When he stepped off that trailer, the sky filled with electricity and I was shocked. I had read all the stories, watched all the videos of him and some of his progeny, and heard the numerous stories of this warrior, but nothing really prepared me for the real deal. Alysheba strutted down the path, walked into the ring and had ''it'' still, as some ...

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By Teresa Genaro of Brooklyn BackstretchI'm pretty sure that my local card store has already put out their Christmas cards, and while overall I am about as near to thinking about Christmas as I am to thinking about retirement (and that would be not nearly near enough), a recent e-mail from the Belmont Child Care Association with news about ...

Jedi Code returns to the track for the first time since his time off the track! Morning line 3/1It is also Calvin Borel's birthday today, happy birthday Calvin, who is going to ride Jedi Code Sunday and has in the past. Jedi Code is entered to run on November 9, 2008 at CHURCHILL DOWNS.Your comments for this horse were: Star Wars, Empire Maker - ...