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Much has been said about the prospects for 2007 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour, who will be sold at this year's Fasig-Tipton November sale.  (News story, Hammer Time blog post) What I haven't heard too much about, though, is the mare's reproductive soundness.  Hip #188 (catalog page, ...

How does one even begin to comment on this year’s wild and crazy Breeders’ Cup? Pro-Ride form, the absence of any injuries, the filly phenomena, the European butt-whipping, Santa Anita, Horse of the Year, ESPN’s new camera shots? That’s just for starters.Before anything, I must say I cannot recall a more enjoyable two days of racing, whether you ...

Better Than Honour, the dam of back-to-back Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winners Jazil and Rags to Riches, will be last horse offered Nov. 2 during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale in Lexington.  According to Fasig-Tipton president, Boyd Browning, her position in the catalog is a result of a mutual agreement between ...

Bobby Spalding is right. More often than not, we tend to overanalyze, overreach, even overreact. It leads to brain overload.When it comes right down to it, Spalding said, “They are just horses; treat them like horses.”They are words every farm manager should live by, imparted to Spalding by his first boss in the industry, Brereton Jones, owner of ...

By Frank VespeJust checked put our pal Ted's post introducing this week of musings from the small-ownership crowd.  There, to my surprise, he'd successfully pilfered a photo of me from our That's Amore Stable website. In the picture, I appear to be the living definition of fat and happy. Which, truth be told, I was on that day. The ...

Here's the scenario:  you have the opportunity to purchase a mare carrying a foal that is guaranteed to be a winner.  In fact, the foal is even guaranteed to earn more than its training, feed, and veterinary costs.  Profit!  Here's the catch: the foal's dam shouldn't be bred again and will need to be retired.  You've ...

What a great weekend of racing. We saw several outstanding performances, including three on Ladies Day Friday and many more on what will be now known as ''European Saturday.'' Less than 24 hours after a very successful Breeders' Cup 25, here are a few thoughts and a breakdown of some of the standout races: First of all, hopefully we haven't seen ...

By Ted GrevelisI wrote this on the evening of Tuesday, June 17, 2008 after a very long day driving around the Upper Midwest.  I preface this way because I had a lot of time to kill. I had time to slip into a favorite American (and most definitely horse owners) past-time: day-dreaming. Now that the Breeder's Cup is over and I know I won't ...