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When the hammer fell following hip #568 at yesterday's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, it marked the closing of the first major yearling auction in 2008. Many breeders were holding their breaths throughout the last couple of weeks, knowing that the July sale is the first test of the strength of the yearling market. ...

Young Mares Looking over the results of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, it struck me that foals out of new broodmares were underperforming. The overall sale average was $92,298, and the median was $75,000. I looked at ''birth order'' figures and saw that the yearlings sold included birth orders from first to thirteenth, with ...

I am sticking both my blogs together this week in order to report and comment on something that I find rather bizarre. It concerns Big Brown. Remember when he was the talk of all racing from March to June, the sport’s next superstar who had performed deeds never before seen? Remember the hordes of media that congregated outside his barn the week ...

A small group of trainers standing in the shedrow of the stakes barn at Pimlico the morning prior to Preakness day were discussing a myriad of problems facing the industry. It didn’t take long for the conversation to shift to medication, a topic on which every trainer has an opinion.“There is a group that has the power to influence change on this ...

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TrueNicks is very pleased to announce the addition of well known industry analyst Matt O'Neil as our national sales manager. Matt will be in charge of promoting and managing the products that TrueNicks offers to racehorse owners, breeders, stallion owners and trainers. Following is a news release issued by TrueNicks partner Blood-Horse ...

It's mid-July. Your broodmares have been in foal for anywhere between one and five months.  So... what are you feeding them? Talk to a dozen farm managers and you'll get a dozen different responses.  Is it necessary to feed supplements?  When should the mare start to gain real serious weight?  If the in-foal mare also has a ...

Yes, we’re back to Curlin again. Having watched grass racing and European racing for the past 40 years, here are my observations and conclusions, for whatever they’re worth, regarding Curlin’s Man o’War and his still-possible trip to Europe.Curlin’s stride is not suited to the type of grass race we saw Saturday in the the Man o’War. His stride ...

  I wasn't at Belmont Park on Saturday to witness Curlin's turf debut, but I sure wish I was. Based on my conversations with friends who were, it was a very special atmosphere - one that doesn't come around too often this day and age. The 2007 Horse of the Year was applauded by adoring fans in the paddock, when he came onto the track, ...

With everything that is going wrong in the American economy, it seems likely there will be some sort of negative effect on the Thoroughbred auction business this year. Will the nation's financial woes have a significant impact right off during the yearling sellingsseason, which begins with the Fasig-Tipton July select auction, or will they inflict ...