Hip #2890 ( catalog page , pedigree ), a 7-year-old mare named MINADO , sells Mon., Nov. 15, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale. Thoroughbred female family: 23-b Race record: Unraced. Produce record...
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Hip #3886 ( catalog page , pedigree ), an 11-year-old mare named ANNUAL DUES , sells Thurs., Nov. 18, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale Thoroughbred female family: 1-c Race record: 10 starts, 2...
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Ask me how much I'd be willing to pay for a Juddmonte mare-- any Juddmonte mare--and I wouldn't hesitate to close out my 401k and give you the PIN to my debit card. And I'd still be getting the better...
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Hip #1350 ( catalog page , pedigree ), an 8-year-old mare named SPRING , sells Fri., Nov. 12, 2010 at the Keeneland November mixed sale Thoroughbred female family: 7-a Race record: Unraced Produce record...
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Many pedigree pundits mourn the loss of Barbaro from the perspective of his sire-line legacy: he would have been heir apparent to Dynaformer. (I'm still partial to Purim to fill this role.) But Barbaro...
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In my introduction yesterday ( Thoroughbred Breeding Stock Sales Approaching ), I mentioned that I would profile several sale mares in the lead-up to the bloodstock auctions. I thought it appropriate to...
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If you ask me, the month of November in central Kentucky is an early Christmas. It starts out November 7 when Fasig-Tipton has its premier mixed sale. It's perhaps the one U.S. sale guaranteed to attract...
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The fireworks of Keeneland's two-day Book One yesterday and today, interrupted by Fasig-Tipton's prestigious Selected sale held last evening, have been muted rather predictably by drops in gross, averages...
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Early this year, I complained that sales companies are well behind the times in their catalog technologies ( Revelations of the Catalog Page -- The Thoroughbred Industry's Techno Failure ). I suggested...
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Filtering through Thoroughbred racing and breeding data day in and day out is -- there's no other way to say it, so I'm going to be frank here -- really, truly, spectacularly fun. And working on the most...
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