Just a few weeks ago, this column opined that some stud fees were coming down in 2009, but it was not enough. They needed to be reduced more. Since then, the Keeneland November sale has come and gone,...
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It takes only a minute or two to sell a horse at public auction. The animal is led into the ring, the announcer makes a few comments, the auctioneer rattles his chant, and the hammer falls. Simple. Easy...
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Down by more than a touchdown at halftime, the Tennessee Titans came from behind Nov. 16 to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Titans are the only unbeaten team in the NFL, with a 10-0 record. In 2007...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Two industry announcements separated by only a day were related in a way—the Safety and Integrity Alliance initiative put forth by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, and the annual Report of...
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They say actions speak louder than words. The public is taking action by wagering less on horse racing. And those actions are speaking loudly. Data released for the third quarter of 2008 reveals that handle...
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At 10 p.m., an exhausted Larry Jones finally fell asleep. Just two and a half hours later, he was back up, making training charts for that day’s sets before loading his trailer to drive from his barn at...
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Financier Warren Buffett once said there is only one certainty about the stock market: It will fluctuate. In fact, all markets vacillate, and the business trends of buying and selling Thoroughbreds are...
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