The six week period between the Keeneland September yearling sale and Keeneland November breeding stock auction is typically when stallion managers announce stud fees for the coming season. Well, maybe not this year. Several have hinted they might wait until after the November sale. There is a high degree...

The day off from selling at the Keeneland September yearling sale provides consignors and buyers alike a chance to catch their breath after the first four days of the auction while preparing for the remaining days of the two-week long sale. The harsh reality of the severity of the drop in the market...

Not that many years ago it seemed fine to know, and record into past performances, that a horse had run six furlongs in 1:11 1/5. Today we wouldn’t stand for that because we now understand the difference between 1:11.01 and 1:11.19. Those times, and those fractions in between, formerly all showed as...

The question was not whether fewer mares were bred this year, but exactly how many? With a struggling economy, stallion owners were talking about a reduction in mares for all but the hottest stallions. Now, The Jockey Club has answered the question: roughly 12% fewer. Though the complete Report of Mares...

The general economy in the United States is starting to show signs of recovery, elements of which are necessary to improve individual industries, such as the business of breeding and racing Thoroughbreds. On Aug. 6, the U.S. Senate approved a measure already passed by the House for $2 billion in additional...

It is what every person who has worked in the horse industry, ever watched a horse race, or ever tossed away a losing ticket, waits to see: greatness in the Thoroughbred. Those within the industry, who come from so many special interest groups that they never seem to agree on anything, can surely agree...

Having been unveiled at the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of juveniles earlier this year, new video kiosks were used for the first time at a yearling sale July 20-21 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. And they were hugely popular. It is vitally important for prospective buyers to gain information while a sale is...

The unwritten rule has always been that police officers won’t stop you if you are driving five miles over the speed limit. You might call it their “threshold level.” As the case of trainer Steve Asmussen clearly illustrates, the Thoroughbred industry is in need of medication threshold levels. On July...

It sounds like something Yogi Berra would say, but in this recessionary economic time, many companies were in healthy financial shape until they weren’t. It is hard to imagine a company or business anywhere in the world that hasn’t been forced to make major decisions over the past 18 months due to the...

Carl Rollins is not a horse owner, breeder, trainer, nor jockey. He doesn’t work for a racetrack, sale company, racing organization, or bloodstock agent. He has never mucked a stall, hotwalked a horse, bred a mare, or broken a yearling. But Carl Rollins gets it—he understands the importance of the horse...