The median tells the tale of the market’s health at the Keeneland September sale to date. Forget the number of horses that sell for $1 million or more, even though they provide the sizzle to the world...
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Here’s Shared Belief poised to steal the show once again. After the Triple Crown, conventional wisdom had all but conceded 3-year-old male championship honors to California Chrome. The argument for draping...
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As part of the ongoing debate about the future of medication testing and enforcement in American racing, let’s hope out-of-competition testing takes on a greater sense of urgency. Being able to test a...
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The cause behind the adoption of synthetic surfaces was a noble one—reduce the number of catastrophic breakdowns to a negligible level. For the most part, the all-weather surfaces that were installed properly...
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The commercial market is never helped when fewer horses sell, as occurred collectively during the major 2-year-olds in training sales this year. But the forces expected to shape the upcoming yearling sales...
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No debate regarding the use of the anti-bleeding drug furosemide (known as Salix or formerly Lasix) is complete without a call for more research. The Jockey Club pushed on this front during a recent meeting...
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California Chrome’s co-owner Steve Coburn was obviously upset following his star’s loss in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I). Having soared so high with this colt he believed in heart and soul, the crash back...
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Churchill Downs Inc. has certainly been taking some body blows over the past several weeks. The Louisville-based publicly held corporation has been subjected to a barrage of criticisms from owners, a Hall...
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Here we go again. Let the questions begin regarding California Chrome’s attempt June 7 to become the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown. The doubts that nipped at the heels of this son of...
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American Thoroughbred racing took a full-speed, unprotected body blow last week when undercover work done by an animal-rights activist group was published by the New York Times . Recapping the story seems...
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