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TOBA to Offer Breeding Clinic in Lexington

TOBA to Offer Breeding Clinic in Lexington

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced May 16 that it will hold a Thoroughbred Breeding Clinic in Lexington May 31-June 2. All aspects of breeding will be presented and farm tours will be included.

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Pedigree Analysis: Sires of Sires

Pedigree Analysis: Sires of Sires

by Anne Peters
Who will be next to join Storm Cat, Mr. Prospector, and A.P. Indy?

 Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Pedigree Analysis: Awesome Still

Pedigree Analysis: Awesome Still

by Anne Peters
Awesome Again is one of the most consistent sires of high-class runners in North America.

 Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Pedigree Analysis: American Roots

Pedigree Analysis: American Roots

by John P. Sparkman
No contemporary stallion has exerted as overpowering an influence as a sire of sires as the late, great Danehill.

 Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Distance Questions Begin for Derby Contenders

Distance Questions Begin for Derby Contenders

With the final round of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) preps underway, so begins the usual analysis of top contenders--Are they good enough?--Will they get the distance?

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 Tuesday, April 02, 2013
What's Going On Here - Juvenile Speculation

What's Going On Here - Juvenile Speculation

A new handicapping challenge is already on for freshman sires.

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 Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Frankel's First Mating: Lots of Inbreeding

Frankel's First Mating: Lots of Inbreeding

Mating with Chrysanthemum carries a whopping 15.33% coefficient of relatedness.

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 Tuesday, March 05, 2013
New Life: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Foaling

New Life: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Foaling

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 Monday, March 04, 2013
Slideshow: New Foals of 2013

Slideshow: New Foals of 2013

First foals of graded stakes winners and a few extra treats sent to us by farms.

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 Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Pedigree Analysis - Worldwide Wells

Pedigree Analysis - Worldwide Wells

by John P. Sparkman,
When Galileo retired to stud at Coolmore in 2002, his sire Sadler's Wells was widely viewed as a disappointing sire of sires in Europe.

 Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Heading in the Right 'Direction'

Heading in the Right 'Direction'

by Ann Peters
The gritty grey filly Mizdirection won last November's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), and she put in another remarkably game performance to win 'in her comeback Jan. 6 in the Monrovia H. (gr. IIT).

 Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Jackson Bend Won't Stand in 2013

Jackson Bend Won't Stand in 2013

Jackson Bend, a multiple grade I winner who was retired from racing in October, will not stand his first season at stud in 2013 after it was determined that he would require more time to recover from a training accident.

 Monday, January 28, 2013
Cape Thoroughbred Sale - Mike Bass

Cape Thoroughbred Sale - Mike Bass

Cape Town trainer Mike Bass talks about how he is a big fan of the Cape Thoroughbred Premiere Yearling Sale. He discusses how he shops for horses.

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 Thursday, January 24, 2013
Trade Zone: Equine Venereal Diseases

Trade Zone: Equine Venereal Diseases

Equine STDs can affect pregnancy outcomes and breeding stock's welfare.

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 Wednesday, January 23, 2013
PHBA to Hold Stallion Season Auction

PHBA to Hold Stallion Season Auction

The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association Political Action Committee will hold its third annual online stallion season auction Jan. 24, 25, and 26 to benefit the PAC and the racehorse retirement program Turning For Home.

 Monday, January 21, 2013
What's Going On Here: Partial Equilibrium

What's Going On Here: Partial Equilibrium

'The further we get away from 2008, the better for everybody involved.'

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 Tuesday, December 18, 2012
What's Going On Here: Breeders Get a Break

What's Going On Here: Breeders Get a Break

The average stud fee has decreased 6% for the 2013 breeding season.

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 Tuesday, November 27, 2012
What's Going On Here: Rising from the Ashes

What's Going On Here: Rising from the Ashes

The broodmare market, a driving force in the industry, holds promise.

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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012
BC-Bound Flashy Ways has Teenage Breeder

BC-Bound Flashy Ways has Teenage Breeder

When Chad Reed's parents gave him a $5,000 budget to pick out a mare at the 2009 Keeneland November mixed sale at age 12, he never dreamed it would eventually result in a Breeders' Cup starter.

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 Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Around the Globe: Classic Winners in Turkey

Around the Globe: Classic Winners in Turkey

Victory Gallop: A Star In Growing Turkish Industry.

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 Monday, July 30, 2012
Handicapping the Belmont Pedigrees

Handicapping the Belmont Pedigrees

Who has the breeding to go the Belmont distance?

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 Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Brookdale Farm & I'll Have Another

Brookdale Farm & I'll Have Another

Joe and Fred Seitz, at Brookdale Farm, where Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another was born and raised.

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 Monday, May 07, 2012
Kentucky Derby Interview - Barry Irwin

Kentucky Derby Interview - Barry Irwin

Barry Irwin comments on Kentucky Derby 137 and Went the Day Well who is set to run in Derby 138.

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 Monday, April 30, 2012

Coolmore Partners in Chinese Equine Venture

Coolmore is planning to develop, along with the Irish government, a Thoroughbred industry in China. The project involves racetracks, a training center, and the export of 100 mares from Ireland to China.

 Monday, April 16, 2012
Big Brown Two-Year-Olds in Action

Big Brown Two-Year-Olds in Action

The first foals by Big Brown are now ready to run. Enjoy this video produced by Three Chimneys Farm, of them in action.

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 Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tips From Fred Hertrich's Commercial Success

Tips From Fred Hertrich's Commercial Success

Bloodstock & Markets: Doing one's homework, value shopping among keys

 Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Select 2YO Selling Season Approaches (blog)

Select 2YO Selling Season Approaches (blog)

More Optimism Than Pessimism As Select 2YO Selling Season Approaches

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 Monday, February 27, 2012
Shopping for 2-Year-Olds? Here's Some Advice

Shopping for 2-Year-Olds? Here's Some Advice

Shari Eisaman talks about what she sees in young horses that indicates they will do well at the racetrack

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 Monday, February 20, 2012
2011's Top Commercial Sires: Indy & Son

2011's Top Commercial Sires: Indy & Son

A.P. Indy and one of his sons, Bernardini, were among the top commercial sires last year as A.P. Indy's stud career was coming to an end

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 Monday, January 30, 2012
KY-Breds: Quality High Amid Revenue Decline

KY-Breds: Quality High Amid Revenue Decline

A report on Kentucky's Thoroughbred breeding industry and related state programs that support it financially shows continued strength in quality despite decreases in funding and competition from gaming states.

 Thursday, November 10, 2011
Blog: Dream Come True - Jim Weigel

Blog: Dream Come True - Jim Weigel

Bred grade I winner Dream of Summer and her grade I winner Creative Cause

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 Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bloodstock & Markets - The New and the Twos

Bloodstock & Markets - The New and the Twos

A look at first-crop yearling sires and next year's 2-year-old sales calendar

 Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Rekindling the Passion - by Esther Marr

Rekindling the Passion - by Esther Marr

Long-time breeder Ted Kuster found himself in a slump a few years back. Then Hilda's Passion came along.

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 Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Blog: Protecting the Brand - by Eric Mitchell

Blog: Protecting the Brand - by Eric Mitchell

Having horses running on drugs is not sitting well with our fans

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 Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Hammer Time: Dillman's Breeding Success

Hammer Time: Dillman's Breeding Success

Nancy Dillman of Stonegate Farm discusses her good fortune to breed grade I winner Havre de Grace and that runner's half brother, which brought $1.2 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale

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 Monday, August 29, 2011
First Dude Finally Scores First Grade I

First Dude Finally Scores First Grade I

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First Dude's grade I win in the Hollywood Gold Cup brings honor to a less-heralded branch of the same female family as A.P. Indy -- his own grandsire. By Avalyn Hunter

 Thursday, July 14, 2011
Video: Fasig-Tipton July Feature: Mark Taylor

Video: Fasig-Tipton July Feature: Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales Agency explains the importance of the Fasig-Tipton Select Sale in July. Mark also explains the history of Taylor Made's 35th anniversary to Esther Marr.

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 Monday, July 11, 2011
Sullivan's Travels - By Eric Mitchell

Sullivan's Travels - By Eric Mitchell

"Breeding and watching the young horses grow is absolutely what I love best...but after the last few weeks, I might change that."

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 Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Feeling His Oatsees - By Ron Mitchell

Feeling His Oatsees - By Ron Mitchell

When Mike Lauffer and partner Bill Cubbedge bought back a Forestry colt at the 2009 Keeneland September yearling sale, they thought long and hard before naming the newest member of their racing stable.

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 Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Regional: Empire State Strikes Back

Regional: Empire State Strikes Back

New York revival fueled by VLTs at Aqueduct.

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 Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Midwest/Canada Regional: Tree Top

Midwest/Canada Regional: Tree Top

Rudy and Virginia Tarra hit the heights with Giant Oak

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 Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Class Dismissed - By Richard Zwirn

Class Dismissed - By Richard Zwirn

While Avalyn Hunter takes a rather hopeful view on whether high-class racemares make the best producers in her piece "From Fame to Foals" (The Blood-Horse of Feb. 12, page 390 ), sad to say, I am a bit more skeptical.

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 Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Trade Zone: Pre-Breeding Management of Mare

Trade Zone: Pre-Breeding Management of Mare

Mares should be in optimal health prior to breeding season

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 Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Good-Bye Mom and Pop?

Good-Bye Mom and Pop?

The financial drain is becoming too large for small commercial Thoroughbred breeders to handle.

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 Thursday, February 03, 2011
TradeZone: Breeding Decisions

TradeZone: Breeding Decisions

November 13, 2010 - To Retire or Keep Racing?

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 Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Mounting Issues - By Steve Montemarano

Mounting Issues - By Steve Montemarano

The artificial insemination rule appears to have merit -- in a bygone era.

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 Tuesday, November 23, 2010
International Relations - By Wendy Christ

International Relations - By Wendy Christ

Industry newbie, limited budget, I stretched to land a broodmare at the Keeneland November mixed sale in 2001.

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 Tuesday, November 16, 2010

KY Breed Incentive Changes Being Considered

A Kentucky Horse Racing Commission committee is considering changes to the state's Breeders' Incentive Fund, money for which comes from a 6% sales tax on stud fees.

 Thursday, October 21, 2010
Keeping Our Place in the World

Keeping Our Place in the World

Keeneland has successfully developed the September sale into the largest international marketplace for Thoroughbred yearlings. But will the sale continue offering the kinds of horses European buyers want?

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 Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Pedigree Lament by John Greathouse

Pedigree Lament by John Greathouse

For years commercial breeders have mortgaged their collective futures for today's cash.

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 Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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