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Bloodstock & Markets - Outside Influence

Bloodstock & Markets - Outside Influence

Foreign buyers taking a little off the top of America's best bloodlines.

 Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Hammer Time: Good News, Bad News

Hammer Time: Good News, Bad News

It's good news (I think) that Fasig-Tipton is moving its Florida sale of 2-year-olds in training to Palm Meadows, but it's bad news that Walt Robertson is retiring. I'll miss him.

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 Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Hammer Time Blog: Market Rally

Hammer Time Blog: Market Rally

Alan Greenspan says a sustained stock market rally would be the best thing for the American economy and it also would help the Thoroughbred auction business as well.

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 Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Hammertime Blog: Blind Luck: The Early Days

Hammertime Blog: Blind Luck: The Early Days

Blind Luck, whose nickname was Clover, survived a scare caused by a Great Pyrenees before going through the sale ring and becoming a famous racehorse.

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 Monday, August 30, 2010
Sale Sources for KY Derby-Winning Horses

Sale Sources for KY Derby-Winning Horses

Fifteen of the 25 most recent Kentucky Derby winners were reported as being sold once or more at public auction before they captured the classic.

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 Tuesday, April 27, 2010
When Baby Mamas and Their Babies Are Sold

When Baby Mamas and Their Babies Are Sold

Is it necessary for a mare and just born foal to go to the sale ring! Can the mare just go alone or can both be offered in absentia? Read to see what a sale company official and a consignor think.

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 Monday, February 15, 2010
Hammer Time: Clubbing With Fasig-Tipton

Hammer Time: Clubbing With Fasig-Tipton

Fasig-Tipton is a sale company, but it's going racing in an effort to attract new participants for the Thoroughbred business. It's a good idea, and in the long run, it won't just benefit Fasig-Tipton.

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 Thursday, February 04, 2010
Derby Never Really an Option for 'Rachel'

Derby Never Really an Option for 'Rachel'

In the opinion of her breeder and co-owner, Dolphus Morrison, Kentucky Oaks morning-line favorite Rachel Alexandra "could have been competitive" in the Run for the Roses, but he said he "didn't have a fleeting thought" of running her against the boys.

 Thursday, April 30, 2009

Ford and Westrock Rocking 2yo Market

Westrock Stables' Scott Ford, a former president and chief executive officer of Alltel, hasn't been in the Thoroughbred business for long, but he was a major player at the Ocala Breeders'Sales Co. select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Chace at OBS: It's Time to Buy

Prices were down significantly at the first major auction of the selling season for 2-year-olds in training Feb. 17 in Central Florida. Read what one buyer and several consignors had to say about the market at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February auction.

 Wednesday, February 18, 2009