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Pinhooking Profits Rise at Keeneland 2YO Sale

Rate of return on investment rises to 50.7% even though the financial risk increased.

 Thursday, April 08, 2010
Pinhookers Face Challenge at Keeneland

Pinhookers Face Challenge at Keeneland

They spent more money to buy their stock as yearlings, so they will need to sell their horses for more money as 2-year-olds.

 Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Pinhooker Smith Happy in California

"You can call it a midlife crisis or whatever you want, but it's the best thing I've ever done," said pinhooker Murray Smith of her move earlier this year to Southern California from the Ocala area in Central Florida.

 Friday, July 24, 2009

Times Are Tough for Pinhookers

If the recent Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) February select sale of 2-year-olds in training was any indication, it's going to be a tough year for yearling-to-juvenile pinhookers. The rate of return (ROR) on their investment, 30.7%, ranked among their worst ever based on figures that date back to 1990. It was the weakest since the ROR dropped to its lowest point during the 20-year period of 17.1% in 1993.

 Wednesday, February 25, 2009

DeBerdt, Delguidice Team for Pinhooking Venture

California bloodstock agent Bruno DeBerdt and Florida pinhooker and former jockey Rudy Delguidice Jr. have formed a new venture, Excel Bloodstock.

 Tuesday, July 27, 2004