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Fasig-Tipton Texas has cataloged at least 131 head for the April 3 sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
New faces, new roles for '13 emerge at the Keeneland January sale.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013The next generation of de Merics makes its mark on the auction industry.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Foreign buyers taking a little off the top of America's best bloodlines.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
'The further we get away from 2008, the better for everybody involved.'
The broodmare market, a driving force in the industry, holds promise.
Michael Tabor talked about what it is like to be an investor in Shanghai Bobby.
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.
Ragozin figures provide a good way to assess true speed in a sale horse's family.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Esther Marr talks about 5 horses who sold for over a million dollars and recaps the select session of the Keeneland September Sale.
Trainer Ken McPeek discusses the sales market and what his clients are looking for this year.
The strongest asset for the yearling market is racing performance
Seattle Slew and I'll Have Another didn't generate much buyer enthusiasm as young horses when sold at public auction. But Seattle Slew became Thoroughbred racing's 10th Triple Crown winner & I'll Have Another could become 12
Joe and Fred Seitz, at Brookdale Farm, where Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another was born and raised.
This year's Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) entrants brought a variety of prices when offered at public auction, but none commanded more than $390,000.
Select sale companies need to make sure they have enough juveniles on offer to attract a crowd
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Money from a hocked yellow Chevy Camaro started Lynne Boutte in the auction business
When it comes to raising racehorses, their father literally wrote the book. Now the Taylors share their philosophy on prepping horses for sale.
The first foals by Big Brown are now ready to run. Enjoy this video produced by Three Chimneys Farm, of them in action.
Everyone has a niche, but Bradley sells horses, seasons; plans matings; pinhooks...and puts together partnerships
Do these monikers suit these six- and seven-figure horses or do they add unnecessary burdens to animals that already are weighed down by high expectations?
More Optimism Than Pessimism As Select 2YO Selling Season Approaches
Shari Eisaman talks about what she sees in young horses that indicates they will do well at the racetrack
With all the cutbacks there is a void in the marketplace, and breeders and yearling sellers are starting to fill it
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
Keeneland director of sales Geoffrey Russell discusses the recovery of the Thoroughbred marketplace and his outlook for the future.
At Central Kentucky's Airdrie Stud, which developed Harlan's Holiday and was the home of Indian Charlie, racing brilliance and physical attractiveness are important.
The Arqana breeding stock sale in Deauville, France concluded Dec. 6 with final figures in line with the same sale a year ago, as the gross and median declined and the average price rose slightly.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Millionaire grade I winner Unrivaled Belle (by Unbridled's Song) was purchased by Betty Moran's Brushwood Stable for $2.8 million from the Eaton Sales consignment Nov. 8 at Keeneland.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
There have been some positive developments at this year's yearling sales, but the upswing is far from robust.
Esther Marr talks with Case Clay, president of Three Chimneys Farm, about Big Brown's yearlings. Case also discusses his predictions for the Keeneland September sale. Sponsored by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Esther Marr talks with Duncan Taylor, president of Taylor Made, about the current sales market. They also discuss the new Keeneland September sales format and Duncan mentions the Taylor Made catalog with several stand outs.
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
David Ingordo explains what he looks for in a horse's conformation as a yearling. Plus the DVD includes a special feature on how he discovered Zenyatta.
In today's sales arena, commercial breeders find they need to be more nimble, find alternatives
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
What did David Ingordo see in Zenyatta as a yearling sale prospect? Learn this and more as industry experts explain what they look for in yearling conformation.
Sheikh Mohammed's wealth and the anticipation of VLT-fueled purses are powerful market forces, but what will happen at other yearling sales that don't benefit from those two boosts?
For EQB's Jeffrey Seder, high-tech is the way to go. The president and CEO of the Pennsylvania consulting firm advocates using science to find the best sale prospects.
Esther Marr talks with Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt about their dispersal.
Bucking a trend in which most public auctions have cut back on the number of horses offered, Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 216 New York-bred yearlings for its Preferred Sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
One of the most fun things about summer racing is watching the 2-year-olds emerge, especially at Saratoga, where many well-bred youngsters start for the first time.
Anyone who's watched scruffy, awkward weanlings playing in a pasture may wonder how they ever turn out to be the pristine, polished yearlings seen heading to sales rings across the country.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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.
What was good and what was bad about the 2011 select selling season for 2-year-olds in training.
2-year-olds most profitable market in 2010
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
This BloodHorse.com free report is a convenient reference guide to the public sales results for progeny of North America's leading commercial Thoroughbred stallions.
Even though it's still early in the new millennium, the Thoroughbred auction business already has had to struggle through two downturns.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
You look at Steve Bajer and John O'Hara moving around the sales at Keeneland each September and November, and they seem like two guys who took a wrong turn on the way to a fishing trip.
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.
In the best of all possible worlds, every yearling offered at Keeneland would find a buyer.
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