by Joe Nevills|09.12.2023|1:48pm Stallion Spotlight Presented By New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.: ‘Turf Monster’ Slumber Making Good First Impressions In Empire State Stallion Spotlight offers stud farm representatives a chance to address breeders and answer questions as they plan their future matings. In this edition, Erin Robinson of Rockridge Stud discusses Slumber, a Grade 1 winner who moved to New York for the 2021 breeding season, making his first New York-sired foals yearlings of 2023. Slumber B. […]
by Press Release|09.12.2023|1:45pm OBS October Yearling Sale Catalog Now Online The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com. The two-day sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 10 and 11. Supplemental entries will be accepted until Sept. 26. There are 676 horses cataloged in two open sessions. The sale begins on […]
by Press Release|09.12.2023|10:33am Catalog For Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale Now Online Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 337 entries for its Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 17 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The sale will be conducted in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion and begin at 10 a.m. “Following a strong sale last year, this year’s catalog has grown remarkably by 44 percent,” said Fasig-Tipton […]
by Keeneland Association|09.11.2023|9:17pm $2.3 Million Into Mischief Filly Tops Opening Session Of Keeneland September Sale Keeneland’s 80th September Yearling Sale began Monday with robust trade that produced healthy results and the sale of eight horses for $1 million or more headlined by an Into Mischief filly sold for $2.3 million to Shadwell Racing and an Uncle Mo colt for $2 million, purchased by Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing. Total […]
by Joe Nevills|09.11.2023|7:41pm Into Mischief, Ghostzapper Cross Shines On Keeneland September’s Opening Day The commercial Thoroughbred marketplace is constantly on the hunt for crosses that are most likely to produce windfalls in the sales ring and runners on the track. On the auction side, buyers gravitated toward the cross between perennial leading sire Into Mischief and daughters of Ghostzapper during Monday’s opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling […]
by Joe Nevills|09.11.2023|6:46pm ‘All-American’ Female Line Continues Commercial Prominence At Keeneland September Sale On April 3, 2014, and for the months that immediately followed, American Story and her newborn filly American Gal occupied the same space at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Kentucky. They eventually went their separate ways, as mares and weaned foals do, but the two horses’ paths seemed to keep intersecting as American Gal made […]
by Joe Nevills|09.10.202309.10.2023|4:50pm7:29pm ‘As Important As Any Horse We’ve Raised On The Farm’: Believe You Can Continues Building Her Airdrie Stud Legacy At Keeneland September Sale Believe You Can had already done plenty for the Airdrie Stud operation when she retired to the farm to begin her broodmare career ahead of the 2014 breeding season. Her place as one of the best home-grown runners in in the deep-rooted history of the Airdrie program was secure after winning the 2012 Kentucky Oaks […]
by Press Release|09.10.202309.10.2023|12:58pm2:18pm Godolphin, Dreaming Of Julia, Flightline Owners Among Honorees At 38th Annual TOBA Awards The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association on Saturday night at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington announced winners for the 38th annual TOBA National Awards. The TOBA National Awards were presented across two days of ceremonies. The National Awards Luncheon was held on Friday at WinStar Farm and honored State and Canadian Breeders of the Year for 2022. […]
by Joe Nevills|09.10.202309.10.2023|11:41am11:41am First-Crop Sire Watch: 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale Following is a list of stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the upcoming Keeneland September Yearling Sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised. Offerings from the debut crop of a stallion are often met with a commercial premium from buyers at auction. A stallion’s […]
by Joe Nevills|09.08.202309.08.2023|9:55pm9:55pm Treasure Hunting Presented By Keeneland: Two Emmys May Have Been The Bargain Of His Class Value can be found at every level of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and in the “Treasure Hunting” series, we’ll be examining successful graduates of the bellwether auction who sold below the median price of their particular session. We’ll start at Book 1 and go all the way to Book 6, talking to buyers who […]