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“Our job is to try to save as many horses and humans as we can”

POSTED: November 13, 2020

By Francis LaBelle As valued members of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation for nearly 30 years, Andre Wheeler and Deborah Corcoran have always taken their jobs...

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She Was Made of Magic: The Triumphs & Heartbreak of Go for Wand

POSTED: November 13, 2020

“It wasn’t her tragic death that meant so much. It was her joy of racing.” -Jane du Pont Lunger By Jennifer Kelly In the mind’s...

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Three Horses Sell for $300,000 Apiece to Lead Thursday at Keeneland November Sale

POSTED: November 13, 2020

Three horses – Quality Heat, Sex Symbol and a weanling colt from the first crop of Mendelssohn – each sold for $300,000 to top results...

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Quality Broodmares and Weanlings Fuel Vibrant Trade Wednesday at Keeneland November Sale

POSTED: November 12, 2020

Momentum continued into Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, generating the top prices of $500,000 paid by Coteau Grove Farms/Cary Bloodstock,...

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Second Day Of Kee November Sale, Group 3 Winner Pollara (IRE), in Foal to War Front Hammers For $975k

POSTED: November 11, 2020

Pollara (IRE), a Group 3 winner in France who is carrying her first foal by War Front, sold to Arthur Hoyeau, agent, for $975,000 during...

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Aidan O’Brien, top trainer, high quality breeder

POSTED: November 11, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. – As all owners and trainers know, it is extremely difficult to win a Breeders’ Cup race. Each contest is highly competitive, as...

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Breeders’ Cup Turf victory fills a void for international training legend Dermot Weld

POSTED: November 11, 2020

Tarnawa’s connections receive their Breeders' Cup trophy and Longines watches in the winner's circle. (Coady) LEXINGTON, Ky. – Last Saturday saw another achievement added to...

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Broodmare Economics: Defying the Market?

POSTED: November 11, 2020

Steve Zorn Auction prices for proven broodmares and broodmare prospects soared this week, at least at the top end of the market. Seventy-two (a healthy...

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Maximum Security Retires To Ashford Stud

POSTED: November 10, 2020

World Champion and Eclipse Award-winning three-year-old Maximum Security has been retired from racing and is now available for inspection at Ashford Stud where he will...

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