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Hot sires: First-crop studs in demand at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga

The recent Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling and New York-bred preferred yearling sales both enjoyed robust trade and concluded with outstanding key measures, including double-digit spikes in average and median prices and substantially lower buyback rates. Following a solid beginning to the yearling auction season at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July, the Saratoga sales reaffirmed a level of market stability that has not been seen since the prerecession years of 2006 and 2007.

Patrick ReedAug 15, 2013

KHC hires Schneider as executive director

The Kentucky Horse Council has hired Susan Schneider as its executive director, effective Aug. 21.

DRF Breeding StaffAug 14, 2013

Thoroughbred pedigrees represented in All American Futurity trials

The $2.4-million All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs is billed as North America’s richest race on the calendar for 2-year-olds of any breed, but a number of entries in the flagship Quarter Horse race’s 28 trials are the direct progeny of Thoroughbreds.

Joe NevillsAug 14, 2013

AQHA plans to appeal latest ruling on cloning

The lawsuit to allow cloned horses to enter the American Quarter Horse Association registry saw action once again on August 12, when a district court judge announced that she will enter an injunction requiring the AQHA to register clones and their offspring.

DRF Breeding StaffAug 14, 2013

Iowa company drops plans to open horse slaughter plant

One of two companies that applied to slaughter horses and earlier this year was granted a permit to open has now dropped the plan, saying it will focus on beef instead.

DRF Breeding StaffAug 14, 2013

Maryland breeder Murray dies at 80

Allan Murray, owner of Murmur Farm and Berkley Training Center in Darlington, Md., died August 13 at age 80.

DRF Breeding StaffAug 14, 2013

Bluegrass Thoroughbred’s Stuart sees challenges for new stallions

Daily Racing Form’s senior bloodstock correspondent, Glenye Cain Oakford, spoke with John Stuart of Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services before Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga select yearling sale.

Glenye Cain OakfordAug 13, 2013

DRF Breeding Standout: Due Diligence dominant in debut

Due Diligence took command early and never looked back, showing a powerful kick down the stretch to win his debut effort by 7 1/2 lengths on Monday at Saratoga Race Course.

Joe NevillsAug 13, 2013

DRF Breeding Weekend Wrap: Wise Dan extends his winning streak, Dice Flavor scores at Del Mar

Last weekend offered a comparatively light graded stakes schedule in North America compared to what came before and what’s on the immediate horizon, but there was no shortage of star power as reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan returned to the Saratoga turf in an attempt to score a repeat win in the Grade 2 Fourstardave Handicap, and champion female sprinter Groupie Doll made her first appearance of 2013 in the Grade 3 Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park, a race she won in 2011.

Patrick ReedAug 12, 2013

DRF Breeding Standout: Sweet Whiskey smooth in debut

Few things help build the résumé of a freshman sire like an impressive maiden winner at Saratoga Race Course. When that maiden winner just misses setting a track record in her first start, it’s that much better.

Joe NevillsAug 12, 2013

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