Q&A: James Gagliano
Matt Hegarty gets all the answers from James Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of the Jockey Club.
Matt HegartySep 01, 2011
Matt Hegarty gets all the answers from James Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of the Jockey Club.
Even elite sires such as Smart Strike landed few yearlings in Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Sellers of stallion prospects have faced a much colder financial climate since bloodstock prices collapsed along with worldwide economic conditions in 2008.
Charismatic, passionate figures like Jeffrey Strauss are just the kind of owner the Thoroughbred industry and sales companies want now more than ever as they try to connect with a new generation amid declines.
Of the 4,319 yearlings cataloged in the Keeneland September sale over 13 days, these are the crème de la crème, as determined by the Keeneland selection committee and the consignors.
Fast facts about the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, whose famous graduates include all three of this year's Triple Crown winners.
With the Keeneland September sale set to begin Sept. 11, the questions are whether the market’s upper crust can continue Saratoga’s buoyant performance and whether the stock market’s volatility will put bidders in a bearish mood.
Albertus Maximus, 2009’s Donn Handicap winner, has retired due to injuries he sustained in the Dubai World Cup that year. He will stand at his owner’s Shadwell Stud in Lexington, Ky., in 2012.
Barretts has cataloged 253 yearlings, representing more than 120 stallions, to its October yearling sale, which will take place on Oct. 11 at Fairplex’s Hinds Pavilion in Pomona, Calif.
For the second year in a row, trainer Glenn Delahoussaye signed the ticket on the sale-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale at Lone Star Park when he went to $78,000 to buy a City Zip filly.