LEXINGTON, Ky. - Cash Run proved true to her name at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, where she sold in foal to Storm Cat for $7.1 million, a world record for a broodmare.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Grade 1 winner Whywhywhy, who was retired last month, will stand his initial season at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington for a $7,500 fee.

Three-year-old Whywhywhy joins his sire, Mr. Greeley, at Spendthrift.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - When the 11-day Keeneland November breeding stock sale opens Monday, it will be bolstered by such mares as Sharp Cat, Spain, Windsharp, and Turko's Turn from the late Prince Ahmed Salman's Thoroughbred Corporation. It should also be bolstered by a good sales climate, as seen by the strong performance of many yearling sales this year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky's fall breeding stock auctions begin Sunday night at Fasig-Tipton, where a small but select catalog is highlighted by a strong group of broodmares, including the dams of Golden Missile and Graeme Hall.

Fasig-Tipton's selected fall mixed sale, which has 101 entries this year, enjoyed solid financial returns last year. Though small, the auction has developed a niche for sellers, said Fasig-Tipton chief operating officer Boyd Browning.

Volponi, winner of the 2002 Breeders' Cup Classic, will enter stud at Rick and Liz Trontz's Hopewell Farm in Midway, Ky., in 2004. He will stand for $10,000.

Volponi, a 5-year-old Cryptoclearance horse, was retired earlier this week with a record of 31-7-12-5 and earnings of $3,187,232. He last raced in the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic in an attempt to defend his 2002 title in the race, but he finished last in a rare out-of-the money finish.

High Chaparral, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2002 and again in a dead heat with Johar in 2003, will stand at Coolmore Stud's Irish headquarters in 2004. He will stand for a fee of 35,000 euros, or about $40,250.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A victory in one of the Breeders' Cup races annually means a boost in price for someone at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Last year, the winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, Starine, sold out of the Mill Ridge Sales consignment at the November sale for $1 million to Newsells Park Stud.

When Johar and High Chaparral created the first dead heat in Breeders' Cup history in last weekend's Turf, Windsharp, Johar's dam, became perhaps the hottest producer in the Keeneland sale. Windsharp will go through the ring Tuesday as Hip No. 508.

Florida's new stallion lineup for the 2004 breeding season looks to be the strongest in years. Entering stud in the Sunshine State are Lido Palace at Lambholm South and Macho Uno at Adena Springs South. Both horses are Grade 1 winners.

At least 10 more graded stakes winners will stand in Florida for the first time next year, including Essence of Dubai (Hartley-DeRenzo Walmac South), Repent (Clover Leaf II), Dollar Bill (Signature Thoroughbreds), and Scottish Halo (Jubilee Farm).

Long before the Breeders' Cup, or the Maryland Million, Charles Town's Tri-State Futurity offered tantalizing rewards for breeders with a far-sighted approach to the business.

First run in 1962 (and halted for eight years, from 1994 until returning in 2002), the Tri-State Futurity is restricted to 2-year-olds foaled in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, and is a true futurity, meaning that foals must be nominated before they are born.

Prices fell in major categories at the October mixed sale at Barretts in Pomona earlier this week, a reverse from the 2002 sale which showed substantial increases over 2001.

This year's sale was the largest event in the 13-year history of Barretts - 782 weanlings, yearlings, horses of racing age, broodmares, and stallions.