When most everything else in the world–including stocks and home values–seems to be losing value, 3-year-old racehorse Mushka went up in the value, proving the old adage that good horses will bring good money, even in tough economic times.
Away, the dam of the ill-fated Eight Belles, was purchased for $2.5 million during the opening session of the 2008 Keeneland November breeding stock sale Nov. 3 at the Central Kentucky auction house.
Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock adviser,
Even though we’re in the midst of a global financial crisis, a special horse can still bring a jaw-dropping amount.
Better Than Honour, the dam of back-to-back Belmont Stakes winners Jazil and Rags to Riches, set a world Thoroughbred auctio
Consignors are steeling themselves and their clients for a significant downturn in the market at Keeneland’s breeding stock sale, which starts Nov. 3 in Lexington and runs for 15 days. But they also are hoping that the drop in prices will bring
With the economy struggling and the buy-back/no bid rates at Thoroughbred auctions rising, the issue of unwanted horses is a growing concern. Antony Beck, president of Gainesway Farm in Lexington, decided to try to do something about it, by
Keeneland will open its 15-day November Thoroughbred Breeding Stock Sale–the largest of its kind in the world–on Monday, Nov. 3.
A record 5,709 horses have been cataloged for the sale, which runs through Monday, Nov. 17. Sessions begin
Eight weeks after seizing 85 allegedly malnourished Thoroughbred horses from a Troupsburg, N.Y., breeding farm, authorities with the Finger Lakes Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) are still trying to match the
Operators of the Double JJ Resort and Ranch in Rothbury, Mich., are hopeful that the resort’s 94 horses will find new homes when the company’s assets are liquidated at bankruptcy auction on Oct. 30. Owners ceased operations on Sept. 3 after
More than 1,900 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Have you purchased hay for the coming winter?”
