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Readers Report Trends in This Year’s Hay Market

More than 1,900 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Have you purchased hay for the coming winter?”


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Motions Aims to Halt Curlin Sale

Although Keeneland has announced it has been retained to market the 20% minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, a pending motion in a Kentucky court is asking for the current sale process to be halted.

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Autumn is ‘Fly Season’

Autumn is no time for an outdoor picnic, says entomologist Lynn Kimsey, chair of the University of California, Davis Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s fly season.

The common house fly (Musca

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Equine Biosecurity Risk Calculator Coming Soon

A new equine biosecurity risk calculator will be unveiled by Equine Guelph, in partnership with V?toquinol Canada, at this year’s Ontario Equestrian Federation Conference, Nov. 28-30.

The equine biosecurity risk calculator allows horse

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Sport Horse Enthusiasts Eye Thoroughbred Market


Tennessee equestrian and horse breeder Lisa Cook wanted a Thoroughbred mare to breed to her Thoroughbred stallion, but perceived high prices always prevented her from buying one at high profile auctions such as Kentucky’s Keeneland sale. Bu

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Keeneland Yearling Buyers Utilize Steroid Tests

During the first two sessions of the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale the Central Kentucky auction company reported 20 requests for testing for exogenous anabolic steroids.

There were six requests during the opening session Sept. 8 an

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Owner Turns Down $7.7 Million Bid on Yearling

Owner Michael Paulson said he bought back Azeri’s first yearling in the hopes of retaining a portion of the A.P. Indy colt to race. Paulson bought back the yearling for $7.7 million during the opening session of the Keeneland September yearling sal

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Additional Steroid Testing for Sale Horses at Keeneland

Keeneland officials plan to expand their testing program for exogenous anabolic steroids in sale horses to include the April select juvenile auction. That decision came after Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed emergency regulations Sept. 5 that

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Santa Anita Track Open after Surface Overhaul

Horses are back in training, with several galloping, on Santa Anita’s newly reconstituted racing surface Aug. 31. Most of the Southern California horses have not yet returned from Del Mar, so few horses are currently housed at Santa Anita.

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