Keeneland is unique in that we are both a Thoroughbred racetrack and an auction company. Founded as a model racetrack, we seek to continually improve Thoroughbred racing while at the same time preserve its finest traditions. That philosophy has guided us for more than 70 years. Today, we strive to fulfill our mission in a number of ways. International horsemen gather annually for our spring and fall race meetings, which offer world-class racing in one of sports' most beautiful

Thoroughbred Times Company, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is a leading publisher of information on Thoroughbred racing and breeding. Thoroughbred Times is an independent company, free of any industry ties or ownership connections, and its independent voice has been a hallmark of its objective news reporting and coverage over the decades. Thoroughbred Times Company publishes a number of leading titles, annuals, and books for professionals and enthusiasts in racing: * THOROUGHBRED

Born in Chicago on Nov. 17, 1894 when it first appeared as a four-page broadsheet. Over the last 113 years, DRF has been the country's only daily national newspaper dedicated to the coverage of a single major sport. DRF is the most complex newspaper in North America, publishing up to 2,000 unique pages of statistical and editorial copy every day, in as many as 25 daily editions, 364 days a year (with the exception of Christmas Day). DRF is owned by Arlington Capital Partners (www.arlingtoncap.co

Originally founded in the mid-eighties, the Thoroughbred Daily News was acquired in its entirety by MediaVista, Inc. in 1993. A three-to-five page daily fax with 120 subscribers at that time, the TDN quickly grew from an industry upstart to everyone's favorite daily read, now received by thousands of daily subscribers. The TDN is published in Red Bank, New Jersey in the Jersey Shore region by the busy staff of 15 listed below. TDN Magazine - In 1970, the year Secretariat was born, the average nu

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- Sayonara Empire Maker. He has been a productive sire and stood for $50,000 this year. In four crops, he has produced three millionaires and one stallion. The JBBA must have a paid a a lot of yen for him. I wish him a stud career more like Sunday Silence than Ferdinand. - Quality Road retired to Lane's End and will stand for $35,000. I'm not sure how I feel about that fee. It seems a bit high to me. Looking down the Lane's End roster makes excited for the English Channel juvies to run next y

Brock Sheridan's thoughts and comments on horse racing news, events and topics. equss currus in aeternum Uncle Mo And His Derby Trail Momentum More than a week after what many consider the best Breeders’ Cup in the 27-year history of the event, it’s final criteria for judgment is still more than five months away. The final question to be asked: Will Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Uncle Mo, go on to victory in the Kentucky Derby? In the previous 26 editions for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, only one wi

It’s hard to believe that the 2010 Breeders’ Cup is already a historical memory. With so much anticipation and build-up, I’m surprised each year as the races rattle off and the weekend winds down just how quickly the whole affair can happen. This year, like all others before, was filled with memories; some of them favorable, some of them far more disconcerting. On the plus side, attendance and betting handle were up from 2009. On the downside the races didn’t quite end in the story-book fas

The talented four-year-old colt survives a furious, but futile stretch rally from ZENYATTA to win the 27th Breeders’ Cup Classic; was BLAME compelling enough in 2010 to beat back sentiment for Horse of the Year? The ESPN Radio headline I heard last Saturday night was, “ZENYATTA lost the Breeders’ Cup Classic.” The headline at espn.com on November 7 read "Zenyatta loses by a head." These statements were as much an injustice to Team BLAME, as it was meant to honor the efforts of Team ZENYATTA.

Only the AEs were out, leaving a full field of 12. The track was fast. Tyrus (First Samurai - Beauty's Due by Devil His Due) took the early money, but Gonna Tell Mama (Bernstein - Champagne Royal by Jeblar) was favored at post time. Both finished 2nd in their only previous starts. Houston Harbor (Rockport Harbor - Southern Tour by Tour d'Or) was 11-1, but he looked good, and announcer Mark Johnson made him one of his picks. Street Swagger (Street Cry (IRE) - Etiole by Atticus) caught my eye, and