by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: January 12, 2009 Last Updated: January 13, 2009 Azeri final bid of $4.4 million failed to meet her reserve. Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Azeri failed to find a new home during the opening session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 12 in Lexington. Michael Paulson, saying she was “like part of the family," bought back the 2002 Horse of the Year

by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: January 12, 2009 Last Updated: January 12, 2009 Island Fashion enters the sale ring at Keeneland Jan. 12. Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Grade I winner Island Fashion, who is in foal to 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, sold for $950,000 around noon during the Jan. 12 opening session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages auction in Lexington. Naohiro Hosod

Date Posted: December 3, 2008 Last Updated: December 3, 2008 Azeri, in foal to 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, highlights Keeneland's January Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held Jan. 12-17. Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Azeri, 2002 Horse of the Year and three-time champion older mare, in foal to 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, highlights Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale, to be h

by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: November 2, 2008 Last Updated: November 3, 2008 Better Than Honour sold for $14 million at Fasig-Tipton. Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt 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 (gr. I) winners Jazil and champion Rags to Riches, set

by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: November 2, 2008 Last Updated: November 2, 2008 Stardom Bound brings $5.7 million in the Fasig-Tipton sales ring Nov. 2. Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt Stardom Bound, winner of the Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) and the probable champion 2-year-old filly, brought $5.7 million from IEAH Stables, which is headed by Michael Iavarone and Richard

by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: September 7, 2008 Last Updated: September 8, 2008 When the Keeneland September yearling sale opens in Lexington, things are going to get very interesting very quickly. Remember Playful Act (by Sadler’s Wells), who brought a world record price for a broodmare of $10.5 million last November? Her first foal, a daughter of Giant’s Causeway, is Hip No. 12 during au

by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: September 7, 2008 Last Updated: September 8, 2008 For fans of Big Brown, the second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington is the one you’ll probably enjoy the most. Scheduled sell then is a half-sister to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and Preakness (gr. I) winner. She’s Hip No. 484, and she’s one of the horses that

by Michele MacDonald Date Posted: July 16, 2008 Last Updated: July 17, 2008 Hip 423 was the July 16 session's highest price at the JHRA Select sale. Photo: Michele MacDonald Even as Deep Impact continued to set a lively pace with many of his foals selling strongly during the final session of the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale on July 16, a hard reality emerged from beneath the f

by Michele MacDonald Date Posted: July 14, 2008 Last Updated: July 15, 2008 Even before the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale hummed into action on July 14 with the sing-song chant of the auctioneer, a new era in the Japanese bloodstock market had officially begun. For the first time in history, foreign-based buyers representing four other countries registered with the association