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On this week’s 2-Year-Old Spotlight presented by Stonestreet Bred & Raised, Andrew Champagne looks at an oversubscribed field in Thursday’s Race 5 at Churchill Downs.

No Nay Never (Coolmore) has had 40 horses cataloged to #KeeSept since 2020, the most in that span for a stallion that's never stood in North America. Why is he the one to find a foothold in a market that can be hostile toward international pedigrees? paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

Hip 1069, a Munnungs colt from the Stone Farm consignment, will be in the ring soon at #KeeSept. Learn more about the colt and his timely catalog update in this Auction Focus: paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc… Want me to do a writeup like this for your sale horse? Get in touch!

This is how change gets made in the horse auction and aftercare spheres. Kudos to Claiborne Farm for recognizing a problem and being a leader in solving it.

The road to a successful sale at Keeneland Sales September isn't always rooted in breeding bluebloods to bluebloods. For Dr. Jerry Bilinski of Waldorf Farm NY , a $400,000 Game Winner yearling started with a $75,000 broodmare purchase. paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

Growing one's market share in the loftiest parts of the Keeneland Sales September catalog often comes with a story explaining it, and for the late More Than Ready (WinStar Farm), it was about bidding now or forever holding one's peace. paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

Kentucky Derby Runner Wicked Strong Pensioned To Racing Owner's (Centennial Farms) Farm In Massachusetts - Paulick Report | Shining Light on the Horse Industry buff.ly/3AZqI70

There are a lot of big-time stallions that didn't get one seven-figure horse from their first crop at the Keeneland Sales September Sale, but Darley in America's Maxfield got a pair of them en route to leading all rookie sires by average price in Books 1 & 2 paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

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Check out Hip 2148, a first-crop Modernist filly, selling Monday at Keeneland September from Johnson Cross Bloodstock. As always, the Auction Focus analysis is available for any horse, any sale. Contact me to show off your Week 2 horses. paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

Sunday's consignment from Straight Line Equine Sales features Hip 1719, a colt by Good Magic who goes through the ring with an update hot off the presses, in Open Mind Stakes winner Zeitlos Want me to do an Auction Focus deep dive on your sale horse? Get in touch! paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

That "one more time" start? Finishing 6th of 7 in a Hawthorne maiden special weight at odds of 165-1 Featured Power hit the board just once in 18 career starts over three seasons of racing We have to do better. More specifically, owners Ritzel & Saathoff have to do better

I'm always interested to ask non-native English speakers what language they think in. I know my internal monologue never turned off the "English" setting during college Spanish classes. Frankie Dettori, as always, didn't disappoint with his answer.

China has long been considered one of the world's biggest growth-potential markets for Thoroughbred racing, and we're starting to see that manifest at the Keeneland Sales September sale. Thanks to ChinaHorseRacing for setting this up and translating. paulickreport.com/news/bloodstoc…

Horse racing in mainland China has a centuries-old history, but its status on the modern global stage is still that of a fledgling jurisdiction. We're examining Chinese investment in American bloodstock, and global investment in the Chinese racing program. buff.ly/3zy1Naf

We’ve reached the point of Keeneland September where the CyberTrucks are replaced in the parking lot by trucks with teeth marks on their hoods from horses. I am among my people.

Book 6 of the @KeenelandSales September Sale starts tomorrow, and opportunities are around every corner in the auction's final sessions. Get caught up on some of the September sale's most notable late-sale grads with our Book 6 Stars series. buff.ly/3XxzXmL