Bright Future for Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale
Keeneland’s popular January Horses of All Ages Sale is just around the corner, where horse lovers can find their pick of the best broodmares, yearlings, racing-age horses and stallions. If the results from Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale and November Breeding Stock Sale indicate anything, it’s that there’s currently a strong market for quality Thoroughbreds. According […]
What’s Behind the Decline in Horse Racing’s Popularity?
In 1985, four percent of Americans named horse racing as their favorite sport; in rank it was in 8th place overall that year. Fast forward over 30 years. A Harris poll in January of 2016 found that only one percent of Americans claimed horse racing as their sport of choice. It ranked just behind swimming […]
A Sampling of Equine Industry Trends
The U.S. equine industry is always changing—sometimes for better, and sometimes for worse. We here in central Kentucky enjoy a front row seat to see many of these trends up close. Below we detail just a few of these trends currently affecting our close-to-home industry. Horse ownership may be leveling out It’s no big secret […]