Popular Breeds Of Horse News for 10/07/2009

James Lawton: If only sport's two-legged competitors would take a lesson from Sea The Stars (Independent)
What is it about a horse, especially one like Sea The Stars? It is not just that he is the ultimately improbable miracle of creation, a running machine of such beauty and efficiency that the strongest of men have been known to weep not just for his glory but also the vulnerability of his extraordinary existence, one in which a random mishap might end everything...

Harlans Holiday colt tops Eastern fall yearling sale at $300,000 (Thoroughbred Times)
A Harlans Holiday colt sold for $300,000 and a Tapit filly sold for $182,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale on Tuesday in Timonium, Maryland...

Keeneland November sale catalogs 1,000 fewer than 2008 (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Keeneland announced Monday that its November Breeding Stock Sale will have 4,702 horses in the catalog, down from last year's record 5,709. The auction in Lexington, Ky. will be Nov. 10- Nov. 22...

Saddle Up for There's Something About Seahorses at Birch Aquarium (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor)
A Fish With a Head Like a Horse, a Tail Like a Monkey, a Pouch Like a Kangaroo By Jessica Crawford La Jolla, CA - There's Something About Seahorses at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of California, San Diego. Saddle up for a close encounter with the sea's most captivating creatures in There's Something About Seahorses, opening Nov. 14 at Birch Aquarium at ...

Sea dreams spark gold rush (Independent)
you hope they know what they are doing. But then it is easy to see why people might be prepared to overlook even the temporary nuisance of a global economic crash, with the timeless example of Sea The Stars so fresh in their minds...

Sheikh Mohammed keen on buying champ (Times Online)
There could be one final fling. The Breeders' Cup Classic in California is under consideration for Sea The Stars after his epic victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. Win or lose, however, the horse soon to take up stallion duties is one of the most valuable commodities on four legs...

Top dispersals highlight Keeneland November breeding stock sale (Thoroughbred Times)
Dispersals of two of North Americas leading breeders should spark added interest in this years Keeneland November breeding stock sale...

Author Jane Smiley draws on lifelong love of horses for new book aimed at young readers (The Kansas City Star)
Jane Smiley, best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize recipient, came up with what she thought was a winning idea for a childrens picture book. She wanted to call it EURœTwenty Yawns.EUR EURœThere would be so many pictures of yawning, the child would absolutely go to sleep,EUR Smiley said...

Nov. sale offerings down 18 percent (Lexington Herald-Leader)
In a sign of the Thoroughbred breeding market contraction, Keeneland will offer 4,702 horses in its..

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