As you may recall, the APEX (Annual Progeny Earnings Index) figures we publish cover a rolling seven-year period ending with the year just finished (in this case, 2007-2013). Today we look at what sires accomplished just in 2013, so we have leading North American and European sires of 2013 A Runners and 2013 ABC Runners, [...]

I know all this data isn=t the easiest to sort out, in fact, I even forgot and said in my column yesterday there are 13 APEX indexes, when actually there are 17: A, B, and C Runners for three regions (North America, 'Europe' [GB/ Ireland, France, Germany], and Japan) plus for all three regions combined [...]

Of the 937 sires which were assigned APEX ratings at the end of 2013 (meaning they had 10 or more 3-year-olds in 2013), there are 501 sires which stand or stood in North America or 'Europe' (England, Ireland, France, or Germany) and which had 200 or more year-starters (denoted 'runners', though in this case a [...]

Three sires with 200+ year-starters recorded APEX (Annual Progeny Earnings IndeX) A Runner Index (ARI) figures of 4.00 or higher for the seven-year period 2007-2013, according to data provided to us through the end of 2013 by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). Japan's Deep Impact (4.59) is the overall leader for the second straight [...]

Three sires with 200+ year-starters recorded APEX (Annual Progeny Earnings IndeX) A Runner Index (ARI) figures of 4.00 or higher for the seven-year period 2007-2013, according to data provided to us through the end of 2013 by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). [...]

Most of the big Kentucky stallion farms will be represented among the 25 North American sires with first foals 2013 (F2013) whose first yearlings will be appearing at either Fasig-Tipton July on the 14th, and/or at Saratoga's select sale next month, but two farms–Ashford, whose two debutants, Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) (167) and Cape Blanco (Galileo) (170) top all [...]

It really was true, as a lot of people have commented, that the results on Dubai World Cup night had a very international tint to them, with the notable exception of U.S. participation. Japan had a massive turf double in the nine-furlong $5-million G1 Duty Free, won by Just A Way (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), [...]

Though there are two more days of Tattersalls' December Sale today and tomorrow, and Arqana's four-day December sale is on deck next week, the trends for the 2013 Thoroughbred auction market have been pretty firmly established. From the Keeneland September Sale (gross up 28%) through last week's Tattersalls' December Foal Sale (gross up 30%–see the [...]

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Though there are two more days of Tattersalls' December Sale today and tomorrow, and Arqana's four-day December sale is on deck next week, the trends for the 2013 Thoroughbred auction market have been pretty firmly established. From the Keeneland September Sale (gross up 28%) through last week's Tattersalls' December Foal Sale (gross up 30%–see the [...]

In 2012, according to The Jockey Club's 'On-Line Fact Book,' around 15,000 of the 34,000 mares bred in the U.S. were bred in Kentucky. That's 44% of the mares covered–four out of nine, and not far off half– and, as the market shrunk and the number of mares bred and foal crops contracted in spite [...]