Tom Ryan

Nolan (9) and Callan (7) are starting a business to get kids their age involved in the game.

🐎FRONT ROW KIDS🐎

Callan has been outbid a few times today but hopes to buy a nice pregnant mare at this sale. If not, we'll wait to find better value at the next sale.

This for-profit venture has no guarantees and aims to educate and inspire kids along the way.

Risks apply; understand them before investing.

Text me if interested in joining the club: 859-619-1976

One more: Tokyo Daishoten, Dec. 29th. Win or lose, he’s one of the all-time greats. Bravo @yahagistable

Forever Young’s mother sold for $8,000. That filly, Forever Darling by Congrats, won the Santa Ynez, went to Japan, and was bred to a grandson of Sunday Silence. This is also the family of Zenno Rob Roy and Sierra Leone. Secretariat is on both sides. American blood. Japanese horsemanship.

17 starts, on the board 16 times. $32.5 million earned. Only Romantic Warrior has earned more, mostly at home in Hong Kong. Forever Young earned almost all of his on the road.

He traveled about 80,000 miles: Japan, Riyadh, Dubai, Louisville, Del Mar, New York, Keeneland—three times around the planet. 170 horses beaten. 13,000 gallons of water drunk. 13 tons of hay and grain eaten. 150 new shoes worn.

Two Saudi Cups. A Breeders’ Cup Classic. Horse of the Year in Japan.

The next generation knows him. Over three years his name has likely hit young fans’ feeds hundreds of millions of times. You can’t buy that exposure for our business.

Yoshito Yahagi has sent out more than 10,000 starters. I don’t think he’s ever had a better one. Mr. Fujita, Ryusei Sakai, the grooms and travel crew kept him on and off planes for three years, and he ran his race nearly every time. That’s management.

He’s a credit to our sport. First-ballot Hall of Fame. A resounding yes.

Photo: Barbara D. Livingston

Great to see NOT THIS TIME (Giant’s Causeway) This morning with Gavin and Henry @NewgateFarm

He’s one of the most remarkable success stories in the modern era.

Versatility is his superpower.

📍 2020: US$ 12,500
📍 2021: US$ 40,000
📍 2022: US$ 45,000
📍 2023: US$ 135,000
📍 2024: US$ 150,000
📍 2025: US$ 175,000
📍 2026: US$ 250,000
🔥 2027: US$ 300,000

Free markets allocate mares to whoever values them most. The tens of millions of dollars international buyers spend in America stay in the American economy and support the same yearling market everyone relies on. American bloodstock carrying a global premium is exactly what we should be proud of.

This is brilliant.

We need to explore how to create a window after the post-position draw for the Breeders' Cup, Kentucky Derby, Classics, etc., to allow punters to take on the bookmakers. This is great for TV. It's excellent action for the industry. I’d love to see it as part of some of our big days. I think it could create an explosive atmosphere. JP McManus backs Hopewell Rock to win $10 million across the four bookies at the Call of the Card! @MelbRacingClub 🔥🔥🔥