Mark Taylor

Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy) (hip 385), winner of the GI Del Mar Oaks, has been supplemented to Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale on Monday, Feb. 9. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, she is offered as a broodmare prospect. A five-year-old daughter of Twirling Candy, Iscreamuscream won her first four career starts at two and three for the ownership partnership of Little Red Feather Racing, Agave Racing Stable, John Hundley Jr., Marsha Naify, and John and Stacey Snyder. Her most important victory came in the GI Del Mar Oaks, where she...

Tom Hamm, who previously served in a leadership role as the Taylor Made Sales Agency's farm manager, will be returning to Taylor Made. His new role will be as a Thoroughbred Advisor, with an emphasis on the growing Digital Sales marketplace. "Tom has remained close with our team since his successful tenure as our Farm Manager several years ago," said Mark Taylor, President and CEO of Taylor Made. "We believe the time is right to bring in a new Team Member to add more focus on Digital Sales. Our approach...

Taylor Made Stallions's Travis White will succeed as president longtime leader Ben Taylor, who is retiring from day-to-day operations and will assume the role of chairman of the board, the farm said in a Friday morning press release. White began at Taylor Made in 2007 and has worked alongside Taylor in the stallion department for 18 years. The Louisville-native graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in sports management, and began his career in the industry at Buck Pond Farm before moving into the role of stallion nominations...

Keeneland will offer the dam of top-ranked 3-year-old filly Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), Tiffany Case (Uncle Mo)--who is in foal to red-hot sire Not This Time--during the 2026 January Horses of All Ages sale on Monday, Jan. 12, the auction company said via a Friday release. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, is consigning the 12-year-old, a winning stakes-placed mare whose two foals to race are both stakes winners. "Tiffany Case transcends mere investment value--she's young, proven and in foal to arguably the top stallion in the country," said Jonathan Green, general...

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which set its record gross with a full six sessions to go, concluded its 12-day run Saturday in Lexington with new highwater marks for, not just gross, but also average, median and total number of million-dollar-plus offerings. "What an incredible September sale," Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. "We definitely had reasons to be optimistic going in, but the strength of the results day after day exceeded even our highest expectations. From start to finish, the energy on the grounds never waned. Buyers from...

Taylor Made Sales Agency will offer a share in sire Not This Time at the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held in the Del Mar Paddock on Wednesday, Oct. 29, two days before the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Keeneland said in a press release on Thursday morning. The share will include all income from Not This Time's 2025 breeding season, providing immediate returns, and is offered by Aaron and Marie Jones LLC, an operation that has bred and raised top-class horses for decades. Not This Time...

LEXINGTON, KY - Domestic and international shoppers galore were steadily making their way through the sales barns on a blissful Sunday morning in the Bluegrass--the quiet before the storm--a day before bidding opens for the 12-day Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington. Following a competitive 2-year-old sales season this spring, the yearling auctions opened with strong demand across town in July and continued in upstate New York last month, leaving consignors optimistic of a strong market a day before the industry's bellwether yearling auction begins. "I think everybody on the...

Much has been written about our friend and team member, Stuart Angus. Knowing that many readers never met Stuart, I thought I would share a short list of facts that may help you get to know him and benefit from his life lessons. 1) Stuart taught me not to judge people too quickly. My initial perception of Stuart 25 years ago was one thing, while the real Stuart was another completely. He was tough but he had a vulnerable side and a heart of gold. 2) We should all strive...

During this year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Len and Jon Green's D.J. Stable will offer a curated reduction of its bloodstock portfolio consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the auction house said in a press release on Thursday. While their reduction represents a meaningful milestone, the Greens remain as committed as ever to the sport. D.J. Stable will continue to be active in racing and at future sales, with plans to invest in new opportunities and further grow their presence in the sport. "This is a one-time offering--strategic and...

Horse racing is notoriously slow to embrace change. Take yearling inspection, for example. Walk up to the consignment, get a paper card and a pen and fill out the horses you want to see, and get in line to wait your turn. That's how it has always happened. But if the Taylor Made Sales Agency has anything to say about it, pretty soon, everyone will arrive with their pre-made selections, hold their QR code up to a scanner, and get ready to see their horses, courtesy of their new OpenRing...

LEXINGTON, KY - The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale kicks off, not just the yearling sales season, but also a bidding-packed day of action at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington Tuesday. The auction, with 261 head catalogued, begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed immediately by the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, with 70 catalogued ready-to-race offerings. Buyers were out in force at the sales barns on a steamy day in the Bluegrass Monday, with temperatures inching over the 90- degree mark. "We have been slammed all...

Later this week, breeding sheds across the Lexington region will open their doors to mares, but in the lead-up to the start of the 2025 mating season, there is an underlying feeling of unease in the Bluegrass. Several farms have already--and quite publicly--announced discounts off their initially posted stud fees, while others are either fighting hard to attract mares, or shopping private deals or fee reductions. The fear among many in town is that in 2025, the industry has reached some sort of tipping point--either due to the economy, a...