While we were very sad to see the Thoroughbred Times online auction, it appears there is some good news. The Keeneland Library secured the Thoroughbred Times library for $8,900, a collection of hard copy photos and digital photos for $20,500, and some historical clipping files for $4,700.  The approximately 10,000 volumes and 57 file cabinets comprising books, journals, clip files and photographs are among the contents acquired, which once inventoried and cataloged will be publicly available at the Keeneland Library in Lexington, Kentucky.

“The Thoroughbred Times library is an extremely well-crafted collection,” Keeneland Library Director Becky Ryder said. “Much of it will fill gaps in Keeneland’s collection, and some of it will be used in future digitization projects. The photographs and photographic negatives are unique, priceless resources that will greatly enhance the work of researchers.”

The collection that the Keeneland Library purchased includes books and journals, some dating from the 18th century, and complete runs of several industry publications, as well as stallion registries and stud books from Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America and the United States.

Keeneland also acquired approximately 220,000 photographic prints and 250,000 digital images from the 1940s to the present.

The assets of bankrupt Thoroughbred Times were sold by online auction which ended on February 1st, with items including the publication’s trademarks selling for a total of $165,000.  Coincidently, former publisher BowTie, Inc. sold the remainder of its titles to I-5 Publishing LLC on the same day.  The remainder of its titles included Dog Fancy, Cat Fancy, Horse Illustrated, Reptiles, Chickens, and Aquarium USA .magazines.

Other items included Lot # 31 which was the email subscriber  thumb drive list that brought $23,000.

David Bradshaw of Utah was the winning bidder on Lot #2 which included the publication’s numerous trademarks and copyrights, as well as the domain name www.thoroughbredtimes.com for $93,000.  No word on what he plans to do.

The Thoroughbred Times was published from 1985 until September 2012, when it ceased publication without warning under Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Creditors in the Chapter 7 case include former employees, The Jockey Club, many Turf writers and photographers, and other horse racing entities.

To read more about the sale – see our blog at https://kentuckyderbytours.com/blog/2013/01/13/thoroughbred-times-auction-postponed-it-isnt-so-yet/