On the other hand, purchasing a moderately inexpensive yearling, untrained and unraced, can sometimes lead to future triumphs. Revolutionary, finishing third in this year's Derby, was bought for only $80,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale.

Even though price doesn't always predict winnings, proper nutrition is important in supporting the demands of training and racing for all equines.

Of the first four horses to cross the 2013 Kentucky Derby finish line, three--Orb, Revolutionary, and Normandy Invasion--were fueled by feeds manufactured by Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research.

General Election, a son of Harlan's Holiday, claimed his initial victory at Churchill Downs last fall, defeating Northern Lion. The John Battaglia Memorial Stakes was his first win on a synthetic surface, an event that raises the horse's chances on the Kentucky Derby trail.

Gorder also uses Synovate HA on his stable of racehorses. Synovate HA is a liquid sodium hyaluronate supplement available through KERx.

Trained by Graham Motion, Animal Kingdom was the first horse to win the Derby as a first race on a natural dirt surface. He will be the first Derby winner to begin his stud career in Australia, and also the first Derby winner in more than a decade to race as a five-year-old. Plans include entry in the Grade I Turf Handicap at Gulfstream Park in February as a prep for the $10 million Dubai World Cup in March. A start at Royal Ascot in England in June is also a possibility.

Animal Kingdom was raised at Denali Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, on products manufactured by Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research. The horse was trained and raced on Hallway's Prep 14, a product specially formulated to support the efforts of hard-working competition horses.

In his racing career, Animal Kingdom has been a graded stakes winner on natural and synthetic surfaces and has finished either first or second in eight of his nine starts to date. He has earned well over $2 million at the track.

Really Mr Greely's earnings rose to $85,620 with the win. Baffert-trained horses have won the Hollywood Prevue Stakes five times before, including last year's race when So Brilliant claimed the victory.

Horses in Baffert's training stable are prepared and raced on products manufactured by Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research.

In the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Mizdirection came from far back to win the $1,000,000 race. Mizdirection is trained by Mike Puype.

Royal Delta took the lead early and fought off stretch challenges to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic for the second year in a row. The four-year-old filly is trained by Bill Mott. 

Zagora and Marketing Mix finished one-two in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Trained by Chad Brown, Zagora started at odds of 9-1 and claimed the win by three-quarters of a length. Tom Proctor trained Marketing Mix for the $2,000,000 race. 

These successful trainers chose products from Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research, to fuel the winning efforts of their Breeders' Cup horses.

All of the horses in Baffert's stable are fed products manufactured by Hallway Feeds, a Kentucky Equine Research Team Member.

In a strong market, the 95 yearlings offered brought an average price of $87,295. This was a significant increase of 9.3 percent from the 2011 opening session when the average was $79,856 for 111 horses. The median price at this year's sale was $72,000, a 10.8 percent increase over last year's $65,000 median.

Hunterton Farms is a client of Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research.

Royal Delta has already earned a bid to the Breeders Cup Ladies' Classic in November. She is trained by Bill Mott, who chooses products manufactured by Hallway Feeds to provide the filly with the energy needed to train and race. Hallway Feeds is a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research. 

Also racing to a win at Belmont was Point of Entry who claimed his fifth victory in a row in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (Grade I). The horse, a son of Dynaformer and grandson of Seeking The Gold, also boasts Mr. Prospector, Nijinsky, and Native Dancer in his pedigree. Trained by Shug McGaughey, Point of Entry is also fueled by feed products manufactured by Hallway Feeds.

During his race career, The Factor trained and competed under the guidance of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Like the rest of Baffert's charges, The Factor was fueled by products from Hallway Feeds, a Kentucky Equine Research Team Member.

The Factor had five graded stakes wins and earned $922,180 at the racetrack. He set a record for six furlongs at Santa Anita Park, won the San Vicente Stakes at Oaklawn Park, and finished first against older horses in the Pat O'Brien Stakes at Del Mar. 

The seven-furlong race was the colt's second win in two starts. Rolling Fog's finish earned him an automatic place in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile contest on November 3. The victory gave jockey Rafael Bejarano 13 stakes wins for the meet, setting a new Del Mar record.

To support the efforts of all the racehorses in his training barn, Baffert chooses feeds produced by Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research.

Contested had a big win in the Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga; Capital Account finished first in the Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar; and Game On Dude claimed second place in the TVG Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) at the same track. Baffert, who is currently ranked second in North America on the basis of the year's earnings, was named Thoroughbred Times "Trainer of the Week" for his string of recent successes.

Baffert trusts feeds manufactured by Hallway Feeds to fuel many of his equine charges as they train and race. Hallway Feeds is a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research.

In a repeat of claiming the same two places in the same race last year, Baffert picked up the 2012 win with Game On Dude while Richard's Kid took second place. Carrying high weight at 124 pounds, Game On Dude added the victory to an impressive record, having won the San Antonio Stakes and the Californian Stakes earlier in the year. The horse placed second last year in the Breeders' Cup Classic, a race for which he has already qualified for 2012.

Game On Dude is fueled by products manufactured by Hallway Feeds, a Team Member of Kentucky Equine Research.