T-1 (aka T minus 1)

Murphy's Law reared its ugly head at about 4:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday when a T1 line between Thoroughbred Times's office in Lexington and our home office in Irvine, Califonia, went down, severing our ties with those who receive information from us by way of the Internet.

Safe in my weekend cocoon yesterday afternoon, I was blissfully unaware that anything was amiss at the office. It wasn't until this morning, when checking the headlines on ThoroughbredTimes.com that it struck me as odd that our lead stories all reported on weekend stakes races with nary a word on the Keeneland September yearling sale.

I know how hard the Thoroughbred Times team works each sale--both on the grounds and in the office--to bring our readers up-to-date information and analysis, so it's frustrating not to be able to share that information with you.

Still, we're not completely back in the dark ages. We'll be communicating with people via Twitter as well as our blogs: The one you're reading now and Pete Denk's sales blog.

Enjoy the sale!