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by Jessica Martini John Moores and Charles Noell’s Merriebelle Stables, which, in just two years of operation, has already been represented in the sale’s ring by the record-setting broodmare Immortal Verse (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), will be looking to add to its auction success when it makes its first foray into Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale...
Finding a racehorse that makes money is a challenge. By our calculations, only 8% of all the runners in North America in 2013 earned $53,500 or more ($53,492, to be precise). Recent studies show that it takes about $50,000, if not more, to have a horse in training at the major tracks for a year....
Alex Lieblong has enjoyed the early first-crop success of Super Saver more than most. The Arkansas native owns GII Saratoga Special S. winner I Spent It (Super Saver), as well as Saratoga maiden winner High Dollar Woman (Super Saver). Lieblong went back to the Super Saver well Saturday at Keeneland, spending $575,000 for a daughter...
After two books, six days and 1,396 horses through the ring, numbers at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale remains largely unchanged from a year ago. When selling wrapped up last night in Lexington around 8:15, the sale company reported 1,017 horses sold for $206,217,500. The resulting average of $202,770 is up 4.3% from 2013. The...
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will hold 14 stakes races worth $2.25 million during its inaugural 15-day November meet, which begins Friday, Nov. 7 and ends Sunday, Nov. 30. These racing dates were formerly occupied by the now shuttered Hollywood Park. Del Mar will race Friday through Sunday during opening weekend, and Thursday through Sunday thereafter....
A $110,000 colt from the first crop of GI Arkansas Derby hero and Spendthirft Farm resident Archarcharch (Arch) topped the penultimate day of selling at Keeneland September Saturday, which saw decreases in average and median compared to last year’s corresponding session. A total of 199 yearlings sold during day 12 for a gross of $2,625,700...
Dan Excel (Ire) (Shamardal) is suffering from a virus which will cause the 6-year-old to miss his intended first-up run in Sunday’s G1 Sir Rupert Clarke S. at Caulfield in Sydney and casting some doubt on his participation in his major goal, the G1 Cox Plate Oct. 25, Racing and Sports reports. The bay gelding has...
While the 3-year-olds figure to have their say in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Saturday afternoon, one of their peers, champion Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) will be a heavy favorite against seven more-experienced rivals in the GI Awesome Again S., the final California prep for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. Anything close to the 115...
TATTS IRELAND PART II DEEMED A SUCCESS Tattersalls Ireland this year re-introduced Part II–the third day–of its September Yearling Sale for the first time since 2008, and although cumulative figures dropped alongside prices yesterday, the company’s Managing Director Roger Casey deemed the session a success, pointing to the boost Part II provided Part I of...
Once contested as a Grade II at nine furlongs during the spring meeting, the GIII Jefferson Cup was moved to this ‘homecoming’ meet, is now staged at a mile and presents one of the final chances for 3-year-olds to take on their peers at the graded-stakes level on the grass. Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart (English Channel)...
Angela Renee, a debut winner at Belmont in June, was second behind Cavorting (Bernardini) in the Aug. 10 GII Adirondack S. and shipped west off a well-beaten third-place effort behind Condo Commando (Tiz Wonderful) over a sloppy Saratoga track in the Aug. 31 GI Spinaway S. Trying two turns for the first time, the bay...
by Lucas Marquardt The Thoroughbred Club of America’s annual Honor Guest Testimonial dinner has often provided a platform for those looking to make strong statements, and Sunday night’s 83rd renewal was no exception. Held at the Keeneland Entertainment Center, the dinner honored three longtime and respected veterinarians: Dr. Larry Bramlage, Dr. Edward Hagyard Fallon, and...