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WinStar Farm’s Elliott Walden was an underbidder on one weanling, but he was determined not to miss out a few hips later when a colt by the farm’s young stallion Pioneerof the Nile went through the ring. Walden signed the ticket at $290,000 for hip 1069, a bay consigned by Shawhan Place as agent for Glendalough,...
Dean and Patti Reeves, who campaigned Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), are looking for mares to support the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, who will be standing his first season at stud next year at Adena Springs. The couple, through agent Eoin Ryan, found what they were looking for Friday at Keeneland, going to $350,000...
Willis Horton’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies upsetter Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) is under consideration for a start in Churchill Downs’ GII Golden Rod S. Nov. 29, according to her conditioner D. Wayne Lukas. “She came out of the Breeders’ Cup great,” Lukas said. “She’s back here training and I’ll say she’s possible for the Golden...
Veterinarians Dr. Bill Rood and Dr. Tom Riddle have been chosen as the recipients of the John W. Galbreath Award, the University of Louisville Equine Industry Program announced yesterday. The Galbreath Award is given annually to someone who has created and led successful equine business enterprises. “We recognize people, and their organizations, who have impacted...
The New York Racing Association has reached an agreement with the Jockey’s Guild to extend formal health care coverage to New York Thoroughbred jockeys, NYRA announced yesterday. The program has been approved by the New York State Gaming Commission and will begin later this month. As recommended by the New York Task Force on Jockey...
Fasig-Tipton wrapped up its two-day Saratoga Fall Sale yesterday with overall declines in average and median compared to last year’s one-day sale. Tuesday’s session, which featured weanlings and yearlings, saw 124 head sell for a gross of $2,303,600, good for an average of $18,577 and median of $14,500. The RNA rate was 48.3%. Monday’s focus...
by Sue Finley Hugues Moutouh, director general of Guy Dauphin Environment (GDE) told the news outlet ouest-france.fr that the company will not wait for the current round of environmental testing to be completed before resuming dumping activities in their landfill in the heart of Thoroughbred horse country in Normandy, France. “We will not yield to...
A decline of 23% in gross and 11% in average from the corresponding opening day of Tattersalls’ October Book 1 yearling sale yesterday shouldn’t be taken at face value as signaling some sort of dip in the market. Last year’s first day was particularly strong, and the universal consensus among theatre-goers this week is that...
Two guys with credibility and strong opinions, Jerry Brown and Barry Irwin, have discussed whether Thoroughbred racing should be more about sport or the business of gambling. At issue is race day Lasix. There was a time when legal gambling on Thoroughbred racing was more important than the sports revenue from media rights and sponsorship. ...
Conquest Stables’ 2013 GI Alcibiades S. heroine My Conquestadory (Artie Schiller–Golden Artemis, by Malibu Moon) has been retired from racing and will begin her new career as a broodmare, trainer Mark Casse announced yesterday. The 3-year-old was preparing for a start in Keeneland’s GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Saturday prior to this announcement. “I felt like...
by Aisling Crowe Tony O’Callaghan prefers to let his horses speak for him rather than talk up their achievements and two of the stallions he stands at Tally-Ho Stud are eloquent advocates for his talent and skills. The farm on the shores of Lough Ennell in Co. Westmeath is home to a couple of the...
A colt by superstar sire Fastnet Rock (Aus) out of the former North American runner Dakota Sue (Pollard’s Vision) fetched a final bid of A$360,000 (US$317,441) to set a new record price for the Inglis ‘The Star’ Ready-2-Race Sale at the company’s Newmarket complex Tuesday and will race in Hong Kong for a client of...