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When all the cajoling, chirping, and yipping had died down Monday night at the end of Book 3, the needle hadn’t moved at all. Last year (8 sessions) 1,588 yearlings sold in Books 1-3 for a total of $245,951,500, an average of $154,881 per horse. This year (7 sessions) 1,504 yearlings sold in the first...
This year’s G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. winner Postponed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) will not run in the Oct. 4 G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The news was revealed by trainer Roger Varian, who will next week take over the training of the horse after his owner, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum,...
With a noticeably livelier session of bidding, Book 3 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale concluded Monday evening with strong results. A filly by Curlin topped the session and the book when selling for $975,000 to the bid of Vern Dickman of Dickman’s Legacy Ranch. Hip 2061 was consigned by Lane’s End on behalf of...
With 40 days remaining until the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Oct. 31, Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) returned to the worktab for the first time since being upset by Keen Ice (Curlin) in the GI Travers S. Aug. 29, breezing a half-mile in a leisurely :49.80 under the watchful eye...
The ripple effect, which has been defined as “a spreading, pervasive, and usually unintentional effect or influence,” is a force which sometimes comes into play in the Thoroughbred industry. It often manifests itself when a young stallion fails to maintain his popularity in his second, third or fourth seasons. Of course, no stallion owner intentionally...
The first Book 3 session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale got off to a measured start Sunday in Lexington, but action picked up throughout the day with a colt by Quality Road providing the biggest bang when selling for $710,000 to Mark Reid of Walnut Green. It was the highest price paid for a...
Keeneland has unveiled its game plan to facilitate the sales process ahead of its November Breeding Stock Sale while at the same time hosting the Breeders’ Cup Championships for the first time this fall. “We have tried to make it impediment-free, both for our buyers and our consignors and their staff, and for vendors,” explained...
Lucky Lindy graduated in his second start in a rained-off special weight at Woodbine in June and was second by a nose stretching out over the turf in an allowance July 5. He rallied to finish second in the 1 1/8-mile Toronto Cup July 26 and was a well-beaten third to Danish Dynaformer (Dynaformer) in...
by Jessica Martini and Brian DiDonato Trade at the marathon Keeneland September sale remained strong at the conclusion of Book 2 Saturday, with session-to-session, book and cumulative statistics all up from 2014. Top price of the day was the $485,000 paid by Steve Castagnola’s Kempton Bloodstock on behalf of the Albaugh Family Stable for a...
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin’s day started out at Belmont, where he saddled the $2.2-million 2014 co-Keeneland September sale-topper Mohaymen (Tapit–Justwhistledixie) to a determined debut victory at Belmont Park for Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Stable. His day ended in suburban Philadelphia at Parx Racing, where Frosted (Tapit), a homebred raced by Sheikh Hamdan’s brother Sheikh Mohammed, sat a...
This year’s 3-year-old filly division has been mostly a revolving door, with Lovely Maria (Majesticperfection) tossing her hat into the ring early in the season with scores in the GI Ashland S. and GI Kentucky Oaks back to back. Curalina (Curlin) announced herself as a possible title contender courtesy of her victories in the GI...
Dermot Cantillon and Meta Osborne know how to breed a good horse. The couple have raised and grazed three Group 1 winners at their Tinnakill House Stud in Co. Laois, Ireland: five-time international Group 1 winner Alexander Goldrun (Ire) (Gold Away {Ire}); G1 Matron S. and G1 Lockinge S. victress Red Evie (Ire) (Intikhab), now...