2-year-olds
Smidgeon (f, 2, Jack Christopher), overlooked at 7-1 in her five-furlong unveiling at Churchill Downs Saturday, shot out to the front beneath Keith Asmussen and kicked for home as the one to catch. She let it out a notch in the stretch and kept on finding down the lane to graduate by 1 3/4 lengths. Energy Flows (Constitution) was a narrow second over favored House Boat Party (Flightline). Smidgeon, a $20,000 Keeneland November weanling, $60,000 Keeneland September yearling and $300,000 OBS March breezer, is the second winner for her freshman...
2nd-Keeneland, $69,210, Msw, 4-24, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.38, fm, 6 1/2 lengths. MORE CHAMPAGNE (f, 2, Golden Pal--Wildcat Gaze, by Wildcat Heir) debuted as a 6-1 shot here after a pair of scratches reduced the field to five. Running into fractions of :21.26 for the first quarter and :45.06 for the first half, the filly gained ground on favorite Shining Moment (Golden Pal) and Extravaganzoo (Golden Pal). The 2-year-old began to target Shining Moment inside the final furlong, raced a touch green as she passed the leader and poured...
A filly by Nyquist and colt by Yaupon realized the co-fastest eighth in :9 3/5 on Day 2 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-year-old in Training Sale's under-tack show on Thursday. Offered as Hip 391, the day's fastest-working colt is out of unraced Stand Back (Giant's Causeway), the dam of Grade II winner Step Forward (Speightstown). The Florida-bred hails from the family of Grade I winners Cavorting (Bernardini) and Clairiere (Curlin). He is consigned by Raul and Martha Reyes' Kings Equine. "I expected something good, but we never...
During this year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Len and Jon Green's D.J. Stable will offer a curated reduction of its bloodstock portfolio consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the auction house said in a press release on Thursday. While their reduction represents a meaningful milestone, the Greens remain as committed as ever to the sport. D.J. Stable will continue to be active in racing and at future sales, with plans to invest in new opportunities and further grow their presence in the sport. "This is a one-time offering--strategic and...
The catalogue for the Arqana Summer Sale, featuring over 560 horses bred under both codes, is now available online. Past graduates include Mgheera (Zoustar), a multiple group winner on the Flat, while in the jumping sphere, Game Of Storm (Motivator), Haiti Couleurs (Dragon Dancer), Mambonumberfive (Born To Sea) and Nietzsche Has (Zarak) all won over hurdles in France and across the channel. Set for June 30-July 3, the sale features 73 Flat-bred 2-year-olds, 160 2- and 3-year-old NH stores, as well as 88 mares and fillies-out-of-training. Juveniles will be put...
A gelding by I Am Invincible (Aus) brought top dollar at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Hong Kong International Sale when selling for HK$5 million (€593,909) to Philip Liu. Sold as lot 12, he is a half-brother to Group 1 winner Summer Passage (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}). I Am Invincible's star progeny to race in Hong Kong include Group 2 winner Wishful Thinker (Aus) and 2024 HKIS graduate Markwin (Aus), who has earned HK$3.76 million, including a HK$1-million ISG Bonus. Second on the buyers' sheet was lot 5, a gelding by...
In the flourishing digital age, people can buy pretty much anything they want online. And while offering 2-year-olds online is nothing new for the Fasig-Tipton team, selling a juvenile in training on a digital platform accompanied by many of the traditional resources seen at bricks-and-mortar sales is. Case in point: at the conclusion of the February Digital sale Tuesday evening, a 2-year-old colt by Yaupon out of MSW Frosty Margarita (Frost Giant) realized a session-topping $250,000 from Dennis O'Neill, bidding on behalf of Shane Yeager. Consigned by De Meric Sales,...
A total of 93 lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online March Sale on Mar. 4-5, including Willie Mullins's Closutton Stables-consigned Horantzau D'Airy (Fr) (Legolas {Jpn}) who holds an entry in the Grand National. Sold as lot 25, the gelding is one of 66 horses in- and out-of-training in the sale. He was third in the G3 Novice Hurdle at the Galway Festival last summer, and was also second in both the G3 Kerry National at Listowel in September and the G3 Munster National at Limerick a month later....
The Other Mozzie (Ire) (Vadamos {Fr}) and 129 other lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online February Sale from Feb. 11-12. Featuring 76 horses in/out of training, 22 broodmares, 16 yearlings, eight 2-year-olds, four stores and breeding rights to Aclaim (Ire), Ardad (Ire), Harry Angel (Ire), and Kameko, the sale will begin at 11 a.m. on Feb. 11. Bidding will close one day later. The Other Mozzie, a dominant 11-length winner at Naas last month and rated IHRB 138 over fences, will be consigned by Gavin Cromwell's Danestown Stables...
For the first time in his 17-year stud career, Northview's Great Notion surpassed $6 million in progeny earnings in one year, joining Not For Love as the only other Maryland stallion to hit that mark when the farm's legendary sire did it back-to-back in 2008 and 2009, according to a press release on Thursday from Northview Stallion Station. Great Notion and Golden Lad, who is also on Northview's roster, ended 2024 as the Mid-Atlantic region's leading general sire and juvenile sire respectively. Both stallions hit career milestones last year. With...
A total of 331 lots have been catalogued for the two-day Tattersalls February Sale which will be held from Thursday, Jan. 30-Friday, Jan. 31. The sale will also feature the Tattersalls Stallion Parade at 11:30 a.m. on day one, as well as the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Showcase, which kicks off the entire two-day stand at 11 a.m. on Thursday, with the sale proper beginning immediately after the former. Friday's session will start at 10 a.m. Comprised of 124 fillies and mares in/out-of-training, 23 broodmares, 157 colts and geldings...
A total of 390 lots have been catalogued for the two-day Goffs February Sale, which begins on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The mixed catalogue features both Flat and National Hunt horses including short yearlings, 2-year-olds, horses-in-training, stores, and fillies and broodmares. Some of the Flat-bred short yearlings on offer were sired by Baaeed (GB), Blue Point (Ire), Sioux Nation, Camelot (GB), Dark Angel (Ire), Havana Grey (Ire), Mehmas (Ire), and No Nay Never (Ire) among others. Among the National Hunt short yearlings, sires Blue Bresil (Fr), Goliath Du Berlais (Fr), Nirvana...