Buckland Sales

Godolphin's Arqana Breeze-Up@Doncaster £675,000 sale topper Chancellery (Ire) (Medaglia d'Oro) was all the rage for Thursday's Prix de Fontenoy at ParisLongchamp and justified odds-on favouritism in the one-mile newcomers' test to earn 'TDN Rising Star' status with an impressive debut performance. The 7-10 pick shuffled for early positioning and found a slot stalking the pace in second by halfway. Looming large on the bridle approaching the quarter-mile marker, he was comfortably on top with 250 metres remaining and powered clear under minimal coaxing before gearing down to easily outclass Woozle...

Millennium Farms, located just outside of Lexington on Paris Pike, will transition from a boarding operation to a racing stable with a small broodmare band. Boarding services at the farm will cease before Keeneland's September sale. In addition to boarding, the 320-acre farm operation has also previously stood stallions and offered foaling, sales prep, and layups. The farm's consignment partnership with Zach Madden in Buckland Sales will continue. "While we have enjoyed the challenge of a full-service operation--including standing stallions a few years back--my real passion has been and will...

The Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, ideally positioned just ahead of next week's start of the breeding season, opens for its two-day run Monday morning at Newtown Paddocks. Hips one through 324, a collection of racing and breeding prospects and short yearlings, will be offered Monday and will be followed Tuesday by hips 325 through 673. Bidding begins each day at 10 a.m. "I've always really liked this sale because of its timing," said consignor Zach Madden, whose Buckland Sales brings a 13-horse consignment into the auction. "There is a little...