When I think of the horse and driver as a team, the most dynamic duo may have been Whata Baron and Lew Williams. Lew Williams, or “Super Lew” as many fans called him, was inducted into the Harness Hall of Fame in 2009. He was the first African-American to receive that honor. Unfortunately, he was fatally injured in a farming accident at the age of 42 in 1989.
A new sale leader provided some early fireworks, but the overall scope of the market remained fairly even at the end of Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Wiggle It Jiggleit qualified Tuesday at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning by 14-1/2 lengths in 1:50 2/5 as he prepares for the Little Brown Jug on Sept. 24 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio. It was the 3-year-old pacing gelding’s first trip to a racetrack since winning the Battle of the Brandywine with a world-record-equaling performance on Aug. 22 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
A filly by leading Australian sire Fastnet Rock and from an outstanding female family was purchased for $1 million by Spendthrift Farm late in Tuesday's second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
A Medaglia d'Oro colt sold for $1.1 million to a partnership as the Keeneland September yearling sale continued with its second session on Tuesday afternoon.
A Jockey Club-affiliated charitable fundraising group has selected two projects studying bleeding in racehorses and the effects of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide for funding, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Untapable, the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner and champion 3-year-old filly, will prep for the 2015 Distaff by running in the Grade 1 Spinster Stakes on Oct. 4 at Keeneland.
Dave Litfin’s Belmont Park Horses to Watch for week of Sept. 14.
Brad Free’s Los Alamitos Horses to Watch for week of Sept. 14
A colt by Distorted Humor sold for $1,525,000 to Goncalo Torrealba of Three Chimneys Farm to take over as the sale leader early on the second day of the Keeneland September yearling sale, Tuesday in Lexington, Ky.
