Leading Australian sire Encosta de Lago pensioned
Encosta de Lago, a leading Australian sire and Group 2 winner, has been pensioned from stallion duty at Coolmore’s Australian base.
DRF Breeding StaffFeb 06, 2015
Encosta de Lago, a leading Australian sire and Group 2 winner, has been pensioned from stallion duty at Coolmore’s Australian base.
Grade 3 winner Can the Man has been retired from racing and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., for an advertised fee of $5,000.
Trainer-driver Shaun Vallee was not much of a fan of the ABC racing conditions at the Meadowlands. The trainer has raced much of his stock at Yonkers this winter, but on Saturday night his stable will be a force at the Meadowlands. Vallee has five horses in the line-up for the 13-race program and he’s excited about his chances.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, February 7th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
The Equine Sales Company of Louisiana will conduct its Consignor Select Yearling sale on Sept. 2, the auction house announced on Thursday.
Liberty Lover, who won five races last year at 2, and Proceed, winner of the Mine That Bird Derby, were among the New Mexico-breds honored as divisional champions during a Jan. 29 banquet in Albuquerque.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 2/7 card at The Meadowlands.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 2/7 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 2/7 card at Woodbine Harness.
The mixed portion of the North American auction calendar has seen the market level out, which, given the rapid ascension out of the cellar from 2008-10, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale will be the final measure of the broodmare and short-yearling markets on a national level before the sales move on to the 2-year-olds in training season. Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning said he expects a solid renewal.