It's been seven years since Lisa's Booby Trap came from Finger Lakes and scored an underdog victory in the Loudonville Stakes at Saratoga, but her name was still heard Saturday when her first foal, a Big Brown colt, sold to SGV Thoroughbreds for $135,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale.
The late City Zip, who died earlier this year, was seriously underrated – both as a racehorse and a sire – throughout most of his life.
The Jockey Club projects a North American registered foal crop of 21,500 for the 2018 foaling season, marking a 4.4 percent decrease from the projected crop in 2017.
Antony Beck’s Gainesway and Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm have acquired interests in Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit, and the colt will stand at Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., upon his retirement from racing.
The only thing missing from the burgeoning resume of three-time leading American sire Tapit is a reputation as a sire of sires. At 16 years old, the son of Pulpit has not yet had many opportunities to prove himself on that score, but with more than 30 sons currently at stud, it is highly likely that his eventual success in that sphere is more or less inevitable.
Noted veterinarian Dr. William R. McGee, a former partner in the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute and a pioneering equine surgeon, died on Aug. 5 in Naples, Fla. He was 100 years old.
Grade 1 winner Tom’s Tribute will relocate to Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., for the 2018 breeding season and will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000.
Decarchy, a Grade 2 winner and California-based stallion, died due to complications of laminitis. He was 20.
The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association will once again offer the highest possible breeder and stallion awards authorized under state law in 2018.
Bob and Alice Austin are mostly out of the Thoroughbred breeding business, but Haskell winner Girvin has offered the couple a memorable start to retirement.
