Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. building for future
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. has come a long way in its four decades of existence, but some of the most visible changes will come over the next year.
DRF Breeding StaffAug 19, 2016
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. has come a long way in its four decades of existence, but some of the most visible changes will come over the next year.
The early death of Scat Daddy from the sire ranks was a huge blow to his supporters and the breed, and this weekend will bring another reminder of how much he will be missed when Lady Aurelia runs at Deauville on August 21 in the Group 1 Prix Morny, which is an open for 2-year-olds.
Canadian classic winner and producer Misty Mission has died, Sam-Son Farm of Ontario recently announced. The Miswaki mare was 19.
American Lion has been relocated from Kentucky to Oklahoma, according to an announcement from River Oaks Farm in Sulphur, Okla. He will stand at River Oaks in 2017, for an introductory fee of $1,000.
How many Kentucky stallions who have sired eight Grade 1 winners, 41 graded stakes winners, and 8.5 percent stakes winners overall stand for less than $50,000?
Freshman sire Hansen, champion juvenile male of 2011, sired his first stakes winner when the 2-year-old colt Han Sense, making his first career start, won the $90,000 Iowa Cradle Stakes Saturday at Prairie Meadows.
The Jockey Club projects a 2017 North American registered foal crop of 22,500, marking no change from the projected foal crop of 2016.
The 2-year-old colt Accountability won a maiden special weight race for California-breds at Del Mar on Friday, the first winner for the stallion Acclamation.
California-bred champion Acclamation sired his first winner on August 12 when the juvenile colt Accountability won a $64,380 maiden race for California-breds at Del Mar.
Freshman sire Sangaree was represented by his first winner on August 11 when the 2-year-old gelding Sung won the eighth race at Indiana Grand, a $34,000 maiden race at 5 1/2 furlongs.