Ohio breeding program on way back from the brink
Ohio’s breeding industry hit rock bottom in the spring of 2011, but today, Ohio’s racing landscape is in the midst of a major facelift.
Joe NevillsMay 30, 2013
Ohio’s breeding industry hit rock bottom in the spring of 2011, but today, Ohio’s racing landscape is in the midst of a major facelift.
Only accredited Ohio Thoroughbreds and/or Ohio-foaled Thoroughbreds are eligible for the Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund stakes program, which includes the Best of Ohio Series. Following are the rules that define an accredited Ohio Thoroughbred and an Ohio-foaled Thoroughbred, according to the Ohio Racing Commission
Widely considered the greatest European racehorse of the 20th century, the undefeated Ribot always was very much a longshot on pedigree to found an enduring male line.
Joyeuse, a half-sister to unbeaten champion Frankel as well as two other group stakes winners, impressed in her career debut Tuesday at Lingfield Racecourse in England, winning a maiden event for 2-year-old fillies by 3 1/4 lengths.
Memorial Day weekend brought a busy slate of graded stakes activity across the U.S., but the racing spotlight was focused squarely on Belmont Park's holiday card and its trio of Grade 1 events. Monday’s Metropolitan Handicap, traditionally a touchstone race for breeders, assembled several of the handicap division’s top performers and, as it turned out, produced one of the year’s most exciting finishes.
German classic winner Caspar Netscher, who finished eighth in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, has returned to training after suffering from fertility problems in his first season at stud.
Group 3 winner Bullet Train, a three-quarter-brother to unbeaten champion Frankel, will shuttle to stand the upcoming Southern Hemisphere season at Bowness Stud in New South Wales, Australia.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday for Dan Steeves, a prominent member of the Ontario racing industry who managed Woodlands Farm while working with his wife, Gail Wood, at the Hillsburgh facility.
At Calumet Farm, located adjacent to Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., grazing mares keep a watchful eye on their foals as they play against a background of pristine white fences and red-trimmed barns. It’s a common sign of springtime, seen for decades since the farm was founded by William Monroe Wright in 1924.
Warren Wright, born 138 years ago this fall, was responsible for shaping the dynasty of his father's Calumet Farm, transforming the Standardbred operation into America's leading breeder of Thoroughbred classic winners.