Rachel Alexandra is still displaying positive signs, such as a good appetite, as the 2009 Horse of the Year continues her recovery from abdominal surgery for foaling complications performed last month at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, an accrediting and fundraising body for aftercare facilities, has named four new members to its board of directors.
La Ville Rouge, the dam of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, and Easter Bunnette, the dam of 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, each produced fillies in early March at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky.
Activity on the Kentucky Derby trail was relatively light last weekend, as Saturday’s Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park was the only prep race scheduled awarding point to the top finishers. It proved to be one of the most exciting prep races to date, however, as the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Will Take Charge and Oxbow battled through the final sixteenth before Will Take Charge prevailed by a head. Both solidified their standings among the top 20 Derby contenders, as Will Take Charge now leads the standings with 60 points and Oxbow ranks sixth with 36.
Bill Peters, who owned multiple Grade 2 winner and prominent broodmare Mariah’s Storm during her racing career, died Feb. 17 at age 86 after a short illness.
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Jessica Gay Bell, who with her husband John A. Bell III established Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky., which went on to become one of the most successful Kentucky horse farms of the late 20th century, died on March 14 in Naples, Fla., after a brief illness at age 90.
Multiple Grade 1 winner and first-year sire Telling was represented by his first reported foal, a filly, on March 3 in Dunnellon, Fla.
Longtime racing executive Lenny Hale has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.
One of trainer Rudy Rodriguez’s stakes winners from 2012, the New York-bred Agave Kiss, has been retired from racing because of ankle issues, Rodriguez said.
