Breeders' Cup 2012: Fateful purchase of mare impacts racing
Clarence Mackay's purchase of a mare more than 100 years ago has left a profound impact on global racing, including the 2012 Breeders' Cup.
Mark SimonNov 08, 2012
Clarence Mackay's purchase of a mare more than 100 years ago has left a profound impact on global racing, including the 2012 Breeders' Cup.
The enduring power of the Storm Cat male line was never more evident than at the 2012 Breeders’ Cup, where his male-line descendants won four of the 15 events.
Ro Parra’s Millennium Farms announced 2013 stud fees for its stallion roster on Wednesday, headlined by Even the Score, whose success with multiple Grade 1 winner Dullahan this year resulted in a stud fee increase from $10,000 in 2012 to $12,500.
Darby Dan farm announced that classic winner Shackleford will be available for viewing at the Lexington, Ky., farm from Friday through Sunday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day.
Flower Alley, sire of dual classic winner I’ll Have Another, will stand for $20,000 this coming breeding season at Three Chimneys Farm, a big boost from the $7,500 fee he had at the start of the 2012 season.
Grade 3 winner and classic-placed Astrology was retired Wednesday by owners Stonestreet Stables and George Bolton and will stand his first season at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., for a fee of $7,500.
Goncalo Torrealba, longtime owner of the Brazilian operation Stud TNT, added a jewel to his new American broodmare band Wednesday when he paid $4.5 million for two-time Grade 1 winner Pure Clan.
Mandore International Agency continued a big week of buying Wednesday, securing well-bred broodmare Changing Skies for $4.2 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Pure Clan became the first horse to surpass the $1 million mark during Wednesday’s second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, and she finished well past it to produce the highest price of the sale so far, drawing $4.5 million from Brazilian-based Borges Torrealba Holdings.
Samantha Nicole will join her full sister, 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, at Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables after the wife of late owner and breeder Jess Jackson purchased the filly for $700,000 on Wednesday at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale