A $220,000 colt from first-crop sire Colonel John topped Tuesday’s select session at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s August yearling sale, capping an afternoon of gains.
Arqana’s four-day Deauville yearling sale in France ended Tuesday with a $1.4 million sale-topper and what appears to be a similar market to last year.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister has been retired to stud at WinStar Farm after veterinary examinations at the Rood and Riddle equine hospital in Lexington, Ky., revealed an injury to his left shoulder.
Ecurie des Monceaux and the Mandore International Agency topped another auction session Monday at Arqana’s Deauville yearling sale in France as selling moved into Part 2.
Live Oak Plantation’s To Honor and Serve, who breezed Sunday for a likely start in the Sept. 1 Woodward, will enter stud at Gainesway Farm next year.
Redoute’s Choice, one of Australia’s leading sires, will shuttle to the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval in France for the 2013 Northern Hemisphere season, the French stud has announced.
A colt from European champion Sea the Stars’s first crop got top billing Sunday when he sold for 1.2 million euros as the Deauville select yearling sale’s most expensive lot.
Arqana’s prestigious Deauville yearling sale opened Saturday night in Deauville, France, with mixed results as average climbed 9 percent but median dropped by 21 percent.
Led by a colt who sold for $55,000, the Northern California yearling sale at Pleasanton, Calif., last Tuesday showed a 50 percent increase in average price from 2011.
The ability to race as a pacesetter, stalker, or closer is a big reason why Halo Dolly has won 11 of 20 career starts, and why she will be favored to defend her title in Sunday’s $100,000 Solana Beach Handicap at Del Mar.
