2012 yearling sales: Flower Alley having rebound year
Flower Alley’s stud fee this year began at $7,500, but it doubled to $15,000 after his Derby- and Preakness-winning son I’ll Have Another’s success this spring.
Anne PetersJun 28, 2012
Flower Alley’s stud fee this year began at $7,500, but it doubled to $15,000 after his Derby- and Preakness-winning son I’ll Have Another’s success this spring.
Zensational and Colonel John are among the next class of sires who will make their debut at Fasig-Tipton's July select sale, which often features youngsters who are a little more forward in their development.
Champion Hollywood Wildcat, the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner who produced 2000 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner War Chant, has died of cancer at age 22.
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, is expecting a filly by Bernardini, Stonestreet Farm announced Saturday on its Facebook page.
I’ll Have Another, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes last month, is bound for stud duty in Japan. Owner Paul Reddam said Friday that a deal has been reached with Shigeyuki Okada’s Big Red Farm on the island of Hokkaido to stand I’ll Have Another beginning with the 2013 breeding season.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June juvenile sale enjoyed a record-breaking final session Wednesday when the sale-topping Elusive Quality colt set a new sale mark of $350,000 and gross and average both also set records.
A $200,000 Unbridled’s Song colt led across-the-board gains at Tuesday’s opening session at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s three-day June juvenile and racing-age sale in Florida.
A $200,000 Unbridled’s Song colt led early selling Tuesday as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company began its three-day June juvenile and racing-age sale in Florida.
Los Angeles philanthropist Sophie Stenbeck has donated $74,000 to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, designating the gift "to cover costs for preventive veterinary care, medical treatment for illness and injuries, as well as emergency care, for all horses in TRF's programs for whom vet care is not already sponsored by other donors," according to a retirement foundation release Monday.
Ol' Memorial Stable and Clinton Glasscock's Grade 3 winner Soaring Empire has retired, and stud plans are pending, the owners announced Monday.