Dynaformer, sire of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and multi-million-dollar earner Perfect Drift, has been pensioned after “experiencing a significant cardiac event in his stall on Saturday,” Three Chimneys Farm announced Monday.
The Chinese government will partner with Ireland in developing a massive new Thoroughbred racing, breeding, and training complex, and the arrangement will give Coolmore an important role, Racing Post reported Sunday.
The bonus for California-bred runners who win maiden special weight races in Southern California will be reduced from $20,000 to $17,500, effective with the start of the Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting on April 26.
Gio Ponti, a three-time Eclipse Award winner now in his first year at stud, will shuttle from Castleton Lyons in Kentucky to Australia’s Arrowfield Stud for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, the farms announced Thursday.
Black Caviar’s yearling half-sister sold for the record-equaling price of $2.6 million (Australian) Wednesday as the Inglis sale company’s important Australian Easter yearling sale completed its second of three sessions with a gain in average and a level median
Keeneland’s April 2-year-old in training sale on Monday night posted figures that were even or slightly lower than last year despite weakness at the bottom of the market and a block of scratches that significantly reduced the numbers of horses that went through the ring.
When Keeneland’s April select 2-year-old sale takes place Monday in Lexington, consignors and auction officials hope it will provide more evidence that the boutique juvenile market has emerged from the post-2008 meltdown and is galloping solidly into recovery.
Derby Gold was already named when Arnold Zetcher paid $105,000 for the colt at the 2010 Barretts California Cup yearling sale. Judging from the colt’s first two starts, the name may turn out to be appropriate.
A pair of juveniles brought $105,000 each to top the Fasig-Tipton Texas auction of 2-year-olds in training at Lone Star Park near Dallas on Thursday. Both horses were bred in Louisiana, and both were sold by agent Robert Brewer.
Seven 2-year-olds shaded 10 seconds for their one-furlong works in Thursday’s under-tack show for the Keeneland April select 2-year-old auction.
