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.
Consignor Lynne Boutte set a personal-best at the Fasig-Tipton Florida select 2-year-old auction March 26 after selling Price is Truth for $1.2 million.
The Sanan family’s Padua Stables near Ocala, Fla., will go on the auction block May 31.
Vinery Florida stallion and 2008 champion sprinter Benny the Bull will shuttle to Brazil for the 2012 and 2013 Southern Hemisphere seasons under an agreement between Albatroz Bloodstock’s Renato Gameiro and the horse’s owner, Greg James.
Comedian Frank Santorelli will perform on Monday, April 13, to benefit the Old Friends equine retirement facility. Santorelli, also an actor who appeared in "The Sopranos," will perform at the Midway restaurant 815 Prime at 131 East Main Street in Midway, Ky.
Cot Campbell's Dogwood Stable syndicate and Aron Wellman and Lee Midkiff's California-based Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners have formed a joint venture. Under the arrangement, South Carolina-based Dogwood will be able to offer its members shares in Eclipse runners and establish a California presence, while Eclipse will gain access to Dogwood's training grounds in Aiken, S.C.
Giant Ryan took home three awards, including 2011 New York-bred Horse of the year, Monday night when the New York Thoroughbred Breeders announced its statebred champions.
Juveniles by Into Mischief, Latent Heat, and City Place were the fastest over a furlong Monday at Fasig-Tipton’s under-tack show for its Texas 2-year-old auction in Grand Prairie, Tex.
A barn fire Sunday at James “Luke” and Jocelyn McKathan’s Reddick, Fla., farm and training center has killed nine Thoroughbreds, according to a report in the Ocala Star-Banner.
