Rousing Sermon, the champion 2-year-old California-bred male of 2011, needs a strong result in Sunday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds to justify a start in the Kentucky Derby on May 5.
Shackleford, winner of the 2011 Preakness, will enter stud at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky., at the end of this year's racing season.
Montjeu, one of Coolmore Stud’s best sires and the highest-rated runner by their great Sadler’s Wells, died Thursday “after a short illness which was due to complications from an overwhelming septicemia” – an infection known as blood poisoning – the Irish-based farm announced. Montjeu was 16.
Led by a $1.3 million colt by freshman sire Big Brown, three juveniles sold for $1 million or more Monday at Fasig-Tipton's Florida select 2-year-old sale.
France’s Arqana auction house has issued a 165-horse catalog for its May breeze-up sale at the Saint-Cloud racecourse. The 2-year-old in training sale will take place May 11-12.
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, is carrying her second foal, according to owner Stonestreet Farms’ Facebook page. Rachel Alexandra was bred to Bernardini this year.
Fasig-Tipton’s Florida 2-year-old auction will take place Tuesday amidst renewed optimism in the select juvenile market, thanks to across-the-board gains at the season’s first two sales. The March 26 Fasig-Tipton sale at Palm Meadows
Ann and Jerry Moss will breed their popular 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta to Tapit this year, according to an announcement the couple posted March 22 at Zenyatta.com.
The owners of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have provided fans with an unusual amount of detail about these extraordinarily popular new mothers and the births of their first foals.
Louise Ireland Humphrey, who bred Gemologist and other graded winners, died March 18 at her Woodfield Springs Plantation in Miccosukee, Fla., according to the Tallahassee Democrat. She was 93.
