The horsemen in attendance for the birth of Zenyatta's first foal say the event went as routinely as any other foaling, but they acknowledge that the first delivery by one of the world’s most popular racemares was anything but a routine event.
At the breeding shed and the year’s first major juvenile sale, Tribal Rule is proving to be a popular stallion in California.
An Indian Charlie filly posted Friday’s fastest eighth-mile work in 9.8 seconds at the final under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March select juvenile auction.
A week after California’s Barretts March select 2-year-old sale began the juvenile auction season with financial gains, the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company to believe the positive trend will continue when its Florida select sale opens Tuesday, a day after the OBS Championship stakes day.
Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, has given birth to her first foal, a Bernardini colt, in one of the most anticipated equine births in recent memory. The 8-year-old Street Cry mare foaled a 130-pound colt on Thursday at about 10:10 p.m. He is a dark bay with a white star and “polka dots on his feet,” just like Zenyatta, according to Zenyatta.com.
A juvenile colt by Johannesburg zipped an eighth-mile in 9.80 seconds Thursday as the fastest worker over the distance at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s under-tack preview in Florida.
Starting this fall, Lexington Catholic High School will begin a program that Thoroughbred interests hope might attract a new generation of leaders to one of Kentucky’s largest agribusinesses.
The 161-horse catalog for Keeneland’s April select juvenile sale is now available online at www.keeneland.com.
The Barretts March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training on Monday showed growth in key categories when compared to the 2011 sale. An Empire Maker filly that sold for $435,000 topped the sale, the first major select juvenile auction of the season.
Catalogs are out for the April 18-19 Tattersalls Craven breeze-up sale in Newmarket, England, and the sale will feature 183 juveniles.
