Thoroughbred owner and breeder Paul Saylor has agreed to match any financial gift to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, up to $50,000 in total, as part of a fundraising challenge to benefit the charity for retired racehorses.
Sci Fi Kin, the dam of Grade 2 winner Pretty Unusual and carrying a full sibling to that runner, brought $60,000 Monday at the Barretts January mixed sale, the highest price on a day that saw gains in average and median.
Scientists in Ireland and Britain believe a genetic variation in the myostatin “speed gene” that promotes sprint ability entered the Thoroughbred breed via a single native British mare about 300 years ago, according to new research published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.
Arnold Pessin, a longtime Kentucky veterinarian who also was former manager and partner in the former Dueling Grounds racetrack, died Friday at age 83.
Rachel Alexandra and her first foal, a 125-pound Curlin colt born Jan. 22, were “doing well” one day after the birth, Stonestreet Farms said Monday morning on its website.
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, gave birth Sunday in Kentucky to a 125-pound colt by Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 Horse of the Year, according to a press release.
Barretts starts its 2012 sale season with a one-day January mixed sale in Pomona, Calif., on Tuesday that features 2-year-olds, breeding stock, horses of racing age, and yearlings.
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders board of directors met Jan. 19 and unanimously re-elected Barry Ostrager to another two-year term as board president.
The first foals by 2010 classic winners Lookin at Lucky and Super Saver have arrived in central Kentucky.
Dynaformer's schedule has slowed, but the Roberto stallion is still a force at age 27. Chances are, there will be more good runners coming out of this small, late-career crop.
