Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation names Monmouth Park's Lakow to board
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation's board of directors unanimously has voted Monmouth Park executive Mike Lakow to the foundation's board.
Glenye Cain OakfordNov 02, 2011
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation's board of directors unanimously has voted Monmouth Park executive Mike Lakow to the foundation's board.
Heinz Steinmann bought Creative Cause privately in March, sight unseen, and the colt has since become a Grade 1 winner who will run in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Leading New York breeders Becky Thomas and Dennis Narlinger will reopen their Sequel Stallions New York stallion farm in Hudson, N.Y., for the 2012 breeding season.
Tom Chiota, longtime president of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company in Ocala, Fla., will retire from that position June 30, the auction house announced Monday. Tom Ventura, the company’s sales director and general manager, will succeed him.
Lane’s End Farm, home of such stallions as Smart Strike and his son Curlin, has raised the fees for five of its 18 horses, including Smart Strike.
The Goffs horses in training and open yearling sale in Ireland became the latest to enjoy big gains Friday, following major increases earlier this week at Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky fall yearling sale.
Record-setting Grade 1 winner You and I has arrived at Old Friends, the Kentucky equine retirement facility where he will live in retirement from stud duty.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has issued what it called “an urgent plea” to horsemen and farm owners to serve as foster facilities for pasture-sound Thoroughbreds currently residing at the foundation’s 30 satellite facilities.
The proof is in the numbers, the ones that are rising and falling. In 2012, the newly formed Golden State Series will offer 27 races for statebreds worth $4.65 million. An emphasis has been placed on races for 2- and 3-year-olds, increasing opportunities for those age groups from 12 races worth $1.275 million in 2011 to 18 races worth $3.6 million in 2012.
The slimmed-down Tattersalls autumn horses in training auction in Newmarket, England, ended Thursday with declines in gross and average, but the median held level with last year