The remains of Hall of Famer and 1950 champion older horse Noor have traveled from California to Kentucky, where they were to be reinterred Wednesday at the Old Friends equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky.
B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has purchased the multiple Grade 1 winner Court Vision from a group headed by IEAH Stables and has transferred the 6-year-old horse from Richard Dutrow Jr. to Dale Romans.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company ended its August yearling sale Thursday evening with spectacular increases for its two open sessions.
Arqana’s August yearling sales ended Thursday in Deauville, France, with a 7-percent drop in median but gains in gross receipts and average price.
A trio of 150,000-euro yearlings headlined the Arqana Deauville yearling sale’s third session Wednesday in France.
A $100,000 filly by first-crop sire Midnight Lute topped Tuesday’s select session at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s August yearling sale, which saw gains in average and median.
Paul Fudge’s Waratah Thoroughbreds continued to make headlines with high-priced purchases Tuesday at Arqana’s Deauville select yearling sale in France, where two boutique evening sessions ended with encouraging figures.
Australian buyer Paul Fudge made the early running Monday at Arqana’s Deauville August yearling sale in France, where he bought the session-topper at the opening session.
Three Chimneys Racing has privately purchased what it termed “a significant interest” in Anthony Ramsden’s San Clemente Handicap winner Up In Time, who was to start in Saturday’s Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks. A British-bred Noverre filly, she is 8-1 on the track’s morning line.
Halo Dolly wasn't able to draw into the main body of the field for Saturday's Del Mar Oaks. As a consolation, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has Sunday’s $100,000 Solana Beach Handicap for statebred fillies and mares over a mile on turf. In that race, Halo Dolly will be favored, and seeking her fifth consecutive win.
