Susan Salmon Donaldson, of Mereworth Farm, dead
Susan Salmon Donaldson, owner of Mereworth Farm in Lexington, died July 8 there, according to Sunday’s Lexington Herald-Leader. She was 77.
Glenye Cain OakfordJul 11, 2011
Susan Salmon Donaldson, owner of Mereworth Farm in Lexington, died July 8 there, according to Sunday’s Lexington Herald-Leader. She was 77.
A filly by a Japanese Horse of the Year and out of a Japanese Horse of the Year set a record Monday at Japan’s premier yearling auction, helping the session achieve big gains.
Horsemen have nominated 107 horses to the Breeders' Cup through a program the organization implemented last year allowing owners to nominate ineligible horses through a special one-time fee, the Breeders' Cup said on Friday at the close of the program.
The Tattersalls July sale in Newmarket, England, ended Friday with gains across the board and a $294,000 top price for a 4-year-old winner by Cape Cross.
The late Edward P. Evans estate’s complete dispersal, which will take place at Keeneland during the September yearling and November breeding stock sales, will include 244 horses, according to the catalog Keeneland issued Friday.
Fasig-Tipton executives and consignors are looking for signs that 2011’s select yearling season will be better than 2010’s and that bloodstock prices will begin to show signs of recovery after several years of contraction.
With two stakes wins and a perfect record after three starts, City Route has become the star 2-year-old in Northern California this summer, a circuit she may be close to outgrowing.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, which faced allegations of neglect earlier this year from its critics, says it is now up to date in its payment to satellite farms around the nation that care for retired Thoroughbreds under the foundation’s auspices.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Safety and Integrity Alliance launched a web page on Wednesday that contains listings of contacts for horsemen seeking to have retired horses placed with after-care organizations.
Canada’s champion 3-year-old filly of 2009, Milwaukee Appeal, has a new home in Kentucky.