LeCesse, New York breeder, dies
Raymond LeCesse, a Rochester, N.Y., horse owner whose homebred Fio Rito upset the 1981 Whitney Stakes, died June 5 at age 88.
Glenye Cain OakfordJun 14, 2011
Raymond LeCesse, a Rochester, N.Y., horse owner whose homebred Fio Rito upset the 1981 Whitney Stakes, died June 5 at age 88.
Sarum Farm owner Roger Bronzine, who bred more than 40 stakes-winners alone or in partnership, died June 6 of an unspecified illness. He was 68.
Four-time stakes-winning sprinter Meese Rocks, owned by New York’s Terranova Racing Stable, has died at age 6.
Devil Eleven Farm, the foreclosed Florida Thoroughbred farm once owned by former Duke University and Sacramento Kings basketball player Bobby Hurley, has been sold.
Grade 2 winner Stream of Gold, runner-up in the 2007 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic and a course-record-setter at Gulfstream Park, has retired from racing at age 10.
The catalog for the Tattersalls July auction in Newmarket, England, numbers 753 horses and is available online now at www.tattersalls.com.
WinStar Farm's program for fans, StableMates, has launched a new contest. Called PowerFecta, the free contest challenges fans to pick the exact order of finish for every horse running in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.
Lilacs and Lace, winner of the Ashland, has been sold privately to a Japanese breeder and is in foal to Henrythenavigator.
Eight Belles Stakes winner Victoria’s Wildcat has a new majority owner.
Owner/trainer Michael Pino was taking an edge when he ran Postpone with a $16,000 claiming tag first-time out. Postpone prevailed with authority then, and should be well-backed when he reappears in Thursday’s Woodbine feature, a $47,400 allowance for nonwinners-of-two.