Evening Jewel, a two-time Grade 1 winner and a finalist for the Eclipse Award as the nation's outstanding 3-year-old filly of 2010, has been retired and is in the process of being sold, trainer Jim Cassidy said on Friday.
A Kentucky equine charity is the latest to put out a fund-raising appeal, citing the economic downturn and lower donations that it says are putting Thoroughbreds at risk.
A half-sister to California Flag, the California-bred co-horse of the year in 2009, is among the juveniles that will be offered at Monday evening’s Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in-training in Pomona, Calif.
Maram, who was to have made her 2011 debut as the likely favorite in Saturday’s Beaugay Stakes at Belmont, has retired after a veterinary exam revealed a small tear in her suspensory ligament.
Carl Cannata, who died on April 25 at the age of 90, knew he reached the pinnacle of Thoroughbred breeding when Gourmet Girl won the Eclipse Award as the outstanding older female of 2001.
North American sires have become more speed-oriented over the last several decades, and that trend is evident in the sires of the top-three performers in the last 30 Kentucky Derbies. But pedigree analysts differ on how significant the trend toward speedy sires might be on the first Saturday in May.
The catalog pages for 15 horses supplemented to the May 16 Barretts May auction in Pomona, Calif., are now available online along with the rest of the sale catalog at www.barretts.com.
Grade 1 winner Misremembered has been retired from racing to enter stud, although owners Jill Baffert and George Jacobs haven’t determined his stud plans yet.
German breeder Christoph Berglar has purchased Stonereath Farm in Paris, Ky.
After celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2010, Claiborne Farm and its longtime client and partner Adele Dilschneider picked up one of breeding’s most prestigious awards Friday when their Liable was named 2010’s Broodmare of the Year
