Snow Chief stakes victory a highlight for owner/breeders
A day such as April 23, when Nahem won the $150,000 Snow Chief Stakes at Hollywood Park, had been in Mike and Cory Wellman’s dreams for more than three decades.
Steve AndersenApr 29, 2011
A day such as April 23, when Nahem won the $150,000 Snow Chief Stakes at Hollywood Park, had been in Mike and Cory Wellman’s dreams for more than three decades.
Grade 1 winner Stormello, whose first crop are 2-year-olds in 2011, was euthanized April 26 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington due to complications from colic, Vinery Kentucky announced Thursday.
Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky., will host a Kentucky Derby week open house for fans on May 5, when from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. fans can see the farm's stallions, including the 2008 Derby winner, Big Brown.
Sadler’s Wells, a globally influential sire and broodmare sire for the last two decades, has died at age 30, Coolmore Stud in Ireland announced Tuesday.
Results from the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old auction suggest that the juvenile market has turned the corner, OBS general manager Tom Ventura said Friday. The four-day sale ended Thursday night with sharp increases in gross and average and a median of $20,000 that was level with last year’s figure.
Arkansas Thoroughbred owner Frank Fletcher created a stir Thursday in Ocala, Fla., when he spent $1.5 million for two horses in the first 90 minutes at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April juvenile sale’s final session.
he Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old auction continued its pattern of gains Wednesday as the third session produced an 8 percent increase in average price and an 11 percent upswing in median.
After two days of increased gross and average, the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old sale was still seeing six-figure horses at its third session Wednesday.The highest price by mid-afternoon was the $170,000 EQB agent Patrice Miller paid for a Rock Hard Ten-Cute Cakes colt. Eddie Woods, agent, consigned the colt as Hip No. 710.
Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos underwent colic surgery Tuesday at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute veterinary clinic in Lexington to correct a twisted bowel.
A $210,000 Mizzen Mast filly was the early-session leader Tuesday at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old sale in Ocala, Fla., but at 3 p.m. the second session had yet to top Monday’s highest price of $275,000.