A $275,000 filly by successful young sire War Front topped Monday’s opening session at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old sale in Ocala, Fla., on a day of big gains in gross, average, and median.
A $200,000 Kafwain filly led selling Monday as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-old auction got under way in Ocala, Fla. The opening session had sold four horses for $100,000 or more by 3 p.m, including the session-leading Kafwain daughter.
Primal Force, the dam of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Awesome Again and 2000 juvenile champion Macho Uno, died Sunday of complications from foaling, according to Adena Springs.
A Half Ours colt worked an eighth-mile in 9.80 seconds Friday to top the work tab at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s final under-tack session for the April 2-year-old sale that starts Monday.
Glitterman, a world record-setting sprinter who sired such Grade 1 winners as Balto Star and Glitter Woman, was euthanized late Thursday afternoon because of increasing age-related arthritis.
The conditions of the $125,000 Melair Stakes for statebred 3-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park next Saturday are too tempting to pass for the owners and trainer of the recent maiden race winner Shezabigbroad.
A daughter of Sharp Humor was the fastest juvenile over a quarter-mile Thursday at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's third under-tack session.
Old Friends, the Kentucky equine retirement facility specializing in the care of retired stallions, is making an immediate appeal for $300,000 this month after an alleged bank error has left the charity more than $200,000 behind on its mortgage payments.
Less than a week after one of his sons topped the Keeneland April 2-year-old sale in Lexington, Ky., Indian Charlie grabbed the headline at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's juvenile under-tack show on Wednesday.
Pensioned Texas-based stallion Manzotti has died at his farm, according to Barbara Kvalsvig, who helped oversee the horse’s care during his retirement at Brookshire Farm in Brookshire, Texas. A Nijinksy II horse, Manzotti was 28 and died on April 12.
