California Flag put breeder on top
Keith Card, the California Thoroughbred breeder who died on Tuesday in Murrieta, Calif., at the age of 83, found himself briefly at the center of the racing world in the fall of 2009.
Steve AndersenMar 11, 2011
Keith Card, the California Thoroughbred breeder who died on Tuesday in Murrieta, Calif., at the age of 83, found himself briefly at the center of the racing world in the fall of 2009.
Raymond "Pat" Buse, an Ohio Thoroughbred owner and former director of Fasig-Tipton, died March 3 in Cincinnati, according to Cincinnati.com. He was 85.
With help from Kentucky Derby contender Anthony's Cross, who runs next in the Santa Anita Derby, owner Arianne de Kwiatkowski is hoping to make her own way in racing with A D K Racing.
Zenyatta is in foal. The 7-year-old Street Cry mare’s pregnancy appeared on an ultrasound scan Thursday morning, 15 days after her mating to Bernardini. Such scans are routine for mares at around two weeks past breeding in order to identify whether the mare is carrying an embryo.
Responding to smaller foal crops in Britain and Ireland, the Tattersalls auction house has made some changes to Europe’s largest Thoroughbred yearling sale, the Tattersalls October auction.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has postponed this week’s scheduled under-tack show for its March 15-16 select juvenile auction because of forecast rain and high wind. The under-tack preview had been scheduled for Thursday and Friday but now will take place on Friday and Saturday.
The stallion Snow Ridge has been relocated from Pennsylvania to Texas to stand at Bradford Thoroughbred Farm in Palestine.
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, is in foal to two-time Horse of the Year Curlin. The mating was the first for 5-year-old Rachel Alexandra.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fasig-Tipton’s Florida sale drew good reviews for its new location, the Palm Meadows Training Center, but mixed financial results at Thursday’s auction proved the market for 2-year-olds could still be tough sledding.
Aurora, the dam of Blame’s sire Arch, died Thursday at age 23 after foaling an Empire Maker filly.