A comeback earlier this year did not succeed, leaving The Pamplemousse bound for stud at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., for 2011. The Pamplemousse is among six stallions in the state who are going to stand their first season at stud. They are joined by three other stallions new to California who stood in other states or in Canada last season.
Four of California’s most established stallions having changed farms recently, including the state’s leading sire, Unusual Heat.
From the start, Ted and Judy Nichols wanted to be fully involved in horse racing. When their 2-year-old filly Teddy’s Promise was foaled at Golden Eagle Farm in Ramona, Calif., in May 2008, they were on hand for the moment.
Invisible Ink, runner-up in the 2001 Kentucky Derby after nearly losing his life at 2, will relocate to Pennsylvania’s Pin Oak Lane Farm.
The Barretts auction house in Pomona, Calif., has cataloged 392 horses for its Jan. 24 winter mixed sale in the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park. The auction also features bloodstock from the dispersals of Applebite Farm, LaJolla Thoroughbred Stables, and the Walter Family Trust. Applebite also will be acting as agent on behalf of Zayat Stables, whose horses for sale include the Grade 1-placed sire E Z Warrior. Catalogs are available at www.barretts.com.
The Kentucky-based Vinery’s Australian division has bought what it called “a major share” in Pluck, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
Fasig-Tipton’s Texas December mixed sale on Monday ended with sharply mixed results, as gross receipts and the average price increased by double digits but median fell.
Catalogs for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s winter mixed auction are online at www.obssales.com. The Jan. 18-19 sale will take place in Ocala, Fla., and has 522 horses in its catalog, including 238 yearlings. The auction opens Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. with a consignor-preferred session featuring Hip Nos. 1-190. Day two, also at 11 a.m., is an open session.
King’s Bishop Stakes winner Discreetly Mine, recently retired from racing because of a stifle injury, will start his stud career at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Respect can arrive slowly for the winner of the California Cup Juvenile each fall.
