Keeneland's January sale offering three Grade 1 winners
Grade 1 winners Wickedly Perfect, Negligee, and Ave are among the entries to the Jan. 10-14 Keeneland January mixed sale in Lexington, Ky.
Glenye Cain OakfordDec 10, 2010
Grade 1 winners Wickedly Perfect, Negligee, and Ave are among the entries to the Jan. 10-14 Keeneland January mixed sale in Lexington, Ky.
Zenyatta hasn’t been turned out in a paddock yet at her new home, Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky., but she has been taking some walks since her arrival there on Monday night. On Thursday, the 6-year-old Horse of the Year contender stepped out in what one observer described as “a very large paddock” with a distant view of the broodmares who will be her neighbors during her breeding career at the farm.
Walmac Farm in Lexington, Ky., will offer a $2,000 stud fee reduction for foals sired by the farm’s Kentucky stallions but born out of state in 2012.
After seeing increases in gross and average at its breeding stock sale earlier this week, Arqana posted losses across the board Wednesday at its December yearling auction in France.
Daily Racing Form's Glenye Cain Oakford was at a chilly Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., on Monday night as Zenyatta arrived from California. She paraded for her fans before heading to Lane's End Farm to begin her breeding career. Owners Ann and Jerry Moss, trainer John Shirreffs, groom Mario Espinoza, and jockey Mike Smith were all on hand.
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic’s December mixed sale posted significant gains in gross and average Monday night, aided by a $130,000 sale-topper in the 3-year-old stakes winner Baltimore Belle.
The 4-year-old stakes-winner Holly’s Way brought $35,000 to lead early selling Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale in Timonium, Md.
Aided by a $1 million sale-leader, France’s Arqana breeding stock sale continued a strong run for quality European mares started earlier this month at the Tattersalls December sale in Newmarket, England.
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders has elected five members to its 11-member board of directors.
Kantharos, who won all three of his starts this year at 2 by a combined margin of 28 1/2 lengths, will start his stud career at Vinery's Florida division. He will stand for $5,000.