Hurley farm to be auctioned
Former basketball star Bobby Hurley's Ocala, Fla., farm will go on the auction block Oct. 5 as a result of PNC Bank's foreclosure on the 140-acre property.
Glenye Cain OakfordAug 27, 2010
Former basketball star Bobby Hurley's Ocala, Fla., farm will go on the auction block Oct. 5 as a result of PNC Bank's foreclosure on the 140-acre property.
Sugarinthemorning, a California-bred by Candy Ride out of Social Belle, won her debut in a maiden race for statebred 2-year-old fillies, and now owner Stephen Weissman and trainer Ron McAnally may send her in the Grade 1 Darley Debutante.
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s August yearling auction ended Thursday night in Ocala, Fla., on a high note after all three session rang up increases.
Smarty Jones, winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby, might head back to his home state of Pennsylvania, if his breeder and co-owner, Pat Chapman, can put together a deal to relocate him from Kentucky.
A $50,000 Mass Media colt, half-brother to 2010 stakes winner Awesome Son, set the standard Wednesday at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s August yearling sale in Ocala, Fla.
The bankrupt Stonewall Farm entities that own the stallions Value Plus and Da Stoops have filed motions opposing a lender’s effort to take over and sell the sires at the Keeneland November auction.
Academy Award, a Grade 2 winner and one of the last sons of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, was euthanized Tuesday at the Old Friends equine retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., because of chronic hoof abscesses that had become debilitating.
A $280,000 filly from Grade 1 winner Any Given Saturday’s first crop helped lift the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s August select yearling sale Tuesday in Ocala, Fla. The single select session ended the day with increases in gross, average, and median.
A partnership including Ro Parra’s Millennium Farms and breeder and owner Bill Heiligbrodt has purchased second-crop sire Closing Argument from the group that stood him this year at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Lexington.
The Jockey Club’s Board of Stewards has voted to deny Thoroughbred owner and breeder Ernie Paragallo and former trainer Chad Moore all privileges of The American Stud Book following their convictions on animal cruelty charges.