Three colts by a diverse trio of sires worked furlongs in 9 4/5 seconds to tie for the fastest time overall at the distance as the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age moved past the midway point with its third of five sessions on Friday.
A colt by Distorted Humor breezed the day's fastest furlong as the under-tack preview for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age continued with its second of five sessions on Thursday.
A filly by late sire City Zip and a colt from the first crop of Daredevil turned in the fastest times at their respective distances during the first of five under-tack preview sessions for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.
A Bernardini filly bought for $11,500 as a yearling was resold for $420,000 at Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-year-olds in-training sale, the most expensive hip of the new auction.
A Bernardini filly turned in the fastest furlong work during the under-tack preview show for the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-year-olds in training sale on Monday at the racetrack.
The rapidly changing auction market in California begins anew on Wednesday when Kentucky-based Fasig Tipton conducts a 2-year-old in-training sale at Santa Anita.
Carlo Vaccarezza said earlier this year that he would disband his training stable but would still be involved in the Thoroughbred industry. “I've just got too many other things going,” Vaccarezza told Daily Racing Form in March. “It's taking a toll on me. I'll still be around racing, just in different ways. I love horses too much to get out completely.”
New York native Mike Repole has made no secret that his greatest ambition in racing is to win Long Island's biggest race, the Belmont Stakes. Repole Stable has sent out four horses as a solo owner in the oldest and longest leg of the Triple Crown, with Stay Thirsty finishing second in 2011. Last year, he ran two horses in partnership, with Repole Stable and St. Elias's Vino Rosso finishing fourth behind the unbeaten Justify.
Spendthrift Farm stands leading juvenile sire Into Mischief, who recorded two of the top three prices at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile sale in Maryland this week, and stands Cross Traffic and Goldencents, one-two on last year's freshman sire list. The farm has seven members of this year's strong freshman sire class, and it was time for one of those, Palace, to step up at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic. The stallion was represented by a filly sold for $570,000 to Speedway Stable to rank as the top price recorded by a freshman sire at the sale.
A sale-record $1.8 million Into Mischief filly helped the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale finish with record gross and average figures as it continues to surge in importance in the juvenile market.
