LIVE VIDEO: Barretts May Sale
Live video stream of the Barretts May 2-year-old sale in California on Monday, May 13, 2013.
DRF StaffMay 10, 2013
Live video stream of the Barretts May 2-year-old sale in California on Monday, May 13, 2013.
David Newcomb, a longtime Northern California breeder who bred the highest-priced California-bred to be sold at public auction, died on April 28. He was 83.
Bloodstock agent Bruno DeBerdt had close to a perfect day a couple months ago at the Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training. Through his Excel Bloodstock, DeBerdt sold three horses for a combined $1,205,000, including the second-most expensive juvenile, a colt by Dunkirk who sold for $575,000. DeBerdt paid a combined $240,000 for the three prospects as yearlings.
Prominent Australian sales company Magic Millions announced this week that it has partnered with iSyndicate, an online racehorse ownership portal, to promote the industry to prospective new owners and encourage the formation of ownership syndicates.
Joe Nevills discusses the pedigrees of six juveniles with standout catalog pages at the Barretts May 2-year-olds in training sale.
A colt by European champion Teofilo sold for about $179,800 to lead Tattersalls’ Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training sale, held Friday at the auction company’s complex in Newmarket, England.
One year after watching their Grade 2 winner El Padrino finish 13th in the Kentucky Derby, Let's Go Stable principals Kevin Scatuorchio and Bryan Sullivan have arrived back at Churchill Downs with unbeaten Wood Memorial winner Verrazano, campaigned in partnership with Coolmore. Both colts are out of Enchanted Rock and were bred by Emory Hamilton, who owns the 9-year-old daughter of Giant's Causeway.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas will saddle Will Take Charge and Oxbow in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, seeking his fifth victory in the classic, which would give him sole possession of second place on the all-time list.
For most of the horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby field, the road to the starting gate went through the auction ring, and often at a fairly modest price.
Winning the Kentucky Derby is good for business. While the benefits to those most closely associated with the horse are obvious, the residual effects of a Kentucky Derby win have proven to be more far-reaching, even affecting prices in the yearling market in the months following the classic race.