The New Vocations Thoroughbred adoption program has announced it has opened a satellite facility in Louisiana with the support of retired jockey Rosie Napravnik.
The New Vocations facility at the Equi-Best Equestrian Center in Covington, La., will focus on taking in horses retiring from Louisiana's four racetracks as well as training centers and farms within the state.
Hidden Scroll
Hard Spun–Sheba Queen, by Empire Maker
Bred in Kentucky by Juddmonte Farms
Flashy debut winner Hidden Scroll was the victim of a brutal pace when he faded to fourth in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park earlier this month behind Code of Honor. Hidden Scroll, who is from an outstanding family typical of Juddmonte’s program, gets a chance at redemption in Saturday’s Grade 1 Florida Derby.
The young stallion Bodemeister already has sired a Kentucky Derby winner, and he added another accomplishment to his growing résumé Saturday when two of his daughters finished in a dead heat for the victory in the $75,000 Any Limit Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Brunette Princess and Miss Marcela each earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 65 as they hit the wire together in the Any Limit. They finished the six furlongs in 1:12.49 while three lengths clear of the third-place finisher.
The broodmare Tanca recorded a rarity on Saturday at Laurel Park, with two of her offspring winning $100,000 stakes races in the span of about an hour. Tanca, a Robert Manfuso and Katy Voss homebred, was first represented by Cordmaker, who won the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial. Shortly afterward, Las Setas won the Beyond the Wire Stakes.
Pioneerof the Nile, sire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, died unexpectedly on Monday, WinStar Farm has announced. The son of Empire Maker was 13.
In a release, WinStar said that Pioneerof the Nile covered a mare on Monday morning, but began acting uncomfortably after he was back in his stall. He was en route to a veterinary clinic when he died.
Take Charge Lady raced once at Oaklawn Park, finishing second by a head to Horse of the Year Azeri in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap in 2003. But Take Charge Lady was a big winner last Saturday at the Hot Springs, Ark., track, as the common thread between the winners of the two divisions of the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes.
The Big Beast, a Grade 1-winning sprinter, may have passed his speed on to his progeny. Several juveniles from his first crop stood out at last week’s under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale.
One of those fillies then stepped up to sell for $850,000 to West Point Thoroughbreds and partners, tying for the top price by a freshman sire and for the fourth-highest price of the sale.
Palace Malice showed stamina, emerging from consistent classic sire Curlin’s first crop to win the 2013 Belmont Stakes. One year later, he showed brilliance, cutting back to the one-turn mile at Belmont Park to defeat Goldencents in the Metropolitan Handicap, considered a stallion-making race.
