The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) winter mixed sale finished trade on Saturday with a slightly higher average, topped by a $22,000 [Canadian funds] yearling Blame colt.
The single-day auction at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion in Rexdale, Ontario finished with 55 horses sold for revenues of $151,700, down 18 percent from the 2016 renewal when 69 horses brought $185,200.
Whywhywhy, a Grade 1 winner and sire, died in Korea on Sept. 1, according to the country’s online stud book.
The 17-year-old son of Mr. Greeley had resided in Korea since 2011 after beginning his stud career in Kentucky, first at Spendthrift Farm, then later at Gainesway.
Bred in Kentucky by James Jones, Whywhywhy was offered at the 2001 Keeneland September yearling sale, but finished under his reserve with a final bid of $27,000. He was later acquired privately by trainer Patrick Biancone, who campaigned the horse in partnership with Fabien Ouaki of Fab Oak Stable.
Two-time Olympic three-day event rider Boyd Martin will host clinics on retraining Thoroughbred racehorses in Japan this December, in partnership with the National Riding Club Association of Japan, the Japan Racing Association, and Godolphin.
The Jockey Club’s Certificates of Foal Registration will make the transition from hard copies to digital, beginning with the 2018 foaling season.
Breeders, and those acting as agents for breeders, must sign up for an Interactive Registration account on The Jockey Club’s website to register their foals.
Hall of Famer Point Given, the 2001 Horse of the Year, has been pensioned from stud duties and has taken up residence at the Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions.
Point Given has stood the last five breeding seasons at Calumet Farm. The son of Thunder Gulch had previously stood at Three Chimneys Farm, where he entered stud in 2002. The fifth Horse of the Year honoree to reside at the Hall of Champions, he will be available for visits from the public beginning next April, coinciding with the Kentucky Horse Park’s 40th anniversary season.
Classic-placed Astrology has been relocated to stand at Acadiana Equine at Copper Crowne in Opelousas, La., in 2018. The son of A.P. Indy previously stood at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky.
"We think Astrology is an up-and-coming sire who checks all the boxes as a son of A.P. Indy with an accomplished race record as a top 2-year-old and a classic-placed 3-year-old, and offspring that have found success on the track and in the sales ring,” stallion manager David Tillson said in a release. “We still have a few breeding rights available, and I expect that those will go quickly.”
It is easy to pinpoint the pivotal stallion who keyed the resurgence of European Thoroughbred breeding to the pinnacle of global prestige and quality after American-breds had dominated the international racing scene for 30 years. In fact, it is easy to pinpoint one particular race that foretold much of what was to come in Europe around the turn of the 21st century.
Young Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm stallion Violence recorded three winners on Saturday, narrowing the gap in the freshman sire race with just over a month remaining in the racing season.
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Time and Motion and Dickinson, both turf Grade 1-winning homebreds for prominent operations, have been retired from racing and will begin their broodmare careers next spring at the Lexington, Ky., hubs of their respective outfits.
