The second OwnerView Thoroughbred Owners Conference will be held at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., in January 2016.
OwnerView, an industry-sponsored website and information resource designed to assist current and prospective Thoroughbred owners, will hold the event during the week leading up to the Eclipse Awards dinner, which is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016.
Grade 1 winner Take Charge Indy’s first foal at stud arrived Monday at Royal Thoroughbreds in Freedom, N.Y. when Spring Elusion produced a dark bay or brown filly.
The filly was bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Sandra Lombardo. She is the second foal out of the winning daughter of Elusive Quality.
“She is an attractive filly, very correct with a deep girth, and weighing in at 120 pounds,” Brendemuehl said. “We are delighted with her.”
The Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will host its annual online stallion season auction on Jan 26-27.
The auction, one of the key yearly fundraisers for the breeding organization, features more than 50 stallions from 11 states, with additional entries being accepted until the beginning of the sale.
New York-bred millionaire and Travers Stakes winner Thunder Rumble died on Jan. 6 following complications from an episode of colic at Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division in Greenfield Center, N.Y. The son of Thunder Puddles was 26.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey led all single-entity North American breeders by earnings for a second consecutive year in 2014, finishing with 264 wins from 1,771 starts for a combined $10,412,411.
Based in Nicholasville, Ky., the Ramseys have continued to benefit from the success of their homebred stallion, turf champion Kitten’s Joy, who has sired many of the farm’s prominent runners. Among the top Ramsey-homebreds in 2014 sired by Kitten’s Joy were Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Bobby’s Kitten, Grade 1 winners Stephanie’s Kitten and Real Solution, and Grade 1-placed Big Blue Kitten.
Wildcat Heir, a Grade 1 winner and leading sire in Florida, was euthanized the morning of Jan. 5 following a severe case of colic.
The 15-year-old son of Forest Wildcat stood at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., where he was advertised to stand the 2015 season for a fee of $10,000.
Speaking of Which, a graded/group stakes winner in the U.S. and Ireland, has been retired from racing and will stand at Usha Stud Farm in India, Racing Post reports.
The 6-year-old son of Invincible Spirit finished his career with five wins in 15 starts for earnings of $333,918 racing as a homebred for Moyglare Stud Farm. The Irish-born horse was trained Dermot Weld and later by Christophe Clement.
Grade 2 winner Congrats is recovering from colic surgery undergone while on shuttle duty last month in Australia and is expected to stand the upcoming Northern Hemisphere breeding season.
The 15-year-old son of A.P. Indy, who is based at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., was finishing his Southern Hemisphere duties at Vinery Australia when the surgery was performed.
