Kazzia, a standard-bearer for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Darley operation on the racetrack and as a broodmare, died Sunday from post-foaling complications at age 14.
The German-bred Zinaad mare had delivered her seventh foal, a Dubawi filly, at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England. Racing Post reports that the foal has been placed with a foster mare and is doing well.
New York stallion Bank Heist was represented by his first foal, a dark bay or brown filly, on Feb. 28 at J Jeps Farm in Anville, Pa.
It was dead winter in Kentucky, that February afternoon I chose to visit one of the great sires of the modern era. I had planned to pay homage to Storm Cat, to acknowledge his impending 30th birthday, to gaze upon a living masterpiece of equine art before it was too late. But how badly did I want that?
It is too early in the year for Northern Hemisphere 3-year-olds to have sorted themselves out, so perhaps it should not be surprising that if one consults the most recent worldwide rankings of horses competing as 3-year-olds, the highest-rated horse would be Australia’s All Too Hard.
Freshman Congressman Andy Barr of Kentucky introduced the Equine Tax Parity Act (HR-998) in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, which would reduce the capital gains holding period on horses from 24 months to 12 months.
Off a successful first season in 2012, the Thoroughbred Horse Show Association is now accepting entries for its spring show on April 14 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.
Entries close April 1, but late entries may be taken with a late fee. Class fees will be waived for horses that have been adopted since November 2012. Several horses competing in the show will be available for sale or adoption.
Grade 2 winner Adios Charlie was represented by his first foal, a filly born on March 2 at Ocala Stud Farm in Ocala, Fla.
The bay filly is out of the Notebook mare Ennuhway, dam of popular New York Racing Association circuit runner and stakes winner Lisa’s Booby Trap, by Drewman, as well as five other winners.
Rachel Alexandra was described as "bright and alert" on Thursday evening after undergoing a surgical procedure to drain an abscess earlier that day.
Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., where the 2009 Horse of the Year underwent abdominal surgery following foaling complications on Feb. 13, discovered an abscess adjacent to the mare's reproductive tract and rectum on Thursday morning.
The abscess was successfully drained via a standing surgical procedure, with Rachel Alexandra's vital signs remaining normal throughout.
Grade 1 winner Violence has been retired from racing and will begin his stallion career in 2014 at John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky.
The 3-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro had emerged as one of the early favorites on this year’s Kentucky Derby trail after winning his first three career starts, including the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity and the Grade 2 Nashua Stakes.
