The California Cup will not be run in 2013, but will be moved to a date in January or early February at Santa Anita in 2014 as part of a revamped Golden State series for California-breds over the next 12 months.
The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association released its 2013-2014 Golden State series schedule on Thursday, and the revised date for the Cal Cup is the most significant of several changes.
As the outcome of the 2012 Eclipse Awards proved, a champion can come from anywhere in a sales catalog.
While the idea that you should spend millions at public auction to secure a future Eclipse Award winner did pan out in the case of Royal Delta, the list of champions was just as strongly represented by horses who could have been had for a far more modest price.
Grade 1 winner Dublin was represented by his first foal on Jan. 18, a filly born at Newtown Anner Stud in Millbrook, N.Y.
"She's a strong early foal with great bone and great conformation," Newtown Anner Stud general manager Morris Reagan said.
The chestnut filly is out of the Untuttable mare Heaven's Grace, a full sister to Grade 2 winner This Ones for Phil and a half-sister to stakes winner Tap Dancer.
Grade 2 winner Informed was represented by his first foal Jan. 18, a filly born at Pat Thompson's Ridgeley Farm near Hemet, Calif.
The filly is out of the winning Game Plan mare Noble Plan, whose dam is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Noble Nashua. It is the family of Southern Hemisphere champions Emponchado and Jimwaki.
Multiple Group 1 winner Dar Re Mi has been added to unbeaten champion Frankel's outstanding first book of mares.
The 8-year-old Singspiel mare, bred and owned by Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Watership Down Stud, is due to deliver a Dubawi foal in March. Her first foal was an Oasis Dream colt in 2012.
The first phase of the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey estimated the total value of the state’s equine and equine-related assets in 2011 to be about $23.4 billion.
The study estimated a total population of 242,000 equines of all breeds in Kentucky, residing on about 35,000 equine operations, with about 1.1 million acres devoted to equine use.
The estimated value of the state’s equine assets in 2011 was about $6.3 billion; while equine-related assets, such as land, buildings, vehicles, equipment, feed and supplies, and equestrian clothing, totaled about $17.1 billion.
Champion Action This Day has been sold to stand at Haras Los Azahares in Peru.
The 12-year-old Kris S. horse began his stud career at Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky. in 2005, moving to nearby Spendthrift Farm in 2008. He stood at Dana Point Farm in Pennsylvania in 2010, then relocated to Indiana Stallion Station in 2011 and stood there for a $1,000 fee in 2012.
Thoroughbred owners and breeders have until Feb. 1 to name foals of 2011, The Jockey Club announced on Thursday.
Those who miss the deadline are subject to a late fee of $100. Name selections can be submitted to The Jockey Club from the registry website or submitted via a mobile application developed for iPhone and Android. The naming application is available for download free of charge.
Grade 1 winner First Dude was represented by his first foal on Jan. 12, a filly born at Hickstead Farm in Ocala, Fla.
The bay filly is out of the unraced Hennessy mare Wall St. Widow, whose dam, Love Or Money, is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner and sire Broken Vow. It is the family of Grade 3 winner and sire Winged Victory, as well as stakes winners and sires Service Stripe and Where's The Ring.
"She is a welcome addition to the First Dude family," said Melissa Anthony, stallion coordinator of Donald Dizney’s Double Diamond Farm of Ocala, Fla. where the stallion stands.
