Last fall, the formation of the Golden State Series for 2- and 3-year-old California-breds was announced days before the Barretts October yearling sale in Pomona, Calif.
The new series, which was launched in March of this year, has greatly enhanced purses for young California-breds. When the 2011 yearling sale started, the impact of the new series had not been felt in the sport.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Wood Memorial winner Gemologist, who returned to WinStar Farm for evaluation about three weeks after a last-place finish in the Haskell Invitational, has been retired from racing, the farm announced late Thursday afternoon. WinStar will stand the 3-year-old colt, a son of their stallion Tiznow, in 2013. The Versailles, Ky., farm will announce his stud fee later.
Gemologist exited the July 29 Haskell with a respiratory infection that kept him out of the Travers, and he last worked out on Sept. 2, going five furlongs in 59.75 seconds at Saratoga.
The two-day Goffs Orby yearling sale ended Thursday in Ireland with large increases across the board as Galileo relations took center stage at the market’s top.
The 2012 auction was one day shorter than 2011’s edition and sold fewer horses, but its gross receipts for 301 yearlings (versus 487 last year) was up 21 percent to about $35,346,350. Average and median prices also made hefty gains. Both figures nearly doubled, with the average price rising 95 percent to about $117,429, and the median climbing 93 percent to about $75,400.
The New York Racing Association’s board is still a question mark as Governor Andrew Cuomo bides his time in naming its members, but breeders and sellers in the Empire State feel confident that one big factor will help draw bidders to the new Saratoga fall sale: the gaming revenues fueling big New York-bred awards.
Adena Springs stallion Silent Name, who spent 2011 and 2012 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in New York, will relocate to the Adena Springs Canadian division in Aurora, Ontario, the farm announced Tuesday.
His stud fee will be announced at a later date.
A $300,000 filly by Malibu Moon topped selling Monday afternoon at Fasig-Tipton’s Eastern fall yearling auction in Timonium, Md., where two horses brought more than last year’s $200,000 sale-topping price and figures increased across the board.
Stay Thirsty, who emerged from the shadow of his more celebrated stablemate Uncle Mo to become a Grade 1 winner, will rejoin Uncle Mo in his next career as a stallion at Ashford Stud in Kentucky, owner Mike Repole said Monday.
A $300,000 filly by Malibu Moon topped selling Monday afternoon at Fasig-Tipton’s Eastern fall yearling auction in Timonium, Md., where two horses brought more than last year’s $200,000 sale-topping price and figures increased across the board.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fasig-Tipton’s select November mixed sale will feature 180 horses in its catalog, the Kentucky auction house announced Monday.
The Nov. 5 auction will offer 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace and reigning champion sprint female Musical Romance as well as the dams of the one-two finishers in the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister.
Sarava, the 2002 Belmont Stakes winner, has been retired from stud to the Old Friends equine retirement haven in Georgetown, Ky., Old Friends announced Saturday. He is the first classic winner to reside at the farm.
