Black Caviar’s yearling half-sister sold for the record-equaling price of $2.6 million (Australian) Wednesday as the Inglis sale company’s important Australian Easter yearling sale completed its second of three sessions with a gain in average and a level median.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland’s April 2-year-old in training sale on Monday night posted figures that were even or slightly lower than last year despite weakness at the bottom of the market and a block of scratches that significantly reduced the numbers of horses that went through the ring.

With only 59 horses sold from an original catalog of 161 horses, average was $165,322, nearly identical with last year’s average of $165,200 for 70 horses sold. Median for this year’s sale of $120,000 was down 7.7 percent from last year’s median of $130,000.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – When Keeneland’s April select 2-year-old sale takes place Monday in Lexington, consignors and auction officials hope it will provide more evidence that the boutique juvenile market has emerged from the post-2008 meltdown and is galloping solidly into recovery.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Derby Gold was already named when Arnold Zetcher paid $105,000 for the colt at the 2010 Barretts California Cup yearling sale. Judging from the colt’s first two starts, the name may turn out to be appropriate.

On March 31, Derby Gold won his stakes debut in the $200,000 Echo Eddie Stakes for California-bred 3-year-olds at Santa Anita. By Bertrando, Derby Gold will make his two-turn debut in the $300,000 Snow Chief Stakes at Hollywood Park on April 28, California Gold Rush Day.

A pair of juveniles brought $105,000 each to top the Fasig-Tipton Texas auction of 2-year-olds in training at Lone Star Park near Dallas on Thursday. Both horses were bred in Louisiana, and both were sold by agent Robert Brewer.

Win for Rob, a colt by Salute the Sarge, was the first to hit the six-figure mark, when he went to Southern Equine. The horse is a half-brother to both Ide Like a Double, a multiple stakes winner of $626,316, and Old Bushmill, a multiple stakes winner of $157,754. Win for Rob was Hip No. 16.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Seven 2-year-olds shaded 10 seconds for their one-furlong works in Thursday’s under-tack show for the Keeneland April select 2-year-old auction.

Consignor Lynne Boutte has described her yearling-to-juvenile resale prospects as mostly blue-collar, but her recent pinhooking history has been anything but.

The Sanan family’s Padua Stables near Ocala, Fla., will go on the auction block May 31.

The Padua property covers more than 760 acres and is a training center and breeding farm. Satish Sanan and his wife, Anne, who have owned the former Silverleaf Farm property since 1997, decided back in 2007 to sell the farm and move their operation’s base to Kentucky as part a renewed emphasis on homebreeding.

Vinery Florida stallion and 2008 champion sprinter Benny the Bull will shuttle to Brazil for the 2012 and 2013 Southern Hemisphere seasons under an agreement between Albatroz Bloodstock’s Renato Gameiro and the horse’s owner, Greg James.

Benny the Bull, a 9-year-old Lucky Lionel horse, will stand at Haras Santa Tereza do Bom Retiro in Rio Grande do Sul. He will return to Vinery’s Ocala, Fla., division for Northern Hemisphere breeding seasons.

Comedian Frank Santorelli will perform on Monday, April 13, to benefit the Old Friends equine retirement facility. Santorelli, also an actor who appeared in "The Sopranos," will perform at the Midway restaurant 815 Prime at 131 East Main Street in Midway, Ky., in an event presented by the Midway Merchants Association. Tickets for seats are $25 each, with proceeds going to Old Friends. Doors open at 6 p.m., and Santorelli will take the stage at 8 p.m., following a handicapping talk by Brisnet's Tim Holland. The restaurant 815 Prime also will feature a reduced-priced menu for patrons.