Fasig-Tipton’s Florida 2-year-old auction will take place Monday amidst renewed optimism in the select juvenile market, thanks to across-the-board gains at the season’s first two sales.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. − For fans of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, 2012 has been a special year. Both mares, voted Horse of the Year in 2009 and 2010, respectively − produced their first foals on central Kentucky farms. The transition from racemare to broodmare usually takes place well out of the spotlight, and many successful female racing stars fade from view once they arrive at the private breeding farms for their new careers.
Louise Ireland Humphrey, who bred Gemologist and other graded winners, died March 18 at her Woodfield Springs Plantation in Miccosukee, Fla., according to the Tallahassee Democrat. She was 93.
Humphrey bred Gemologist in partnership with her son G. Watts Humphrey Jr. WinStar owns the undefeated Tiznow colt, who is pointing for the April 7 Wood Memorial following a seven-length allowance score at Gulfstream on March 16. The son of Crystal Shard, by Mr. Prospector, won last year’s Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Stonestreet Stables’s “Name Rachel’s Foal” contest generated more than 6,500 submissions from around the world, from which the stable expects to choose a winner by this summer.
The six-day contest drew a total of 6,521 name suggestions for the 2009 Horse of the Year’s first foal, a colt by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin that was born Jan. 22 in Lexington. Stonestreet Stables owns both Rachel Alexandra and Curlin.
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 12:16
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky’s historic Claiborne Farm has donated a 3,000-acre conservation easement to the Bluegrass Conservancy in a move that will protect the farm from development.
The easement covers the entire farm, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010. The farm has been in the Hancock family since its founding. Its current owners – siblings Seth, Dell, and Clay Hancock – and Seth’s children, Allison and Walker Hancock, donated the easement.
A total of 134 juveniles have been cataloged to the John Franks Memorial 2-year-olds in training sale at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La., on March 25. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. Central. There will be gallop preview show this coming Saturday, March 24.
Last year, 113 lots sold for a cumulative $901,500, or an average of $7,978, according to Charlotte Stemmans Clavier, president of Stemmans Inc., administrator for the sale at Evangeline.
The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, New York Racing Association, and New York Thoroughbred Breeders have formed a new program, called TAKE2, that aims to create new career opportunities for retired racing Thoroughbreds and build demand for them in the horse show community.
The three associations will jointly sponsor Thoroughbred-only divisions for hunters and jumpers at the 2012 Skidmore College Saratoga Classic and Saratoga Springs horse shows, a series of four shows. The shows will take place at Saratoga Race Course.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation will fund 16 equine research projects this year, including eight new projects, for a total of $845,646.
The funding also will cover the second year of eight continuing projects started last year.
Projects that will receive the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation’s support include research studying foal pneumonia, laminitis, vitamin D’s role in equine immunity, and stem cell therapy.
Twelve-time stakes winner and pensioned sire Fortunate Prospect died March 15 at the Old Friends equine retirement haven, the Georgetown, Ky., farm announced Friday.
The 31-year-old Northern Prospect horse was euthanized due to age-related complications, farm founder Michael Blowen said. Fortunate Prospect was the farm’s oldest retiree.
“Old Friends veterinarian Dr. Doug Byars arrived at the farm within minutes of Fortunate Prospect showing signs of distress and advised euthanasia after a thorough examination,” an Old Friends release noted.