The broodmare La Ville Rouge, dam of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has produced a fourth full brother to that popular runner.
Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky., where owners Gretchen and Roy Jackson board La Ville Rouge, announced Thursday afternoon that the mare produced her fifth Dynaformer colt, weighing 138 pounds, on May 18.
George Bolton’s $220,000 bid for a half-brother to Sinister Minister topped Monday night’s Barretts May 2-year-old auction, which saw mixed results overall.
Bolton’s sale-topper, a Wavertree Stables consignee, was by Hard Spun and went through the ring as Hip No. 55. The dark bay or brown colt was one of seven 2-year-olds to bring six-figure prices and had worked the co-fastest quarter-mile time of 21.40 seconds at the under-tack preview.
Zenyatta’s yearling half-sister by Henrythenavigator has been sold privately to “an owner with Irish interests” and probably will be trained in Ireland, according to Irish Thoroughbred Marketing.
The marketing arm of Ireland’s Thoroughbred industry reported the sale in its newsletter Monday. It did not disclose the yearling filly’s price but indicated the deal brokered by bloodstock agent Dermot Farrington was for seven figures.
A Congrats colt and a Speightstown filly were the fastest workers over a furlong Friday at the Barretts May 2-year-old sale in Pomona, Calif., covering a furlong in 10 seconds.
Hip No. 67, a Congrats colt out of stakes-placed White Ruffle, and Hip No. 77, a Speightstown daughter of Bridled, shared the honors. Callaway Thoroughbreds consigns the Congrats colt, and the Stephens Thoroughbreds agency consigns the Speightstown filly.
Evening Jewel, a two-time Grade 1 winner and a finalist for the Eclipse Award as the nation's outstanding 3-year-old filly of 2010, has been retired and is in the process of being sold, trainer Jim Cassidy said on Friday.
Owner Marilyn Braly has reached a private deal with Aaron and Marie Jones, who intend to ship the 4-year-old Evening Jewel to Kentucky later this month, Cassidy said. She will be bred in 2012. The deal was expected to be finalized this weekend, contingent on a routine veterinary exam, Cassidy said.
A half-sister to California Flag, the California-bred co-horse of the year in 2009, is among the juveniles that will be offered at Monday evening’s Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in-training in Pomona, Calif.
The half-sister to California Flag, named Cosmopolitan, is consigned by Sam Hendricks, agent, and is Hip No. 63 in the one-day sale, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Pacific. The sale features a main catalog of 107 2-year-olds and a supplemental catalog with 15 additional hips, including a 3- and a 4-year-old.
