A Half Ours colt worked an eighth-mile in 9.80 seconds Friday to top the work tab at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s final under-tack session for the April 2-year-old sale that starts Monday.

Glitterman, a world record-setting sprinter who sired such Grade 1 winners as Balto Star and Glitter Woman, was euthanized late Thursday afternoon because of increasing age-related arthritis. A 26-year-old Dewan stallion, Glitterman had been pensioned at the Old Friends equine retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky.

The conditions of the $125,000 Melair Stakes for statebred 3-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park next Saturday are too tempting to pass for the owners and trainer of the recent maiden race winner Shezabigbroad.

Trained by Mike Puype, Shezabigbroad won her debut in a six-furlong maiden race at Santa Anita on March 11. Puype did not hesitate to declare Shezabigbroad as a candidate for the Melair, which is run over 1 1/16 miles.

“It’s not my style to go from one sprint to two turns,” he said on Thursday. “It’s an irreplaceable amount of money not to try it.”

A daughter of Sharp Humor was the fastest juvenile over a quarter-mile Thursday at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's third under-tack session.

Hip No. 992, a Sharp Humor filly out of Indyfendant, went a quarter-mile in 20.6 seconds at the third of four under-tack sessions previewing the sales company's April 2-year-old sale in Ocala, Fla. The sessions take place on OBS's synthetic surface.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Old Friends, the Kentucky equine retirement facility specializing in the care of retired stallions, is making an immediate appeal for $300,000 this month after an alleged bank error has left the charity more than $200,000 behind on its mortgage payments.

Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends, said Friday afternoon that a mass e-mail sent out Wednesday to the Georgetown. Ky., farm's supporters already had generated more than $60,000 in funds.

Less than a week after one of his sons topped the Keeneland April 2-year-old sale in Lexington, Ky., Indian Charlie grabbed the headline at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's juvenile under-tack show on Wednesday.

An Indian Charlie filly working for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales April auction was the first to breeze an eighth-mile in under 10 seconds at the four-day show. Offered as Hip No. 387, the daughter of Grade 3-placed Wawota went in 9.8 seconds. Her consignor is Hoppel's Horse and Cattle Company, acting as agent.

Pensioned Texas-based stallion Manzotti has died at his farm, according to Barbara Kvalsvig, who helped oversee the horse’s care during his retirement at Brookshire Farm in Brookshire, Texas. A Nijinksy II horse, Manzotti was 28 and died on April 12.

Manzotti, sire of 1994 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Two Altazano, was pensioned at Brookshire Farm. In addition to Two Altazano, he also sired graded winners Desert Air and Victorious Type. His earnings stand at more than $7.9 million from 13 racing-age crops.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s first under-tack session for the April juvenile sale saw a Hook and Ladder filly cruise a quarter-mile in 20.6 seconds on Tuesday.

That was the fastest time at the distance at the first of two sessions. Hip No. 92, a Hook and Ladder daughter of Savasana, was the quickest over a quarter-mile. She’s consigned by Wavertree Stables.

The Keeneland Association will raise its commission on horse sales from 4.5 percent to 5 percent, restoring it to its level back in 2000.

Keeneland’s commission rate for RNAs, horses who fail to reach their reserve prices, will remain at 2.5 percent, the level Keeneland set in 2009.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Keeneland’s April 2-year-old sale Monday evening closed out the boutique juvenile auction season with losses that did little to dent auction executives’ conviction that the market is stabilizing.

Keeneland’s single-digit decreases follow mixed results at earlier auctions in Florida and California, but auction houses and sellers say the season’s relatively shallow dips combined with some gains make them believe the market is leveling after its sharp two-year fall.