Breeder and owner Saud bin Khaled, the Saudi prince who bred Group 1 winner Biondetti and 2008 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Maram, died Monday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after an unspecified illness.
He was 72.
The Jockey Club has introduced a new iPhone application that allows iPhone users to take and submit foal photos for registration. The application is free and is available for download from the iTunes store at the following link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-jockey-club-registry/id415303226?mt=8. The Jockey Club plans to launch a version for the Android operating system later this year.
Musket Man, a millionaire graded winner by Yonaguska, has retired to stud at Vinery Florida. He will stand for $2,500.
The 5-year-old Musket Man won the 2009 Illinois Derby and Tampa Bay Derby. He also place four times in Grade 1 races, including runner-up finishes in last year's Metropolitan and Carter Handicaps and third-place finishes in the 2009 Preakness Stakes and Whitney Handicap. Derek Ryan trained Musket Man for Eric Fein and Vic Carlson.
Musket Man, an earner of more than $1.2 million, is out of the stakes-placed Fortunate Prospect mare Fortuesque.
Dr. James Buell has come full circle in Thoroughbred racing.
Not closely involved in California breeding or racing on a year-round basis for more than two decades, Buell, 78, has been amassing a stable of yearlings and 2-year-olds in recent months that he plans to race in 2011 and beyond.
Monday at the Barretts January mixed sale in Pomona, Calif., Buell was the leading buyer, acquiring nine horses for $98,300 through his Kings River Ranch. He was also active at sales in Kentucky in 2010.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A U. S. District Court judge here has cleared the way for syndicate members in Lane's End stallions Kingmambo and Lemon Drop Kid either to match a purchase offer for shares in the horses or to sell those shares to a group affiliated with owner and breeder Jerry Jamgotchian.
New York Thoroughbred breeders got some good news this week: the check really is in the mail. After two years of shortfall, New York’s breeder, owner, and stallion owner awards program will receive about $4 million from the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund and the New York Racing Association.
A prominent Australian entrepreneur and Thoroughbred breeder has purchased one of Australia’s two major Thoroughbred auction houses, the Magic Millions company.
Gerry Harvey, billionaire founder of the Harvey Norman furniture and home electronics chain store, and his family previously owned a 50-percent stake in the company but upped that to 100 percent after buying the shares previously owned by John Singleton and Rob Ferguson. Harvey announced the purchase but declined to reveal the price.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fasig-Tipton Kentucky’s February mixed catalogs are in the mail now, and potential buyers reading them will immediately spot a difference: a special section for 2011 no-guarantee stallion seasons to seven well-known Bluegrass stallions.
The seasons are to Spendthrift Farm’s Malibu Moon, Darley’s Medaglia d’Oro, Vinery stallion More Than Ready and 2010 leading freshman sire Congrats, as well as Three Chimneys resident Sky Mesa, WinStar’s Speightstown, and Bluegrass Cat.
