Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:59

Jockey Club supplements Fact Book online

For the first time, The Jockey Club is supplementing the Fact Book, its statistical guide to the North American Thoroughbred industry, with online editions for 33 states and Canadian provinces.

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 20:57

Heart Ashley retired, will be sold at Keeneland November

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Zayat Stables announced Tuesday that its Grade 3 winner Heart Ashley has retired from racing and will go through the auction ring at the 2010 Keeneland November sale.

Zayat Stables owner Ahmed Zayat will consign the 4-year-old Lion Heart filly through the Eaton Sales agency.

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 22:50

Fasig-Tipton Texas sees gains as son of Wildcat Shoes tops sale

A colt by the late stallion Wildcat Shoes topped the Fasig-Tipton Texas summer yearling sale at Lone Star Park on Monday when he fetched $111,000 from the Coteau Grove Farm of Keith and Ginger Myers. The Louisiana-bred is a half-brother to 2-year-old stakes winner Toro Bravo.

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 16:13

Judge orders $14.7M payment in Stonewall case

A Fayette, Ky., Circuit Court judge has ordered Audrey Haisfield and son Marc to pay Fifth Third Bank a total of more than $14.7 million as the guarantors of loans Audrey Haisfield’s Stonewall Farm took out.

Judge Pamela Goodwine signed the order on Aug. 25, clearing the way for Fifth Third to attempt to recover the funds from the Haisfields.

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 14:25

Hurley farm to be auctioned

Former basketball star Bobby Hurley's Ocala, Fla., farm will go on the auction block Oct. 5 as a result of PNC Bank's foreclosure on the 140-acre property.

Named Devil Eleven Farm in honor of Hurley's jersey number during his famous career with the Duke University basketball team, the farm is a major asset in PNC's attempt to recover about $3.3 million in loans and fees. PNC Bank began foreclosure proceedings in late April.

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:27

Sugarinthemorning validates owner's opinion

It was Social Belle’s figure that caught Stephen B. Weissman’s eye on a Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita in March 2002. Her speed figures, to be exact.

The mare was in the first race at Santa Anita on a Saturday, a $20,000 claimer, and Weissman saw the then 5-year-old as a broodmare prospect, one who had recorded Beyer Speed Figures of 93 and 103 in two of her first three starts.

“She was going downhill and I bought her for $20,000,” he said. “The mare was beautiful. I thought, How can she not produce?”

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 07:36

Ocala yearling sale ends with gains across the board

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s August yearling auction ended Thursday night in Ocala, Fla., on a high note after all three session rang up increases.

The sale topper was a $280,000 Any Given Saturday filly out of Ricki S. that Beth Bayer’s agency sold to Jeff Bonde and Mersad Metanovic. The filly is out of a full sister to graded stakes winner and millionaire Brass Hat and sold at the auction’s select session on Tuesday.

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 14:46

Smarty Jones may relocate to Pennsylvania

Smarty Jones might head back to his home state of Pennsylvania, if his breeder and co-owner, Pat Chapman, can put together a deal to relocate him from Kentucky.

“I want him in Pennsylvania,” she told the Philadelphia Daily News in an Aug. 26 story.

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 22:06

Mass Media colt tops second OBS session at $50,000

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A $50,000 Mass Media colt, half-brother to 2010 stakes winner Awesome Son, set the standard Wednesday at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s August yearling sale in Ocala, Fla.

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 15:56

Stonewall files new motion

The bankrupt Stonewall Farm entities that own the stallions Value Plus and Da Stoops have filed motions opposing a lender’s effort to take over and sell the sires at the Keeneland November auction.