Stonestreet Stables principals Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke were no doubt thinking of their 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra Monday when they bid $650,000 for another Medaglia d'Oro filly at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old auction.
The price was the second-highest price ever at the sale, behind last year's $850,000 bid for the Tapit colt Trappe Shot. Steve Young, agent, placed that bid for the colt, who was then named Tashop and now races for Mill House.
The California Cup program will revert to a late October date this year, from an early October running in 2009, and is likely to comprise a different lineup of races, according to Doug Burge, general manager of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Trainer Mike Machowsky didn't pore over pedigree histories or nicking analyses when he planned the mating that produced Caracortado. It was, as he recalls, a pretty simple decision.
"I'd like to say I really researched it, but, no, a friend of mine was standing Cat Dreams," he said. "I've always liked the Storm Cat line, so I took a shot and got lucky, I guess."
The mating of Cat Dreams, then a $4,000 sire, and Machowsky's mare Mons Venus has resulted in probably the best runner Machowsky has saddled since multiple Grade 1 winner Southern Image.
Three juveniles worked a furlong in 10.20 seconds Wednesday to kick off the under-tack show for Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's May 17 juvenile sale in Timonium, Md.
The trio of fast eighth-mile workers on Wednesday were Hip No. 69, a Medaglia d'Oro-Chit Chat Pam filly that Eisaman Equine is consigning on behalf of the Edmund Gann estate; Hip No. 164, a Five Star Day-Grand Betty colt that Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co. consigns; and Hip No. 184, a Hennessy-Hurricane Hannah colt also consigned by the Eisaman agency.
Keeneland will host the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's 2010 breeder awards dinner, the association has announced.
The 25th annual event will take place Sept. 10. It honors leading breeders in 26 states and throughout North America, and it also presents awards for national breeder of the year, national owner of the year, and the "racing game's new owner of the year."
LEXINGTON, Ky. - WinStar Farm, owner and breeder of this year's Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness contender, Super Saver, is giving racing fans the opportunity to name Super Saver's half-brother by Medaglia d'Oro.
The colt, foaled April 11, is out of Super Saver's dam, Supercharger. She is an A.P. Indy mare.
A War Front colt who was one of seven juveniles that worked a furlong in 10 seconds topped Tuesday's Barretts May 2-year-old sale on a bid of $250,000. A smaller catalog than last year resulted in a steep drop in gross, but average remained steady.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ken Troutt and Bill Casner first met over the claim box at the old Ak-Sar-Ben racetrack in Omaha, Neb., in 1973.
Troutt was a 25-year-old owner and Casner a 25-year-old trainer, and both men put a claim in on Great Bear Lake. Casner won the shake, but, more important, the horse gave the two men something to talk about when they ran into each other in the grandstand. Those conversations led to a friendship and business partnership that has grown beyond either of their imaginations.