A Sultry Song mare carrying a Curlin foal commanded the $105,000 top price at Tuesday's first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's winter mixed auction.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland's January all-ages sale ended Friday afternoon on a grim note, with 33 horses failing to bring any bid in a weak session that produced a $55,000 session-topper.
When the session ended, the five-day auction had sold 982 horses for an aggregate $23,895,100, down 27 percent from last year's gross for 1,338 at a six-day auction. The cumulative average price also slipped slightly, falling from $24,532 to $24,333, and the $8,000 median was 16 percent lower than last year's $9,500.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Some of the facts are a little fuzzy.
How many people were in the winner's circle at Santa Anita last Sunday when A Jealous Woman won her third straight race? Keith Lineman, one of the five men who own A Jealous Woman, counted 82. Trainer Bill Spawr thought that figure was low. "Somebody said it was more than 100," he said.
Regardless of how many showed up, Santa Anita may need larger accommodation for A Jealous Woman's next race.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin is officially a sire. The 6-year-old horse's first foal, a bay filly, was born at Burleson Farms in Midway, Ky., on Jan. 12.
The filly is out of Zophie, the dam of 2006 Spinaway winner Appealing Zophie.
Zophie is a 15-year-old Hawkster winner out of the Seattle Slew mare Sodeo Sodeo. She also is the dam of American course record-setter Kal El, who set a 4 1/2-furlong turf mark of 49.06 in 2008 at Mountaineer.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - In Summation, a Grade 1-winning millionaire, will enter stud at Ocala Stud in Ocala, Fla., the farm announced Thursday.
He will stand for $4,000 in 2010.
In Summation, who retired in October, won 11 stakes, including the 2007 Bing Crosby Handicap. He also set a track records at Santa Anita for 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:01.27 and six furlongs in 1:06.67 and at Del Mar for six furlongs in 1:11.06. He also set a turf course record at Monmouth for 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:01.85.
Buddha, winner of the 2002 Grade 1 Wood Memorial, has been sold privately and will relocate to Haras Dilu in Argentina, where he will stand as property of a syndicate.
Agent Ben Glass confirmed the sale, which was brokered through bloodstock agent Luis Bouza.
An 11-year-old by Unbridled's Song, Buddha won 3 of his 4 starts for earnings of $489,600. He launched his stud career at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., then moved in 2008 to Pin Oak Lane Farm in New Freedom, Pa.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Diamond A Farm owner Gerald Ford probably said it best. He'd been talking about how difficult the last 18 months have been.
"In this game, when you're winning you know it's going to end, and when you're losing, you think it never will end," said Ford, who in the last year has lost two of his best broodmares, Kelli's Ransom, dam of Grade 1 winner Devil May Care and Grade 2 winner Regal Ransom, and her dam, Musical Minister. "It's been kind of a tough year."
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A $220,000 broodmare in foal to Elusive Quality was the peak of the market Wednesday at the Keeneland January all-ages sale's third session in Lexington. One day after the sales of $1.085 million Miss Isella and $950,000 Bon Jovi Girl pushed Tuesday's session to gains against last year's figure, Wednesday saw more severe declines.
Thoroughbred Legends has sold its promising juvenile Conveyance to Sheikh Rashid al-Maktoum's Zabeel Racing, bloodstock agent Omar Trevino announced Wednesday.
A 3-year-old Indian Charlie colt, Conveyance won his two starts last year, most recently running away from a Hollywood Park allowance field by seven lengths on Nov. 25.
Trevino said the colt would remain in training with Bob Baffert in California.