Lost in the Fog is coming home, says Karen Dodd. Home for much of the life of the deceased Eclipse Award-winning sprinter was Greg and Karen Dodd's Southern Chase Farm in Williston, Fla. It is at this 430-acre nursery and training complex that Lost in the Fog will be memorialized and his ashes interred.
Prices began to slide Wednesday on Day 9 of the Keeneland September yearling sale, but the auction remained on a record pace and there was highly competitive bidding for certain lots.
The session-leading price at 4:30 p.m. was the $250,000 that Robert Trussell Jr., co-founder of the Tempur-Pedic Inc. mattress company, spent for a Malibu Moon colt out of Shoofha. Agent Cecil Seaman signed the ticket on Trussell's behalf, and Castleton Lyons was the consigning agent.
There were no million-dollar lots by 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Keeneland September yearling auction's eighth of 14 sessions, but the sale remained on a record pace.
Tuesday's afternoon session-leader was Hip No. 2,630, a $250,000 Petionville filly out of So Unusual. Pope McLean's Crestwood Farm sold the filly as agent, and Taylor Stables was the buyer.
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is showing continued improvement in his long recovery from a broken right hind leg and laminitis in his left hind, according to an update issued Tuesday from the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa.
A 3-year-old Dynaformer colt, Barbaro remains in intensive care at the center, where he has been since shattering his right hind leg in the May 20 Preakness.
"He had an excellent week," said the center's chief surgeon, Dr. Dean Richardson.
Serena's Tune, a daughter of champion Serena's Song and the dam of several high-priced yearlings, has died after developing acute laminitis, an official at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., confirmed Tuesday.
A Mr. Prospector mare, Serena's Tune was 8. The farm did not disclose the date she died, though trade publications reported she was euthanized the week of Sept. 11.
Serena's Tune's current yearling, a Vindication colt, sold on Sept. 11 at the current Keeneland sale for $2.8 million.
Serena's Tune, a daughter of champion Serena's Song and the dam of several high-priced yearlings, has died after developing acute laminitis, an official at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., confirmed Tuesday.
A Mr. Prospector mare, Serena's Tune was 8. The farm did not disclose the date she died, though trade publications reported she was euthanized the week of Sept. 11.
Serena's Tune's current yearling, a Vindication colt, sold on Sept. 11 at the current Keeneland sale for $2.8 million.
LAS VEGAS - The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies just got more interesting.
Point Ashley, who became the divisional leader with a smashing victory in the Del Mar Debutante Stakes during the last week at Del Mar, is the likely Juvenile Fillies favorite, but Dreaming of Anna - who remained undefeated with a dominating performance last Sunday in the Grade 3 Summer Stakes on grass at Woodbine over males - looms a legitimate threat, even though her preferred surface may be turf.
Serena's Tune, a daughter of champion Serena?s Song and the dam of several high-priced yearlings, has died after developing acute laminitis, an official at Hill ?n? Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky., confirmed Tuesday.
A Mr. Prospector mare, Serena?s Tune was 8. The farm did not disclose the date she died, though trade publications reported she was euthanized the week of Sept. 11.
Serena?s Tune?s current yearling, a Vindication colt, sold on Sept. 11 at the current Keeneland sale for $2.8 million.