Hall of Fame mare Paseana, North America's champion older female in 1992 and 1993, has died in Argentina at age 18.
Owner Sidney Craig said Thursday that he was notified by the farm Haras san Ignacio de la Hoya, where Paseana boarded, that the mare had died of natural causes on Monday. An Argentine-bred, Paseana was foaled on the Southern Hemisphere breeding calendar on Aug. 23, 1987.
Florida's 2-year-olds in training sale season has its final round beginning Tuesday. The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale has cataloged 460 2-year-olds for its two-day auction. This sale differs from the prior 2-year-old sales in that it has a component for older racehorses. There are 17 of these older horses cataloged and they, too, must go under tack for prospective buyers. Starting time for both sale sessions is 10:30 a.m.
Juveniles by New York stallion Freud, who is ranked nationally as a second-crop sire, are among the more than 40 statebreds cataloged to the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company auction on Tuesday and Wednesday in Florida. Selling begins each day at 10:30 a.m.
Polish Miner had big shoes to fill when he entered stud at Northview Stallion Station in 2003. He is now off and running after getting his first winner in his first crop, when his 2-year-old daughter Red Hot Lady cruised to victory on June 13 at Delaware Park.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Sheikh Hamdan al-Maktoum, the owner of Belmont Stakes winner Jazil, has about 1,500 horses in his breeding and racing program. But he still sifts through the sales in search of quality stock to add to his empire each season. That is how he came by Jazil, a $725,000 Keeneland September yearling in 2004.
Jazil comes from the Northern Dancer line through his damsire.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - One of the best stallions in the world, Seeking the Gold added a further distinction to his sire record with the victory of Jazil in the Belmont Stakes. A syndicated stallion, Seeking the Gold stands at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., for a fee of $125,000, not only because of the quantity of his 74 stakes winners but also their exceptional quality.
Last Tycoon, winner of the 1986 Breeders' Cup Mile, has died in retirement in Japan, according to a Thursday report in England's Racing Post newspaper.
According to the story, Last Tycoon died at Arrow Stud in Japan on May 27. The story gave a Coolmore spokesman as the source. The report gave no cause of death for the 23-year-old stallion.
Coolmore owned Last Tycoon during his breeding career and gave the stallion to Arrow Stud after pensioning him in 2004.
