LEXINGTON, Ky. - A day after slipping in average and median price, Fasig-Tipton Midlantic's December mixed auction entered its final session Monday with a $98,000 Kafwain filly the leader as of 5:30 p.m.
Winter Spree Farm bought the weanling filly, the first foal out of the Allen's Prospect mare Dotsie's Doll. Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck's Summerfield agency consigned the filly.
Whispered Secret, a $21,000 purchase by Sam-Son Farm, topped the broodmare session of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's 2005 winter mixed sale at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion on Saturday.
Whispered Secret, a 15-year-old daughter of Secretariat, was sold by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent. She is in foal to Porto Foricos.
Three mares brought $10,000 each, including Cousin Charlotte, who was bought by John Galatiuk. Consigned by Woodlands, as agent, she is in foal to Perigee Moon.
The annual Florida Farm Managers Inc.'s trade show and parade of stallions, held at the Ocala, Fla., horse complex this past Sunday, attracted well over 1,000 visitors, most of whom came to scrutinize the 32 stallions prior to the parade and to negotiate season purchases. Per custom, Jim and Sheila DiMare of Rising Hill Farm hosted hundreds for brunch at their assigned barn.
Our New Recruit and Tizbud, two stakes winners trained by John Sadler, have been retired to stud at separate California farms, it was announced this week.
Our New Recruit, whose biggest win came in the $2 million Golden Shaheen for sprinters in Dubai in March 2004, will stand for $3,500 at Legacy Ranch in Clements, Calif.
Tizbud, who won the 2003 California Cup Classic at Oak Tree at Santa Anita, will stand for $3,000 at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif.
More than 40 New York-bred weanlings are cataloged to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December winter mixed sale that begins Sunday in Timonium, Md. They will be sold during the weanling session, which starts 10 a.m. Monday.
Several prominent New York pedigrees are represented in the contingent, including a Wheelaway colt whose dam, Made for Eachother, is a half-sister to statebred Prospector's Flag, winner of the Grade 3 Discovery Handicap in 1993.
Prospector's Flag was by Personal Flag, who at the time stood in New York at John Hettinger's Akindale Farm.
Undefeated in four starts, Maryland-bred 2-year-old filly Celestial Legend looks to have a very bright future.
Trained by Dale Capuano for Richard Schultz and David Menard, Celestial Legend is now a two-time stakes winner and is set to take aim at the Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship on Dec. 26 at Laurel Park.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes added a bit of polish to the juvenile season of the promising graded stakes winner Private Vow. A bay son of freshman sire Broken Vow, Private Vow had won the Futurity Stakes at Belmont in September and had been one of the favorites in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but he finished last.
There was, however, a legitimate excuse for that disappointment. During the Juvenile, the left rein on the colt's bridle broke, causing a loss of balance, momentum, and any chance of a competitive placing.
Tiger Heart, the runner-up in Grade 1 stakes such as the Vosburgh and Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, has been retired from racing after suffering a torn tendon in a front leg, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. said Thursday.
Tiger Heart, a 4-year-old son of Scatmandu out of No Small Miracle, retires with a record of 4-5-2 from 13 starts and earnings of $314,452. He is owned by Buckram Oak Farm, which is seeking a home for the colt as a stallion.