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.
LAS VEGAS - As the calendar turns to December, it is only natural to look ahead to next year's Triple Crown, and there are many 2-year-olds who have the talent - and pedigree - to prosper at age 3. Here are the current prime candidates:
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Following a foal auction that produced a sale-record gross, England's Tattersalls sale company launched its December mare auction Monday with early gains.
The opening-day topper was Ruby Rocket, who brought approximately $617,610, or 340,000 guineas in the local currency. BBA (Ireland) purchased the filly from Summerdown Stables. Ruby Rocket is a 4-year-old filly by Indian Rocket who has earned almost $100,000, won a pair of stakes, and been placed in Group 3 company twice. She is out of the placed Fairy King mare Geht Schnell.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority gathered unanimous approval for its compromise plan to distribute funding for the Kentucky-bred breeders' incentive program, and considering the fact of unanimity itself, the group created a political success of significance.
Grade 1 winner Millennium Wind will stand the 2006 breeding season at Dr. Lynwood and Suzie O'Cain's Highcliff Farm in Delanson, N.Y. He moves to Highcliff Farm from Ro Parra's Millennium Farms in Kentucky.
The fee for the son of Cryptoclearance, whose first foals are 2-year-olds of 2006, is $5,000, live foal.
Millennium Wind originally was purchased for $1.2 million by Dave and Jill Heerensperger from Parrish Hill Farm, Lane's End agent, at the 1999 Keeneland September yearling sale.
