A Gilded Time colt equaled the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's fastest-ever eighth-mile work on Saturday in Ocala, Fla., when he covered the distance in 10 seconds.
The colt breezed at the weekend's under-tack preview for the OBS June sale, which was to run Tuesday and Wednesday at the auction house's facility in Ocala.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Giacomo, winner of the Kentucky Derby, will join the stallion roster at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs operation when he retires from racing, though that retirement is not imminent.
Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs, racing manager for the colt's owners, Jerry and Ann Moss, and wife of trainer John Shirreffs, confirmed Friday that the Mosses had struck a deal with Adena Springs.
"He isn't going to be retired right away, needless to say, but when Mr. Moss and Mr. Shirreffs decide to retire him, he will go to Adena Springs," Ingordo-Shirreffs said.
Waddell Hancock, the widow of Claiborne Farm owner A.B. "Bull" Hancock, Jr., died at her home near Paris, Ky., on Friday. She was 90.
The Hancocks had four children. The younger of two sons, Seth, is president of Claiborne and owns the legendary breeding farm with his sisters Dell and Clay. The Hancocks' older son, Arthur III, owns Stone Farm.
Hancock also has eight grandchildren among her survivors.
A prominent first-crop runner can do wonders for a stallion, as is the case for New York sire Intidab.
From a crop of just six foals, Intidab got multiple graded stakes winner Greater Good, a leading juvenile of 2004 and a contender on the Triple Crown trail this season.
A son of New York sire Phone Trick, Intidab has since been booked to more than 60 mares for the 2005 season.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Mike Willman admits to being speechless while watching his McCann's Mojave midway through the $91,350 Ack Ack Handicap at Hollywood Park on June 11.
Willman, the host of intertrack television programs at Del Mar and Hollywood Park and a weekend radio program, was not sure what to think as McCann's Mojave fought with Congrats in early stretch of the race over 7 1/2 furlongs.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Many of the auction world's most prominent breeders and consignors have banded together to form what they are calling a trade association to address sales-related issues.
The new organization, the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association. Inc., will be open to "any dues-paying consignor or commercial breeder who breeds or sells Thoroughbred horses," according to its initial announcement. So far, its membership roster includes representatives from some of the world's most prosperous breeding farms and sales agents.
United has flown, in more ways than one.
In his 13 career starts for Dogwood Stable and Saratoga-based trainer George Weaver, United, a 3-year-old Pennsylvania-bred colt, has raced at 11 tracks in eight states. Fortunately for his breeder, Phil Fanning, United's two stakes wins have come in his home state - where he is undefeated.
"The breeder's awards have been quite substantial, and a welcome boost to our operation," Fanning said after United's dominating victory in the Peppy Addy Stakes for Pennsylvania-breds on June 11 at Philadelphia Park.
The Ocala Breeders' Sale Company's June auction of 2-year-olds in training wraps up the Florida in-training auctions for 2005. The two-day sale begins on Tuesday with a starting time of 10:30 a.m.
There were five 2-year-olds in-training sales, the first in February at Calder Race Course, and Tom Ventura, the general manager and director of sales for OBS, participated in four of them.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo will join the stallion roster at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs operation when he retires from racing, though that retirement is not imminent.
Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs, racing manager for the colt's owners, Jerry and Ann Moss, and wife of trainer John Shirreffs, confirmed Friday that the pair had struck a deal with Adena Springs.
"He isn't going to be retired right away, needless to say, but when Mr. Moss and Mr. Shirreffs decide to retire him, he will go to Adena Springs," Ingordo-Shirreffs said.
Ghostzapper, the reigning Horse of the Year, arrived at Adena Springs Farm in Lexington, Ky., on Thursday afternoon in high spirits.
A 5-year-old Awesome Again colt, Ghostzapper was retired earlier this week because of a fractured sesamoid. He stepped off a van and proceeded to rear and play on the end of Adena stallion manager Bill Drury's lead shank.