Mr. Greeley - sire of such Grade 1 winners as Nonsuch Bay, El Corredor, Celtic Melody, and Whywhywhy - has relocated from Spendthrift Farm to nearby Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky.

The 13-year-old Mr. Greeley's six Grade 1 or Group 1 winners also include Reel Buddy, winner of England's Sussex Stakes, and Miss Kournikova, who won Australia's Oakleigh Plate. He is the sire of 23 stakes winners from seven crops to race.

Mr. Greeley will stand at Gainesway for a $35,000 fee in 2006, the same fee he had at Spendthrift this year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Meetings among three Kentucky breeders' groups charged with recommending a breeders' award plan have stalled as the parties try to find common ground on the issue of distributing the projected $10 million to $12 million in annual awards for horses racing out of state.

That was the word Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club members got Tuesday night at the organization's monthly meeting.

LAS VEGAS - At 20 years old, Dynaformer just keeps rolling along. Last weekend, two of his young runners, Purim and Dynamist, became his latest stakes winners, bringing his total number of stakes winners to 67.

Without a leading 2-year-old or a horse of racing age to propel the market, the Barretts summer sale in Pomona on Tuesday suffered declines compared with the inaugural sale in 2004.

Overall, 107 horses sold for $1,164,300, an average price of $10,881 and a median price of $6,500. While the number of horses sold increased from 93 in 2004, the gross fell 7 percent, while the average and median prices were each down 19 percent.

LAS VEGAS - Two historic juvenile stakes, the Astoria and Tremont, will be run this holiday weekend at Belmont Park and feature precocious 2-year-olds, many of whom are giving their freshman sires a head start at stud. The Tremont runners listed are those who earlier in the week were expected starters.

Astoria Stakes

Cary Jackson has twice sent out a homebred to win the grand championship at the Maryland Horse Breeders Association's annual yearling show. The first time was in 1973, and the second was last week.

"I never expect to win with anything I show, because the judges are all so different," said Jackson, after judge Ben Perkins Sr. selected his Cryptoclearance colt from among 106 Maryland-bred yearlings at the 71st edition of the event, held June 26 at the Timonium Fairgrounds.

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company auction on June 21-22 produced mixed results for New York-bred 2-year-olds.

With 40 selling for $668,100 this year, the average price of $16,703 represents a decline of slightly more than 16 percent compared to 2004.

But with nine more statebreds selling this year, the gross increased and pushed total receipts for New York-bred juveniles at major Eastern sales to $12,487,600 for 243 sold. For the same auctions in 2004, New York-breds grossed $11,487,200 for 234 sold.

By most measures, this was a solid year for those yearling pin-hookers who resell at the 2-year-old sales. The number of horses offered at such sales was more than in 2004, and the market handled the increase with millions in additional sales.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Bob and Beverly Lewis, major buyers at public auction in the last decade, will not purchase yearlings this season.

"I'm going to stay away," Bob Lewis said.

According to Lewis, he and his wife currently have 27 2-year-olds in training and are not in immediate need of young stock for their racing program, which has produced such runners as Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners Silver Charm and Charismatic, and champion filly Serena's Song. The stable is ranked 10th nationwide with more than $1.3 million in earnings.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - When Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled was euthanized because of complications from colic surgery in the fall of 2001, it was obviously a sad day for the sport, for the breeders who were part of the syndicate that owned the stallion, and for Claiborne Farm, which stood Unbridled. The horse's death, however, has proven to be a loss of even greater significance because of the stallion's continuing importance to breeding and racing.