Forestier, winner of the April 8 Classy Mirage Stakes at Aqueduct, may turn out to be Alan Kline's classiest runner.
And that's saying a lot.
Since he began stocking his 100-acre Honey Acres Farm in Boyds, Md., with horses back in 1973, Kline has bred numerous stakes winners, including graded star Unbridled Hope, Contrary Rose ($335,262) and Peace for Peace ($255,243). Most have raced for him.
Starting Monday, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company will host the biggest sale of 2-year-olds in training in its 30-year history. A record 1,372 have been cataloged. That's 162 more than the previous record in 2004, and it's going to take four days to sell them.
"We're in business to sell horses for our consignors," said Tom Ventura, OBS general manager and sales director, "and we have tried to accommodate everyone who applied to sell in April."
A California horse owner has sued Creston Farm owner and "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek for the alleged disappearance of the broodmare Bebetrando.
According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, Marion Warner filed a suit March 16 in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court alleging that Trebek's Creston Farms "sold, traded, gifted, or otherwise disposed of" Bebetrando, a 3-year-old Bertrando mare, who was scheduled to be bred at Creston.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The major 2-year-old auction season unexpectedly petered out Tuesday at Keeneland's select juvenile sale, where a high buyback rate took sales officials by surprise and prompted sellers to ask, "Where have all the buyers gone?"
LAS VEGAS - The world has turned upside down. What was unimaginable a mere 10 years ago now seems the norm. The last three winners of the Kentucky Derby were by sires characterized by speed with very little stamina, but they had no problem getting 1 1/4 miles.
Dr. Tom Simon's Vinery has bought a majority interest in Grade 1 winner Saratoga County and will stand the Valid Expectations horse at its new facility in Summerfield, Fla., in 2006.
A 4-year-old colt, Saratoga County will continue his 2005 campaign, which owners Richard and Evelyn Pollard hope will culminate with the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Belmont on Oct. 29.
A Saint Ballado filly and a Dynaformer colt topped the work tab Monday at Keeneland's second and final under-tack show for its April 19 select juvenile sale.
Hip No. 112, a Saint Ballado filly out of the unraced Deputy Minister mare Sabu, breezed the day's fastest eighth-mile time of 10.20 seconds. The filly is offered by LMS 2004.
Summer Wind Dancer, who won the Delaware and Hawthorne handicaps last year, has been retired from racing and was bred to Unbridled's Song last month.
Owned by Richard and Yvette Wira and Linda Vetter, Summer Wind Dancer made her final start in the California Cup Matron last October, finishing fourth.
A California-bred, Summer Wind Dancer was found to have suffered a knee injury over the winter. There was hope of sending her back to the track, but the injury was slow to heal, prompting the decision to breed the 5-year-old mare.
