LEXINGTON, Ky. - Satish Sanan, the owner of Padua Stables and one of the decade's most powerful bidders at public auction, is calling on the Thoroughbred sales community to develop and enforce a code of ethics.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - At Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's summer yearling sale on July 19-20, there will be some new kids on the block selling horses. Buyers who stop at Barn 3F to examine JLT Bloodstock's four yearlings might be surprised to find that the consignors are exactly that: kids.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Nearly three years after his death, Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled still shines a bright light on racing and breeding. Already the sire of winners of the Kentucky Derby (Grindstone), Preakness (Red Bullet), Belmont (Empire Maker), Coaching Club American Oaks (Banshee Breeze), and Travers (Unshaded), Unbridled extended his dominion over the most important middle-distance events for classic colts and fillies when his son Niigon won the Queen's Plate at Woodbine on June 27.

ELMONT, N.Y. - A group of prominent New York breeders on Friday announced the formation of a sales company that will conduct a mixed sale in Saratoga Springs, replacing one that was recently canceled by Jeff Minton.

Eight summers ago, Frank Stronach made a fact-finding trip to the Ocala, Fla., area. The purpose of the tour was to determine if the Stronach horses, numbering in the hundreds, would be better off training and wintering in Florida than at Stronach's home base in Kentucky.

Mark Roberts, now the general manager at Stronach's Adena Springs Farm South near Ocala, served as a guide for Stronach during his tour.

Well-known sales agent Marshall Silverman has had his hands on many good horses. After spotting a Two Punch colt this past winter at a farm in Chesapeake City, Md., Silverman knew he had to make an offer to buy him. Less than six months later, Silverman's bay colt was selected grand champion of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association's 70th annual yearling show on June 27 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

Barretts will make the June horses of racing age and 2-year-olds in training sale an annual event after a successful inaugural sale last Tuesday, general manager Gerald McMahon said.

The one-day sale at Fairplex Park in Pomona sold 93 horses for $1,254,800, an average of $13,492 and a median of $8,000. The 2-year-olds led the sale, with 53 juveniles selling for an average of $16,006. The 40 horses of racing age grossed $406,500, an average of $10,163.

The sale topper was a 2-year-old Helmsman filly purchased for $110,000 by Howard Roberts Farm.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Jockey Club in England will launch an investigation into Juddmonte Farms' registration of Group 2 winner Endless Summer, the Racing Post reported Thursday.

The investigation centers around Endless Summer's correct age. Juddmonte registered the Zafonic colt as having been foaled on Jan. 2, 1998, but Juddmonte's English manager, Philip Mitchell, has since acknowledged that Endless Summer was in fact born prematurely on Dec. 26 or 27, 1997.

Congaree, a Grade 1 winner who has earned more than $3 million, will stand at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Farm in Versailles, Ky.

Janice and Robert McNair, whose Stonerside Stable owns Congaree, announced the stud deal on Thursday. Congaree will begin his stud career in 2005 with a $15,000 fee.

Congaree, 6, is by 1991 champion 2-year-old and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Arazi. He is out of the Grade 1-placed Mari's Book mare Mari's Sheba.

Lovely Journey, a 2-year-old filly by Helmsman, was the sale-topper at Tuesday's inaugural Barretts summer sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age in Pomona, Calif.

Overall, 93 horses sold for $1,254,800, an average of $13,492 and a median price of $8,000. The 2-year-olds led the sale, with 53 juveniles selling for an average of $16,006. The 40 horses of racing age grossed $406,500, an average of $10,163.