Wed, 01/08/2003 - 00:00

Keeneland rebounds from Day 1

LEXINGTON, Ky. - After posting solid returns at its second session Tuesday, the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale continued Wednesday with a $250,000 early leader in Sweet Nanette. Offered as a racing or broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Sweet Nanette, a 5-year-old You and I mare, at first appeared to be a buy-back when Taylor Made representatives signed the ticket. But they said that a partnership of Taylor Made clients, operating under the name of Rainbow Stable, had bought the mare to breed.

Wed, 01/08/2003 - 00:00

Freshman stallions (M-R)

LAS VEGAS - This is the fourth part of a series on the freshman sires of 2003, with particular emphasis on how to bet their offspring.

Tue, 01/07/2003 - 00:00

Would loss of Keeneland sale affect rival?

LEXINGTON, Ky. - If the Keeneland Association decides to give its July selected sale a one-year hiatus in 2003, an option under consideration as officials ponder the potential effects of the smaller foal crop due to mare reproductive loss syndrome, what will the sale's absence mean for rival Fasig-Tipton?

Mon, 01/06/2003 - 00:00

Keeneland July may be '03 scratch

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In the last 10 years, the gross for the Keeneland September sale has more than doubled, while the gross for the July sale has actually fallen by about $7 million.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland officials are considering whether to cancel the July selected yearling sale this year for the first time since the sale's inception in 1943.

The Keeneland Association has been polling consignors and buyers since Christmas week and is expected to announce a decision about the sale - at least for 2003 - by the end of the month, according to one Keeneland official.

Mon, 01/06/2003 - 00:00

Habibti retired from racing

ARCADIA, Calif. - Habibti, the winner of two major stakes for 2-year-old fillies in 2001, has been retired after a series of disappointing races, according to Richard Mulhall, the racing manager for The Thoroughbred Corp.

Habibti, 4, ends her career with 3 wins in 11 starts and earnings of $564,851. In her final start, she finished seventh in the La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 28.

Mon, 01/06/2003 - 00:00

Belle Nuit leads Keeneland

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland's January all-ages sale opened Monday with few fireworks, posting a top early price of $475,000 as of 5:45 p.m.

Louis Brooks Ranch, Ltd., bought session-leader Belle Nuit for that price from the Taylor Made Sales Agency. The 13-year-old mare is a daughter of Dr. Carter out of the Tom Rolfe mare Belle Noel. Belle Nuit, a Grade 3-placed stakes winner, is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Ms. Eloise, among other stakes runners. Already the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Belle Cherie, Belle Nuit sold in foal to Unbridled's Song.

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 00:00

Seattle Dancer to stand in Germany

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Seattle Dancer, the half-brother to Seattle Slew who still holds the $13.1 million record yearling auction price, will stand in Germany in 2003.

The Racing Post has reported that the 19-year-old stallion, who once stood at Coolmore's North American division at Ashford Stud in Kentucky, has been on Japan's stallion roster since Coolmore sold him in 1995.

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 00:00

Jockey Club frees 47,000 names

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Owners wishing to submit name requests to the The Jockey Club for their foals of 2001 must do so by Feb. 1 to avoid being charged a $50 late fee, The Jockey Club said in a reminder issued Friday.

The Jockey Club also has published 47,120 names that have been released from active use and are now available. Those newly available names, as well as The Jockey Club's list of names already in use, are published on the organization's website at http://home.jockeyclub.com.

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 00:00

Freshman stallions (H-L)

LAS VEGAS - This is the third installment of a series on the 2003 freshman sires, with particular emphasis on how to bet their offspring.

Holzmeister (Woodman). Woodman, a son of speed influence Mr. Prospector and Playmate (a full sister to champion Numbered Account), was a champion at 2 in Ireland. His best runners always showed quality as juveniles. He has sired 2-year-old champions Timber Country, Hector Protector, Mujtahid, Way of Light, and champion 3-year-old Hansel.

Fri, 01/03/2003 - 00:00

Intidab begins Shadwell foray into local breeding program

It had been a few years since a stallion stood at Gallagher's Stud, and Phil Trowbridge, the farm's manager, wasn't really looking to fill any of the four stalls in the stallion barn.

That changed when Trowbridge was contacted last fall by Rick Nichols, the general manager and vice president of Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Ky., to stand graded stakes winner Intidab, a son of Phone Trick, at Gallagher's Stud in Ghent, N.Y.

Intidab, a sprinter bred and raced by Shadwell Farm, arrived at Gal