A company set up by horsemen to negotiate contracts on signal rights for account-wagering operations is beginning to influence the shape of the in-home betting market.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Tattersalls Craven 2-year-old sale in England that ended Thursday was a good one for American sire Mr. Greeley and for British- and Irish-based pinhookers that took a gamble on his progeny last year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four juveniles worked a furlong in 10 seconds Thursday to top the work tab at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s third under-tack session in Ocala, Fla.

The under-tack shows, which end Friday, showcase horses selling at the OBS spring 2-year-old sale on April 21-24.

The fastest horses over an eighth of a mile were Hip No. 782, an Officer-Not to Be Outdone filly; Hip No. 847, a City Zip-Play Po colt; Hip No. 896, a Langfuhr-Race to Glory filly; and Hip No. 997, a Pleasantly Perfect-Separata filly.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Four more 2-year-olds worked an eighth of a mile in 10 seconds Wednesday at the second day of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s under-tack show.

The shows, which run through Friday, showcase horses in the company’s April 21-24 spring 2-year-old sale in Ocala, Fla.

The fastest four over an eighth were Hip No. 382, a Deputy Wild Cat-Gold Choice filly; Hip No. 412, a Pure Precision-Half Gold colt; Hip No. 531, a Buddha-Judith’s Gamble filly; and Hip No. 638, a Black Mambo-Listentothebells colt.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Juveniles by Double Honor, Valid Expectations, Yes It’s True, and Stormin Fever were the highlights at Tuesday’s under-tack show for the April 21-24 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company spring 2-year-olds sale.

The under-tack show opened Tuesday at the OBS facility in Ocala, Fla., and was to continue through Friday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - ClassicStar's bankruptcy case has been converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which will lead to the former commercial breeding operation's liquidation.

Judge William Howard of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, on Monday ordered ClassicStar's filing to be changed, allowing creditors to pursue all available ClassicStar assets through a trustee that they will elect at a meeting on May 15 in Lexington.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Monday vetoed a provision of the state's two-year budget that would have exempted many tracks in Kentucky from providing funding to the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority.

The veto will restore approximately $1 million in funding to the authority for the 2008 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Authority officials had said that the budget provision would have put 20 positions at the agency in jeopardy if the language was approved.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Under-tack shows will begin Tuesday morning in Ocala, Fla., to showcase horses in the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s spring 2-year-old sale.

The auction runs from April 21-24 at the OBS facility in Ocala and will feature a catalog of 1,381 juveniles in training.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - One big winner at Keeneland's select 2-year-old sale last week was one of its smallest consignors. That was equine dentist Jon Jazdzewski, whose one-horse consignment earned $230,000 for its Cat Dreams filly out of Siphonophora.

That might not sound like much when you compare it with the sale-topping Storm Cat colt's $800,000 price tag. But when you consider that Jazdzewski's filly cost him just $10,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale last year, Hal Earnhardt's winning bid for the filly - whose sire is a son of Storm Cat - looks very good indeed.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - In a development that rocked the bloodstock sales industry, the Fasig-Tipton auction house announced Thursday that it has been purchased by Synergy Investments Limited, a Dubai-based company with close ties to Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum.

The announcement issued Thursday afternoon described Synergy as being headed by Abdulla al-Habbai, "a close associate of Sheikh Mohammed."