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Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), the Longines World's Best Racehorse for 2023, has been named the Japanese Horse of the Year for the second consecutive year, the Japanese Racing Association (JRA) Award Winner Selection Committee announced on Tuesday. The Silk Racing Company-owned 4-year-old received 293 votes out of a total 295 votes cast by reporters. A flawless four-for-four last term, Equinox equaled his sire's achievement of two Horse of the Year titles in 2016/2017. Beginning his campaign at Meydan in March, the Tetsuya Kimura trainee won the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, and returned to his native land with a thrilling score in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen in late June. Benched until the autumn, Equinox won both the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) in October and the G1 Japan Cup a month later and retired in style. Another dual award winner is the 2023 Japanese Champion Miler Songline (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), who claimed the Champion Older Female title and the Champion Miler award. A representative of Sunday Racing Company and trainer Toru Hayashi, the 5-year-old won both the G1 Vitoria Mile and the G1 Yasuda Kinen last spring. Liberty Island (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), who was also in the running for Horse of the Year, won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown and was second in Equinox's Japan Cup. Already the champion juvenile filly in 2023, the Sunday Racing Company silksbearer was awarded the champion 3-year-old filly title. Her male counterpart, Tastiera (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}), won both the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) and the G2 Deep Impact Kinen, and was runner up in the other two legs of the Japanese Triple Crown for Carrot Farm Company. G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S. and G2 Daily Hai Nisai S. winner Jantar Mantar (Jpn) (Palace Malice) was named the top juvenile colt, and the award is timely, as it was announced last year that his sire would stand at Darley Japan. The Shadai Race Horse Company colourbearer won all three of his starts in 2023. Sunday Racing's Ascoli Piceno (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) was best of the juvenile fillies with victories in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and G3 Niigata Nisai S. in a similarly undefeated campaign. Tops for the sprinters was G1 Sprinters S. heroine Mama Cocha (Jpn) (Kurofune) for Kaneko Makoto Holdings, while the dependable Lemon Pop (Lemon Drop Kid) led in the dirt horse category for Godolphin after wins in the G1 February S. and G1 Champions Cup. The complete list of award winners is as follows: Horse of the Year/Champion Older Male: Equinox Champion 2-Year-Old Colt: Jantar Mantar Champion 2-Year-Old Filly: Ascoli Piceno Champion 3-Year-Old Colt: Tastiera Champion 3-Year-Old Filly: Liberty Island Champion Sprinter: Mama Cocha Champion Miler/Champion Older Female: Songline Champion Dirt Horse: Lemon Pop Champion Steeplechaser: Meiner Grand (Jpn) (Gold Ship {Jpn}) Special Award: Ushba Tesoro (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}) The post Equinox Repeats As Japanese Horse Of The Year; Palace Malice’s Jantar Mantar Named Top Juvenile Colt appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A multi-year partnership between Churchill Downs Racetrack and Sports Illustrated for exclusive naming rights of a new luxury dining experience, Club SI, ahead of the 150th running of the May 4 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Tuesday. Originally planned as the 1895 Club, Club SI will be unveiled opening night of Derby Week. Club SI is part of the $200 million renovated Paddock Project at Churchill Downs, offering a new luxury equine-focused dining experience with a view of the all-new paddock and paddock runway giving guests behind-the-scenes experiences. The interior design of Club SI will showcase iconic Sports Illustrated magazine covers, editorial featuring past Kentucky Derby races, and a sneak peek into Sports Illustrated's new SI Resorts vertical art. Each year, celebrity ambassadors will act as hosts for Club SI during the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks for a premium race day experience. Open on premium race days, the club will include dining tables to accommodate parties of two, four, six or eight guests who will enjoy gourmet dishes from the curated Chef's Table Buffet, designated wagering windows, private bars and outdoor trackside viewing for live races. Steps from the club, guests will be treated to the SI Enclosure which will deliver a front-row experience of the paddock with covered outdoor dining tables to accommodate parties of four. “Sports Illustrated shares our goal of combining exciting sports moments with upscale entertainment, and Club SI will provide the perfect space to achieve this,” said Mike Anderson, President of Churchill Downs Racetrack. Michael Sherman, SVP Media Brands at Authentic Brands Group, owner of the Sports Illustrated brand, added, “It is an honor to bring Club SI to Churchill Downs Racetrack, which has such a rich history that we've showcased through the pages of Sports Illustrated for decades. Club SI will celebrate iconic elements of the brand, while hosting celebrity talent and offering guests gourmet cuisine and cocktails, a unique vantage point of the new Paddock, and a once-in-a-lifetime horse racing experience for Derby 150.” The post Churchill Downs, Sports Illustrated Partner With New SI Club appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 2024 Maryland Thoroughbred Career Program (MTCP) has been scheduled for June 3-7, according to the Maryland Horse Foundation. The online application can be completed by Apr. 19. Interviews will take place in the two weeks after the application deadline and selected participants will be notified in early May. “The Maryland Thoroughbred Career Program offers a great opportunity to see behind the scenes in the various components of the industry from reproduction to racetrack operations,” said Cricket Goodall, Executive Director. “We hope to show these young people that love horses that you can make a career out of that passion.” Graduates of the MTCP are eligible to apply for Career Development Funds, one-time funding that can be used to further career pursuits within two years after the program ends. For more information on the Maryland Thoroughbred Career Program, click here or contact Jeanne Schnell at jeanne@marylandthoroughbred.com. The post 2024 Maryland Thoroughbred Career Program Dates Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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He may only be a 77-rater but the former Kiwi galloper Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) goes into 2024 with a deal of expectation after an encouraging return from a short spell. Jimmysstar took to the jump-outs at Cranbourne on Monday, where he managed to run a comfortable second placing before the heavy 10 surface forced officials to abandon the rest of the card. His managing owner Ozzie Kheir said later trainers Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace had been glowing in their assessment of the four-year-old gelded son of Per Incanto and so hopes were high he could make a significant move up the ratings ladder this autumn. “He’s going very, very well,” Kheir reported. “I think he will be very good. He’s up earlier than we thought, and the stable is rapt with him.” A winner of four of his five career starts, Jimmysstar made his Australian debut at Bendigo as a 67-rater but that victory in BM70 followed by his Cranbourne romp just three weeks later signalled he was a horse of rare talent. But with just a 77-rating, Kheir said the intention was to continue to build the horse’s resume to the point where he is able to chase a big race, potentially this autumn. “He’s still got plenty of time to go through his grades,” Kheir said. “I am not sure what we’ll target with him, but he needs to get his rating up to get into a good race. “I don’t think he’ll be out of place in group company in a few months’ time. I really think he’s got an exciting future. “My view is that he’ll be running at group level whether it’s now or in six months’ time.” Kheir said he expected Jimmysstar would run first-up by the end of January. View the full article

Follow Your Dreams (NZ) (Contributer) has been absent from the winner’s circle for the last 12 months, but he broke that drought, almost to the day, when victorious in the Ken Gray Memorial Reefton Cup (1400m) on Tuesday. The son of Contributer settled to the rear of the pack for jockey Corey Campbell in the West Coast feature as Diamond Girl (NZ) (Rock ‘N’ Pop) set her customary blistering pace up front, opening up several margins on the main pack. Campbell pushed his charge forward at the 900m mark to sit parked in the main bunch as they continued to hunt down the pacemaker. They caught the leader with 150m to go and Follow Your Dreams entered a dogfight with Tap ‘n’ Go (NZ) (Ocean Park) down the straight, eventually getting the better of his foe to win by a long neck, while stablemate The Buffer (NZ) (Reliable Man) ran home well to finish a further 2-1/4 lengths back in third in the hands of stable apprentice Danika Wilson. “Both of the horses went well,” said Krystal Williams, who trains in partnership with her father Ken Rae. “Follow Your Dreams was more forward than the other one and it was nice to see him get a win again because he has been out of the winner’s circle for quite a while. “I thought over the last few runs Follow Your Dreams has been really close to picking up that win. The horse he is this time in is a lot better than he was over the winter, we have just been waiting for it to happen.” Williams was a little disappointed in The Buffer’s result, but was proud of her charge nonetheless. “His run wasn’t as good as it could have been. He came a bit wide on the home bend, but he has battled on for third like he always does, he is a tough little warhorse,” she said. Follow Your Dreams is now on a path towards the $350,000 Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) at Riccarton on April 13. “We brought Follow Your Dreams down to the South Island stable for that mile race later in the year for South Island horses only,” Williams said. “That is something we are going to work towards, but whether or not we get him there I don’t know.” The stable also picked up two further placings on the undercard courtesy of Berbizier (Foxwedge) in the Archmore Contracting/PAC RIM 2021 and The Roaring Tiger (NZ) (Holler) in the Vernon Vazey Truck Parts (1400m). “Berbizier and The Roaring Tiger both went well today. They were quite fast-run races so it was hope for the best and see what we could do,” Williams said. Williams has enjoyed the West Coast hospitality and said she looks forward to heading to the holiday carnival every year. “This is about my 11th year now (coming to the West Coast),” she said. “We have made some very good friends with the locals and we catch-up with them every time we come back. We have made new owners from each time we have come over. We always have a great time and the kids all really enjoy it.” View the full article

The Jockey Club has pledged to extend its “commitment to openness” in sharing figures relating to media rights payments to each of its 15 racecourses and other revenues. The news came on the back of an announcement of increased prize-money of £60.1 million across the 334 fixtures due to be staged by the Jockey Club in 2024. Of that, £31.8 million will come from Jockey Club funds, referred to as “executive contribution”, representing a 66.5% increase across the last decade. In 2023, the Jockey Club's executive contribution was projected to be £31.1 million with total prize-money of £59 million for 342 scheduled fixtures, subject to abandonments. As well as prize-money, a total of £11.7 million has been included in the budget for the next 12 months for the upgrading of facilities. .”It's really important to us at The Jockey Club to continue to be transparent in sharing details of our business performance with industry participants and stakeholders,” said the Jockey Club's chief executive Nevin Truesdale in announcing the intention to share financial information with the Thoroughbred Group, which represents breeders, owners, trainers, stable staff and jockeys. “By agreeing to extend this commitment to provide the Thoroughbred Group with more information around our revenues and costs, we are seeking to drive critical industry collaboration to work together to grow the sport, while also providing a clearer picture of the challenges we face as a racecourse operator.” He added, “Given the unprecedented financial headwinds the horseracing industry is currently facing, we are pleased to be able to announce today that the Jockey Club's executive contribution to prize-money will be increased to £31.8 million in 2024, taking our overall prize-money past the £60 million mark for the first time. “Our mission is to power racing's future and to ensure that our sport thrives for generations to come. That would not be possible without our participants and all those whose jobs not only help British racing prosper but rely on the industry. “So, while we continue to take important steps to improve our business efficiency in the face of significant and unprecedented economic challenges, there is also an ongoing focus on investing across our estate and in participants, which includes a commitment to prize money. This has led us to some very difficult decisions in our financial planning for 2024 and we are pleased to be able to deliver an increase in prize-money investment in these very challenging circumstances.” The Jockey Club's attempts to improve communication regarding its business decisions with the wider industry includes having conducted 39 “transparency meetings” in the last two and a half years with 120 individuals, including owners and trainers. This stance was welcomed by the chair of the Thoroughbred Group, Julian Richmond-Watson, and also by Paul Johnson, chief executive of the National Trainers' Federation. Johnson said, “The announcement from the Jockey Club is most welcome on two fronts. Firstly, amid concerns that the sport's financial headwinds could see prize-money fall from 2023 levels, it is very positive to see that the Jockey Club has been able to deliver an increase. Secondly, and looking further forwards, we are delighted to be able to have agreed on a commitment to greater transparency over finances. We believe that this is an enormously important step in being able to agree commercial partnerships with racecourses, something that we see as a foundation stone for working together to improve the sport's future.” The post Transparency Pledge from Jockey Club as it Boosts Prize-Money to £60.1m appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Son of Galileo returns for his first trial since suffering an injury in November, while Lucky Sweynesse also takes to the turf on Tuesday morningView the full article

After waiting over eight months for his first taste of the city circuit, the jockey will aim to get on the board with two rides on WednesdayView the full article

The ever-consistent Celtic Echo (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) will attempt to gain a spot in the coveted $350,000 Remutaka Classic (1600m) at Trentham later this month when she heads to Wanganui on Thursday. The four-year-old mare has placed in four of her seven starts to date and trainer Jade Zuppicich believes she has a bright future instore once the penny drops. “She is knocking on the door but she hasn’t quite got there, she is still trying to work everything out,” Zuppicich said. “It just takes her that little bit around the bend to get going and when she gets into the straight she puts two-and-two together and stretches out and starts to work. She is just taking a long time to put everything together. “She goes around in her own little world, not worrying about what everyone else is doing. It is good in some ways but in other ways she just really needs to start concentrating that little bit earlier. “She has definitely got the talent, it is just trying to get her to put it all together.” Zuppicich was hoping to gain ballot exemption into the Remutaka Classic in a qualifying race at New Plymouth on December 29, but had to change tack when that meeting was abandoned and head to Wanganui this week to chase another ticket into the rich Trentham feature. “We were quite gutted that New Plymouth was cancelled because that would have suited perfectly,” Zuppicich said. “Had she won the ticket it would have set her up perfectly three weeks before Wellington. This is obviously going to be a little bit closer so we will see what happens.” “I know she is going to be up against a tough field of horses (in the Remutaka Classic) but she has already been up against maideners at set weights and penalties up against some of those better class horses, and she has shown she can be competitive against them.” Celtic Echo will jump from gate two on Thursday in the Palamountains Animal Nutrition Maiden 2040, a barrier Zuppicich wasn’t overly enamoured in drawing. “She prefers to be drawn out further because then she is not having to try and come through them because she drops back so far. If she can loop around them she is a bit happier,” she said. Meanwhile, Zuppicich is also excited about the prospects of stablemate Ninja Turtle (NZ) (Power), who is close to returning to the races. The enigmatic six-year-old has also been a consistent performer, placing in six of her 12 starts, but she may prove to be harder to place, with her dislike for left-handed tracks. “Ninja Turtle is back in work but she is hard work with her attitude to get out onto the track, Zuppicich said. “But once she is out there she is fine. “We are looking at jumpouts next week with her. We will see how she goes and then possibly take her down to Wellington where she can go down to the start down the chute right-handed, otherwise we are going to have to take her up north because of the right-handed factor.” View the full article

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm LEXINGTON, KY – The Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, which hadn't had a million-dollar mare since 2019, had two reach seven figures during its opening session Monday in Lexington, with 19-year-old Tom Wachman making the day's highest bid of $1.6-million to acquire the broodmare prospect Prank (Into Mischief) on behalf of his grandfather, John Magnier's Coolmore. Late in the session, Tomoyuki Nakamura of K I Farm purchased Curlin's Voyage (Curlin) for $1 million. “I think we've got to be very happy with the way the session turned out,” Keeneland's Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said Monday evening. “We had two million-dollar plus horses, which is the first time since 2019. The numbers were pretty much on par for much of the day compared to last year and last year was a very strong sale.” A total of 225 horses sold Monday for $17,547,500 for an average of $77,989 and a median of $32,000. Bolstered by the two million-dollar mares, the session average was up 7.43% from a year ago, while the median declined 20%. With 97 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 30.12%. It was 31.29% a year ago. Bloodstock agent Steve Young, accompanied by Ramona Bass, was the session's leading buyer with three mares purchased to support Bass's recently retired Grade I-winning sire Annapolis. The session featured a diverse buying bench with the 16 top-priced horses selling to 14 different buyers. Cormac Breathnach and Tony Lacy on Monday | Keeneland “I was really pleased with the depth of the buyer bench here,” said Keeneland's Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach. “There were a lot of people signing tickets in the ring and a lot of important buyers from America and also from around the world.” Demand for short yearlings, a segment of the market which was competitive at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale two months ago, remained strong Monday in Lexington. Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, the session's leading consignor, sold the day's two top-priced yearlings, with a colt by Curlin selling to Milan Bloodstock for $375,000 and a son of Maclean's Music selling for $300,000 to Muir Hut Stables. “The demand for yearlings was strong,” Breathnach said. “We sold 22 six-figure yearlings today versus 17 for the same day last year.” Still there was a familiar polarization in the market. “The market is very, very selective right now,” said Hill 'n' Dale manager Jared Burdine. “There are no end-users for the weanlings and pinhookers are very professional. They line up on the same horse.” Lacy acknowledged the selectivity in the market, but also saw some positivity in Monday's results. “Quality was very much to the fore,” Lacy said. “I think there was a little weakness on the ones of perceived lesser quality. But in saying that, I think the sellers were very pleased the way the market was shaking out and the buyers found it tough to buy what they were looking for. So, all in all, a good day.” The Keeneland January sale continues through Thursday with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m. $1.6M Prank Kickstarts January Sale Prank (Into Mischief) (hip 77), never able to follow up on a scintillating debut victory on the racetrack due to injury, had a star turn in the sales ring at Keeneland Monday, selling for $1.6 million to Coolmore. The 4-year-old was consigned by Gainesway, which campaigned her in partnership with LNJ Foxwoods and StarLadies Racing to that 9 3/4-length victory which earned her 'TDN Rising Star' honors at Saratoga in 2022. “She's a lovely filly and a very good race filly,” said Tom Wachman after signing the ticket on the bay filly on behalf of the Coolmore team. “I'd say she will go to Justify. He's a phenomenal stallion doing it on the grass and the dirt. So I'd say that's where she'd go.” Wachman, the 19-year-old grandson of Coolmore founder John Magnier, said this was the highest-priced horse he has signed for to date. “I'm just trying to learn the ropes at the moment,” he said. Looking like a million bucks! Prank, TDN Rising Star and half sister to Mo Donegal delivers $1.6 million at Keeneland January. #KeeJan pic.twitter.com/2q4lydbpDm — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) January 8, 2024 Out of Callingmissbrown (Pulpit), Prank is a half-sister to GI Belmont S. winner Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo). Bred by Ashview Farm and Colts Neck Stables, she was purchased for $500,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September sale. “She was a real talent,” Gainesway's Brian Graves said of Prank. “She broke her maiden by 10 at Saratoga when she won by the length of the stretch basically. She got injured and wasn't able to make it back. But she had that brilliance that people want, the type that if you pass that along to your foals, they can be Grade I winners. We certainly thought she had the ability to be a Grade I winner. On the day she broke her maiden, you would have said she was the best 2-year-old in America, colts or fillies. Her figures were among the fastest in six years in Saratoga. And those horses were Grade I winners, so the ability was there.” Prank's last recorded works came in August and her presence in the January sale was largely an issue of timing, according to Graves. “We were going on with her and she developed a little issue,” Graves said. “And it was obvious that we weren't going to be able to continue on and it was time for her to be a broodmare and dissolve the partnership. So she landed here.” “She sold way above our expectations” After the Ring: Brian Graves speaks on the session topper, Prank, who sold for $1.6 million today at Keeneland January. #KeeJan @Gainesway pic.twitter.com/Tw1mlBP2jJ — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) January 8, 2024 Graves admitted the filly's $1.6-million price tag exceeded expectations. “The young and beautiful have been selling well,” Graves said. “It's been holding up and we thought she would be in the top end, but that was a bit more than we were expecting.” Prank was the first seven-figure horse sold at Keeneland January since Abel Tasman (Quality Road) sold–also to Coolmore–for $5 million in 2019. @JessMartiniTDN Curlin's Voyage Brings $1 Million Canadian champion Curlin's Voyage (Curlin) (hip 413) became the second seven-figure offering of Monday's first session of the Keeneland January sale when bringing a final bid of $1 million from Tomoyuki Nakamura of K I Farm. The 7-year-old mare, who was supplemented to the auction, sold in foal to Flightline from the Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa consignment. “I liked the pedigree, the physical and who she was in foal to,” Nakamura said through an interpreter. “Everything matched up. I liked everything about her.” Curlin's Voyage hammers at $1 million, sold in foal to Flightline to K I Farm! #KeeJan @HillnDaleFarm pic.twitter.com/MwoICWoo8Z — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) January 9, 2024 Curlin's Voyage, who produced a filly by Tapit in 2022 and a filly by Uncle Mo in 2023, was bred by John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale. Racing for the partnership of Sikura and Windsor Boys Racing, the chestnut won the 2019 GIII Mazarine S. and 2020 Woodbine Oaks. She was named Canada's champion 2-year-old filly in 2019 and came back to be named champion 3-year-old filly in 2020. The mare is out of Atlantic Voyage (Stormy Atlantic), a full-sister to Grade I winner Stormello. Asked about his plans for the mare, Nakamura said, “I haven't decided yet. Still in the decision-making process.” Annapolis Date for Bridlewood Cat Bloodstock agent Steve Young, sitting alongside Ramona Bass, signed the ticket at $750,000 to acquire Bridlewood Cat (Street Sense) (hip 267). The 8-year-old mare, in foal to Tapit, was consigned by Denali Stud, as agent for Bridlewood Farm. She now has an impending date with the Bass family's recently retired Grade I winner Annapolis (War Front). “It was a tremendous result, she's a beautiful mare.” After the ring: Conrad Bandoroff on Bridlewood Cat selling for $750,000 at #KeeJan @DenaliStud pic.twitter.com/PJQ6NI5tdO — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) January 9, 2024 “She was bought for the Bass family with the intention to give Annapolis the best mare support he could possibly get,” Young said. “She is a terrific, talented horse who won her first two races with mid-90s Beyers. She had Grade I talent and is a very good-looking horse on her own. She is probably one of the fastest Street Sense fillies that there ever was, breaking her maiden going three-quarters in :09 and change and she is the type of mare that the family is going to support this horse with.” Purchased by Bridlewood Farm for $750,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September sale, Bridlewood Cat was stakes-placed while winning two of 10 starts for earnings of $115,090. She is out of Ithinkisawapudycat (Bluegrass Cat) and is a half-sister to GI Spinaway S. winner Sweet Loretta (Tapit). Ithinkisawapudycat is a half-sister to Canadian champion 2-year-old filly Spring in the Air (Spring At Last). “She is from a highly talented 2-year-old family,” Young said. “Her half-sister is a Grade I winner on the dirt at Saratoga as a 2-year-old. Under the second dam is the 2-year-old champion of Canada. And we are going to breed her to an undefeated 2-year-old stakes winner in Annapolis.” Steve Young | Keeneland Bred and campaigned by the Bass family, Annapolis earned his first graded victory as a juvenile, winning the 2021 GII Pilgrim S. In 2022, he added the GI Coolmore Turf Mile and GIII Saranac S. He will begin his stud career next month at Claiborne Farm at a fee of $12,500. “He is going to throw a lot of quality 2-year-olds,” Young said of the stallion. “He's going to throw dirt. We never got a chance to run him on the dirt, but he always trained tremendous on the dirt. This is the type of mare he deserves.” Young signed for My Miss Sophia (Unbridled's Song), with Annapolis in utero, on behalf of Bass for $4 million at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. Bridlewood Cat produced a colt by Authentic in 2022 and a colt by Essential Quality in 2023. Young and Bass returned later in the session to acquire Kaling (Practical Joke) (hip 387), third in 2022 GI Spinaway S., for $650,000 from the Bluewater Sales consignment and closed out the opening session of the auction with Juniper's Moon (Galileo {Ire}) (hip 419), purchased for $625,000 from Taylor Made Sales Agency. @JessMartiniTDN Hill 'n' Dale Consigns Pair of Top-Priced Colts Hip 236, a son of Curlin out of 'TDN Rising Star' A Z Warrior (Bernardini), went to Milan Bloodstock on a final bid via phone of $370,000 during Monday's first session of the Keeneland January sale. The colt was the second of two top-priced short yearlings to sell within a matter of minutes consigned by John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. “Curlin sets records year after year,” said Jared Burdine, general manager at Hill 'n' Dale. “This foal fit everyone's criteria. All of them [buyers] want kind of the same thing and the same five or six people were on the horse. So when it lines up, you get paid on those.” Hip 236 | Keeneland Hip 236 hails from a family of 'TDN Rising Stars' including not only his dam but also three of his dam's half-siblings in Jojo Warrior (Pioneerof the Nile), herself the dam of another 'Rising Star' in Under Oath (Speightstown), along with E Z Warrior (Exploit) and J Z Warrior (Harlan's Holiday). He is also a half to last year's Runhappy Ellis Park Debutante S. winner Justa Warrior (Justify). The yearling was bred by Cypress Creek Equine, which purchased A Z Warrior in foal to Uncle Mo for $550,000 at the 2021 Keeneland January sale. Just a few minutes earlier, Muir Hut Stables went to $300,000 for hip 200, an Ontario-bred short yearling by Maclean's Music. Bred by Josham Farm's Ted Burnett, the colt is out of Wild N Ready (More Than Ready), a mare purchased by Josham Farm for $170,000 out of Keeneland November in 2017. “We thought he'd in the 100 range,” said Burnett. “He had a few minor vet issues that I thought might hurt him but, if you've got the right horse and the issue is not a big one, I don't think it makes much difference [in the price],” said Burnett. “We have a very strong program in Ontario. So we always find that Ontario-breds have a special market and often we feel that we get a little bit of a premium because of that.” Burnett sold Wild N Ready two months ago at Keeneland November for $60,000 carrying a full-sibling to this colt. @SGrimmTDN The post Million-Dollar Mares Pace Keeneland January Opener appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bloodstock advisor John Moynihan was one of 10 people who survived a plane crash in Australia Monday. “We are okay,” Moynihan texted the TDN. Nine tourists from Kentucky and the pilot all survived the crash of a light plane which came down on the remote Lizard Island off the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, according to multiple reports. Moynihan is visible in the video below from a local news outlet as he walks onto an ambulance. According to Yahoo News, the plane experienced a mechanical malfunction shortly after takeoff on its way to Cairns, a city in northern Queensland considered to be the gateway for the Great Barrier Reef. The plane clipped trees on the way down and crash-landed on the island and then flipped, according to Yahoo, while other news outlets said the plane crashed while taking off after clipping the trees. Two emergency helicopters were sent to the site and took four people back to a hospital in Cairns. It was unclear if Moynihan was among that group. Brina Keating from Queensland Ambulance told Yahoo News that the pilot's efforts in landing the aircraft were “incredible. The pilot's clearly done an incredible job,” he said. “To walk away from something like that is just incredible.” All 10 people are said to be in stable condition. One passenger was said to have suffered a broken arm. The post John Moynihan `OK’ After Australian Plane Crash appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Star trotter Muscle Mountain will be staying put at least for now. The giant multiple Group 1 winner is back in work after a setback ruled him out of the NZ Trotting Free-For-All on Grand Prix Day at Addington but driver Ben Hope says the intended Australian trip for the Great Southern Star is off. “We wanted to go to Victoria but being out of a work for a while he won’t be ready,” says Hope. “So he will stay here and race in a couple of the major races here then head north.” Top target when Muscle Mountain gets there will be the TAB Trot at Cambridge on April 12, which his connections hold a slot for so he is guaranteed a start. “It is pretty exciting and knowing he is in the race helps us plan backward from there.” Hope says the last part of Muscle Mountain’s year was disappointing after he was the best trotter in the country for much of 2023. “He missed out in some of those biggest races, like the Rowe Cup and the Dominion and obviously the last one wasn’t his fault (atrial fibrillation). “We realise that opens the door for Oscar Bonavena in the Trotter of the Year title. “So we want to get him back to his best and nail some of those big races this season.” View the full article

Canadian champion Curlin's Voyage (Curlin) (hip 413), in foal to Flightline, became the second million-dollar offering of the first session of the Keeneland January sale when bringing $1 million from Tomoyuki Nakamura of KI Farm. Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, the 7-year-old mare, who was a supplemental entry to the sale, was named champion 2-year-old filly in Canada in 2019 and followed up as champion 3-year-old filly the following season. The post Curlin’s Voyage Brings $1 Million from KI Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Matamata trainer Wayne Hillis is looking forward to heading to his home track on Wednesday where he will be represented by a pair of runners in the Waikato Stud 1200. Both Suited and Booted (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) and Sweet And Sassy (NZ) (Rageese) will be vying to break maiden ranks at their second start before heading for a spell. U S Navy Flag gelding Suited And Booted was runner-up on debut over 1200m at the Waikato track last start, following a trial win last month, and Hillis said he has gained a lot from the run. “It was a very good run, he is still learning, he just got caught in the last little bit,” Hillis said. “He has come through it well, I am very happy with him.” Suited and Booted, who will jump from the ace barrier with Matthew Cameron aboard, has been installed a $7.50 winning chance on Wednesday behind race favourite Not Straight Laced (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) ($3.20) who he beat into third on debut. While pleased with his progress, Hillis said Suite and Booted isn’t suited to firm tracks and will be put aside for autumn racing. “I am just a little bit worried as the tracks get firmer,” he said. “He will probably only have this run and then go out because he needs the sting out of the ground.” Sweet And Sassy disappointed when finishing last in a nine-horse field when on debut at Matamata last month and heads into Wednesday as the $31 outsider. “They both won their trial and I thought she won her one better, but he went better in his debut. She was a bit keen, she has learnt a bit from the other day and hopefully she runs a bit more kinder this time,” Hillis said. “I will tip her out after tomorrow too.” Hillis is also set to line-up last start winner Mafia Mamma (NZ) (Belardo) later this week, but has yet to decide on which venue. “Mafia Mama is going to go to either Tauranga on Friday or Ellerslie on Sunday, I’ll just see what suits her best,” Hillis said. “She has been going really well.” View the full article

In-form short course performer Mercurial (NZ) (Burgundy) has been given the green light for another crack at a major prize on Saturday. Trainer Stephen Marsh can’t fault his genuine son of Burgundy, who will take his place in the Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham where he has previously been successful. The five-year-old will be one of a quartet of elite level contenders Marsh sends south with Double Vision (NZ) (Darci Brahma), Nikaia (NZ) (Ardrossan) and Sinhaman- (NZ) (Tivaci) to chase top age group honours in the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Levin Classic (1600m). Mercurial has held his form admirably this preparation with an open handicap win and three placings from his last five starts, including a third in the Gr.3 Spring Sprint (1400m) and most notably a last-start third in the Gr.1 Railway (1200m). “I thought he was great, he’s probably not ideally suited to weight-for-age but he is racing super well and he has come through that run extra well,” Marsh said. “We thought we may as well have another throw at the stumps. He is just one of those really honest horses and he’s won down at Trentham before.” Marsh will have a decent hand in the three-year-old race with a trio of lightly raced contenders, including Double Vision who had a couple of placings to his credit before the Darci Brahma gelding led all the way to comfortably break his maiden over 1400m at Tauranga. “Double Vision was very good last start and he’s a progressive sort who will appreciate the step up to a mile,” he said. “Nikaia’s last win was also extra good and she’s trained on well since then,” Marsh said. The Ardrossan filly placed at Te Rapa at her second appearance and then went to Otaki where she overcame an awkward start to open her account. “Sinhaman went over 1400m last time and he needs a mile and a big track at Trentham will suit him,” Marsh said. By Tivaci, Sinhaman was successful at Rotorua before he finished runner-up against older opposition at Te Rapa was out of the money in his most recent appearance in the Gr.2 Auckland Guineas (1400m). “There’s good depth at the top of the field and then it evens up so all three of mine deserve a crack,” Marsh said. He is also confident of a bold showing from Waikato Stud’s Savabeel mare Mazzolino (NZ), who is in foal to Super Seth, in the Gr.3 Trentham Stakes (2100m). Successful in last season’s Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes and a multiple black type placegetter, she will take a significant step down in class after her solid performance for fourth in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2050m). “She’s back from weight-for-age to set weights and penalties, it won’t be as strong as the Group One and she went very creditably in that, I think she’ll be a strong chance,” Marsh said. He also offered his thoughts on the stable’s best midweek prospects at two northern venues. “We’ve got a nice, progressive filly called El Amor and she looks a good each way chance,” he said. A last-start runner-up, El Amor (NZ) (Ardrossan) runs in the Elsdon Park Maiden (1600m) at Matamata on Wednesday. “I really like our two in the Rating 75 at Tauranga on Friday, Academy Award and Financier. They look our best chances there,” he said. Academy Award (NZ) (Star Turn) came off a Te Rapa win to run a solid third at Pukekohe on Boxing Day while Financier (NZ) (Tavistock) hasn’t raced since he was successful at Hastings during the spring carnival. View the full article

The NTRA launched #LoveOfTheHorse, a social media promotion in conjunction with the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards that encourages horse fans and enthusiasts to share photos of themselves that demonstrate their deep connection and love of the horse. View the full article

At present, the funds are distributed by the New Jersey Racing Commission, which gives 100% of the Thoroughbred funding to Monmouth Park for overnight purses.View the full article

Nashua Stakes winner Where's Chris and multiple winner Constitutionlawyer die due to injuries from a collision on the Belmont Park training track Jan. 8. Neither exercise rider was injured.View the full article

The Racing Integrity Board conducted routine drug testing of jockeys at the Ruakaka Racing Club on Friday 5 January 2024. All tests came back negative The post Drug testing conducted at Ruakaka appeared first on RIB. View the full article

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WinStar Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' Nashville (Speightstown) was represented by his first foal when a filly was born Monday, Jan. 8, at Maryland's Murmur Farm. Bred by Wasabi Ventures Stables LLC, Robert Angelo, Terry Schuck and Greenspring Mares, the filly is the first foal from Maryland-bred stakes winner Why Not Tonight (Tapiture). “She's a leggy, correct filly with plenty of quality, and we are ecstatic with her as the first foal out of Wasabi's first stakes winner,” said George Adams of Housatonic Bloodstock. “We'll be breeding multiple mares back to Nashville this year.” The brilliantly fast Nashville won his maiden by 11 1/2 lengths at first asking at Saratoga, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:14.48 and followed up with an equally dominating allowance win at Keeneland before winning the 2020 Perryville S. in 1:07.89, a time significantly faster against the clock than that of the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint (1:08.61). He also won a Fair Grounds allowance in 1:08.61 in 2022, the fastest time at the six-furlong distance in over two years. “We are thrilled to receive the first live foal report for Nashville,” said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar Farm. “He was extremely well received in his first season at stud in 2023 and he will be very busy again in 2024. With the recent loss of our beloved Speightstown, news of Nashville's first foal has brought plenty of smiles around WinStar.” Having bred 204 mares in his first year at stud in 2023 and with his in-foal mares fetching up to $850,000, Nashville is standing the upcoming breeding season at a fee of $15,000 S & N. The post Nashville Sires First Foal appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Mike Love A winner on debut, Majestic Sunday gave Leeston trainer Murray Alfeld the perfect start to 2024 by taking out the Banks Peninsula Welcome Dave Butts – Raceday Secretary Trot at Motukarara on Sunday. “I’m really happy,” said Alfeld, “he went big. He was well back and I thought he might get third or fourth but he’s just jogged it.” Majestic Sunday began well for driver Colin DeFilippi, and settled three and four back the fence. DeFilippi waited patiently for a gap to present itself up the long Banks Peninsula straight, going on to win stylishly by one and three quarter lengths from runner-up Tilthesunsets. “Colin had a big smile on his face. We’ve had a good association over the years. Colin still sends some horses my way to break in or jog up. He’s a true professional.” It was Alfeld’s first training success since Aldebaran Floss, also driven by DeFilippi, won the Group 2 New Zealand Trotting Oaks at Addington in 2021. Alfred came across Majestic Sunday, a five-year-old Majestic Son gelding, when breeder Mike McGuire was looking to downsize. “I had a drive on a couple about eight months ago. We just bowled around and he (Majestic Sunday) went about 3:40 (2400m) and i didn’t mind him. So I took him.” Majestic Sunday had numerous workouts before qualifying at Methven in September. “It’s a really neat family he’s from.” Majestic Sunday is out of Pretty Sunday, daughter of Sun Mist, the mother of grand trotter Merinai. “I do a lot of road work with them and potter around. I usually take all of mine to the workouts and trials until they go mistake free. If you take a young trotter to the races and they learn to gallop it takes a lot to get it out of them. He’s had a good foundation.” Alfred trains a small team from his Leeston base, including a brother to Aldebaran Floss named Aldebaran Redwood who has just turned three. “I do quite like him. He’s just having a spell at the moment. Plus I brought a few off gavelhouse including a broodmare with a foal at foot from the Weststar Milly family. I’ve got a two-year-old that trots around quite nicely too.” Alfeld to date has trained 68 winners and won over $570,000 in stakes. View the full article

Headley Bell has run Nicoma Bloodstock for 40 years, planning matings for clients at his Mill Ridge Farm and beyond. “It's like being an artist,” says Bell. “You're crafting, and planning matings is part of that whole creation.” Bell said he uses various tools for his matings, including TDN's statistics on percentages of black type to foals, mare produce records, five-cross pedigrees, and examines patterns of broodmare sires with certain families. Finally, he takes physical traits of mares into consideration to determine, he said, “who that mare really is.” He does the same with sires. Bell then grades his clients' mares into A,B, and C categories, values them, and tries to find a stud fee of around one-fifth the value of the mare. He shared matings with six Nicoma clients with the TDN. JAMM LIMITED This is the Tolie Otto family, and we raised Keeper Hill together. Sadly, Tolie died this year, but her daughter Audie has been running it for several years now, and they have four mares with us. Justaroundmidnight (Ire), 17, Danehill Dancer (Ire)—Strategy (GB), by Machiavellian. To be bred to Up To The Mark.This is a mare that we bought back in 2012, and we bred Duopoly from her, who was a Group 1 winner by Animal Kingdom. She had a lovely Omaha Beach yearling that we sold this year, and she's currently not in foal, but we've chosen Up to the Mark with this mare. I didn't know the horse until the end of the year like most people probably because that's when he really did his thing, but he really was brilliant. And I believe Not This Time and Liam's Map are going to have a lot of influence, and this is a good son of Not This Time. And obviously, he ran on the grass, and it's a good pedigree blend that blends well with this mare, a first-year stallion. She's a commercial breeder, this is a Group 1-producing mare and it's a good value point. Smart Shopping, 10, Smart Strike—Shop Again, by Wild Again. To be bred to Life Is Good. We bought her dam, Shop Again, some years ago, and she was a foundation mare for the Ottos. And this is her 2013 daughter by Smart Strike that Ms. Otto raised, who was trained by Brendan Walsh. She showed form and we thought she was an Oaks filly, but she ended up injuring herself. Her first two foals are stakes-caliber, and show some quality. This is a foundation-replacing mare for Audie, and she's currently in foal to Life is Good. Life is Good and Flightline are the best two horses I've seen for a long time. She's in foal to Life is Good and we're going to repeat the mating, not just because it's Life is Good, but, it blends very well with this particular mare and we pick up a lot of features that we like in that combined pedigree blend. And that's really all you can do, is try to put enough good ingredients into the stew and get lucky. Because the reality is that you don't look like your brother or your sister, and the idea to think that you can replicate something is not realistic. So you try to put as many things as you can into the stew, and that's what Life is Good, for me, does. So we're sending her foundation mare back to Life is Good. NANCY DILLMAN Nancy Dillman is a dear friend a client for 40 years. She bred Diminuendo from the first crop of Diesis (GB), and we bred Havre de Grace together. Mademoiselle Coco, 11, Medaglia d'Oro—Easter Brunette, by Carson City. To bred to Cody's Wish. She's a half-sister to Havre de Grace, and this family has always bred a little small, and so we want to try to put a little size into her, if we can. She's currently in foal to Essential Quality and has an Essential Quality '23 foal as well. We had obviously great luck with Havre de Grace and Nancy likes first-year stallions whenever possible. She's a commercial breeder, and so we're breeding her back to Cody's Wish. Again, it's a pedigree blend with Medaglia d'Oro and the Mr. Prospector line works well with other things within that family, and Cody's Wish is a brilliant horse. Seastone, 7, Cairo Prince—Church By The Sea, by Harlan's Holiday. To be bred to Epicenter. She's a half-sister to Significant Form. She has a Maxfield 2023 foal and is in foal to Epicenter, who is a son of Not This Time. We like that blend. And so we're going to go back to Epicenter with Seastone. JERRY AND JOHN AMERMAN The Amermans breed to race, one of those rare items today. And they've really built their entire program, of which there are about 10 mares now, off of two foundation mares–a mare called Miss Chapin, who's a very good producing mare, and then Divine Actress, who's the Dam of Oscar Performance and Oscar Nominated, among others. Dream Fuhrever, 14, Langfuhr—Society Dream (Fr), by Akarad (Fr). To be bred to Oscar Performance. One of the mares that I'm suggesting for Oscar Performance is the dam of Endlessly (Oscar Performance), who is a granddaughter of Miss Chapin. She's by Langfuhr, so the Northern Dancer line. Endlessly was the top two-year-old by Oscar Performance who was three-for-three before running in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and ended up being beaten three lengths there after going off as one of the favorites in that race. But breeding back Dream Fuhrever to Oscar Performance is a natural thing to do. You had to get lucky the first time, and we did. Catch the Eye, 8, Quality Road—Turns My Head (Ire), by Montjeu. To be bred to Oscar Performance. And another mare is a quality road mare, a 2016 mare by the name of Kiss the Eye, who's out of a European family, a Mokshu mare from Egyptian Queen family. And she has a 23 Caravaggio and is in foal to Oscar Performance. As I mentioned, she's a quality road mare, which has done well with Oscar Performance, it seems, and so we're breeding her back to Oscar Performance also. So those are the two Amerman mares. CLOVER HILL FARM Sadly, we lost Lynn Schiff whom I'd been working with for 10 years or so, and her daughter, Maggie Gieseke, now runs the operation. Mom (Alice Chandler) was a magnet for women because she was such a strong woman herself, and so a lot of our clients are women, which is fantastic. Clover Hill has about five mares. They're commercial breeders. And a few years ago, while Lynn was still with us in 2017, we bought three mares, and two of which have really worked out very well. Wild Silk, 11, Street Sense—Spun Silk, by A.P. Indy. To be bred to Cody's Wish. One of those three mares is Wild Silk. We paid $70,000 for her, and she is the dam of Red Carpet Ready, by Oscar Performance, who has earned nearly $600,000. Like Shop Again, she was a Wild Again mare and she provided a Hyperion-line blend of pedigree that crosses so beautifully with Oscar Performance and really crosses beautifully with Kitten's Joy through Lear Fan. We've gone back to Oscar Performance a couple of times. She is in foal to Liam's Map now, and Not This Time and Liam's Map are very strong sources that I'm using quite a bit. They're going to go to Cody's Wish with her. She can use some size and blend-wise, we're happy with that. Maya Princess, 11, Street Sense—Hartfelt, by Kafwain. To be bred to Jack Christopher. We bought her in foal to Ghostzapper in 2017 and we were very fortunate that she produced a beautiful Ghostzapper that Phil Bauer and Richard Rigney bought and named Mariah's Princess, who earned $250,000 as her first foal. She has an Essential Quality filly foal and is in foal to Charlatan and is going to Jack Christopher. They are commercial breeders. Charlatan was a brilliant horse, and again, provides a pedigree blend, and Jack Christopher also is a brilliant horse. And we would just as soon not be in a sire's first book. I said that Nancy Dillman wants to be in the first year, but I don't mind being in another year, because if you believe in the horse, it's worth the gamble, really, because you're not up there against 200 other foals. FRANK GARRISON Frank Garrison is an old college friend who owns a couple of mares together with us, and is godfather to Price. These are ones we share. Humor Me Dixie, 6, Distorted Humor—Dixie City, by Dixie Union. To be bred to Oscar Performance. Humor Me Dixie is a mare that we bought in 2020 with a great blend of family. Distorted Humor is a great broodmare sire with the El Prado/Medaglia d'Oro line in particular. She's in foal to Upstart, and we are going to breed her to Oscar Performance. The Hyperion line that you're picking up through Oscar Performance, I think will blend well and add some size to the mare. Proximity Bias, 8, Flatter—Sidle, by Seeking the Gold. To be bred to Liam's Map. We bought this mare in 2016 from a family I'm very fond of, the Stroll family, which I think is a very tough family. We bought her in foal to Practical Joke in '20 and sold that Practical Joke to Steve Asmussen, and he's made her a stakes winner of $150,000 for which we're most appreciative. And she has a '23 Oscar Performance and in foal to Oscar Performance and is going back to Liam's Map. BYRON NIMOCKS Byron Nimocks is from Rye, New York and is fairly new to the business. We share five mares together, and last year was the first time we bought any mares. Patna, 5, Into Mischief—Barbadia, by Speightstown. To be bred to Blame. Most importantly, she is from the Willstar family, which is one of their foundation families. And it has Nureyev in it, and I can't get enough of Nureyev. Theatrical is by Nureyev, which is Oscar Performance's broodmare sire. She was a maiden at the time we bought her, and we bred her to Twirling Candy. We're going to go to Blame this year. Chris McGrath described Blame so well in his Value Sires, and we believe he is a value sire also, and we're going to go to Blame and see if we can breed a race horse. Tea Olive, 5, First Samurai—Conquest Superstar, by Super Saver. To be bred to Aloha West. We bought this mare last year as a maiden. Gatewood (Bell) had bought her as a yearling. Gatewood's a second cousin and worked with me at Nicoma for a while. It was in the slop at Keeneland, but she beat Gunite in her first start, which I thought was pretty impressive. She earned about a $100,000. We had bred her to Speaker's Corner. Unfortunately, she aborted. And we're going to come back to Aloha West. For us, we believe that Aloha West resembles his broodmare sire, Speightstown, more than his sire Hard Spun. He gives you a great pedigree blend with the Hard Spun–some Danzig, some Gone West, and some A. P. Indy. He was a very fast horse, obviously. He won the Breeders' Cup Sprint. And we're excited about his future and we're going to send what we believe is an exciting mare to him in Tea Olive. The post Mating Plans, Presented by Spendthrift: Nicoma Bloodstock appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A total of 416 entries have been received for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale to be held at the auction house's Newtown Paddocks complex Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 5 and 6, 2024. Bidding begins each morning at 10 a.m. ET. The first 300 horses will be offered during the Monday session, while hips 301 and through the conclusion of the supplemental catalogue will sell Tuesday. “Positioned right before the start of breeding season, Kentucky Winter Mixed annually offers a healthy and active marketplace,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “We have an attractive group of racing and broodmare prospects catalogued, and good quality and depth among the covering sire and yearling sire ranks.” Entries remain open for the supplemental catalogue and Fasig-Tipton will accept additional entries over the next few weeks. “We have a good number of supplemental entries already in the pipeline and we encourage sellers to consider additional entries- especially horses with a significant pedigree or racing update in the coming weeks,” noted Browning. The Winter Mixed Catalogue is available for viewing online. Print catalogues will be available beginning Jan. 15 and the catalogue will also be available via the Equineline sales catalogue app. The post 416 Entries Set for Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article