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Jacobs Trophy Sale a Success

Jacobs Trophy Sale a Success

To clear her mind and focus on fond memories, Patrice Wolfson, who bred and raced 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed with her recently deceased husband, Louis, attended a Jan. 17 auction at Christie's in New York that sold more than 200 racing trophies won by her late mother and father.

 Thursday, January 24, 2008
Jacobs Trophies to Be Auctioned

Jacobs Trophies to Be Auctioned

More than 200 racing trophies of the late Ethel D. Jacobs, North America's leading owner for three years, and her husband, Hirsch Jacobs, a Hall of Fame trainer, are being auctioned at Christie's in New York Jan. 17, 2008.

 Thursday, December 20, 2007

Ferdinand Followup: Owners Promise to Tighten Contracts and Supervision

If there is to be a silver lining in the cloud of Ferdinand's death in Japan, it comes in the manner in which future business transactions will be written, and the heightened awareness that owners' responsibility no longer ceases when a horse is sold. Ignorance is no longer an option, and no one understands that better than the people who have done business selling horses to overseas interests.

 Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Strodes Creek to Japan

Kentucky Derby (gr. I) runner-up Strodes Creek has been sold to Turf Company of Japan, according to Florida-based bloodstock consultant John Jacobs, who represents Turf Company.

 Wednesday, January 31, 2001