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Highlighted by two colts that breezed the co-fastest quarter-mile time of :20 3/5, the six-day under tack show workouts in preparation for the Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale came to an end April 21.
A colt by Shakin It Up breezed a quarter-mile in :21 3/5 and colts by Flatter and Mark Valeski worked an eighth-mile in :09 4/5 during the April 20 under tack show session for the Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale.
A Shanghai Bobby filly breezed the fastest eighth-mile in :09 4/5 during the April 19 session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale, tying the best workout time for the distance.
Demand for 2-year-olds from the final crop of Ashford Stud's Scat Daddy again dominated the day when the Tattersalls Craven breeze-up sale concluded April 18.
The precociousness of juveniles sired by Kantharos was on display April 18 during the third under tack show for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale in Ocala, Fla.
American sires played a prominent role on the opening day of the Tattersalls Craven breeze-up sale April 17 in Newmarket, England with a colt by the late Ashford Stud stallion Scat Daddy topping the session at 800,000 guineas (US$1,204,392).
A Street Boss filly and a New York-bred colt from the first crop of Alpha posted the fastest work times during the April 17 under tack show session in preparation for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale.
Magnum Moon's victory in the Arkansas Derby (G1) not only propelled the 3-year-old colt to the top of the points leaderboard for the Kentucky Derby , but it also moved him to fifth on the lifetime list of top earners by Malibu Moon.
A Quality Road filly and a Strong Mandate colt shared the fastest eighth-mile workout time of :10 during the April 16 first session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale.
When aptly-named Justify rolled to victory in the April 7 Santa Anita Derby (G1), the impressive performance by the chestnut son of Scat Daddy justified his $500,000 yearling purchase price.
The impact of pinhooked horses—those purchased for resale later—on the 2-year-olds in training auction market cannot be understated, with the upcoming Ocala Breeders' Sales spring sale April 24-27 a prime example.
Highlighted by a Fastnet Rock colt that sold for a sale-topping AU$2.3 million (US$1,785,260), Inglis Bloodstock's Easter yearling sale came to a close April 11 with the second-highest gross in sale history.
A filly from the second crop of Bind was purchased by Gary Simms, as agent for M&M Racing, for $140,000 to top the Texas Thoroughbred Association's 2-year-olds in training sale April 10.
Prominent bloodstock agent J.J. Crupi and Vinnie Viola had quite an afternoon at Aqueduct Racetrack April 7, with a victory in the Carter Handicap (G1) by Army Mule and a Wood Memorial Presented by NYRA Bets (G2) triumph by Vino Rosso.
The Texas Thoroughbred Association will seek to build on momentum generated by last year's 2-year-olds in training sale when the 2018 edition is held April 10 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Mendelssohn, the 2016 Keeneland sale-topper, will be headed to Churchill Downs as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) after blowing away an international cast of 3-year-olds in the UAE Derby.
Larry Best's OXO Equine went to $1.2 million to acquire the Into Mischief colt consigned by Eddie Woods as agent. The colt's second and third dams, respectively, are graded stakes winners Added Asset and Added Elegance.
A filly by Medaglia d'Oro, that worked earlier in :10, was bought for $1.2 million by Stonestreet Stables. The filly is out of the stakes-placed Distorted Humor mare Mi Vida and out of the family of grade 1 winner Dream Supreme and Majestic Warrior.
Just like any other major 2-year-olds in training sale over the past several years, offspring of Gainesway's leading sire Tapit will be among the "buzz" horses at the March Fasig-Tipton selected sale at Gulfstream Park.
If the observations of the major players at the March 28 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale are any indication, this year's sale is bereft of a breakout horse but has a balanced group of quality individuals.
An Orb filly who breezed the fastest quarter-mile in :21 was attracting a lot of attention during the penultimate day to the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale.
With an Orb filly working the fastest quarter-mile in :21 and a multitude of horses sharing the eighth-mile fastest workout time of :10, the under tack show workouts for the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected 2-year-olds in training sale went smoothly.
With a new place on the sales calendar, and the distinction of being the only selected auction remaining in the juvenile marketplace, the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale of 2-year-olds in training will be renewed March 28.
When the under-tack workouts take place March 26 for horses entered in the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected sale of 2-year-olds in training, don't look for any of the entries from Kirkwood Stables to be working fast one-eighth or quarter-miles.
Joe Pickerrell and Courtney Roberts' Pick View has three horses cataloged to next week's Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected 2-year-olds in training sale and two sale graduates competing in Sunday's Sunland Derby (G3).
When the Fasig-Tipton selected 2-year-olds in training sale gets underway at Gulfstream Park March 28, Hoppel's Horse and Cattle Co. will be among those shipping their stock, tack, and personnel to sell at the venue near Miami.
The founder of a non-profit Thoroughbred training center, one of the organization's employees, and a state employee have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they devised a scheme to defraud a state department and the federal government.
Magnum Moon took a big step on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) with a 3 1/2-length victory in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park March 17.
LNJ Foxwoods sold one of the top-priced individuals during the March 13 opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales 2-year-olds in training sale and the following day acquired one of the toppers during the Wednesday finale.
As bidding escalated on a Strong Mandate colt during the March 14 second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales 2-year-olds in training sale, owner Carolyn Wilson kept nudging her trainer Larry Rivelli to keep going.
Texas-based Richardson Bloodstock made a major pinhooking score at the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-year-olds in training sale, selling a Mucho Macho Man colt for $575,000 to OXO Equine.
Phoenix founder and CEO Amer Abdulaziz Salman was in attendance at this year's first day of the OBS March sale and left with a filly from the last crop of Scat Daddy purchased for a session-topping $875,000
A group of female horse owners that will seek to emulate the successful racing entity that races Global Glamour in Australia purchased an Animal Kingdom filly March 13 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales 2-year-olds in training sale.
Tom McGreevy is settling into his new role with Texas horseman Michael C. Stinson, and bought a Bodemeister colt for $725,000 during the Ocala Breeders' Sales' 2-year-olds in training sale first session March 13.
A filly consigned by Eddie Woods as agent to the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-year-olds in training sale is a bit of an enigma in that she is an Irish-bred daughter from a first-crop sire, No Nay Never.
Like most sale consignors, Niall Brennan loves it when one of his horses knocks it out of the park and brings a big number. But if the high price comes at the expense of his other horses, he would prefer that money be spread around.
At last year's Ocala Breeders' Sales March sale, Imagine... knocked it out of the park when they sold a Curlin colt for $950,000 and is back this year with a small consignment.
When Gronkowski was purchased out of last year's Tattersalls Craven breeze-up sale for the equivalent of $404,492, it marked the Lonhro colt's third time to change hands at public auction.
Mourinho, winner of the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park, sustained a broken sesamoid during a workout at Santa Anita Park the morning of March 12 and was euthanized.
Hoby and Layna Kight do one thing and one thing only: They buy yearlings to be re-sold as 2-year-olds in training.
When Ocala Breeders' Sales opens the 2018 juvenile sales season, the auction will offer an early test of the broad marketplace, in a departure from the recent calendar in which Fasig-Tipton's select sale with much fewer offerings was first.
A year after Kerri Radcliffe made a big splash by buying expensive 2-year-olds in training on behalf of the newly-formed Dubai-based Phoenix Thoroughbreds, she and the organization have parted ways, both confirmed March 9.
Fillies sired by Scat Daddy and Shanghai Bobby shared the fastest time of :09 4/5 for an eighth-mile during the March 8 first of three under tack show sessions leading up to the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-year-olds in training sale.
When Dale Romans went shopping the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale, he was directed by consignor Carrie Brogden to take a look at a Shackleford colt consigned as part of the Select Sales offerings.
Barretts Equine has cataloged 157 for the spring 2-year-olds in training sale scheduled for April 4 at Del Mar. The auction begins at 2 p.m. PDT.
The West Virginia Racing Commission has approved 162 live racing dates in 2018 for Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and 123 dates for Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort.
Before making his foray into horse racing with the purchase of two yearlings in 2016 and four 2-year-olds purchased for high-dollar figures last spring, Larry Best dutifully studied the Thoroughbred industry.
Competitive bidding at the upper reaches of the market pushed the Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale above the buoyant auction of 2017, as gross, average, and median prices all rose during the Feb. 5-6 venue.
When Fasig-Tipton conducts its winter mixed sale this week, the horses presented to buyers will reflect a sea change of offerings, with an increase in short yearlings and fewer broodmares and broodmare prospects comprising the catalog.
Army Mule's scintillating return to competition in near track-record time at Gulfstream Park couldn't have come at a better time for South Point Sales, which is offering the colt's half sister at the Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale next week.
