Field of Nine Set For Bowling Green Handicap
Eltawaasul and Whitmore's Conn, who finished one-two in a Belmont allowance race on June 21, battle each other again Saturday in the $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT).
Headlines for Thursday, July 11, 2002
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A.P. Indy and Storm Cat Atop Leader Lists for 2YO Sales
The stallions with the most successful results for progeny sold at juvenile sales in 2002 fall into two groups: those who had one or two individuals that sold for six- or seven-figure prices, with the balance bringing prices well under $100,000 and those who had the majority of their progeny selling for six figures and a smaller number that sold for four figures. This article will briefly highlight the sires that fall into both of these categories.
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Tattersalls July Sale Ends With Record Gross And Average
The Tattersalls July mixed sale ended Thursday in England with a record gross revenue of 3,635,100 guineas (approximately $5,911,927), which was a 33% higher than the previous mark set last year.
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RaceReplays.com Announces Start Up
Post Time Technologies (www.posttimetech.com) announced the launch of RaceReplays.com, a comprehensive "video charts" subscription-based Internet site.
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Nicholls-trained Longshots One-Two in July Cup
Longshot runners trained by David Nicholls ran one-two in the group I July Cup at Newmarket, England Thursday.
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NTRA Annual Meeting/Marketing Summit Set for Sept 29-Oct. 1
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced it will hold its annual meeting and marketing summit Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at The Mirage in Las Vegas. For the first time, the annual meeting will be held in Las Vegas and in conjunction with the marketing summit, which in previous years was held in early spring.
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Keeneland July Yearling Sale Starts Monday
The 59th annual Keeneland July select yearling sale gets under way at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on Monday with 200 horses cataloged for the two-day auction.
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23 Listed as Out For Keeneland Sale
Keeneland was beginning to spring to life Thursday as horses started arriving for the sale company's annual July auction, the industry's first true measure each year of the yearling market.
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Espinoza Wins Jockey ESPY
At the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles Wednesday night, Victor Espinoza was chosen as the top jockey. The other finalists were past winners Jerry Bailey and Gary Stevens.
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Tattersalls Sale Continues At Record Pace
In strong trade on the second day of the Tattersalls July sale, 127 horses sold for 1,477,300 guineas.
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English Champion Queen's Logic Retired
Three-year-old Queen's Logic, who won all five of her races, has been retired after contracting a virus
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Virginia Derby Purse Boost Attracts Top Trainers
It's nothing new: put up the money and they will show up to run. Colonial Downs has done that, raising the purse for Saturday's Virginia Derby to $500,000, which attracted the attention of such trainers as Bill Mott and Neil Drysdale.
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Millionaire Tout Charmant Returned to Training
Robert and Janice McNair's Tout Charmant, a turf specialist who was retired from racing in the spring and bred to Storm Cat, has been returned to Southern California trainer Ron McAnally.
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TRPB Part of Horse ID Seminar
One of the identification agencies that will be presenting information at the National Equine Identification Symposium in Chicago, Ill., July 28-Aug. 1, is the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB). The TRPB is a national investigative agency formed in 1946. One of its functions is the lip-tattooing of Thoroughbreds for the purpose of racetrack ide...
