Articles posted July 21, 2009

Fasig-Tipton KY Sale: Recap (Video)

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Sales

Blood-Horse bloodstock sales editor Deirdre Biles recaps the first day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Select Yearling sale

Del Mar Meet Kicks Off With Oceanside Stakes

• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Racing, West Region

Del Mar begins its 70th season of racing July 22 with the traditional opening-day feature, the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes, headlining the 10-race card.

Fasig-Tipton KY Sale: Recap

• July 21, 2009

Blood-Horse bloodstock sales editor Deirdre Biles recaps the Fasig-Tipton KY Select Yearlings Sale, including an interview with Dan Pride, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Fasig-Tipton. Presented by OCD Pellets.

Talkin' Horses Podcast with Wesley Ward

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• July 21, 2009

Trainer Wesley Ward answers questions about his success at Royal Ascot, training 2-year olds, and more. Transcript Now Available!

Godolphin Purchases Atomic Rain

• By Steve Haskin
• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

The Godolphin shopping spree continued July 21 with the purchase of Long Branch Stakes winner Atomic Rain from George and Lori Hall. There are no immediate plans for the son of Smart Strike, who had been pointing for the Haskell Invitational (gr. I) Aug. 2.

Medallist Sires First Winner

• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Northeast Region

Grade II winner Medallist sired his first winner when his son Gold Winner scored July 19 at Northlands Park.

Misremembered Scores for Breeder Bob Baffert

• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Breeding

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter

Already in the news for his move to Lane's End, Candy Ride also figures in to the first progeny black type for an 18-year-old mare and the first stakes win as a breeder for Bob Baffert.

KY Horse Owners Urged to Discard Tainted Feed

• July 21, 2009
• Kentucky

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising horse owners to discard feed purchased at a Florence, Ky., feed store because it could be contaminated. The agency issued the advisory July 20 when U.S. Marshals seized $24,000 in livestock food products from the Bi-County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Inc.

Dutrow Granted Stay on 30-Day Suspension

• By Esther Marr
• July 21, 2009
• Kentucky

A week after trainer Rick Dutrow filed an appeal over the 30-day suspension handed out by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for a Clenbuterol positive in the spring of 2008, the Franklin County, Ky. Circuit Court issued him a stay.

Medaglia d'Oro Filly Sells for $370,000

• By Ron Mitchell
• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Sales, Kentucky

As the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale drew to a close July 21, a Versailles, Ky.-based farm and racing stable purchased a Medaglia d'Oro filly for $370,000.

Australian Pinhookers Buy Speightstown Colt

• By Ron Mitchell
• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Sales, Kentucky

BC3 Thoroughbreds, an Australian-based pinhooking operation went to $335,000 to acquire a Speightstown colt during the July 21 final session of the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale in Lexington.

Philly Park Suspends Leading Rider Lynch

• By Jason Shandler
• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

Fergal Lynch, currently the leading rider at Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack, has been suspended for one year, Pennsylvania Racing Commission spokesperson Justin Fleming confirmed July 21.

WV Derby Field Beginning to Take Shape

• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

Organized horse racing in West Virginia dates back at least 223 years, but no horse who has won the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) has ever competed in the Mountaineer State before. That status is going to change on Aug. 1, when Mine That Bird goes to the post in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (gr. II) at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort.

Homeister Becomes Second Leading Female Rider

• July 21, 2009

Jockey Rosemary Homeister Jr. became Thoroughbred racing's second winningest female jockey of all time when she rode Kathleen O'Connell's Gambles List to victory in the third race the evening of July 20 at Colonial Downs.

Medaglia d'Oro Filly Fetches $425,000 at FTK

• By Esther Marr
• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Sales, Kentucky

An offspring of Medaglia d'Oro commanded the highest price thus far at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale July 21 when Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock agent John Ferguson went to $425,000 for a bay filly.

First Winner for Don Six

• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Northeast Region

Graded stakes winner Don Six came through with his first winner when his daughter Nothing's Perfect won by six lengths July 16 at Calder Race Course.

Jagerman to Fanlew in Louisiana

• July 21, 2009
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Southeast Region, Southwest Region

Jagerman, a $1.1 million Saratoga sale yearling, will enter stud in 2010 at Kathy Paul's Fanlew Farms near Sarepta, La.

Equine Tapeworms Prevalent in Western States, Study Shows

• By Edited Press Release
• July 21, 2009
• Horse Health

New data shows tapeworm prevalence on West Coast farms as 17.3% in California, 36.5% in Oregon and 25.3% in Washington. A 2003 study in equine parasitology by Craig Reinemeyer, DVM, PhD, of East Tennessee Clinical Research, uncovered the high prevalence of equine tapeworms throughout the United States. That original study indicated a lower risk of tape...

Minimum Standards of Care Established by Kentucky Horse Group

• By Edited Press Release
• July 21, 2009
• Horse Health

In an effort to provide a basic guideline for minimum horse care requirements, the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) recently developed an eight page educational guide called Minimum Standards for Equine Care in Kentucky. The guide is a free resource offered for educational purposes to horse owners, potential horse owners, law enforcement officials, and all...