Stakes-Placed Rubiyat to David Spears Racing
Multiple grade II stakes-placed Rubiyat has been moved for stallion duty this year to David Spears Racing near Hartshorne, Okla., where he will stand for $1,000.
Headlines for Monday, January 9, 2012
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Get Rich Quick to Coco Ranch in Florida
Graded stakes-placed Get Rich Quick will enter stud this year at Guillermo Morales' Coco Ranch near Anthony, Fla.
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Up, Up, and Away! Keeneland Prices Soar
Gross, average, and median during first session of January sale increase 30.4%, 16.6%, and 60%, respectively.
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Champion Sprinter Artax Dies
Artax, a champion sprinter who was attacked by a drunken racegoer in a stakes on the 1999 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) undercard, died Jan. 8 in an equine hospital in Brazil, because of complications from colic.
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Topliner Brings $1.4 Million at Keeneland
Topliner, a half sister to two grade I winners and a grade I producer, commanded $1.4 million to establish a new high price during the first session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 9.
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Spice Island Fetches $775,000 at Keeneland
Spice Island, a grade II-winning daughter of Tabasco Cat, became the sale topper thus far at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale when she fetched $775,000 from Hunter Valley Farm, agent.
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WinStar and Airdrie Partner to Buy Mons Venus
A day after Caracortado captured the Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita Park against some of the best sprinters in the country, his dam, Mons Venus, commanded $250,000 from Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm and Airdrie Stud.
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KY Horse Park to Offer Free Gelding Clinic
The Kentucky Horse Park is offering free gelding surgeries (with a $20 registration fee) on Saturday, March 10.
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Eclipse Awards Finalists Listed (Updated 1/9)
There were few surprises when the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters on Jan. 5 announced the finalists for 2011 Eclipse Awards.
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Parx Jockey Ejected; Trainer Fighting Ban
A jockey based at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania has been excluded from the property for allegedly being in the women jockeys' room while one of them was in the shower.
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Animal Kingdom, Toby's Corner Work Half-Mile
Graham Motion trainees Animal Kingdom and Toby's Corner worked in company Jan. 8 at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland.
