Just hours after denying bankrupt Hawthorne Race Course a racing license or racing dates for 2027, the Illinois Racing Board and Illinois Gaming Board moved to strip the track of its current licenses for racing and sports betting.
Bob and Tyree Wolesensky have acquired a 45% interest in Valentine Candy, a six-time stakes winner and graded stakes-placed son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Valentine Candy will stand at their Leadem Farm near Leola, Ark., for $4,000.
Barry Clohessy has spent more than 25 years immersed in numerous facets of the Thoroughbred business, from exercise riding and caring for lay-ups to breaking yearlings, pinhooking, and sales preparation. Now, he has added consignor to his resume.
At the end of the third session, 227 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $91,997,500, including private sales. That number was up slightly from last year's gross on the corresponding session, when 246 horses brought $89,897,000.
An Up to the Mark colt who is a half brother to 2025 Two Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Ruling Court was on target during the third day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 16, purchased for $1.65 million by Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing USA.
Farfellow Farms struck a major home run during the Book 2 opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 16 when its homebred filly by Gun Runner commanded $1.55 million from Mayberry Farm, bidding on behalf of C R K Stables.
After the Finish Line is hosting the horse racing industry's largest fundraiser of saddle towels donated by 32 racetracks and trainers across the United States to benefit off-track Thoroughbreds. The fundraiser begins Sept. 18.
Breeders Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding strike gold Sept. 16 during the third day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, selling a Nyquist colt for $2.25 million out of a Bernardini mare Hertrich purchased seven years ago for $40,000.