This week's The List looks at some of the ways hockey has infiltrated the Thoroughbred industry. There may be no better example than leading sire Nyquist.
Brendan Jacobson of Wimberly Bloodstock is hoping potential buyers at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale saw the impressive debut win by Imperial Honor Sept. 7 at Del Mar.
Monday's session saw turnover up 7.5% to $33,911,500, including private sales for the seventh session. The average price reached $112,663, an 8.3% increase from last year's corresponding session; and the median was up a significant 28.6% to $90,000.
The $23,000 TAKE2 Hunter and Jumper Finals celebrated a record turnout at Split Rock's Kentucky National Horse Show Sunday, with 48 Thoroughbreds from 14 states converging on the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
On the Sept. 21 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Gustavo Delgado Jr. discusses winning the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) with The Puma, and Sean Collins and Bob Ehalt share their thoughts on the new Belmont Park.
The three-day sale begins Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. Among the eye-catchers on paper are the No Nay Never brother to grade 2 scorer No Nay Hudson (Lot 35, Glenvale Stud) and a brother to Flying Childers Stakes (G2) winner and first-season sire Caturra.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 239 entries for its Eastern Fall Yearlings Sale, to be held Oct. 27, beginning at 11 a.m. ET. The auction will be conducted at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.
New York-bred named after owner's grandson, who in his first year was diagnosed in both eyes with retinoblastoma, a type of eye cancer that starts as a growth of cells in the retina.