Arthur Hancock III, who soared to the heights of Thoroughbred racing and breeding and is enshrined in the Racing Hall of Fame as a Pillar of the Turf, died Sept. 18 at his home near Paris, Ky., according to a family member. He was 83.
The son of Not This Time, who stands at Lane's End, is the only first-year sire with a seven-figure yearling thus far at the Keeneland September sale, and is also the only member of his crop to crack the top 10 sires by average.
Forever Young delivers as the heavy favorite in the $935,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) Sept. 18 at Belmont Park, comfortably winning the race in advance of an intended start in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Oct. 31 at Keeneland.
Golden Eagle (G1) prospect Decorum and group-placed mare Quietness headline the 286-lot Inglis Digital Australia September (Late) catalog, which is now open for bidding.
Golden Eagle (G1) prospect Decorum and group-placed mare Quietness headline the 286-lot Inglis Digital September (Late) catalog, which is now open for bidding.
New Zealand Oaks (G1) winner Leica Lucy has been retired from racing following an unsuccessful return from fetlock surgery, bringing an end to a career that delivered six wins and more than NZ$1 million in prize money.
K. Johnston Racing, Michael and Jules Iavarone, and Hopeless Stables' Gulfstream Park-based multiple stakes-winning 2-year-old Sum of Success, undefeated in three dirt starts, could make his turf debut next month on racing's biggest stage.
Graded stakes-winning millionaire Shotgun Hottie, less than a couple of years into her broodmare career, was euthanized this past weekend after beginning to founder, said Case Clay, racing manager for owner Wathnan Racing.