Month: June 2021

Amy Lanigan Named American Representative For Arqana

Amy Lanigan has been named the new American representative for Arqana, the sales company announced on Wednesday. Lanigan follows Tony Lacy, who was recently named Vice-President of Keeneland Sales.

“I am excited at the fact Amy has been chosen to take over the role as the North American representative at Arqana”, said Tony Lacy of the Darley Flying Start alum. “Having been in that role myself for the past 12 years, I feel strongly she has the skill set, personality and work ethic to be perfect for the position. Not only is she is a very familiar face to the European sales community, she is highly respected on this side of the Atlantic also. She will be a great asset to Arqana going forward.”

Previously Lanigan spent three years at the advertising agency The Bell Group, as well as a similar amount of time in Darley's marketing department in Newmarket. Besides working alongside her trainer husband, she also accompanied John Ferguson to numerous sales in Europe. The Lexington, Kentucky-based Lanigan was also the UK correspondent for Taylor Made Europe from 2018-2019. She currently runs her own photo and video business. Her clients include Darley, Coolmore, Lane's End, Taylor Made, Shadwell, and many other vendors and consignors.

“I am thrilled to be able to put my skills to work for one of Europe's largest sales agencies,” said Lanigan. “My past experiences have allowed me to build a strong network in both Europe and the United States and to work on many areas within the industry. I am now looking forward to starting my new assignments and discovering Deauville in August.”

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Love Shows Her Heart In Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

Love was all heart when making all under jockey Ryan Moore in the G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes, the highlight on day two of Royal Ascot. The victory earned her an expenses-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Turf this fall at Del Mar.

Racing for the first time in her 4-year-old campaign, much was expected of the 11/10 favorite following victories in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas, Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks last season. Ridden with confidence by Moore – who was recording a 63rd Royal Ascot win – Love kept finding more to repel all challengers and run out a comfortable three-quarter length winner from 2020 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Audarya (10/1).

Love provided trainer Aidan O'Brien with a 75th Royal Ascot success, and owners Coolmore were celebrating a fourth win in this prestigious ten-furlong contest, following Highland Reel, So You Think and Duke Of Marmalade.

O'Brien said: “Obviously this was her first run of the year and we had to be very cautious. We knew that she was going to come on a lot from the run and Ryan gave her a beautiful ride.

“We'd obviously would have preferred to have a run, but that's her first time over a mile and a quarter and we were over the moon with her.

“She's very genuine, very brave. Ryan was trying to balance it, and he knew that Armory was going to be very fancied, so he was just trying to do enough, and not to do too much. He was trying to do the right thing for Love. We are over the moon.

“We knew that her head was out and down and looking at Ryan's body language, he hadn't gone for everything. He was trying to let her win and give her as easy time as he could.

“She will come on a lot [for that]. Obviously, we had prepared her two or three times and stopped and started again, which is far from ideal, but I'm delighted that the lads decided to do this – to wait until the ground came right. It was a lovely place to start, Royal Ascot – there's nowhere better.”

Regarding her next target, he added: “I think everything is open to her, the King George, the Eclipse, whatever the lads decide and whatever they want to do.”

Moore said: “It is great to have Love back. She was a wonderful filly at three, and it's a long time since she ran in the Yorkshire Oaks. That is her first run since last August and she's beaten a Breeders' Cup winner.

“It was great to get her back today and I'm sure she will come on for the run. She's a very honest filly with a lot of ability and hopefully she will be better as the year goes on.”

James Fanshawe said of the second: “I am delighted with Audarya; it's her first run of the season, as it is for Love, and we weren't sure how she'd get on. She's proved she's progressed again from last year and I'm thrilled with her. Actually William [Buick] said the pace wasn't that strong; I don't know if that made any difference.

“I'm not sure what's next – I'll go home and think about it. You'd say keep her against her own sex, but she's been beaten by her own sex, but whether we go for the Romanet or the Nassau or something like that, I'm not sure.”

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MHBA Elects 2021 Board of Directors

The Maryland Horse Breeders Association membership has selected two incumbent members, a 2019 presidential appointee and two new members to the 2021 Board of Directors. Those elected will serve for the next three years. Michael J. Harrison DVM, a presidential appointee to the board in 2009 to 2010 who has since served from 2011 to 2016 and as the president of the board from 2018 to 2020, and Christy Holden, a board member for the past three years and general manager of Country Life Farm, are this year's incumbents.

Also elected was George Adams, owner and manager of Housatonic Bloodstock, who was a presidential appointee to the MHBA board in 2019; Ann B. Jackson, owner of Foxharbor Farm in White Hall, who serves her first term; and Adair B. Stifel, co-owner with her parents of Mantua Farm, who also serves for the first time.

Of the five directors whose terms expired this year, David Wade and Kent Murray were ineligible to stand for reelection because of having served six consecutive years as a member of the MHBA Board. Those whose terms have not expired are Richard F. Blue Jr., Ellen M. Charles, Michael D. Golden DVM, Michael Horning, Louis Merryman, Sabrina Moore, A. Leonard Pineau VMD, William Reightler, Thomas J. Rooney and James B. Steele.

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