January, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

49 Supplemented to Fasig Winter Mixed Sale

An additional 49 supplemental entries have been added to the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, scheduled for Feb. 7 and 8 in Lexington. Among the supplements, which are catalogued as hips 500-548, are:

Vacay (hip 501): Four-year-old daughter of Not This Time was a stakes winner at two and multiple stakes-placed at three. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent.
Wink Texas (hip 520): Stakes-placed 4-year-old filly from the family of Grade I winners Seventh Street, American Gal and Authentic. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by James B. Keogh, agent.
Eloquent Speaker (hip 536): New York-bred daughter of Flatter finished second, beaten a neck, in the La Verdad S. at Aqueduct in her most recent start Jan. 2. From the immediate family of multiple Grade I winner Behrens, she is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Just Read It (hip 537): Four-year-old stakes-winning daughter of Constitution from the family of champion Safely Kept and multiple graded stakes winner Venetian Harbor. She captured the Cicada S. at Aqueduct last year and won an allowance/optional claimer at Aqueduct in her most recent start Jan. 6. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Brilliant Cut (hip 541): Four-year-old daughter of Speightstown finished second in the GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita in her most recent start Dec. 26. A half-sister to last year's stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Lemieux, her immediate family includes Grade I winners Diamondrella and Life Is Good, dominant winner of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent.

Supplemental entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions of the supplemental catalogue will be available on the sales grounds.

Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept approved supplemental entries through the end of the month.

The post 49 Supplemented to Fasig Winter Mixed Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

New Look For Buyanom In Its Third Year

As it heads into his third year of existence, the stallion nomination trading website Buyanom.com has a new look, and a few new perks for its users. Ahead of the 2022 breeding season, the Buyanom website has been redone, and now includes the capability for its users to sign contracts online. “It's very user- friendly and very quick,” said Luke Lillingston, who operates Buyanom alongside fellow respected horseman Ted Voute. “We're very pleased with the way the website is working.”

Another new aspect of the site designed to improve the experience for the seller is a function that allows them to set a price threshold, below which offers made will not be shown. “That's a new aspect of the site that's designed very specifically to help sellers,” Lillingston explained.

Buyanom has also removed the listing fee for sellers; the only cost to sell a nomination on the platform is a £150 fee that is charged when a contract is signed. If the breeding does not result in a live foal, the seller gets their fee back. There are no fees for buyers.

“What we're trying to achieve is for more people to get on the site–to look, to list, to make offers and to buy nominations,” Lillingston said. “We want to make it as easy as we can for everybody.”

There are currently 32 individual sires from England, Ireland and France with nominations available on Buyanom.com, including proven sires like Acclamation (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Le Havre (Ire), Profitable (Ire) and Territories (Ire), and in the region of 50 total nominations available.

“Even in the last week, we've had some very significant breeders buying, selling and making offers on nominations,” Lillingston said. “Once people get on the site and they use it they're saying, 'wow, I can't believe it's that easy to use.' Once you get into it and have confidence in the system it becomes very easy. We're just trying to encourage more people to use it.”

Lillingston stressed that Charlie Dee, his assistant at Lillingston Bloodstock, is available to help anyone with questions about using Buyanom. He said he thinks platforms like Buyanom are not only the way of the future, but a way to source value.

“It's the way most of us conduct business in our daily lives, buying things online, and we believe nominations should be no different,” Lillingston said. “Equally, for anyone looking for value–anyone who has listed a nomination is obviously a seller, so they're always keen to receive offers.”

The post New Look For Buyanom In Its Third Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

Grade 1-Placed Brilliant Cut Headlines First Group Of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Supplemental Entries

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional 49 supplemental entries to its 2022 Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held on Feb. 7-8 in Lexington, Ky.

These latest entries, which are cataloged as hips 500-548, include:

VACAY (Hip 501): Four-year-old daughter of Not This Time was a stakes winner at two and multiple stakes placed at three. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent.
WINK TEXAS (Hip 520): Stakes placed 4-year-old filly from the family of grade 1 winners Seventh Street, American Gal, and Authentic. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by James B. Keogh, agent.
ELOQUENT SPEAKER (Hip 536): New York-bred daughter of Flatter finished second, beaten a neck, in the La Verdad Stakes at Aqueduct in her most recent start on Jan. 2. From the immediate family of multiple grade 1 winner Behrens, she is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
JUST READ IT (Hip 537): Four-year-old stakes winning daughter of Constitution from the family of champion Safely Kept and multiple graded stakes winner Venetian Harbor. She captured the Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct last year and won an allowance/optional claimer at Aqueduct in her most recent start on Jan. 6. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
BRILLIANT CUT (Hip 541): Four-year-old daughter of Speightstown finished second in the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita in her most recent start on Dec. 26. Earlier in her 3-year-old campaign, she finished third in the G2 Santa Ynez Stakes. A half-sister to recent stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Lemieux, her immediate family includes Grade 1 winners Diamondrella and Life Is Good, dominant winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile to push his career earnings over $1 million. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Highgate Sales, agent.

These entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalog app. Print versions of the supplemental catalog will be available on the sales grounds.

Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept approved supplemental entries through the end of the month.

The post Grade 1-Placed Brilliant Cut Headlines First Group Of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Supplemental Entries appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Former NFL Star Playing for New Team, Texas Racing

With the end of his NFL career right around the corner, Mike Renfro was looking for something to do after his playing days were over. That's why he bought a Louisiana-bred in 1988 named Dr. Death. It couldn't have worked out any better. Dr. Death won his first start for Renfro and would go on to win six stakes races and finish third in the 1988 GI Hollywood Derby.

“It was going to be my last season and I was looking to get into the real estate business, but real estate was horrible at the time,” he said. “People were filing for bankruptcy and interest rates were 20%. I didn't know what to do until I bought this racehorse. I found my new business and haven't looked back since.”

Renfro, a wide receiver who played for the Houston Oilers from 1978 to 1983 and for the Dallas Cowboys from 1984 to 1988, would go on to serve as a longtime executive at Lone Star Park and is currently the vice president of business development for the CJ Thoroughbreds ownership group. Lately, he has turned his attention to attracting new owners in his home state of Texas.

Texas racing has endured some tough times, but that changed prior to the 2020 racing season after the state government decided to funnel $25 million annually into the sport. Purses more than doubled at the state's top two Thoroughbred tracks, Sam Houston and Lone Star Park. Realizing that the state's breeding and racing industries had a story to tell, the Texas Thoroughbred Association launched a campaign this year to try to get new owners to invest in the sport. The campaign includes radio advertising, ads on social media platforms, a revamped website and seminars.

In Renfro, the Texas Thoroughbred Association could not have found a better person to be among those spearheading the campaign. In a football-mad state, he is still known as the sure-handed receiver who was named the Cowboys' Most Valuable Player in 1985 and whose 323 receptions accounted for 4,708 career receiving yards.

“Being a professional athlete gives you opportunity in some areas to get in the door a lot easier than the average person,” he said. “It gives you a chance to have a microphone and talk to people. More so that if you are an Average Joe, people take an interest in you. I've understood that since I was a young man just starting out in football.”

Renfro, who estimates he has gotten 100 new owners into the sport since he stopped playing football, has the type of enthusiasm for racing that is infectious.

“Racing has allowed me to have a nice career after my athletic days were over,” he said. “I love to talk about the game and to promote it. I just think it is one of the most fantastic games in the world. You watch people who are 50, 60, 70 years old and when their horse turns for home they start cheering down the lane and start acting like little kids again with all the euphoria and excitement. People who are not involved are missing out on what could be a wonderful experience in their lives.”

CJ Thoroughbreds is the stable started by Corey Johnsen, the former co-owner of Kentucky Downs. Renfro worked with Johnsen when he was the president of Lone Star Park. CJ Thoroughbreds has 40 horses in training and is aiming to win at the highest levels of the sport.

“It's like being the GM of a franchise in pro sports,” Renfro said. “We are trying to win stakes races with our horses. If they can't, we'll probably move on and trade them. It's just like you would with the guy not catching enough passes or has been dropping a few. At the end of the season you may have to trade him and move on.”

It's been more than 33 years since Renfro last played in the NFL, but some things haven't changed. He's still competing, just now it's on the racetrack and not the gridiron.

“In the end,” he said, “what we're trying to do is win the game.”

The post Former NFL Star Playing for New Team, Texas Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post