Dustin Potter did not have high expectations when he bought 50 shares at $50 apiece in an unraced 2-year-old based at Gulfstream Park.
Month: May 2023
Dontmesswithjoanne Leads ‘Unbelievably Strong’ Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale
The May Digital Sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital closed Tuesday afternoon with 34 hips sold for $1,402,700. Offerings consisted of breeding stock, including mares with foals at foot, horses of racing age, and yearlings.
Among the sale's top results were a quintet of six-figure offerings:
– Dontmesswithjoanne (Hip 57), offered with her 2023 filly by Not This Time, sold for $210,000 to Good Luck Farm from the consignment of Simms Bloodstock, agent. Dontmesswithjoanne is a stakes winning daughter of Pioneerof the Nile from the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Stellar Jayne and Starrer.
– Karakontie Flyer (Hip 8), offered with her 2023 colt by Upstart, sold for $200,000 to HMA from the consignment of Mullholland Farm, agent. Karakontie Flyer, by Karakontie, is a half-sister to a pair of Grade 1 winners in Pretty City Dancer, dam of this year's Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous, and Lear's Princess. She was offered bred to Vekoma for 2024.
– Cornice Traverse (Hip 58), offered pregnant with her first foal to Good Magic for 2024, sold for $190,000 to Champion Equine LLC from the consignment of River Oak Farm LLC. A four-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon, Cornice Traverse is a half-sister to stakes winner Bear'sway and a full sister to multiple Grade 1 performer Conquest Eclipse, from the immediate family of multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John.
– Spankster (Hip 51), a 4-year-old colt by Mastery, sold for $125,000 to Champion Equine LLC from the consignment of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management LLC, agent. A three-time winner at three and four, Spankster has earned more than $255,000 in 15 career starts.
– You Gotta Be (Hip 60), a broodmare prospect added to the catalogue on Sunday, sold for $120,000 to Jason Loutsch from the consignment of Mill Ridge Farm, agent. A four-year-old filly by Curlin, You Gotta Be is out of a daughter of Kentucky Oaks winner Keeper Hill, from the immediate family of Grade 1 winner Clabber Girl.
“The May Digital Sale was unbelievably strong,” said Leif Aaron, Director of Digital Sales. “We sold all types of horses and sold them well, averaging more than $40,000. The depth of buyers for the Digital sales continues to grow, with more than 300 users registered to bid this time around.”
In total, 34 offerings sold for $1,402,700, good for an average of $41,255. Nine horses sold for $50,000 or more.
Results are available online.
The next Fasig-Tipton Digital sale will be the August Digital Sale, which opens for bidding on Thursday, August 24, and closes Tuesday, August 28.
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Dontmesswithjoanne Tops Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale
Fasig-Tipton's May Digital Sale closed Tuesday with 34 lots sold for $1,402,700, bringing an average of $41,255. Offerings consisted of breeding stock, including mares with foals at foot, horses of racing age, and yearlings. Five sold for six figures and nine sold for $50,000 or more.
“The May Digital Sale was unbelievably strong,” said Leif Aaron, Director of Digital Sales. “We sold all types of horses and sold them well, averaging more than $40,000. The depth of buyers for the Digital sales continues to grow, with more than 300 users registered to bid this time around.”
Among the sale's top results were Dontmesswithjoanne (Pioneerof the Nile), who sold for $210,000 to Good Luck Farm from the consignment of Simms Bloodstock, agent. The stakes winner from the immediate family of GISWs Stellar Jayne (Wild Rush) and Starrer (Dynaformer) sold with her 2023 filly by Not This Time. Another top lot was Karakontie Flyer (Karakontie {Jpn}), offered with her 2023 colt by Upstart and bred to Vekoma for 2024, who sold for $200,000 to HMA from the consignment of Mullholland Farm, agent. Karakontie Flyer is a half-sister to GISWs Pretty City Dancer (Tapit)–dam of this year's GI Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous (Into Mischief)–and Lear's Princess (Lear Fan). Rounding out the top three was Cornice Traverse (Malibu Moon), offered carrying her first foal to Good Magic for 2024. From the immediate family of MGISW Colonel John (Tiznow), she sold for $190,000 to Champion Equine LLC from the consignment of River Oak Farm LLC.
Complete results are available online.
The next Fasig-Tipton Digital sale will be the August Digital Sale, which runs from Aug. 24-28.
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Delaware Stewards Refuse To Give Former Parx Trainer Ramon Preciado A Groom’s License
Stewards at Delaware Park have refused a license application from former trainer Ramon Preciado for a groom's license for the calendar year 2023. The ruling, which was published May 15, cites two state regulations as the basis for the decision; one pertains to “denial or revocation of a license in another jurisdiction at a previous time,” and the other deals with “past or contemplated conduct which may adversely affect the public's confidence in the reputation Thoroughbred racing heretofore has enjoyed in Delaware for stringent adherence to uncompromising standards of honesty, integrity and propriety.”
The latter made note, in parenthesis, of “several medication violations-animal and disorderly conduct.”
The ruling notes that Preciado is eligible to submit a license application next year.
Preciado has been a source of controversy in the Midlantic region for some time. The Paulick Report reported in January that he had been working as an assistant to trainer Michael E. Jones, Jr. at a barn owned by JKX Racing at a private training center in Maryland.
Some training centers are not state racing commission-regulated properties, and as such, people working there are not required to be licensed by the state.
Previously, Preciado had been working as a groom for trainer Penny Pearce at Parx, who subsequently saw her win percentage jump from 8 percent in 2020 to 23 percent in 2021 and 25 percent in 2022. Last August, Pearce received a multi-year suspension for multiple clenbuterol positives which will have her off the racetrack until July 2026. She initially appealed the ruling but withdrew her appeal on Jan. 30, 2023, according to Pennsylvania's rulings database.
Preciado received a lengthy suspension and then had his training license revoked by officials in Pennsylvania in 2016 after as many as 10 positive tests for clenbuterol – which he claimed were the result of sabotage. In December 2020, the commission granted Preciado a stable employee's license and he went to work for Pearce.
Prior to his license revocation, Preciado was leading trainer at Parx in 2014 and 2015, winning at a 30 percent clip.
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