Tag: Bloodstock

A Fayette County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against veterinarians and a stable owner surrounding the sale of a horse with a genetic abnormality.

Crawford Farms had brought suit against Treadway Racing Stable, Hidden Brook, Keeneland, Dr. Karen Wolfsdorf, and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in summer 2021 after it purchased a horse named Kept True for $150,000 from the 2021 Keeneland January Sale.

Kept True, registered as a daughter of Yes It's True and the Henny Hughes mare Well Kept, was a homebred for Jeff Treadway's Treadway Racing Stable and ran for three seasons in New York. Kept True won the Broadway Stakes and placed in the La Verdad Stakes. When Kept True retired, the horse was entered into the 2021 Keeneland January sale as a racing/broodmare prospect, where Crawford Farm bought Kept True from the Hidden Brook consignment for $150,000.

After the purchase of Kept True, Crawford said in its complaint that it removed the horse from the Keeneland grounds and had its own veterinarian, Dr. Jeremy Whitman, do a basic exam of the horse. That's when they realized there was something wrong. Whitman said he observed “obvious abnormalities” during palpation of Kept True, including that he could not find the horse's ovaries. After a genetic test, veterinarians discovered that Kept True was genetically XY, meaning that although the horse appears outwardly to be female, the horse is genetically male and does not have normal reproductive anatomy internally.

In its complaint, Crawford indicated Kept True had a certificate of breeding soundness on file with Keeneland at the time of the auction, which was signed by Wolfsdorf. According to Crawford, that certificate indicated the horse was a mare who was anatomically correct and suitable for mating.

Last week, Crawford filed a motion requesting Judge Kimberly Bunnell dismiss the case, which was signed on March 10. The public-facing file provides no additional information as to whether the voluntary dismissal stemmed from a settlement reached out of court.

According to reporting last year from The Blood-Horse, Kept True had been retired and was living in New York.

The post Judge Dismisses Suit In Case Of Horse With Genetic Abnormality appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Nashoba's Key was inducted into the California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Hall of Fame March 6 for a brilliant 10-race career that spanned just 14 months starting in January 2007.

Carla Gaines, who trained Nashoba's Key for owner-breeder Warren B. Williamson, was on hand for the ceremony. She reminisced on the life and times of Nashoba's Key earlier this week.

“This means a lot,” Gaines said of the induction. “She was just a consummate, tenacious racehorse. She so deserves this.”

Nashoba's Key didn't debut until January of her 4-year-old season. She would win her first seven starts, all in Southern California, including the Yellow Ribbon (G1),  Vanity Handicap (G1), Clement L. Hirsch (G2), and Milady Handicap (G2). The streak was finally snapped in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) at a rainy Monmouth Park when she finished fourth, beaten about two lengths by Lahudood.

“I gave Joe Talamo specific instructions, don't get down inside or you're going to hit a bog you can't get out of,” Gaines recalled. “I said if she loses the race because she's wide, no one is going to blame you because I'm telling you.

“Well, those jockeys put them right down on the rail. She finally got out and came flying to be beaten just a length or two.”

Gaines added Nashoba's Key was “as tough as they come.” She noted the daughter of Silver Hawk out of the Irish-bred Caerleon mare Nashoba had a penchant for trying to savage her competition if she wasn't happy where she was at during a race.

“There were a couple of times where she'd be boxed in and she'd reach over and try to bite the other horse so she could get out,” Gaines said. “She was something. Truly amazing.”

Nashoba's Key would add another Grade 1 win in the 2008 Santa Margarita the following March. Unfortunately, that would be her final start.

Nashoba's Key's life would be cut short two months later when she broke her left hock in a stall accident at Hollywood Park and had to be euthanized.

“She left us too soon,” Gaines said as tears welled. “She was very aggressive, and we were freshening her up. I don't know what set her off, but she went into a kicking frenzy and shattered her hind leg in the stall.”

Gaines recalled it was a particularly devastating time personally. Nashoba's Key's tragic accident occurred less than a week after the death of Gaines's older brother.

“It was one of the worse weeks of my life,” Gaines said. “My older brother died suddenly so I went back home and was an emotional disaster. When I returned to Santa Anita, all I wanted to do was see her. I had my keys in my hand ready to go down to Hollywood Park when they called me and said they had to put her down. That was my first day back after my brother's death. It was like losing two family members, if that doesn't sound too coarse.”

Nashoba's Key finished with a record of 8-1-0 in 10 starts and earnings of $1,252,090. She was inducted into the CTBA Hall of Fame during an awards ceremony at Le Meridien Hotel near Santa Anita. Also inducted into the CTBA Hall of Fame was Joe Harper, the longtime top executive at Del Mar.

“They did a great job, it was a lot of fun,” Gaines said of the ceremony.

The post ‘Consummate, Tenacious Racehorse’: Gaines Reflects On Nashoba’s Key Induction Into CTBA Hall Of Fame appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

The Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's expanded 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins Tuesday, March 14.

There are now four sessions, with Hips 1 – 208 breezing the first day. Hips 209 – 416 will go Wednesday, March 15, Hips 417 – 624 will work Thursday, March 16 and Hips 625 – 833 will breeze on Friday, March 17. All four sessions begin at 8:00 a.m.  (ET). Under Tack Show results are posted on the OBS website.

A total of 833 juveniles are cataloged for the three-day sale, now set for Monday March 20 through Wednesday March 22, with all sessions starting at 11:00 a.m. Hips 1 – 278 will sell Monday; Hips 279 – 556 on Tuesday and Hips 557 – 833 on Wednesday.

The Under Tack Show will be streamed live via the OBS website at obssales.com. The workouts are recorded and can be viewed on the website in their entirety or by individual hip number.

Since the beginning of 2018, March graduates continue to excel, winning 304 stakes races, a pace of more than a stakes win per week.  One hundred fifty-seven March grads won or placed 314 times in graded stakes including 97 graded victories.

The March sale has produced 35 equine millionaires. The active list includes New York-bred Bankit, ageless 9-year-old Drafted, multiple graded stakes winner Last Samurai, and is headed by Koichi Nishikawa's multiple Grade 1-winning Japanese star Cafe Pharoah, third in the recent Saudi Cup (G1).

A four-time graded stakes winner, the 6-year-old son of American Pharoah, consigned by Eddie Woods, agent, to the 2019 March Sale, and sold for $475,000 to Narvick International, agent, after breezing an Under Tack quarter in :21 1/5. Trained by Noriyuki Hori, he has compiled an 14-7-0-1 career record and earned $5,414,646.

The latest star in the OBS March galaxy is NBS Stable and Elements Racing LLC's Danse Macabre, winner of the recent Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

The catalog can be viewed via the OBS website at http://obssales.com. The website's searchable and sortable master index provides links to under tack videos, pedigree and consignor information and pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed. It has also been updated to allow shortlist creation.

The post OBS March Sale Under Tack Show Begins Tuesday appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Heart's Cry, a global Group 1 winner and one of Japan's perennial top sires, has died at age 22, the Japan Racing Association announced Friday.

A homebred for the Shadai Farm operation, Heart's Cry was a son of Sunday Silence, the breed-shaping sire of Japan's modern Thoroughbred industry.

He won five of 19 starts during his on-track career, earning $8,054,175. In his home country, Heart's Cry earned champion older horse honors in 2005 with a victory in the Group 1 Arima Kinen Grand Prix, and a runner-up effort in the G1 Japan Cup.

A year later, Heart's Cry took his show on the road, highlighted by a victory in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic on the Dubai World Cup card, and a third-place effort in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes on the Royal Ascot program.

“Very sad to hear the passing of my champ,” jockey Christophe Lemaire posted on his Instagram. “It all started with him for me in Japan. Big thoughts to Teruya Yoshida and Shadai Farm staff. Legends never die.”

Heart's Cry retired to Shadai Stallion Station for the 2008 breeding season, and he has sired 44 graded/group stakes winners to date, led by Lys Gracieux, who was named Japan's Horse of the Year and Australia's champion turf female and older mare in 2019 on the strength of a campaign that featured wins in the G1 Arima Kinen and G1 Takarazuken Kinen in Japan and the vaunted G1 Cox Plate in Australia.

Other runners of note by Heart's Cry include Japanese champions Just a Way and Do Deuce, G1 Japan Cup winners Cheval Grand and Suave Richard, and G1 Japanese Oaks winner Nuovo Record.

Top U.S. runners by Heart's Cry include multiple Grade 1 winner Yoshida, who currently stands at WinStar Farm, and Nuovo Record, who won the G3 Red Carpet Handicap in 2016.

Heart's Cry was pensioned from stud duty in 2021 at age 20.

The post Top Japanese Sire Heart’s Cry Dies At Age 22 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post