Tag: Bloodstock

Dazzlingdominika, a 2-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper, sold for $120,000 as the sole offering in Fasig-Tipton Digital's Ready Made Racing Flash Sale.

Eric Waller purchased the recent maiden winner from consignor Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Ready Made Racing. Bidding opened on Monday, May 23 at noon EDT and closed Thursday, May 26 at 2 p.m. EDT.

New venture Ready Made Racing bought the Ghostzapper filly as a yearling for $30,000 with the intent to sell if she broke her maiden. When Dazzlingdominika broke her maiden at Churchill Downs on May 13, the principals opted to offer her to the public in a flash sale conducted by Fasig-Tipton Digital.

“We came up with a game plan six, seven months ago,” trainer and Ready Made Racing partner Will Walden told Thoroughbred Daily News. “In order for Ready Made to do this again next year, we have to sell these horses in order to raise money to go to the sales again. This has been the plan all along.”

A winner in two starts at two, Dazzlingdominika has earned $53,720 to date. The chestnut filly is the first foal out of the winning Trappe Shot mare Trappingsofsilver. That mare is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Heir Kitty. Dazzlingdominika hails from the immediate family of last year's Grade 1 Arkansas Derby winner and millionaire Super Stock.

The sale marked the second time Fasig-Tipton Digital offered a flash sale, following up on the success of the Fox Hill Flash Sale in early April, when broodmare prospect Sweet Tea sold for $320,000 to Vicente Perez from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Fox Hill Farm.

Fasig-Tipton is now accepting nominations for the June Digital Selected Sale, to open Monday, June 6 at 12 p.m. EDT and close Thursday, June 9 at 2 p.m. EDT. Nominations are recommended by Friday, June 1. Contact Leif Aaron at laaron@fasigtipton.com or (859) 255-1555 for more information or to enter the June Digital Selected Sale.

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The sale of the horse Kept True, who campaigned as a successful stakes mare, is at the heart of an unusual civil lawsuit in Kentucky.

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.

In June last year, Crawford filed a lawsuit against Treadway, Hidden Brook, Keeneland, Dr. Karen Wolfsdorf, and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, demanding the sale contract be rescinded and Crawford be refunded.

After the purchase of Kept True, Crawford said in a complaint filed in Fayette County Circuit Court 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 have a vagina and does not have a penis, 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.

Previously, other Hagyard veterinarians have admitted to misdating radiographs that were part of required pre-sale documentation as a means of dealing with heavy workloads ahead of public auctions.

Crawford claims to have contacted Treadway, Hidden Brook and Wolfsdorf in May 2021 with this information and alleges the trio refused to rescind the sale and refund Crawford. The lawsuit was fined June 22, 2021.

Hidden Brook has since been dismissed as a defendant with prejudice by Judge Kimberly Bunnell — a decision that has been appealed by Crawford. Hidden Brook also filed its own cross-claim against Crawford. Keeneland was dismissed from the suit based on conditions of sale that state a purchaser is required to raise objections to a sale within 24 hours of purchase and before the horse leaves the grounds. The remaining defendants have denied liability.

Cases of true hermaphroditism, in which an animal possesses both male and female sex organs, is extremely rare.

Pseudohermaphroditism, in which the animal possesses the external genitalia of one sex and internal genitalia of a different sex, is more commonly seen. (It remains unclear from legal documentation whether Kept True has been found to have any sort of testes and is therefore a pseudohermaphrodite.)

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The supplemental catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2022 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com and available in printed form at the OBS sales grounds.

One Horse of Racing Age and 50 Two-Year-Olds have been supplemented to the three-day sale, and will sell as Hip No.'s 1061 – 1110 (2-year-olds) and 1167 (horses of racing age). All sessions begin at 10 a.m. Hip No.'s 1 – 374 will sell on Tuesday, June 7; Hip No.'s 375 – 748 will be offered on Wednesday, June 8 and Hip No.'s 749 – 1167 will sell on Thursday, June 9.

There are six Under Tack Sessions. Hip No.'s 1 – 187 will go to the track on Monday, May 30, Hip No.'s 188 – 374 work on Tuesday May 31, Hip No.'s 375 – 561 will breeze on Wednesday, June 1, Hip No.'s 562 – 748 go Thursday, June 2, Hip No.'s 749 – 935 breeze Friday, June 3. Hip No.'s 936 – 1060 plus supplements 1061 – 1110 (2-Year-Olds) and Hip No.'s 1151 – 1166 plus supplement 1167 (horses of racing age) will go on Saturday, June 4. All Under Tack sessions begin at 7:30 a.m.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the Spring Sale. Buyers will be able to go to the OBS website and register to gain bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding please go to the OBS website.

The online catalog's main page contains a link to a sortable master index providing searchable pedigree and consignor information as well as access to pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed.

The sortable master index has been updated with advanced search and filter capability and to allow shortlist creation. A link to instructions for using the new features can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.

The iPad version of the catalog can be accessed via the equineline Sales Catalog App. The App allows users to download and view the catalog, receive updates and results, record notes and also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: http://www.equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/

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