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The catalog for Fasig-Tipton's 2022 Gulfstream Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training may now be viewed online. The auction, which will be held at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., will take place on Wednesday, March 30, and begin at 2 p.m.

The under tack show is scheduled for Monday, March 28, beginning at 9 a.m.

“The Gulfstream sale annually offers a concentration of quality that is unmatched by any 2-year-old sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “Buyers that arrive in South Florida for this year's sale will once again be presented with quality individuals by the sport's most prominent and promising sires.”

This front cover of this year's catalog features multiple graded stakes winner Yaupon, winner of last year's Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga. Prominent recent graduates featured on the back cover are graded stakes winners Independence Hall, Art of Almost, Center Aisle, and Cezanne, as well as stakes winners Crystal Ball and MacKinnon.

“We have hosted this sale at Gulfstream for just seven years, and in that short time, the quality of graduates produced is remarkable,” noted Browning. “Gulfstream grads have won 14 different Grade 1 races, including the Kentucky Derby, multiple Breeders' Cup races, Met Mile, Arkansas Derby, and Florida Derby – in addition to numerous stakes victories around the globe.”

Print catalogs will be available from Fasig-Tipton offices by Feb. 28. The catalog will also be available in the equineline sales catalogue app.

Fasig-Tipton will also offer a supplemental catalog once again this year. Supplemental entries will be accepted on an approval basis.

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The Jockey Club announced today that it is rescinding the following italicized language in Rule 14C of The Jockey Club's Principal Rules and Requirements of the American Studbook that addresses limitations to the total number of mares bred per stallion:

The total number of broodmares bred per individual stallion whose year of birth is 2020 or thereafter shall not exceed 140 per calendar year in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The Jockey Club shall limit the number of Stallion Service Certificates for such stallions to a maximum of 140 per calendar year.

A similar rule was first proposed in September 2019 before being adopted in its current form by the board of stewards in May 2020, following extensive public comment.

“The Jockey Club board of stewards is rescinding this rule as it is concerned that the reaction to the rule may divide the industry at a time when there are many important issues that need to be addressed with unity,” said Stuart S. Janney III, chairman of The Jockey Club. “We are taking this action for the greater good of the entire industry.

“The Jockey Club remains committed to the sustainability and welfare of the breed and will continue to invest in programs and research that will bolster and support the industry in the years to come.”

The Jockey Club will continue to maintain the Principal Rules and Requirements of the American Studbook in keeping with its mission to ensure the health of the Thoroughbred breed.

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California stallion Ministers Wild Cat, a mainstay at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, has been pensioned at the age of 22, the farm announced on Wednesday.

Ministers Wild Cat, by Deputy Minister and out of the Kris S. mare and Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Hollywood Wildcat, is a sibling to champion sire War Front and was a multiple stakes winner for breeders Marjorie and Irving Cowan. He entered stud at Tommy Town in 2006.

His 14 crops to race earned more than $24 million with more than 20 black-type winners, including graded winners Doinghardtimeagain, who earned $734, 304, and eventual sire Tiz A Minster, as well as current runners Fly to Mars and Minister of Soul.

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Never Say Die: A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry
Author: James C. Nicholson
Foreword: Pete Best

A quarter of a million people braved miserable conditions at Epsom Downs on June 2, 1954, to see the 175th running of the prestigious Derby Stakes. Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill were in attendance, along with thousands of Britons who were all convinced of the unfailing superiority of English bloodstock and eager to see a British colt take the victory.

They were shocked when a Kentucky-born chestnut named Never Say Die galloped to a two-length triumph at odds of 33-1, winning Britain's greatest race and beginning an important shift in the world of Thoroughbred racing.

Never Say Die traces the history of this extraordinary colt, beginning with his foaling in Lexington, Ky., as well as the stories of the influential individuals brought together by the horse and his victory — from the heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune to the Aga Khan.

Most fascinating is the tale of Mona Best of Liverpool, England, whose well-placed bet on the long-shot Derby contender allowed her to open the Casbah Coffee Club. There, her son met musicians John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, later joining their band.

Featuring a foreword by the original drummer for the Beatles, Pete Best, this remarkable book reveals how an underdog's surprise victory played a part in the formation of the most successful and influential rock band in history and made the Bluegrass region of Kentucky the center of the international Thoroughbred industry.

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