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Texas Summer Yearling Sale Set For August 30

The Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie have announced that the Texas Summer Yearling Sale will be held Monday, Aug. 30, at the Dallas-area track. Entries are now being accepted with a deadline of June 21.

Despite the current pandemic, last year's Texas Summer Yearling Sale resulted in an increase in gross sale receipts of more than 166 percent with approximately twice the number of horses consigned compared to the previous year. Even with the larger catalog, last year's sale posted an increase in average and median as buyers reacted positively to rising purses and breeders awards in Texas thanks to new legislation.

“Last year's sale showed how strong the Southwest market is with Texas on the rise and Oklahoma and Louisiana continuing to have solid racing and breeding programs,” said Tim Boyce, sales director. “We fully expect that upward trend to continue with our upcoming 2-year-olds in training sale followed by this yearling sale.”

Last year the TTA introduced a consignor rebate program that rebates up to 50 percent of the consignment fee using funding from the passage of HB 2463, and that offer will again be in effect for this sale.

As previously announced, the TTA and Lone Star Park will hold the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale on April 7. The breeze show will be held April 5.

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Speightstown Colt Tops First Session Of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale

Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale kicked off Monday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky.

A colt by Grade 1 sire Speightstown (Hip 128) topped the session when sold mid-day for $165,000 to Calumet Farm from the consignment of Stuart Morris, agent (video). Speightstown is the sire of 2020 Grade/Group 1 winners Charlatan, Lady Speightspeare, Echo Town, and Mozu Superflare.

The chestnut colt is out of Royal Ancestry, dam of stakes placed winner More Royalty. Royal Ancestry is a full-sister to Grade 1 winner Awesome Humor, herself the dam of stakes winner Thetrashmanscoming. The immediate family includes Grade 1 winners Emcee and Constitution. Hip 128 was bred in Kentucky by Highclere Inc.

The session's top broodmare prospect came in the form of Shippy (Hip 166), who sold for $130,000 to St Elias Stables from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. A 4-year-old stakes-winning and graded stakes-placed daughter of Midshipman, Shippy is from the immediate family of Grade/Group 1 winners Wild Rush, Hayil, and Shalaa. Shippy won twice in seven starts for owners Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, R. A. Hill Stable, and Joseph E. Besecker and trainer George Weaver, and earned $121,400.

Additional six-figure sales included two well-bred broodmare prospects:

American Dream (Hip 306), a 4-year-old winning daughter of American Pharoah purchased for $105,000 by Board Shorts Stables from the consignment of Bridie Harrison, agent for Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds. A half-sister to graded stakes winner Dancing Solo, American Dream is out of a full sister to multiple Grade 1 winning millionaire Voodoo Dancer from the family of Grade 1 winner Pool Play.
Pakhet (Hip 62), a 5-year-old graded stakes placed winner by Cairo Price purchased for $100,000 by Peachtree Racing Stable from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Pakhet hails from the family of Group 1 winner Amadeus Wolf.

During the first session, 207 horses changed hands for a total of $3,956,300. The average was $19,113, up slightly from $18,718 during the first session in 2020. The median held steady at $8,000 compared to last year. The RNA rate was 21.5 percent, compared to 28.8% during the first session in 2020.

Session 1 results are available online. Session 2 will begin Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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Laminitis Claims Young Sire Fast Anna At Age 10

Fast Anna, a Grade 1-placed runner and young sire, was euthanized Monday due to complications from laminitis.

Tom Hamm, director of nominations and sales at Three Chimneys, said the 10-year-old son of Medaglia d'Oro had been struggling with the disease for a month.

Fast Anna has sired three crops of racing age, with 45 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $2.6 million. He has sired six stakes winners, led by Been Studying Her, a two-time stakes winner in California who has earned $305,602.

During his own on-track career, Fast Anna won three of nine starts and earned $296,731. He won the Sawgrass Handicap on turf, while on dirt, he finished second in the Grade 1 King's Bishop Stakes and G3 Gallant Bob Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky by Frank Calabrese, Fast Anna is out of the champion Rahy mare Dreaming of Anna. He hailed from the family of champion and leading sire Kitten's Joy, and graded stakes winners Precious Kitten, Lewis Michael, and Justenuffhumor.

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Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association Offers Live Foal Cams

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association (PHRA) is giving adults and kids alike an educational opportunity to watch what could be the next set of champion race horses being born through its free live foal cams.

The foal cams will go live today from Kennett Square-based Thoroughbred farm Walnut Green and Wellsville-based Standardbred operation Diamond Creek Farm, where a total of 52 expectant mares will be giving birth to either a frisky filly or charming colt from now until the end of May. The foal cams will be live until the end of April.

“As we continue to find new ways to keep ourselves entertained and learning virtually, we are thrilled to give horse racing enthusiasts and new fans the opportunity to get a glimpse into the life of these magnificent creatures, and the beauty of a foal being born, which is truly an awesome sight,” said Pete Peterson, president of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association. “We hope that people will tune in and learn about this exciting time we call foaling season.”

Viewers tuning into the PHRA foal cams will see the mares in their stalls as they anticipate the arrivals of their bundles of joy, day-to-day interactions between the mares and their caregivers, and — if lucky enough — the opportunity to witness the births of the next generation of Standardbreds and Thoroughbreds.

In addition to the foal cams, the PHRA website includes breeding basics, videos, interactive polls and gender reveals.

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