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Vero Amore, Dam Of Champion Vequist, Dies Of Colic

Tom and Sue McGrath's Swilcan Stables reported this morning that the graded stakes-placed mare Vero Amore died Thursday night, Jan. 20, due to complications from colic while in foal to Nyquist and carrying a full sibling to Vequist, winner of the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and that year's Eclipse champion 2-year-old filly.

“I am so sorry to announce the passing of Vero Amore,” McGrath said. “She was an amazing competitor and an equally amazing mare. Needless to say, we are devastated.”

A 2011 mare by Mineshaft out of Summers Edge, by The Cliff's Edge, Vero Amore finished second for trainer Robert Reid Jr. in the $500,000 Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes in 2014, beaten just neck by multiple Grade 1 winner Stopchargingmaria. Bred in Kentucky by Robert LaPenta and campaigned by Swilcan Stables, Vero Amore amassed earnings of $252,255 while hitting the board in 11 of 16 lifetime starts during her splendid racing career.

A blue-hen mare for Swilcan Stables, Vero Amore is the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Vequist, who captured the G1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga prior to annexing the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to secure her championship. Bred by Swilcan Stables and owned by Swilcan Stables in partnership with Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable, Vequist earned $1,237,500 before selling to Spendthrift Farm for $3.4 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale.

Vero Amore also produced Mainstay, a daughter of Astern (AUS) who was named a TDN Rising Star following a sparkling 7 3/4-length maiden special weight triumph in her career debut for Swilcan Stables and LC Racing at Monmouth Park in 2021, and she has a promising 2-year-old filly by Daredevil named Vedareo who will seek to continue the family's winning ways.

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Foal Patrol Presented By National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame: Elate’s Mothering Style Runs In The Family

Since its first season in 2018, millions have tuned in to Foal Patrol around the world for a behind-the-scenes look at what daily life is like for in-foal mares and foals. Learn more about Season 5 featured mares at www.foalpatrol.com.

Foal Patrol has partnered with the Paulick Report this season to bring you closer to featured mares and foals and to ask farm staff questions about their care and health before and after foaling.

In this episode spotlighting Elate at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., Paulick Report staff ask Claiborne's Mary Ormsby, “How does Elate's mothering style compare to her own mother's?”

Elate, her mother Cheery, and her grandmother Yell were all born at Claiborne Farm, and they were foaled out by the same member of the farm's staff. This means the team had plenty of past performance to project how Elate would handle herself as a mother when she had her first foal last year.

For a chance to have one of your questions asked in an upcoming Paulick Report episode, email your question to foalpatrol@racingmuseum.net. Be sure to let us know if your question is for a specific Season 5 mare.

Foal Patrol Season 5 education content begins with breeding and reproduction and covers various aspects of the life of a Thoroughbred horse, from foaling through retirement. New content for Foal Patrol viewers of all ages will be added to the Foal Patrol Education Site weekly, from January through June 2022, at www.foalpatrol.com/education.

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Foal Patrol Presented By National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame: What Does The Nightwatch Staff Do?

Foal Patrol has partnered with the Paulick Report in Season 5 to bring you closer to featured mares and foals and to ask farm staff questions about their care and health.

In this episode with Spanish Bunny at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky., Paulick Report staff ask Gainesway's Lakota Gibson, “What does the nightwatch staff do?”

Foal Patrol, an initiative of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, is a one-of-a-kind collection of live web cameras that gives viewers rare insight into the life of mares during their pregnancies, including the actual birth and the first few weeks of their foal's life.

Since Season 1 in 2018, millions have watched the live webcam series for a behind-the-scenes look at what daily life is like for in-foal mares and foals. Learn more about this season's featured mares at www.foalpatrol.com.

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Zarak Share Knocked Down For €350,000 at Arqana

A 1/50th share in rising sire star Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1) made €350,000 from Peter Brant's White Birch Farm to top the Arqana January Online Sale on Thursday. Already the sire of 18 first-crop winners, the son of Arc heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) also has a pair of Group 1-placed runners, with one of them, Purplepay (Fr) bringing €2,000,000 at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.

Paul Harley Bloodstock shelled out €25,000 for a breeding right in Group 1 sire Territories (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 2) and Xavier Malaviolle acquired a half-share in Group 1 winner Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) (lot 3) for €21,000.

Unbeaten, the nine-length hurdle winner Why (Fr) (Tin Horse {Ire}) (lot 5) hammered at €125,000 to Davide Satalia Stables, while Dungarvan (Fr) (Dunkerque {Fr}) (lot 6) made €74,000 to the same buyer. Finally, Becquascenthe (Fr) (Nombre Prmeier {GB}) (lot 4), in foal to Doctor Dino (Fr), changed hands for €72,000 to Ecurie de Cachene.

Six of the seven lots sold for a gross of €667,000. For the full results, please visit the Arqana website.

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