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Keeneland December Digital Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the 2020 Keeneland December Digital Sale is now online, featuring 76 entries.

The sale will take place Tuesday, Dec. 15, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern. Information on registering to buy can be found on Keeneland's Digital Sales Ring website.

Among the offerings in the catalog are 33 broodmares, 12 yearlings, eight weanlings, seven horses of racing age, five broodmare prospects, five stallions, and a share in a stallion.

Pregnant mares in the sale are offered in-foal to Blame, Catalina Cruiser, Catholic Boy, City of Light, Flameaway, Keen Ice, Mitole, Mshawish, Not This Time, Nyquist, Practical Joke, Real Solution, Saxon Warrior, Twirling Candy, Vino Rosso, Yoshida, and Zoffany.

The offering of stallions includes five residents of Calumet Farm who stood privately or regionally in 2020.

Behesht, a 9-year-old son of Sea The Stars whose first foals are yearlings of 2020. The product of The Aga Khan's breeding program was a stakes winner in France.
Grey Swallow, a 19-year-old Daylami horse best known as the winner of winner of the Group 1 Irish Derby and Tattersalls Gold Cup in his home country.
Lentenor, a 13-year-old full-brother to ill-fated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. The stakes winner stood the 2020 breeding season at Indiana Stallion Station.
Musketier, an 18-year-old German-bred son of Acatenango who was a Group 3 winner in France before coming stateside and winning six graded stakes races.
Snapy Halo, an Argentine-born 16-year-old son of Southern Halo who was a Group 1 winner in his home country.

The sale also features one share in the 50-share syndicate for WinStar Farm resident Paynter, belonging to Zayat Stables and offered as part of the ongoing liquidation of Ahmed Zayat's equine assets. Paynter is the sire of Breeders' Cup Dirt mile winner Knicks Go.

To view the full online catalog, click here.

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Letters to the Editor: Despite COVID, British Racing’s Success

There is much to be negative about with British racing but occasionally we should acknowledge and celebrate success. During this terrible year of Covid, racing’s rulers should be celebrated for what they have achieved and what has been saved.

Our great sport was back behind closed doors and handled the health implications effectively. The stud season took place with mares covered and the business uninterrupted.

The icing on the cake must surely be the remarkable resilience of the Tattersalls sales which ran in Newmarket on their original dates. To the best of our knowledge the December Sales ran without any outbreak of covid amongst the participants.

We should applaud Tattersalls for going the extra mile, the Maktoum family for their support, Government for recognising our importance as an international business as well as a great sport, but most of all our hard-working staff who kept the show on the road.

Well done ITV on spreading the message and pleasures of British Horse Racing. Let us hope that in 2021 the BHA can finally persuade Government that a properly funded industry can be for the benefit of all including bookmakers and the taxpayer.

Yours sincerely,

The Hon Peter Stanley & Simon Marsh
Manager, New England Stud General Manager, Watership Down & Kiltinan Castle Studs

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Indiana Grand Supports Helping Hands for Freedom

Indiana Grand Racing and Casino made a $10,000 donation to Helping Hands for Freedom, an organization which assists families of fallen, wounded and deployed members of the military. Helping Hands for Freedom is headquartered in Phoenix and has offices in Indiana, Colorado, San Diego, and Florida.

“Like everybody else, we have really taken a hit with the pandemic this year, as have our military families,” said Paul Gable, Helping Hands’ Midwest Community Liaison. “This donation will go directly to military families with immediate life needs. Our requests had gone up even before COVID. Every year, we get more and more requests, so this donation is greatly needed by our organization.”

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Fazio Named Forever Spring Farm Manager

Timothy Fazio has been named farm manager at Forever Spring Farms, David Williams’s Thoroughbred boarding and breeding facility in Danville, Kentucky. Fazio previously worked at Northview Stallions. During his tenure at that Penmsylvania farm, his various positions included general oversight of broodmares and stallions, as well as pedigree analysis.

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