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California-Sired Weanling Offered At Auction To Benefit Paralyzed Jockey Anne Von Rosen
The slate of offerings at the SporthorseAuctions.com August Internet Auction includes a weanling California-sired racing or sporthorse prospect whose proceeds will benefit former jockey Anne Von Rosen, who was paralyzed in a 2014 spill at Turf Paradise.
The weanling colt, born Feb. 11 and named Talk of the Town, is by Uptown Rythem, a winning son of Speightstown who won a pair of six-furlong races at Santa Anita Park. His first foals are 2-year-olds of 2020. Because the colt is California-sired, he is eligible for Golden State Stakes Series, as well as all other races with enhanced purses restricted to California-sired horses.
Bred in Arizona by Dr. Dorothee Kieckhefer, Talk of the Town is the first foal out of the winning Henrythenavigator mare Lookinfor Mr Right. The dam is a half-sister to Grade 3 winners Tammy the Torpedo and Seek and Destroy, while his extended family includes Grade 1 winner Carriage Trail and Grade 3 winners Criminologist, Inspector Lynley, and Five Star General.
The colt is currently located at Columbiana Farm in Paris, Ky., and the sale listing notes that, “he has been well socialized. Also, he's been handled daily and taught to lead, get his feet trimmed, receive vaccinations, etc.”
A native of Germany, Von Rosen hung her tack at tracks around the country after beginning her riding career in 2001, but she was most often a regular at Turf Paradise and Canterbury Park. She won 666 of 4,939 Thoroughbred starts over her 14-year career, and her mounts earned $5,725,969, with stakes wins in Arizona, Minnesota, Idaho, and North Dakota.
Von Rosen's career came to an abrupt end following a March 2014 Quarter Horse race at Turf Paradise when her mount collapsed shortly after crossing the finish line and left her pinned underneath. She suffered a severed spinal cord from the incident, and procedures in the immediate aftermath saved her life, but left her paralyzed.
Despite the prognosis, Von Rosen said after the injury that she was determined to walk again, and she remains driven to do so. Money raised from the weanling's sale will go toward Von Rosen's ongoing rehabilitation costs.
Bidding on the colt ends Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Eastern, with extended bidding going beyond that time in the event of last-minute bids.
SporthorseAuctions.com is operated by Tim and Cathy Jennings, who also run ThoroughbredAuctions.com.
To view the colt's pedigree page, click here.
To view the offering and bid, click here.
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Kentucky Governor Fields Questions About Derby Spectators, Watching State’s COVID Numbers Carefully
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told press Tuesday that he will meet with officials at Churchill Downs next week to confer about safety protocols for this year's Kentucky Derby. Beshear answered questions from reporters after an announcement that the Indy 500 will take place with no fans.
Beshear said that if the race were about to be run in the coming days, he would like to see changes to the track's plan, which calls for reduced capacity in all areas of the facility. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, plans approved by Beshear in May call for a 33 percent capacity in outdoor dining areas, 61 percent fewer general admission tickets, and 57 percent less outdoor seating. Churchill Downs officials said on an earnings call last week that the track had stopped selling its limited offer of general admission tickets recently despite not selling out.
The Courier-Journal reported Churchill Downs staff are in regular communication with Beshear's office and public health officials and will be monitoring COVID-19 statistics particularly closely through the next week. Daily statewide totals of coronavirus positives have increased sharply from what they were in March and April. The state's positivity rate has also climbed to 5.24 percent Tuesday based on a seven-day rolling average. State health officials have urged Kentucky residents to avoid travel to states experiencing spikes in COVID-19 positives, and to quarantine for two weeks after returning from travel to states with a 15 percent positivity rate or higher.
Read more at the Louisville Courier-Journal
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