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Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders And Owners Stallion Season Auction Offers Broad Selection

The Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association (OTBO) is pleased to announce their annual Stallion Season Auction on Dec. 3-9. Previews begin on Dec. 3, and the auction runs from the Dec. 8-9. Detailed information and a complete list of stallions offered can be found on Starquine.com and on the OTBO website.

More than 120 stallions are included that will appeal to breeders of all types – from those looking for commercial opportunities to those managing breed-to-race operations.

Entered in the auction are leading stallions in Kentucky from Airdrie Stud, Buck Pond Farm, Calumet Farm, Claiborne Farm, Darby Dan Farm, Darley, Gainesway, Lane's End, Spendthrift Farm, WinStar Farm, and many others. Kentucky stallions represented include West Coast, Dialed In, Game Winner, Karakontie, Alternation, Creative Cause, Keen Ice, Tapiture, Union Rags, Protonico, and Tapwrit.

Quality stallions in Indiana (from Breakway Farm, Indiana Stallion Station, and Swifty Farms); New York (Sequel, Questroyal North, Rockridge Stud, etc.); Maryland (Anchor and Hope), Pennsylvania, and West Virginia are also available for bidding. More stallions will be added daily up to the sale starting date of Dec. 8.

Leading stallions in Ohio from Poplar Creek Horse Center, Raimonde Farms, Blazing Meadows, Duncan Farms and others are also well represented.

“We are excited to offer such incredible depth and quality in our sale this year. With the help and support of all the participating farms, we feel we are providing breeders with a tremendous opportunity to produce outstanding foals. Many of the leading sires by earnings from the entire region are represented in our sale, plus multiple up-and-coming stallions that are sure to reward breeders with commercial success,” said Mike Annechino, executive director of the OTBO.

The auction is online and hosted by Starquine. Preview days are Dec. 3-7. Bidding opens on the Dec. 8 and continues until 9 p.m. on Dec. 9.

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Pletcher May ‘Start Off A Little Slow’ At Gulfstream’s Championship Meet

Trainer Todd Pletcher has built a rather imposing resume on his way to the Hall of Fame – more than 5200 winners, nearly $420 million in purses, seven Eclipse Awards, three Belmont Stakes winners, two Kentucky Derby champions, 12 Breeders' Cup successes and countless graded-stakes victories.

Oh, and an unprecedented 18 Championship Meet titles at Gulfstream Park.

The 54-year-old Dallas native will seek to his continue his dominance during the 2021-2022 Championship Meet that will get underway on Friday and run through April 3.

“I think we're going to start off a little slow. We've got a lot of horses in New York still that have a lot of races to run in. With Aqueduct extending their meet into the second week of December for the Remsen, Demoiselle and Cigar Mile. That's kept us there a little longer this year,” Pletcher said. “We'll get a little later start with the good portion of the stable at Gulfstream. Hopefully, by the middle of the meet we'll be at full force.

“Like always, our success at the Championship Meet should depend on how our 2-year-olds-turning-3 do,” he added. “We've got some ready to make their debuts in late December and early January. Hopefully, we'll have some that are able to step up.”

Pletcher has saddled a record six Florida Derby (G1) winners – Known Agenda (2021) Audible (2018), Always Dreaming (2017), Materiality (2015), Constitution (2014) and Scat Daddy (2007).

“We've had great fortune in the Florida Derby,” Pletcher said. “Always Dreaming was able to win there and go on to win the [Kentucky] Derby. I really like the spacing of it for the Kentucky Derby.

“Being a Grade 1, it's a big-time stallion-making race. Look at the success of our Florida Derby winners – with Constitution doing so great at stud and Scat Daddy, who was on his way to being one if not the best stallion in the country. It's proven over the years, that it means a lot to stallions,” Pletcher added. “Audible's babies are off to a great start, also. It's a race we love to win, not just as a Derby prep but also a stallion-making race as well.”

Pletcher, a former assistant to Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lucas, was inducted into National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in August in his first year of eligibility.

“It was a tremendous honor, really exciting. I was really pleased my parents were able to be there and attend the induction ceremony with my family,” Pletcher said. “It's a great accomplishment for the entire team. A lot of people put in a lot of hard work to make it happen. I've been blessed with great owners, great horses and great teammates and a great support system.”

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Shoplifted, Gold Double To Stand At Valor Farm

'TDN Rising Star' Shoplifted (Into Mischief–Shopit, by Yes It's True) and Gold Double (Medaglia d'Oro–Fiftyshadesofgold, by My Golden Song) will enter stud for the upcoming breeding season at Valor Farm in Texas.

Bred by Machmer Hall, Craig and Carrie Brogden, Shoplifted was a $525,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $800,000 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream breezer and raced for Robert Clay's Grandview Equine, Everett Dobson's Cheyenne Stable and the Roth family's LNJ Foxwoods. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Shoplifted won his maiden by 4 1/2 lengths at first asking at Saratoga in 2019 and was runner-up to stablemate Basin (Liam's Map) in the GI Hopeful S. before closing out the season with a victory in the Springboard Mile S.

Also placed in the GI Woody Stephens S. and GI H. Allen Jerkens S., Shoplifted hails from the female family of GISWs Miss Shop (Deputy Minister) and Power Broker (Pulpit), MGSW Imprimis (Broken Vow) and GSW & MGISP Trappe Shot (Tapit). Shoplifted will stand for $5,000.

Gold Double, bred and owned by Valor Farm's Douglas Scharbauer, is a son of Texas-bred Fiftyshadesofgold, who carried the famed Scharbauer silks to victory in the GIII Eight Belles S. Gold Double hit the board in all five starts, including a Fair Grounds maiden win. Fiftyshadesofgold, Texas's Horse of the Year for 2014, is a daughter of Valor stallion My Golden Song, a perennial leading sire in the Lone Star State. Gold Double's female family includes Alysbelle, a full-sister to Alysheba. He will stand for $1,000.

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After Spike In Fatalities, Racing At Laurel Park Cancelled Through Dec. 5

In the wake of the news that seven horses have died during racing or training at Laurel Park since Nov. 6, the Maryland Jockey Club released the following statement on Thursday, Dec. 2:

“The Maryland Jockey Club today announced the cancellation of racing at Laurel Park through Sunday, December 5, as work continues to complete repairs to the track and to analyze recent equine injuries. While racing is suspended, the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and the Maryland Jockey Club are working with industry experts to analyze surface composition and maintenance procedures directed at the safest possible racing surface.

“Until now, and through collaborative measures among industry participants, Maryland racing has experienced the lowest fatality rate in its history. The safety, health and welfare of equine athletes is the primary responsibility of all stakeholders in Maryland and must be taken seriously. The Maryland racing industry remains laser focused on this problem and collectively pledges to do whatever is necessary to ensure that Maryland's historic racing industry remains world-class.”

The Laurel Park main track was replaced earlier this year, closing in April after not responding satisfactorily to wintertime cushion repairs. Racing was moved on an emergency basis to Pimlico while a multi-million project replaced the cushion, base and substructure of the main track. It reopened for racing in September.

Stronach Group, which owns Laurel and Pimlico, has brought in California-based track consultant Dennis Moore to examine the surface. Horsemen have hired former Maryland Jockey Club track superintendent John Passero to offer his perspective.

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