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Regally Bred Best Time Brings $29,500 To Top Keeneland July Digital Sale

Best Time, a 3-year-old colt by leading sire Tapit out of champion Take Charge Brandi, brought a sale-topping $29,500 from KDE Equine during today's Keeneland July Digital Sale, held as part of Keeneland's Digital Sales Ring platform.

Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent, as a racing prospect, Best Time has been twice third in three career races this year. He hails from a family that includes Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and Grade 1 winner Take Charge Lady, champion Will Take Charge and Grade 1 winners Omaha Beach and Take Charge Indy.

Poindexter Thoroughbreds paid the day's second-highest price of $27,500 for Brina, a 3-year-old filly by Frosted out of the stakes-placed Street Sense mare Humble Street. She was consigned as a racing prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

The one-day mixed July Digital Sale grossed $70,000 for four horses. Summary results are available by clicking here.

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Owner Provides Hastings With $1 Million Interest-Free Loan To Extend 2021 Season

Racehorse owner Glen Todd, who operates as the North American Thoroughbred Horse Company, has provided a $1 million interest-free loan to the purse account at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to the Vancouver Sun, that funding will allow the track to extend the 2021 race season by another month.

The purse account is generally funded by online wagering platforms, the casino, and trackside wagering. With COVID-19 shutting down Hastings in March of 2020, there was only enough money for 25 race dates that summer. This year, again, there was only enough revenue to support 25 race dates from May 3 to Aug. 2.

“People were getting desperate, we were going to have to lay all these people off, they had no where to go with their horses,” Todd told the Sun.

With the additional funding Todd provided, racing will now continue through Aug. 31. David Milburn, president of the local Horsemen's' Benevolent and Protective Association, said the hope is that the extra month of racing in August will allow revenue streams to rebuild enough to continue funding purses through additional race dates in September.

Milburn also said Hastings has received no assistance from the provincial government during the pandemic.

“We are asking the government to step up to ensure the jobs of the people that work with the horses, and the people who live here who call the track home,” Milburn told the Sun. “We continue to engage with government and we are hopeful.”

Canterbury Cancels Wednesday Thoroughbred Races, Pushes Post Time For Quarter Horse Qualifiers

With a high heat index expected, Canterbury Park racing officials will delay Wednesday evening's first post until 8:05 p.m. CDT and will not conduct the first five originally scheduled Thoroughbred races, leaving seven Quarter Horse races beginning at the adjusted start time.

The decision was made after consultation with the Minnesota Racing Commission veterinary staff and in agreement with the Minnesota HBPA.

The Wednesday program was to begin at 5:00 p.m. with 12 races, five Thoroughbred races followed by seven Quarter Horse races. With a heat index forecast to exceed 105 degrees into the early evening, racing officials opted to delay Wednesday's start until the apparent temperature is projected to subside and to cancel the first five races.

The seven quarter horse races, races 6 through 12, are time trials for the Northlands Futurity and the Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby. The final race is now scheduled for 10:53 p.m.

“We made the decision to delay Wednesday racing, based on the forecast of an extremely high heat index, with the safety of all participants, horses, jockeys, staff and spectators, in mind,” Vice President of Racing Andrew Offerman said. “We are confident that by 8 p.m. the temperatures will have decreased to a comfortable and safe level.”

There will be no admission charge on Wednesday. Gates open at 7:00 p.m. Indoor seating, which is also free, offers air conditioned comfort.

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Ohio Mixed Sale Set For October 15, Sales Stakes Added At Mahoning Valley

The Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners is pleased to announce that its annual Mixed Sale of Thoroughbred Horses will be held on Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. This is the same venue where the sale was hosted last year.

In addition, with the cooperation of Mahoning Valley Race Course, the OTBO is excited to announce an annual graduate race for horses sold through the OTBO sale.

The race will be held the first week of March for 3-year-old Ohio-bred graduates of the Fall Mixed Sale. Next year, the race is open to horses born in 2019. The purse is $25,000 guaranteed, with an estimated value of $50,000.

Small sustaining payments are required, with the first due by Nov. 21, 2021. This applies to all horses foaled in 2019 that went through any OTBO sales in the previous years, including yearlings offered in last year's sale and 2-year-olds offered this year.

To view the auction's entry form, click here.

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