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Kentucky Downs: Reserved Seating Tickets, New VIP Chalet Acces Now On Sale

Kentucky Downs will be back to full capacity for live racing in September with its most upscale option yet for reserved seating and dining and the return of free general admission.

The fastest six days in horse racing will be staged Sept. 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12, kicking off on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend and concluding the following Sunday. Tickets for the unique all-grass meet are available for purchase now at kentuckydowns.com/racing or kentuckydownstickets.com.

New will be the VIP Chalet, a glass-enclosed, air-conditioned facility with an outdoor terrace providing a spectacular view of the race course and located mere yards from the rail. The expansive structure will feature more amenities, high-end cuisine, open bar and betting windows.

The popular Finish Line Pavilion once again will be expanded. The venue will have enhanced food options, dedicated cash bar and betting windows.

COVID safety restrictions limited the 2020 meet to horsemen and their guests. For 2021, free general admission will be back in front of the Mint Gaming Hall and with tailgating at the top of the stretch.

Ticket pricing is tiered according to the day of the week and will be sold in tables of eight only.

Finish Line Pavilion tables are available for $495 on Sept. 5 (Sunday), Sept. 6 (Labor Day Monday) and Sept. 12 (Sunday); for $795 on Sept. 11 (the showcase Saturday card) and $369 on Wednesday Sept. 8 and Thursday Sept. 9.

Tables for eight in the VIP Chalet can be purchased for $995 on Sept. 5, 6 and 12 and for $549 on Sept. 8 and 9. No tickets are available for Sept. 11, with the venue limited to sponsors, invited guests and horsemen in the track's five graded stakes.

Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs Vice President for Racing, encouraged buying tickets early, saying: “History tells us they'll go quickly, especially on the weekends.”

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Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association To Host Yearling And Mixed Sale On Oct. 2

The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association's Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana will be holding a Yearling Sale followed by a Mixed Session on October 2, 2021 at the Equine Sales of Louisiana facility in Opelousas, La.

Consignment forms will be in the mail and online shortly at https://www.louisianabred.com/

With the Equine Sales Company deciding not to conduct any sales in 2021, the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association's Board of Directors felt it was necessary to serve our breeders and provide a market for their horses. We look forward to your entries and anticipate a successful sale.

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Broodmare Of The Year Leslie’s Lady Pensioned From Breeding

Leslie's Lady, the 2016 Broodmare of the Year and dam of some of the most important Thoroughbreds of the past decade, was pensioned from breeding duties earlier this spring, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.

The 25-year-old daughter of Tricky Creek's top-flight produce record includes Grade 1 winner and leading commercial sire Into Mischief, four-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder, and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner and young sire Mendelssohn.

She also produced America's Joy, a daughter of American Pharoah who sold for $8.2 million at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Mendelssohn, by Scat Daddy, sold as a yearling for $3 million, while the Curlin filly Leslie's Harmony brought $1.1 million as a yearling.

Leslie's Lady resides at Clarkland Farm in Lexington, Ky., where owner Fred Mitchell told the TDN that the mare looked as healthy and spry as ever, but he was on the fence about breeding this season her due to her age. She was cycling early in the season, but when she stopped cycling in April after visits to the teaser, Mitchell decided to pension the mare.

Knowing for a while that Leslie's Lady was approaching pensioning age, Mitchell retained Marr Time, a Not This Time filly born in 2019, to one day carry on her dam's legacy in the Clarkland broodmare band. The filly is training for her debut start with Brad Cox.

Clarkland Farm will also retain Leslie's Lady's final foal, Love You Irene, a Kantharos filly born last year.

Though she ended up at the top of her profession, Leslie's Lady came from modest means. She was bred in Kentucky by David Hager II, and she sold as a newly-turned yearling for $8,000 at the 1997 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. She was purchased later that year by James Hines Jr., for $27,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Leslie's Lady won five of 28 starts for earnings of $187,014. She ran nine times as a juvenile, highlighted by a victory in the Hoosier Debutante Stakes at Hoosier Park. The following season, her campaign included a runner-up effort in the Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

She joined Hines' broodmare band after retiring from the track, and she produced four foals for her owner. Among them was a Harlan's Holiday colt later named Into Mischief.

After Hines' death, Leslie's Lady was cataloged in the 2006 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale as part of her late owner's dispersal. Offered in foal to Orientate, the mare sold to Clarkland Farm for $100,000. The ensuing ten foals bred by Clarkland Farm have sold from the Clarkland consignment for a combined $12.9 million, and they've earned a combined $8,757,202 on the racetrack.

Barry Mahon Takes Over As General Manager For Juddmonte’s European Operation

Barry Mahon, currently Juddmonte's Stud Director Ireland, is to take on the responsibility for all the organization's European racing after following the retirement of Teddy Grimthorpe, announced in April.

He will continue to run Juddmonte's operations in Ireland and becomes General Manager Ireland and European Racing. His key racing role, from June 21, will be to liaise with Juddmonte's trainers in the UK, France and Ireland.

Mahon was born and bred into Juddmonte. His father, Rory Mahon, has been at Ferrans Stud with Juddmonte for nearly 40 years and remains a highly valued member of the team. Rory will continue to help manage the Irish stud operation.

After working for John Gosden, Barry completed an honors degree in Equine Science and International Business Management at Oxford Brookes University. During this time, he completed work placements with Coolmore Ireland, Coolmore USA and Highclere Stud.

On completion of his degree, he was appointed Yearling Manager at Grangecon Stud in Ireland, before becoming Manager of Clarecastle Farm (breeders of Authorized and Order Of St George) in Ireland, a position he held for 12 years before joining Juddmonte in 2017.

Garrett O'Rourke remains General Manager USA, responsible for Juddmonte's stud activities and racing there. Simon Mockridge remains General Manager UK, responsible for stud activities in the UK, including the European stallions and broodmares.

Claude Beniada continues to represent Juddmonte in France, reporting to Mahon. The Racing Office under Megan Taylor, Racing Secretary, remains at Banstead Manor Stud, Newmarket.

Douglas Erskine Crum, Chief Executive of Juddmonte, said, “As Racing Manager for Juddmonte's late owner, Prince Khalid Abdullah, Teddy managed all Juddmonte's European horses in training and played a leading role in Juddmonte's consistent and sustained success worldwide at the very highest level in racing. On behalf of Prince Khalid's family and all of us past and present at Juddmonte, I thank Teddy for all he has achieved, year after year, and we wish him the very best of good fortune for the future.

“We are delighted Barry is taking on the additional European racing role. He is ideally placed to take on Teddy's duties in Europe and, together with Rory, continue to manage Juddmonte Ireland.”

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