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Wanamaker’s Releases Catalog For March Online Auction

Wanamaker's has released the catalog for their March online auction, to be conducted on March 25.

The catalog, containing pictures, videos, pedigrees, and more, can be found at wanamakers.com. In-person inspections may be scheduled by contacting sellers with the information provided in the catalog.

“As we usher in our third online auction of the year, we continue to work hard on providing not only the best digital buying experience available but also personalized and exceptional customer service to our sellers and buyers,” said Wanamaker's co-founder, Liza Hendriks.

Live bidding will open at 8 a.m. ET on March 25 and the first listing will close at 5 p.m. ET with subsequent listings ending in three-minute increments. Detailed buying information can be found at wanamakers.com/buy.

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French Trainer Banned Until 2025, Faces Criminal Charges For Horse Doping

Italian-born, Group 1-winning Thoroughbred trainer Andrea Marcialis has been banned by France Galop until April of 2025 for three counts of horse doping and two counts of running a shadow training operation, reports the Racing Post. The trainer also faces criminal charges on counts of doping horses, organized crime, and forgery, with his actions spanning at least 31 races.

An incident at Saint-Cloud on Aug. 31, 2020 initiated the police investigation. Marcialis was reported to racecourse officials after being seen carrying a syringe from the car park. His two runners that day were tested before and after their races. One, Bosioh, returned a positive in the pre-race urine sample, but was negative post-race. France Galop still issued a ban for the incident, noting that “the facts being sufficient to establish and constitute an act of deliberate doping on a racecourse.”

The other two doping counts for which Marcialis received bans involved six horses who received injections without prior consultation from a vet and without prescription, and the administration of corticosteroids to four more horses within three days of them racing.

Marcialis' suspensions for shadow training operations included two separate instances. The first was for his role in running horses under the name of an 80-year-old trainer, Jean-Claude Napoli, with the help of his sister, Elisabetta, and the second was for shadow training under the name of Chantilly-based Russian licence holder, Igor Endaltsev.

Catalog For Tattersalls Online March Sale Out Now

The catalog for the Tattersalls Online March 23 Sale is out now and can be viewed at www.tattersallsonline.com.

A total of 35 lots will feature in the third sale conducted on the Tattersalls Online platform, including the final installment of the complete dispersal from the late Peter Magnier's Brittas House Stud, as well as a diverse range of exciting flat and National Hunt prospects, alongside a selection of breeding stock, 2-year-olds, and yearlings.

The final installment of the Brittas House Stud dispersal is headed by the 8-year-old listed winning mare We Are Ninety, who is offered in-foal to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sottsass and with a filly foal at foot by Calyx, the first progeny of the brilliant Group 2 Coventry Stakes winner and son of exceptional young sire Kingman to be offered at auction.

We Are Ninety's half-sister by Ten Sovereigns will also be the first foal by the dual Group 1 winning sprinter to be offered at auction, and both provide an opportunity for breeders to access a family cultivated with great success by the late Peter Magnier, who bred the Group 1 winners Listen and Sequoyah from their grandam Brigid.

The Brittas House Stud dispersal also includes the Galileo mares Innocent Air and Zee Zee Gee, who will be offered in foal to Zoffany and No Nay Never respectively. Zee Zee Gee, a daughter of the Group 1 winner Zee Zee Top from the family of the great Reprocolor, will be joined by her yearling filly by No Nay Never and the dispersal is completed by the dual winner Combine, a 4-year-old daughter of Zoffany out of the Group 3 placed Unity, who has been covered by Sea The MoonEA THE MOON.

The headline act amongst the National Hunt prospects in the sale is Dark Raven, currently the top-rated 4-year-old bumper horse in Ireland courtesy of a hugely impressive winning debut in a recent Leopardstown NH Flat Race for Willie Mullins and Patrick McCormack, and amongst the likely favourites for the €100,000 Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Bumper.

Dark Raven will be joined by the James McAuley trained Behind the Wall, a taking recent winner on his first start over hurdles at Limerick and a half-brother to the NH Listed performer Maria Magdalena. Culworth Grounds Farm will also offer a well-bred store by No Rish at All, the sire of champion hurdle winner Epatante and Allaho. The 4-year-old gelding hails from the family of successful National Hunt sire Jukebox Jury.

Entries with good form on the flat include the Joseph O'Brien-trained Falsaron, a 3-year-old colt by No Nay Never who placed behind the Group 3 Tyros Stakes winner Military Style at two and showed plenty of promise when runner-up at Dundalk on Friday.

The sale will also feature Eve Johnson Houghton's progressive 3-year-old Percy Willis, a son of Sir Percy from the family of Group 1 winners Mohaather and Accidental Agent who has been placed on both his starts this year. Another horse in training to note is Tilsitt, a winner on his most recent start for Ivan Furtado. In addition the sale will feature yearlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock including the NH Listed-placed Fabianski, believed in foal to 2020 St Leger winner Galileo Chrome.

Commenting on the Tattersalls Online 23rd March Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“To be offering the final installment of the Brittas House Stud dispersal at our Tattersalls Online 23rd March Sale demonstrates the confidence that vendors already have in the Tattersalls Online platform. The sale has quality and diversity, both flat and National Hunt, and full details of all lots including photos, videos and veterinary information are now available on www.tattersallsonline.com.”

Prospective purchasers are required to register or logon and join the sale ahead of the commencement of bidding, subject to approval by the Tattersalls accounts team. Bidding on the Tattersalls Online March 23 Sale will open at noon on Monday, March 22, and will close from noon on Tuesday, March 23.

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Bill Farish Succeeds Seth Hancock As Keeneland Trustee

Lane's End Farm's William “Bill” Farish, who serves on the boards of numerous Thoroughbred industry and Central Kentucky organizations, has been appointed a Keeneland Trustee. Farish succeeds Claiborne Farm co-owner Seth Hancock, who is retiring as a Keeneland Trustee after having served since 2015.

“I am thankful for the opportunity to have served as a Keeneland Trustee for the past several years,” said Hancock, “and I know that Keeneland is in very capable hands.” Hancock will remain on Keeneland's Board of Directors.

“On behalf of Keeneland, I want to extend our thanks to Seth for his longtime service, his leadership and his wise counsel,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “As he has done with many others, Seth has taught me so much about the horse industry. He is an iconic figure who has served both Keeneland and the sport with great integrity and humility.”

Farish was named to Keeneland's Board of Directors in 2010. He joins Everett Dobson, prominent Thoroughbred owner, breeder and Executive Chairman of Dobson Fiber, and William M. Lear Jr., Chair Emeritus of Stoll Keenon Ogden, as a Keeneland Trustee.

“Bill's demonstrated passion for racing, his commitment to excellence and his desire to continually better the horse industry is consistent with Keeneland's values,” Arvin said. “We welcome his expertise and guidance.”

A lifelong Thoroughbred owner and breeder, Farish is General Manager of his family's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, which has bred more than 300 stakes winners and is home to such leading stallions as Quality Road, Candy Ride (ARG), Twirling Candy, Union Rags and City of Light. He founded Woodford Racing in 2005 as a Thoroughbred racing partnership designed to attract new owners to the sport.

Additionally, Farish is Executive Vice President and a member of the board of W. S. Farish & Co., a Houston-based trust company.

“This is a tremendous honor for me,” Farish said. “Keeneland holds such a prominent position in the Thoroughbred industry and is such a vital part of life in Central Kentucky that I view this as not only a privilege but an important responsibility.”

Farish has been an active contributor to the Thoroughbred industry throughout his career. He is a member of The Jockey Club and current chairman of the Horse PAC, the federal political action committee of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. He is on the board of the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) and the Breeders' Cup, where he served as chairman for two terms. He formerly served on the board of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA), on the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's Graded Stakes Committee and as past president of the Thoroughbred Club of America.

In the Central Kentucky community, Farish is a trustee of the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Foundation, a member of the advisory board of Central Bank and board member of the Town Branch Fund. He previously served on the boards of both the University of Kentucky and Transylvania University.

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