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Equiring, Checkmate Thoroughbreds to Host Spring California Sale

Edited Press Release

EquiRing, in conjunction with Adrian Gonzalez of Checkmate Thoroughbreds, will join forces to create a sales venue for the California market. The first sale, which will be held in April, will have a focus on 2-year-olds, horses in training, and proven horses with notable updates. The sale will also be open to breeding stock.

“California is a vibrant market with great owners and breeders,” said Adrian Gonzalez. “We are hungry for a consistent and efficient way to trade horses. We have worked with EquiRing and enjoyed success with our stallion season auctions, and we look forward to building on that success with this venture.”

President of EquiRing Jamie LaMonica added, “Adrian is a rising star in the business and is knowledgeable in all aspects of the game. We could not be more delighted and enthusiastic to be working together on this project. California has some of the best racing and breeding in the world and we look forward to servicing them with our platform.”

A calendar of upcoming sales will be released soon.

To nominate a horse for the upcoming California Sale, please click here.

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GISW Klimt to Turkey

According to Darby Dan Farm, GISW Klimt (Quality Road–Inventive, by Dixie Union) has been sold to the Turkish Jockey Club in a deal brokered by Jamie Lamonica and Brendan Henry.

The 7-year-old won three of eight starts during his racing career, including the GI Del Mar Futurity and the GII Best Pal S. en route to lifetime earnings of $468,960. He entered stud in 2018 at Darby Dan Farm and is currently ranked sixth on the first-crop sire list list with progeny earnings of $1,208,089. Klimt is responsible for 23 winners, including stakes-placed Rumble Strip Ron, Sea Art, Barone Cesco and Quality Bet.

Produced from the stakes-placed Inventive, Klimt hails from a deep female family–his third dam is a sister to GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Concern. Klimt stood the 2021 breeding season at Darby Dan for $10,000 S&N.

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Sky Kingdom Sold To Stand In Ohio

Sky Kingdom, a multiple Grade 3 winner and veteran stallion, has been sold and will stand the upcoming breeding season at Maro Veterinary Services in Youngstown, Ohio, BloodHorse reports.

The 12-year-old son of Empire Maker previously stood at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky. He was purchased by Ohio-based Gigi Chiandussi in a deal brokered by bloodstock agent Jamie LaMonica, and he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000.

Sky Kingdom has sired three crops of racing age, with 24 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $1.2 million. He's perhaps best known as the sire of Wrecking Crew, a multiple Grade 1-placed runner who finished third in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park.

Other runners of note by Sky Kingdom include multiple stakes winner Australasia and stakes-placed runners Dunniverse and Mayan Sky.

Sky Kingdom won six of 21 starts during his on-track career for earnings of $532,122. He won two editions of the Grade 3 Tokyo City Cup Stakes, and his graded stakes placings included the G1 Hollywood Gold Cup and two editions of the G3 Cougar II Handicap.