Filly by Majesticperfection New York-bred topper in opening session of OBS June
[1]by Sarah Mace
A filly by Majesticperfection named Perfection Lady topped the New York-bred offerings in Tuesday’s opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2015 June Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age. The bay was hammered down to Sallusto & Albina for $135,000 after working a quarter mile under tack in :20 4/5.
Bred by Antonio Francesco’s Dormellito Stud and foaled on March 17 2013, Hip 70[2] is the second foal and first registered New York-bred out of America’s Lady, an unplaced Quiet American mare purchased by The Simmard Partnership at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed sale for $17,000. America’s Lady has since produced a yearling filly named Long Island Lady by Simmard (Dixieland Band) and a foal this year by the same sire. Simmard [3]stands at Mill Creek Farm[4] in Stillwater.
Kentucky-bred America’s Lady issues from the family of Grade 1 turf stakes winner, millionaire and producer Tuzla (FR). The mare’s second dam Krajina (FR) is a minor stakes winner abroad and likewise a producer.
Of the 19 New York-breds offered in the sale’s first session, 14 sold for an average of $33,229 and $13,500 median. Overall, the first day of trading at OBS, which saw a June Sale record $575,000 Scat Daddy colt change hands, posted an increase in average price to $37,052, up from $30,276 in 2014, and a decline in median to $17,500 compared with $23,000 a year ago.
The June Sale continues Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Hip No.’s 287- 572 will be offered.
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- Hip 70: http://obssales.com/juncatalog/2015/70.PDF
- Simmard : http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/nytb/stallion/166016/simmard
- Mill Creek Farm: http://www.millcreeksaratoga.com/
Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2015/06/17/filly-majesticperfection-obs-june/
NY-bred MSW Awesome Vision retired, entered in Makeover Program
(Edited press release)
West Point Thoroughbreds announced yesterday that New York-bred multiple stakes winner Awesome Vision has been retired from racing and is entered in the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover[1] to be held October 23-25 at the Kentucky Horse Park. The 6-year-old horse is in a retraining program and slated to compete in the eventing and show jumping disciplines under West Point’s racing manager Erin Birkenhauer.
The Saratoga Springs-based racing partnership group, in consultation with trainer Tom Albertrani, decided to retire the son of Awesome Again after a small knee chip was discovered following an eighth place finish in the Danger’s Hour Stakes on April 19 at Aqueduct. After such a successful career on the racetrack West Point management and his Partners felt he deserved to retire with dignity and the ability to move on to a second career.
West Point Thoroughbreds president and founder Terry Finley said, “This horse’s retirement is bittersweet. He gave us so much joy, but it’s not realistic to think that he would run forever. What does feel good is that this is the way all racing retirement chapters are supposed to be written — a horse going out with class and the opportunity to embark on a new career with another exciting chapter forthcoming.”
Added Finley, “He was a major force in the New York-bred ranks for years, a multiple stakes winner who brought his Partners to the winner’s circle eight times, and earner of $439,236.”
Awesome Vision began racing as a 3-year-old in 2012 and has a record of 8-2-4 from 28 career starts. His entire racing career was spent in New York, with 27 of his 28 starts were at New York Racing Association (NYRA) tracks. He’s also a multiple stakes winner, having won the Compelling Word, Saratoga Sunrise, and Move It Now Stakes.
West Point Thoroughbreds plans to chronicle his training for the Thoroughbred Makeover on their website and social media channels. The Makeover takes place the weekend before the Breeders’ Cup and has been designated an official Breeders’ Cup Festival Event.
Endnotes:- Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover: https://www.retiredracehorseproject.org/2015-thoroughbred-makeover
Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2015/06/17/awesome-vision-retired-entered-in-makeover-program/