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Owners of good Quarter Horses brought him some of their best mares to breed for speed. Silky Sullivan was found in his stall at his last home in Pleasanton, California, on November 18, 1977, having died in his sleep at the age of 22. Kjell Qvale was undergoing heart surgery when the horse died.
Curlin, the 2007 Preakness and Breeders' Cup Classic winner, U.S. Horse of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and became the leading money-winner in North American Thoroughbred racing history, holding that record until surpassed by California Chrome in 2016, and later Arrogate in 2017, began his stallion career at Lane's End before being moved to stand ...
The Fradkins normally breed horses to sell at auction, and Rombauer was being pointed towards the April 2020 Ocala Breeders' Sale for two-year-olds in training. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sale was delayed and the Fradkins decided to keep the colt. They sent him into training with Michael McCarthy in California. [5]
The November Sale currently holds three world records for horses offered at public auction: top-priced broodmare, Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour, who sold for $14,000,000 in 2008; [8] top-priced broodmare prospect, champion Havre de Grace, who sold for $10,000,000 in 2012; [9] [10] and top-priced juvenile filly, Breeders' Cup Juvenile ...
The Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California is a one-mile (1.6 km / 8-f) race track for Thoroughbred, Quarter horse and Arabian racing. [1] Constructed in 1858 by the sons of Spaniard Don Agustín Bernal, it is the third-oldest horse racing track of its kind in the United States.
About 27 dead horses were also found at the scene. Other animals had to be euthanized Photos shared by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office show the horses, one of which is extremely emaciated.
After seeing a freshly dug hole while conditioning a horse, the equestrian found out later it was used to bury 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot. Horse trainer discovers pre-dug grave of missing ...
The 2008 running was the richest non-Breeders' Cup race ever contested in California with a purse of $2,038,250. It is also the only quarter horse race in the country with a guaranteed $2,000,000 purse. Los Alamitos also offers the richest three-year-old quarter horse race in the country, the Los Alamitos Super Derby.