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The ownership of California Chrome during his racing career was held by two entities. The first was DAP Racing, a horse racing partnership between Perry Martin, at the time from Yuba City, California, and Steve Coburn of Topaz Lake, Nevada, [1] along with their spouses, Denise Martin and Carolyn Coburn. [2]
For example, at the 2007 Fall Yearling sale at Keeneland, 3,799 young horses sold for a total of $385,018,600, for an average of $101,347 per horse. [2] However, that average sales price reflected a variation that included at least 19 horses that sold for only $1,000 each and 34 that sold for over $1,000,000 apiece.
Kenneth L. "Ken" Ramsey (born 1935) and Sarah Kathern "Kitten" Ramsey (February 5, 1939 – May 29, 2022) [5] are horse breeders and owners of Thoroughbred race horses. They have multiple graded stakes winners, three Breeders' Cup winners, and the Ramseys themselves have won multiple Eclipse Awards for outstanding owner and breeder.
At that time, the Gernatt's had sold more than 1,000 Standardbred horses with the last name Collins, so dubbed for the town in which they were born. [4] [5] [10] [12] [13] Dan Gernatt's grandson, Russell Rebmann, partnered in overseeing operations. Chuck Scibetta trained the horses and Dave Vance was the driver at various horse racing tracks. [10]
Kelso: only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year, in the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th; Kincsem: Hungarian race mare and most successful racehorse ever, winning all 54 starts in five countries; Kindergarten: weighted more than Phar Lap in the Melbourne Cup
The purchase was a reflection of the French racing and breeding industry at the time, which, according to Tattersalls chairman, is respected and admired throughout the world. [ 3 ] Continuing in this trend, Tattersalls Ltd announced the completion of its purchase of the bloodstock auctioneering business of Brightwells Ltd in October 2015.
Silky Sullivan began his three-year-old season in a mile race on January 30, 1958. In that race, two horses had been dueling for the lead: Circle Lea, ridden by Ray York, and The Shoe (by Khaled), ridden by Willie Shoemaker. When the tote board flashed a photo finish, York was sure he'd nosed out Shoemaker. "I beat you this time, Willie," said ...
In his final race before the Derby, Monarchos finished second to Congaree in the Wood Memorial Stakes. However, Ward described the race as "a perfect prep". [7] At Churchill Downs on 5 May, Monarchos was the 10.5/1 fourth choice in the betting for the Derby. After being bumped at the start, he made steady progress on the outside and turned into ...