A day before a scheduled March 19 federal court hearing over disputed assessment fees issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to Churchill Downs Inc., the parties offered sharply differing accounts explaining the financial impasse.
St Patrick's Day previously stood in Florida. He was reacquired by Summer Wind Farm, where he was born and raised, after Journeyman Stud closed its stallion operation.
Falling foal crops in Britain and Ireland have been identified for the first time by Tattersalls as a major risk factor for the business in the latest sign of growing concern at the ongoing drop off in horses being bred to race.
The Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale, which has produced group 1 winners Asfoora and Private Eye, as well as Hong Kong standout Galaxy Patch in recent years, gets underway March 22 with 359 yearlings set to go through the ring.
Fresh off a career-best win over White Abarrio in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1), Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking is set to return as the headline act in the $500,000 Essex Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park March 21.
Sale histories for horses entered in the Texas April 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale being held April 1 at Lone Star Park. The sale is run by the Texas Thoroughbred Association.