The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Gary Miller, the former president of the Arizona Horseman’s Benevolent & Protective Association who submitted a high bid for Yavapai Downs at a bankruptcy auction in April, continue negotiations regarding the purchase of the Prescott Valley facility. See full story here: Yavapai Downs purchase negotiations continue (The Daily Courier)
Turf Paradise will offer two new stakes events this year for older horses that went through the ATBA Fall Mixed Sale or are Arizona-breds. The Cactus Wren Stakes and Cactus Flower Stakes, both for 3-year-olds and upward, are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.
The entry form for the 2012 ATBA Fall Mixed Sale is now available online in the Forms and Deadlines section, or here: 2012 Fall Mixed Sale form. The sale will be held at Westworld in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Entries close on Aug. 17 and late entries close on Sept. 17.
Links to videos for most stakes won by Arizona-breds during the 2011-2012 Turf Paradise meet have been added to their respective stakes pages, available through the Racing tab on the left panel.
The 2012 April/May/June issue of the Arizona Thoroughbred is now available online and can be viewed here: Summer Issue.
The Thoroughbred Owner View (www.ownerview.com) is an online resource for owners provided by The Jockey Club which offers trainer statistics and assorted information of interest to owners including advice on thoroughbred ownership and retirement, links to state licensing forms and racing commission websites and the opportunity to create owner profiles.
The ATBA Spring Sales Stakes on May 6, 2012, was won by Gadsden Purchase, a dark bay/brown gelding by Eddington. Consigned by the University of Arizona, the 2-year-old is trained and co-owned by Doug Oliver. Although Kentucky-bred, the gelding has strong Arizona ties as he was picked out of the 2010 Keeneland November sale by […]
The 2012 Spring Breeders’ Festival, headlined by the $55,334 Gene Fleming Breeders’ Derby, featured the return of three 2011 Arizona-bred champions, but only one found the winner’s circle. Just a day after being honored as the Arizona-bred 2-year-old colt of 2011, A Political Time was a 3-5 prospect in the mile and a sixteenth Gene Fleming […]