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Frank Fletcher Racing Operations acquired a trio of colts during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 17.

Donato Lanni, agent for Three Amigos, purchased a Bolt d'Oro colt for $800,000 early in the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 17.

They say save the best for last. That could be the case at the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 19 as the last session will see Hip 1143, who tied for the sale's fastest quarter-mile breeze, enter the ring.

Michael Lund Petersen with agent Donato Lanni goes to $1.9 million for a filly (Hip 365) from the first crop of classic winner Tiz the Law early in the April 17 second session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Stephen Panus, president of TJC Media Ventures, parent company of America's Best Racing, has penned a book "Walk On," where he recounts the sudden death of his son Jake in 2020 and shares the lights that continue to guide him through this tragedy.

Keith Asmussen set a goal to ride one race as a jockey. He has done far more than that, ranking as one of the leading riders at Oaklawn Park. Now comes the mount on Just Steel in the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Dubai Sheema Classic (G1T) winner Rebel's Romance is to join an expanding satellite yard of around a dozen Charlie Appleby-trained horses who are to campaign through the summer season in the United States this year.

Reviewing how fast each Kentucky Derby contender ran the last three-eighths of a mile of their final prep race has been a productive pursuit.

Maiden Watch: Week of April 8-April 14

A $775,000 first-crop filly by Caracaro topped the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training on April 16, selling to Three Amigos.

Old Friends reports that Even the Score, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was euthanized at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital April 13 due to colic. He was 26.

The first time Marisa Isbell rode Jonny Be Bueno at Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Paso Robles, Calif., she could feel that he was a special horse.

The connections of Justify have filed a notice of appeal of his disqualification from the 2018 Santa Anita Derby by a California board of stewards.

Although Murray State University came up short in its bid to receive legislative authorization for a School of Veterinary Medicine in Kentucky this year, its president, Dr. Bob Jackson, expressed optimism about the future.

Spendthrift Farm and MKW Racing and Breeding extended to $550,000 to secure the bid on a Nyquist to pace proceedings April 16 during the opening session of the OBS Spring Sale.

It was a great weekend for fans of runaway winners as three such horses impressed the members of the national media who vote in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred poll enough to crack the Top 10.

The Churchill Downs Foundation has partnered with 20 distinguished Thoroughbred aftercare organizations for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby by pledging a $150,000 donation to support the vital mission of these organizations.

Expectations are high for Hip 365, the Tiz the Law filly who worked a quarter-mile in a track record-tying :20 1/5 at the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

Famed Pennsylvania horseman F. Bruce Miller, the trainer of one America's greatest steeplechasers in Lonesome Glory, died last week at age 89.

The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Stoll Keenon Ogden, and The Green Group. The panel was sponsored by Equilume and Pleasant Acres Stallions.