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Tattersalls brought the curtain down on this year's December Mares Sale to a positive set of market indicators. Despite the sale being trimmed from four days to three, an 11% cut in cataloged lots, turnover was down just 2% at 81,583,515 guineas.

Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Mike Doyle has passed away at his winter home in Florida, according to a Woodbine entertainment press release Thursday. He was 74.

“On behalf of everyone at Woodbine Entertainment, I want to extend our heartfelt condolences to Mike's family, his friends, and the entire Woodbine racing community,” said Michael Copeland, CEO, Woodbine Entertainment. “Our sport is built on the strength of the people who dedicate their lives to it, and Mike's contributions to Woodbine racing throughout his career were significant. His accomplishments speak for themselves, and his unwavering passion for horse racing was evident to all who worked with him. Mike has been an important part of our community for many years, and he will be profoundly missed.”

Born in Dublin, Ireland, Mike Doyle seemed destined for a life with horses. At an early age, he became well-versed in numerous equine disciplines, including breaking and training jumpers and racehorses while still attending school.

Doyle eventually moved to Canada, first finding work with Gardiner Farms before joining Woodbine trainer Jim Bentley.

In 1978, Doyle took the reins as trainer for George Frostad's Bo-Teek Stable and saddled his first winner that same year.

Six years later, acting on behalf of Eaton Hall Farm, Doyle purchased the filly Bessarabian, by Ontario stallion Vice Regent, for $122,000 from a friend in Ocala, Florida. Bessarabian's outstanding performances helped Doyle earn the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1984.

Doyle trained numerous stars throughout his decorated career, including 1989 Canadian Oaks winner Blondeinamotel, Wavering Girl, and Wild Gale, whom he campaigned through the 1993 U.S. Triple Crown, finishing third in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes.

In 1994, he was part of the team that won the Queen's Plate with Basqueian, trained by Daniel Vella.

Doyle returned full-time to the training ranks in 1997 and went on to enjoy numerous successes with longtime assistant Brent Harris– who began working with Doyle in 2000–at his side.

One of those moments came on Oct. 25, 2014, when Doyle recorded his 1,000th career win with Evangeline's Hope at Woodbine.

In August of this year, Doyle–who worked for some of racing's most notable owners–was officially inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

In all, Doyle concluded his career with 1,178 wins, including 29 stakes victories, and $44,219,047 in purse earnings.

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Gary Stevens, the retired Hall of Fame jockey turned jockey agent, said he has purchased a home near Oaklawn previously owned by the late Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and his wife, Laurie, the track said via a press release on Wednesday.

“Laurie wanted me to have it,” Stevens said. “She said she had some other offers and she said: 'You need to be in that house.' She made it happen.”

Stevens said the house is more than 80 years old, adding it's “very homey, very warm.” Lukas had made Oaklawn his winter base since 2007, eventually purchasing a home in Hot Springs. He died June 28 at the age of 89.

“We flew in on his jet, landed here in Hot Springs, and dropped me off early in the morning, 7:30, 8 o'clock, right on Central, right in front of the grandstand,” said Stevens, then a rising star in Southern California. “I thought, 'holy cow!' The track's sitting right on the main street. I'd never seen anything like it. We got out of this Lincoln Town Car and opened up the trunk. Wayne handed me my tack bag, and he said, 'Do you like traveling like this?' I said: 'I love it.' He said: 'If you win today, get used to it.'”

Stevens, as an agent, was an early morning fixture at the Royal Glint barn, Lukas' longtime Oaklawn home. Lukas was Oaklawn's leading trainer in 1987 and 2011 and is its eighth-winningest trainer in history with 384 victories.

“They'll never be another one like him,” Stevens said. “He changed the game. He was the first one to start flying horses around. Everybody thought he was nuts having this satellite training, multiple horses at multiple racetracks. He wasn't afraid to fly in and out. Now, everybody does it.”
Stevens said he will represent newcomer Eswan Flores, Travis Wales and apprentice Amanda Poston during Oaklawn's 64-day split season that begins Dec. 12.

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Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 690 entries for its December Digital Sale which opened for bidding Thursday. The sale will close on two separate days beginning at 12 p.m. with hips 1-349, including horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmare prospects, stallion prospects, weanlings and yearlings closing on Tuesday, Dec. 9 and hips 350-690, to include broodmares and stallion seasons, wrapping up Wednesday, Dec. 10. The catalogue features over 150 horses of racing age, 320 broodmares including mares in foal to 113 different stallions, 10 offerings from the Estate of Larry Johnson (selling without reserve), 60 weanlings, 50 yearlings and four stallion seasons.

“This is the largest digital Thoroughbred sale ever conducted, and we are tremendously grateful to our sellers for supporting the December sale with such outstanding numbers,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “This catalogue features more than 150 horses of racing age–eligible for a wide range of conditions–as well as over 320 broodmares in foal to an impressive 113 different sires. It's the final opportunity for buyers to enhance their racing or breeding programs in 2025.”

Catalogue standouts include:

Wild Bout Hilary (Midnight Lute) (hip 6): 4-year-old who won this year's GIII Bayakoa Stakes at Oaklawn and is a multiple stakes winner of nearly $400,000. She is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Catmint (Kitten's Joy) (hip 10): multiple winner and a half-sister to a pair of Grade I winners from this past weekend at Del Mar: Salamis (Speightstown), winner of the GI Hollywood Derby and Segesta (Ghostzapper), winner of the GI Matriarch Stakes.

Purchased by R. Townsend Sparks for just $40,000 at Keeneland November in 2023 before either of her illustrious half-siblings had even broken their maidens, the 5-year-old Catmint raced 19 times, winning three of those starts. She is bred out of a Grade I-winning First Defence mare in Antonoe who captured the GI Longines Just a Game Stakes in North America and took the G3 Prix d'Aumale in France as well.

“We could not have asked for better timing,” said Keith Crupper, who consigns Catmint as a broodmare prospect through his Crupper Bloodstock. “She was ready to move on [to her next career] and [owner] Townsend likes to race.”

When the entries for both the Hollywood Derby and the Matriarch were announced, Crupper figured the mare might have a nice update in the works.

“We were pretty confident on them both,” he said. “Her sister [Segesta] had just gotten beat in a Grade I [second by a neck in the GI First lady Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 4]. She went off favored Saturday and won decisively. Her brother [Salamis] was a little more of a surprise but I'm a big Chad Brown fan and he can get them done.”

And while Crupper will have to wait a few more days for a final sales price with bidding open through Dec. 9, he was confident the mare would bring a fair price.

“We're beyond optimistic,” he said. “We've not found anyone that can confirm if there's ever been a mare to have two Grade I siblings on back-to-back days. She's got a nice pedigree and, if she doesn't [sell well], someone will need to bring me some oxygen!”

Crupper will be joined in Lexington Tuesday by Sparks who admitted that the whole occasion had him “like a kid in a candy shop.”

“Racing is up and down but the last three weeks have been incredible,” Sparks, who is based in southeast Missouri, said. “And then this comes up. She's done everything you could ask of her. She was a nice looking mare with a good-looking pedigree when I bought her [at KEENOV '23]. Nothing like she's got now! I just don't know what to do. It's going to be incredibly exciting.”

Liberal Arts (Arrogate) (hip 22): 4-year-old graded stakes winner and multiple stakes winner of nearly $600,000. He is one of only two graded stakes winning juvenile colts ever sired by Arrogate, and from the immediate family of Grade I winner and sire City of Light. Consigned as a horse of racing age by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Treadstone (Tapit) (hip 34): 2-year-old colt overcame a wide trip to win his debut at Aqueduct on November 23 going one mile on dirt. He is a half-brother to two GIII UAE Oaks  winners in Polar River (Congrats) and Down On Da Bayou (Super Saver). Consigned as a horse of racing age by Gainesway, agent.

Musical Rhapsody (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) (hip 35): Stakes-winning and graded stakes placed 6-year-old. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by ELiTE, agent.

Ready to Dial (Dialed In) (hip 40): 2-year-old filly is undefeated in two starts this year at two, including a victory in the Blue Mountain Stales at Penn National Nov. 26. She is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Joey Freshwater (Jimmy Creed). Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Vehemente (Vekoma) (hip 41): 3-year-old filly by Vekoma won this year's Fleet Indian Stakes at Saratoga. She is from the immediate family of Grade I winner Military (Danzig). Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Tour Player (American Pharoh) (hip 42): 4-year-old is undefeated in three starts this year, including an allowance win at Churchill Downs Nov. 30. Consigned as a horse of racing age by Bob Baffert, agent for Natalie J. Baffert.

A Must See (Catholic Boy) (hip 352): A 4-year-old half-sister to multiple Grade I-winning millionaire Miss Temple City (Temple City) and graded stakes winner Priced to Perfection (Temple City). Offered carrying her first foal by champion Forte. Consigned by VanMeter Sales, agent.

Rock On Layla (More Than Ready) (hip 645): A 4-year-old half-sister to Magnitude (Not This Time), winner of last weekend's GII Clark Stakes as well as this year's GII Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes. Her second dam is multiple Grade I-winning millionaire Octave. Offered as a broodmare by Harris Farms Inc.

Also on offer in the December Digital Sale are four stallion seasons to benefit the Kansas Thoroughbred Association, which recently announced that Thoroughbred racing will return to the state in 2026. These seasons are to stallions Dialed In, Flameaway, Flat Out, and Rich Strike and are catalogued as hips 401-405.

Click here to view the entire catalogue, create an account or register to bid for the December Digital Sale.

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Ironhorse Stallions is thrilled to invite the breeding community to the first open house at our brand-new location in Schuylerville. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. December 13, the day following the New York Thoroughbred Breeders’ Holiday Party.

We are proud to stand the leading stallion in New York, Bucchero. Known for his blistering speed and durability, Bucchero has rapidly ascended the ranks to become a Grade 1-producing sire with progeny that display exceptional precocity and class. In 2025 he was led by Eclipse Award contender Book’em Danno, multiple graded stakes winner Queen Maxima and one of the fastest 2-year-olds, Acknowledgemeplz.

Bucchero offers New York breeders a proven, elite option that consistently produces runners capable of winning at the highest levels in open company at tracks and all surfaces across the country. He also gives breeders the opportunity to take advantage of up to 40 percent breeder awards only available for New York-sired runners.

The Ironhorse team is excited to welcome New York breeders to see our new location and Bucchero and enjoy light refreshments.

Event Details:

• Date: December 13th
• Time: 10 a.m. – 2 m.
• Location: Ironhorse Stallions, Schuylerville
• Directions: Please enter at the intersection of Stonebridge Road and Sherman Lane

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Ironhorse Stallions is welcoming New York breeders to an open house at its new location in Schuylerville on Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The operation is home to Bucchero, sire of multiple Grade I winner Book'em Danno and multiple graded stakes winner Queen Maxima.

Ironhorse Stallions is located at 125 Sherman Lane in Schuylerville, New York/ Visitors are instructed to enter the farm at the intersection of Sherman and Stonebridge Road.

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Brotha Keny (Mo Town) parlayed a recent stakes victory into a record-sized payday for his connections on Wednesday during the Inglis Digital USA December sale with his $550,000 hammer price being the highest in the online auction platform's history and propelling a top overall gross of $869,250, the company said in a press release late on Wednesday.

The 3-year-old gelding sold to Meah/Lloyd Bloodstock, as agent for Michael and Jules Iavarone, TCC Stables and Morplay Racing.

Brotha Keny entered the December sale off a victory in the Zia Park Derby just eight days earlier, swinging wide and charging down the stretch to win by a half-length for trainer William Morey and owners Lance and Steve Kinross.

“This is the type of horse you dream of owning, and they don't show up on the open market very often, so fair play goes out to Inglis Digital USA for recruiting him,” David Meah said. “He's been a model of consistency this year ever since he got back on the dirt. Numbers don't lie, and his are trending in a very positive direction.”

Over the summer, Brotha Keny won the Bourbon Flight Stakes at Churchill Downs Sept. 20, and finished in-the-money in the GIII Indiana Derby and GIII West Virginia Derby. In total, he has won four of 13 starts and earned $499,528.

“His last three races have been huge performances, even the loss at Keeneland in an allowance was a big run,” Meah added.

“Then, he came back to win the Zia Park Derby with a dominant performance. He's only three, and has an entire career ahead of him. We are all thrilled, especially Jose D'Angelo, who will be the man taking over the training of him now.”

Bred in Kentucky by Terrazas Thoroughbreds, Brotha Keny is out of the placed Northern Afleet mare Raramuri Princess, whose nine foals are all winners, also including stakes winner Concealed Carry (Competitive Edge). Eastern Sand (Line in the Sand), a Grade III winner, can be found in his extended family.

Paramount Sales consigned Brotha Kenny, as agent, and he was made available for inspection at Morey's barn at Turfway Park.

“It's great when a plan comes together,” said Paddy Campion of Paramount Sales. “Mr. Kinross and I spoke before the Zia Park Derby about Brotha Keny as a sales prospect. A few days later the horse kept up his side of the bargain, winning that race and now today in the sales ring. The timing could not have been better. Inglis made the process an easy one when there were many last-minute details to sort out.

“Kudos to Bill Morey, who managed the horses's career masterfully,” he said. “He was bought by a great judge in David Meah, and we wish the best of luck to Mike, Jules, TTC Stables, and Morplay Racing.”

Wednesday's highest-priced broodmare was Sea Rocket, who sold to Tropical Racing for $65,000.

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The 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief is a half-sister to recently-retired MGSW Royal Spa (Violence), and she hails from the family of GISW Sippican Harbor (Orb) and Japanese multiple stakes winner Awesome Result (Justify). She was offered carrying a foal from the debut crop of GI Belmont Stakes hero Dornoch (Good Magic).

Sea Rocket was offered by Norrevale Farm, and she made available for inspection at the operation's Lexington, Kentucky, base.

In total, Wednesday's auction finished with 48 horses sold and that record gross of $869,250.

With the largest catalogue ever, offerings were made available locally to buyers and sellers, and inspection sites included Arkansas, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

Inglis Digital USA continued to attract a diverse selection of customers, with 40 different buyers on the horses that changed hands Wednesday.

“What a great way to end the year, with a record sale for Inglis Digital USA,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “We've grown a lot this year, and we owe it all to our customers. We appreciate everyone who did business with us in 2025.”

Offerings that finished under their reserves on Wednesday are still available to purchase on the Inglis Digital USA website. Visit the site's catalogue page and click on “make an offer” next to the available horses.

Entries are now open for the Inglis Digital USA 2026 February sale, and they will be taken through Monday, Jan. 26. The catalogue will be released on Friday, Jan. 30, and bidding will close on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Click here to enter a horse for the January sale, register as a bidder or make a bid on an RNA horse from the December sale.

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The collection is comprised of more than 400 trophies, including eight Triple Crown race trophies won by Whitney family-owned runners.

The sales of Patonga, Celestial Bling (AU$225,00), and Grinzinger Champ (AU$115,000) brought the number of AU$100,000-plus transactions on Inglis Digital this year to 125. The December (Early) Sale grossed AU$2,884,600.

The Munnings gelding makes his graded stakes debut in the Elite Power Stakes (G3) Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Leading his five rivals is Tom Fool (G3) winner Full Moon Madness, the lone graded stakes winner in the field for the 6-furlong race.

A rare chance to be tested around two turns at a 1 1/8-mile distance awaits a large field of a dozen 2-year-olds in the Dec. 6 Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Irad Ortiz Jr. is Jockey of the Week for Nov. 24-30. In addition to winning six stakes races and 16 races overall, the five-time Eclipse Award winner earned his first leading rider title at Churchill Downs.

James McDonald has won the Longines World's Best Jockey title for the second consecutive year and third time in the last four years.

After fervent bidding came to an end with a price tag of the equivalent of $6.3 million to be paid by Coolmore, Porta Fortuna was the second-highest-priced sale through two days at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

Barnavara adds a new chapter to her tale the evening of Dec. 2 as she topped the second session of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale at a cool 4.8 million guineas ($6.672 million, 1 guinea=$1.39).

Danny Gargan will send out Champagne Stakes (G1) runner-up Talkin to face Chad Brown's $1.9 million debut winner Paladin in the Remsen Stakes (G2), a battle among juveniles traveling a two-turn, 1 1/8-mile distance on dirt for the first time.

Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance's Charity Auction preview opens Dec. 2, with bidding going live December 9 at 8 a.m. ET and a rolling close beginning at 4 p.m. on Dec. 11

Foxwoode Farm, southeast of Charles Town, W. Va., is getting established as a Thoroughbred breeding and foaling farm.

Second-year sire Global Campaign was acquired by an owner in Seoul identified as Arion, while the Korea Thoroughbred Breeders' Association more recently acquired fourth-year sire Mor Spirit.

Rocket Can (Into Mischief–Tension, by Tapit), a dual Grade III winner, will stand in Uruguay for the 2026 Southern Hemisphere breeding season through a partnership between Haras Los Robles and Haras San Miguel Queguay, according to an article first published in Turf Dario on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Set to reside at Haras San Miguel Queguay, Rocket Can was bred by Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC, campaigned by Frank Fletcher and trained by Bill Mott. The current 5-year-old started 16 times, won four races and earned $619,393, according to Equibase.

The gray captured the GIII Holy Bull Stakes and was the runner-up in the GII Fountain of Youth Stakes–both at Gulfstream Park. After finishing fourth in the GI Arkansas Derby, Rocket Can was ninth in the GI Kentucky Derby. The Mott trainee's second graded score came in the GIII Harlan's Holiday Stakes in Hallandale late in his 4-year-old season.

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