Santa Anita: Purse Increases, Eye-Catching Changes
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018 SANTA ANITA: ABEL TASMAN HEADLINES 1,555 HORSES CATALOGED FOR KEENELAND JANUARY PURSE INCREASES, Keeneland has cataloged 1,555 horses, headlined by champion Abel Tasman (Quality Road), for its 61st January Horses of All EYE-CATCHING CHANGES Ages Sale, to be held Jan. 7-10, it was announced Tuesday. The catalog includes 701 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 597 yearlings, 252 horses of racing age and five stallions. Supplementary entries are being accepted. Abel Tasman is cataloged as a broodmare prospect and will sell Monday, Jan. 7, as Hip 288. The daughter of top stallion Quality Road is a six-time Grade I winner in a career that saw her bank nearly $2.8 million in earnings. The champion 3-year-old filly of 2017 will be offered as part of the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment for co-owners China Horse Club and Clearsky Farms. Cont. p6 (click here) Santa Anita | Horsephotos IN TDN EUROPE TODAY PEARLING HEADS ROUSING MARES SESSION by Dan Ross Pearling (Storm Cat) topped Tuesday’s session of the In a press release Monday, Santa Anita announced substantial Tattersalls December Mare Sale, when going for 2.4 million purse increases due to “increased handle over the last year” for guineas. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. all overnight races at its upcoming winter meet, as compared to its recently-wrapped fall meet. While purse increases will be seen across the board, the biggest cash injections--as much as 11%--will be aimed towards claiming races, “which are the bread and butter of the racing program,” said Elizabeth Morey, director of Racing and Northern California Operations for Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC).
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