Breeders’ Cup

The European Breeders Fund paid tribute to its former chief executive Sam Sheppard, who has died Feb. 13 at the age of 84. 

With drafts from leading owner-breeders such as the Aga Khan Studs and the Wertheimer family, along with horses in training from the yards of Francis Graffard and Amy Murphy, there is something for everyone at Arqana.

Reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty appeared on the worktab Feb. 15 for the first time since scratching from the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar.

Darby Dan Farm's Shirl's Speight, a grade 1 winner by Speightstown out of 2011 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) winner Perfect Shirl, was represented by his first reported foal when a filly out of Ultimate Class was born…

Returning to a track he has had much success over, the Philip D'Amato trainee enters the race off a game fifth-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Del Mar, after being compromised at the break.

Sales histories for horses entered in the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale being held March 10-12.

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse has been named the sixth chairman of the board in the history of Ocala Breeders' Sales, succeeding Francis Vanlangendonck, who steps down after 35 years on the OBS board.

After finishing behind Super Corredora and Explora in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), the lightly-raced Meaning turned the tables in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes Feb. 8 at Santa Anita Park.

Splendora's return to the races after winning the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) is a winning one in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.