Letters to the Editor, March 12 edition of BloodHorse Daily

Illinois horsemen are represented on a committee of unsecured creditors formed to provide input to the Hawthorne Race Course bankruptcy proceedings.

Jesse Aviles and fiancé Rylee Thomas of J & R Thoroughbreds are aiming to make it big with a Drain the Clock filly, Hip 595, at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March of 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale March 12.

Ciaran and Amy Dunne’s Wavertree Stables reset the top of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sales standings March 11 with a $2 million filly by Nyquist (Hip 372), who breezed a furlong in :09 3/5. Boyd Racing bought her.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association hosted a sold-out Pedigree and Conformation Clinic March 9-10 in Ocala, Fla., at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales complex.

A pair of progressive Ciaron Maher-trained 3-year-olds spearheaded the March 11 Inglis Australia Digital March (Early) Online Sale.

Coming off a fifth-place finish in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3), Mythical looks to get back into the winner’s circle in the March 14 Any Limit Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

When Ilkay Kantarmaci’s younger brother, Mertkan, announced a hiatus from training in 2024, Ilkay took the reins of a 27-horse stable at Belmont Park, placing him in the leading role of a training career.

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said Nitrogen will make her next start in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 11 after a third-place finish in the March 7 Azeri Stakes (G2).

A total of 447 yearlings are scheduled to go through the ring as this year’s renewal arrives with a refreshed format, with non-Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme yearlings included for the first time.