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► I A Blue Grass Happenings — By HUGH J. McGUHtE Invigorator, Baybrook Excused Asbury to Offer Brookfield Colt County Delights 1954 Book Full LEXINGTON, Ky., June 18.— We were a about to commiserate with Charles Asbury 0 over the defeats last week-end of Invig- o orator and Baybrook in t: the Kent Stakes at * Delaware and the Elm-wood Handicap at Lincoln c FieldSj but another c glance at the c charts deterred us. I Both horses carried top weight in their engagements, r one was beaten a a neck, the other a l head, and both races were contested over off t tracks. In addition, ie of fa st s, :n are re to to is, i- ss has the ug I the ,r of * both horses were fresh from tallies in £ stakes, Invigorator having accounted for j the Peter Pan, and Baybrook for the Fleming 3 Memorial in their previous outings, ■ and this sort of record does not call for condolences. In case you are wondering about the role of Asbury in this picture, 1 he and his son, Tom, operate Hedgewood 3 Farm where Harry Isaacs Brookfield is at J stud. Brookfield is the sire of Invigorator and Baybrook. Only recently we mentioned how avidly breeders follow the racing fortunes : of the produce of their farms. The information would have seeped j out anyway with the publication of the catalog: of the Keeneland sales, so you might as .well know now that Asbury will offer a "colt by Brookfield from the Sickle mare, Sickle Miss, in his consignment. Another colt is by Carrier Pigeon — Fake, by Morvich, and this youngster j is a half-brother to the good winner Hedgewood and six other winners. A i comely filly in the Asbury group is by ; Count Fleet — Jamesville, by Pompey, and this miss is a half-sister to Hasteville, who won the Quaker City and Delaware ; handicaps. A Devil Diver filly is from » the Cohort mare, Camille, and is a half-l sister to three winners. An interesting ; filly completes the Asbury lot in a 3 daughter of Bolero — Chantarelle, by im-j ported Osiris H. Boleros first foals now are yearlings and this miss is the first i foal of Chantarelle. The thoroughbred breeding industry is i frought with uncertainties and we are ; compelled to agree with John A. Bell m. 3 that recently quite a number of prospective stallions have proved to be rather shy t breeders. This conversation came about as 5 Bell related that County Delight, who is f making his first season, was in tremendous _ demand and his original book of 25 mares s was opened to accommodate five more. County Delight is obviously quite sure with his mares as a dozen of them were pro-j B nounced in foal as of June 10 and eight s more have passed their first period and e probably are in foal. The other mares were f bred late and are not due for examination. Of the dozen mares in foal, nine conceived to first cover and the other three to second a p cover. County Delights book already is £ full for 1954. Blades of Blue Grass: Sam E. Wilson, Jr., Corpus Christi oilman, sent from f his racing stable to Buckner M." Brown-ings Brownwood Farm the imported five-year-old, Golden Birch. The son of Golden Cloud — St. Rita, by His Highness, bowed and Wilson plans to breed a few mares to him next season. Golden Birch was brought from England by Ray Bell at the time that Windy City DT. was imported, and he did not take too kindly to American racing although he was able to win a race on the grass at Wash-1- ington Park last year. . .Henry H. Knight returned from a trip to California and plunged into the task of preparing the Almahurst yearlings for Saratoga. . . Olin Gentry advises that of the 19 mares at Danada who have been examined, 17 have been pronounced in foal... The preliminary scenes in the Breeders Sales Companys color film will be recognized as having been made at Dixiana. When Mrs. O. C. Neumanns Beanir accounted for Detroits Tomboy, it marked the first stakes victory for a horse raised by Charles Kenney since the dispersal sale of Dale Shaffers Coldstream Stud. The daughter of Nirgal— Bea Right is the second stakes winner for her sire since the latter was imported by Shaffer. The other is Nirgal Lad. . .George Swinebroad is bol-h" stering the confidence of some breeders for the success of the Keeneland sales, bas-ing his convictions on the excellent pad-dock vendues that he cried for the Fasig- Coritinued bn Page Thirty-Seven Blue Grass Happenings Continued from Page Two Tipton Company at Belmont Park. . .Two races brought into particular prominence just now are the 1919 Sanford, when Man o War met his only defeat, and this years Kentucky Derby, when a like fate befell Native Dancer. On his return from a New York visit, Leslie Combs advised that interest is running so high in the Keeneland sales that he was asked several times to put a priced on the yearlings in his consignment. Horses that Combs sold as yearlings continue to find their way frequently to the winners circle, which wont hurt his sale . . .Native Dancers full sister is now four — months, that is, and Dan Scott tells us she is as nonchalant about life as her illustrous brother. The recent successes of the get of Royal Charger abroad find the American syndicate who bought him, declining « with thanks a handsome profit on their purchase and he is to stand at Spendthrift Farm next season... The only yearling by Bull Lea in the summer sale is a colt consigned by Chaswil Farms. He is from imported Basrelief, by Donatello II.
