Jody and Michelle Huckabay

They were already through the show ring and into the Keeneland pavilion, circling for their turn. Jody Huckabay knew that the dam's only previous foal, a Ghostzapper colt, had coincidentally been declared to make his debut at Churchill the same afternoon. Still more fortuitously, the rate of selling that session last September had now conspired to let him advertise their genes even as his half-sister by Flatter was strolling the back ring. "I couldn't see the race but had people watching," Huckabay recalls. "And suddenly my phone was going off,...

Broodmare prospect Bordeaux Belle (Quality Road) topped the Wanamaker's March Sale, selling for $42,500 to Jody and Michelle Huckabay. Consigned by StarLadies Racing, the unraced Bordeaux Belle is out of MSW & GSP Shanon Nicole (Majestic Warrior). Plans are to breed the 3-year-old to Upstart. "It was very easy and is a great way to sell throughout the year with their consistent sales," said Laurie Wolf, managing partner of StarLadies Racing, of Wanamaker's. Wanamaker's March Sale closed Mar. 24 with a total of eight horses bringing a gross of $77,000....