Owners Jerry and Ann Moss will send their Horse of the Year Zenyatta to be bred to young stallion Bernardini, who stands at Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley near Lexington, in 2011.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) has announced its 2011 seminar and clinic schedule, consisting of three new owner seminars, a breeding clinic, and three pedigree and conformation clinics. The seminars are sponsored by Blood-Horse Publications, a subsidiary of TOBA.

Beginning Jan. 26, veterinarians for the New York Racing Association (NYRA) will administer Lasix (a drug given to racehorses to lessen the severity of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage) to horses on race day.

Miesque, the first two-time winner of a Breeders’ Cup race and the dam of top sire Kingmambo, was euthanized Jan. 20 at the Oak Tree Division of Lane’s End Farm in Central Kentucky due to the infirmities of age. She was 27. She was buried in the Lane’s End/Oak Tree Division cemetery.

The Jockey Club (TJC) has announced renewal of the retirement checkoff program that enables owners and breeders to support Thoroughbred aftercare programs at the time they register their foals in 2011. In conjunction with renewal of the program, The Jockey Club will once donate $100,000 to each of the program’s two beneficiaries: Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) and the Thoroughbred

Penny Chenery, owner of the great Secretariat, has announced that Horse of the Year Zenyatta will be the recipient of the inaugural Secretariat Vox Populi (“Voice of the People”) Award. According to a release from Secretariat.com, the “first of its kind in horse racing” award “will annually recognize a horse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the American public and gained

Zenyatta, the daughter of Street Cry who sustained her only loss in 20 starts when second in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic, was honored Jan. 17 as North America’s Horse of the Year for owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs. The winner, announced during the Eclipse Awards dinner in Miami Beach, Fla., received 128 first-place votes, edging out Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Blame, who

Marla Bickel, President and CEO of Blood-Horse Publications, has announced that Eric Mitchell has been appointed Executive Vice President of the company. In this capacity, Mitchell will be part of the executive team that will continue to guide the Thoroughbred industry’s leading multimedia company into the future. He will retain his primary role of Editorial Director/Editor-in-Chief of The

The 14-year-old Thoroughbred stallion Mr. Livingston, who had recently been relocated to a Louisiana breeding farm for the 2011 breeding season, died Jan. 9 in a paddock accident at the farm. Owned by David and Teresa Palmer, Mr. Livingston formerly stood at Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla.

The 21st annual Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) Stallion Season Auction raised a gross amount of nearly $1.7 million during a three-day telephone auction and a live auction held Jan. 8 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center.

Two barns are under quarantine at Beulah Park, located near Columbus, Ohio, as state veterinary officials continue to investigate a possible equine herpesvirus (EHV) outbreak. Ohio State Racing Commission (OSRC) executive director Tom Fries Jr. said the state Department of Agriculture got a “presumptive positive” on Dec. 31 from a horse stabled in Barn 24, one of the two barns under quarantine.

Turning For Home, the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association racehorse retirement program, recorded its 500th retiree when the mare Pumped left the track at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., for the last time on Dec. 24. A 6-year-old daughter of the stallion Petionville, Pumped won five of 40 career starts, with 12 placings and earnings of $132,610.

The Jockey Club has reduced the price of microchips for sale to interested owners and breeders by 50%, from $20 to $10 per chip. Introduced in March 2008, microchips are not currently a requirement for Thoroughbred registration with The Jockey Club and participation is voluntary. The chips are for use in Thoroughbreds residing within the United States and in all U.S. territories.

Amidst all the hoopla surrounding Zenyatta’s retirement and the speculation regarding the identity of her first mate, last year’s Horse of the Year has been all but forgotten. Yet Rachel Alexandra also occupies a unique place in racing history, and her broodmare career should be one of some interest.

The 21st annual Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) select stallion season auction will be held Jan. 8 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Ky. The cocktail party-style event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and drinks followed by the auction at 8.

Keeneland buyers and consigners should note that the Kentucky Department of Agriculture has waived the requirement for equine piroplasmosis testing for horses entered in Keeneland’s 2011 January horses of all ages sale.