Veteran Kentucky horseman George R. Arnold Sr. died July 4. The Lexington native was 83.
Tuesday, July 06, 2010Dubai champion State City, who stands at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Lexington, was represented by his first winner when his son Green N Goldie won July 2 at Churchill Downs.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Vertigineux, dam of champion Zenyatta, was voted top broodmare by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders board of directors. Also honored were the breeders of the 2008 Kentucky-bred champions.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Niagara Causeway, a graded stakes-winning son of Giant's Causeway, will stand at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky., for a fee of $3,000.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Communique will not run in the $2-million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Oct. 24 due to a foot abscess in her right front leg.
Monday, October 20, 2008Karelian returned from an 11-month layoff to post an upset score in the $150,000 Sea o'Erin Handicap July 26 at Arlington Park.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Look at Wicked Style's sales history, and the 2-year-old son of Macho Uno could almost be defined as the horse no one wanted.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007Florent Geroux, the jockey who was hospitalized following a spill in the sixth race on Keeneland's Oct. 5 opening day card, suffered two fractured vertebrae and a broken right wrist in the accident, Keeneland reported Oct. 6.
Saturday, October 06, 2007Breeders who sign a contract to breed to freshman sire Ten Centuries by March 1 will be eligible for a lottery in which one winner will receive essentially an all expense-paid trip to the 2007 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I).
Wednesday, January 31, 2007Ten Centuries, a son of English champion Dubai Millennium and half-brother to grade I winner Dreams Gallore, will enter stud at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm has dropped Lost Soldier's fee from $12,500 to $7,500 for 2007.
Thursday, November 02, 2006The Illinois Racing Board awarded 2007 racing dates Sept. 19, and the schedule is similar to that of this year.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006Kissin Kris, a grade I winner and millionaire, will stand in 2007 at Tom and Debbie Stull's Tommy Town Thoroughbreds near Santa Ynez, Calif.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006Evansville Slew, who has $1.1 million in progeny earnings this year, has been acquired by a partnership to stand at R.G. Gammill's Diamond G Ranch near Edmond, Okla.
Thursday, September 07, 2006After Magical Ride's scintillating debut, trainer Rusty Arnold steps his blossoming 2-year-old filly into Wednesday's $200,000 Adirondack Breeders' Cup (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.
Sunday, August 13, 2006After Magical Ride's scintillating debut, trainer Rusty Arnold steps his blossoming 2-year-old filly into Wednesday's $200,000 Adirondack Breeders' Cup (gr. II) at Saratoga Race Course.
Sunday, August 13, 2006Grade I winner Skimming and Breeders' Cup runner-up Thunderello were represented by their first winners in late May.
Monday, May 29, 2006J. Fred Arnold Jr., a Kentucky Veterinarian of the Year, died April 6 in Lexington.
Monday, April 10, 2006Young stallion Wild Wonder, who was gearing up for his first season at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky., died Jan. 25 of an apparent rupture of the aorta at the farm.
Friday, January 27, 2006The first foal by grade II winner Seattle Fitz arrived Jan. 18 at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Thursday, January 19, 2006Grade II winner Ruler's Court, the joint high-weight on the 2003 Experimental Free Handicap for males, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Dr. Tom Simon's Vinery Stud near Summerfield, Fla.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005Buck Pond Farm announced its 2006 stud fees, which includes a hike for Lost Soldier, the sire of Lost in the Fog, and the setting of fees for several new stallions. The farm, near Versailles, Ky., is owned by Doug Arnold and will be home to a dozen stallions next year.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005John H. Peace, who raced homebred graded stakes winners West by West and Top Secret, died Oct. 22 at a hospital in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm will hold a broodmare and weanling sale Oct. 23 at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005Wild Wonder, sire of grade I winner Wild Fit and Wednesday's $270,000 session topper at the Keeneland yearling sale, has been purchased by Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm for stallion duty at the Versailles, Ky., farm.
Thursday, September 22, 2005Bull Market, who battled Vindication for the lead in the 2002 Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005State City, a millionaire and Dubai champion, will stand at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky., in 2006.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005Colonial Colony, who won last year's Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I), has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005Only one horse in Monday's $150,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Handicap (gr. IIT) has a graded stakes grass win, so there are plenty of contenders looking to step up on the Saratoga turf course.
Saturday, August 06, 2005There hadn't been a thrilling stretch duel all day, but the ninth race on the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) undercard featured one. Rush Bay, under Robby Albarado, and Rey de Cafe, with Javier Castellano up, hit the wire together in the $114,700 Crown Royal American Turf (gr. IIIT).
Friday, May 06, 2005The undefeated Maddalena was odds-on to win Saturday's $150,000 Stonerside Forward Gal (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies, but it was Letgomyecho who stretched her perfect record to three in a row in her stakes debut for trainer George Arnold.
Saturday, March 05, 2005Grade II winner Hero's Tribute, who missed the first part of the breeding season at Douglas Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky., because of surgery, is ready to begin breeding.
Friday, March 04, 2005Bold Truth, who was grade II stakes-placed at Saratoga, has arrived at Douglas Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky.
Monday, November 01, 2004Rey de Cafe collared favored Dubleo in midstretch and gradually inched away to win the $112,200 Bourbon County Stakes for 2-year-olds Friday at Keeneland.
Friday, October 29, 2004Hero's Tribute, a 6-year-old son of Sea Hero--Eastern Dawn, by Damascus, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2005 breeding season at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky. The three-time stakes winner, who arrived at the farm Sept. 11, will stand for a fee of $5,000.
Monday, September 13, 2004Millionaire Running Stag and Irish group winner Bernstein were represented by their first winners June 5
Sunday, June 06, 2004Doug Arnold, owner of Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky., has purchased Florida stallions Kissin Kris and Lost Soldier.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004Doug Arnold has announced that Evansville Slew has been purchased by his Buck Pond Farm near Lexington and will stand there starting March 9.
Monday, March 08, 2004Shiny Band provides Allen Jerkens with yet another major stakes upset.
Saturday, May 18, 2002Star fillies Raging Fever and Victory Ride will clash in the Shuvee
(gr.II) at a distance of one mile in Saturday's feature race at Belmont Park.
G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s Victory Ride was vanned off the Saratoga track Saturday after being pulled up during a morning work. The 3-year-old daughter of Seeking the Gold, who won the July 28 Test Stakes (gr. I) in her most recent start, suffered a condylar fracture of her right front leg.
Saturday, August 18, 2001Victory Ride rebounded from her lone defeat to hand Xtra Heat just her third loss in 17 career starts in Saturday's $250,000 Test Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga.
Saturday, July 28, 2001Champion Caressing and the lightly raced Victory Ride are being pointed toward the $200,000 Acorn (gr. I, June 8) by their respective connections.
Saturday, May 12, 2001
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