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Bahamian Squall Heads GP Sprint Championship

Bahamian Squall Heads GP Sprint Championship

Donald Dizney's Bahamian Squall will go up against open company including Silverton Hill's Swagger Jack in the $150,000 Gulfstream Sprint Championship Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 9 at Gulfstream Park.

 Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Awesome Feather Retired

Awesome Feather Retired

Popular Eclipse Award champion Awesome Feather, who prevailed in 10 of 11 career starts, has been retired from racing to join the broodmare band of Frank Stronach's Adena Springs near Paris, Ky.

 Thursday, December 13, 2012

Wildcat Heir to Stand for $8,000

Wildcat Heir, who ranks atop Florida's leading sires' list, will stand in 2013 for $8,000, down from his 2012 fee of $10,000.

 Sunday, November 11, 2012
Awesome Feather On Target for Ladies Classic

Awesome Feather On Target for Ladies Classic

Trainer Chad Brown sent out undefeated Awesome Feather Oct. 21 at Belmont Park for her penultimate morning work prior to an expected start in the 1 1/8-mile Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I).

 Sunday, October 21, 2012
Awesome Feather On Go for Ladies' Classic

Awesome Feather On Go for Ladies' Classic

Undefeated champion Awesome Feather returned from her victory in the Sept. 20 Nasty Storm stakes in fine condition, reported trainer Chad Brown, and will train up to the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita.

 Friday, September 21, 2012
Awesome Feather Sparkles in Comeback

Awesome Feather Sparkles in Comeback

Undefeated Awesome Feather returned from an eight-month layoff and took a 10th straight trip to the winner's circle Sept. 20, crushing a field of lesser foes in the $85,000 Nasty Storm Stakes at Belmont Park.

 Thursday, September 20, 2012
Awesome Feather Training Well at Saratoga

Awesome Feather Training Well at Saratoga

Stronach Stable's undefeated Awesome Feather, unraced since winning the Sunshine Millions Distaff in January at Gulfstream Park, continues to flourish while training at Saratoga Race Course.

 Friday, August 10, 2012
Fort Loudon Edges Trinniberg in Carry Back

Fort Loudon Edges Trinniberg in Carry Back

Fort Loudon, a Calder Race Course specialist, wrested the lead from favored Trinniberg and prevailed by a neck to take the gr. III Carry Back Stakes July 7.

 Saturday, July 07, 2012
Awesome Feather Basks In Sunshine

Awesome Feather Basks In Sunshine

Undefeated Awesome Feather won her ninth consecutive race, runnng away from the Sunshine Millions Distaff field at Gulfstream Park for Stronach Stables and trainer Chad Brown.

 Saturday, January 28, 2012
Perfect Awesome Feather Gallops in Gazelle

Perfect Awesome Feather Gallops in Gazelle

Champion Awesome Feather remained perfect in eight starts when she rolled past pacesetter Love and Pride at the head of the stretch and romped to victory in the $250,000 Gazelle Stakes (gr. I).

 Saturday, November 26, 2011

Journeyman Stud Leaves Fees Unchanged

Top sire Wildcat Heir will remain at $10,000 for 2012. New sires J P's Gusto will stand for $3,500, while Vineyard Haven will stand for $3,000.

 Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Brei, Gold Back With Two More BC Chances

Brei, Gold Back With Two More BC Chances

Florida-based Fred Brei and Stanley Gold won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies with Awesome Feather in 2010, and are back at Churchill Downs again with Awesome Belle and Fort Loudon, both homebreds by Awesome of Course.

 Thursday, October 27, 2011
Awesome of Course Back in the Headlines

Awesome of Course Back in the Headlines

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Awesome of Course, sire of 2010 Juvenile Filly Champion Awesome Feather, is back in the headlines with winners in both the colt and filly divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes series' first division.

 Thursday, August 11, 2011
Awesome Feather Walking Under Tack

Awesome Feather Walking Under Tack

Awesome Feather, the undefeated champion 2-year-old filly of 2010, might return to training before the end of the month, the Daily Racing Form reported Feb. 7.

 Monday, February 07, 2011
Awesome Feather Eclipses All Others

Awesome Feather Eclipses All Others

Rarely has a juvenile filly been able to step out of the Florida-bred ranks and make her mark as a champion by season's end, but Awesome Feather is not your typical Florida-bred filly.

 Monday, January 17, 2011

Wildcat Heir to Stand for $10,000

Leading Florida stallion Wildcat Heir will stand in 2011 for a fee of $10,000 at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud near Ocala, Fla.

 Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Awesome of Course to Stand at Journeyman

Awesome of Course to Stand at Journeyman

Awesome of Course, sire of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner and Fasig-Tipton November sale topper Awesome Feather, will stand the 2011 season at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Florida.

 Monday, November 08, 2010
Awesome Feather Might Take Wing

Awesome Feather Might Take Wing

Jacks or Better Farm's homebred Awesome Feather, who swept the Florida Stallion Series for fillies at Calder this fall, has a big shot in Friday's $2 million Breeder's Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I).

 Thursday, November 04, 2010

Awesome of Course, Smooth Jazz Sire First Winners

Stakes winners Smooth Jazz and Awesome of Course were represented by their first winners.

 Sunday, May 13, 2007

Graded Winner Scottish Halo, Four Others to Jubilee in Florida

Jubilee Farm, owned by Tim and Renee Dodd and located near Citra, Fla., announced a stallion roster consisting of stakes winners Scottish Halo, Awesome of Course, and Runspastum, plus stakes-placed Holiday Thunder and A. P. Five Hundred.

 Tuesday, November 04, 2003

Zavata Bounds to Special Victory at the Spa

Michael Tabor's Zavata stalked a fast early pace and drew off to an authoritative 7 ΒΌ-length victory Wednesday in the 100th running of the $150,000 Saratoga Special (gr. II) for 2-year-olds.

 Wednesday, August 14, 2002