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Two Six-Figure Horses Sell During Day 3

Maren's Meadow, a dual graded stakes-winning daughter of Meadowlake, and a yearling filly by City Zip are the first six-figure horses during the third session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.

 Wednesday, January 09, 2013
I'll Have Another 'Looks Wonderful' in Japan

I'll Have Another 'Looks Wonderful' in Japan

Dual classic winner I'll Have Another is adjusting well to his new home at Big Red Farm in Japan, according to Terence Collier.

 Friday, October 05, 2012
Market Stable Through Sept. Sale's Day 4

Market Stable Through Sept. Sale's Day 4

The Keeneland September auction completed its first four days - books one and two of the sale's catalog - with more seven-figure horses than in 2011's entire auction.

 Thursday, September 13, 2012
Japan-Bound Empire Maker Colt Brings $1.1M

Japan-Bound Empire Maker Colt Brings $1.1M

Shigeyuki Okada's Big Red Farm went to $1.1 million for a son of Empire Maker, during the fourth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Sept. 13.

 Thursday, September 13, 2012
Reddam: I'll Have Another Sale $10 Million

Reddam: I'll Have Another Sale $10 Million

J. Paul Reddam wrote on a bloodhorse.com blog that I'll Have Another was sold for $10 million to Japanese interests, more than double the value placed on him by the only two American farms that bid.

 Monday, July 09, 2012
Another Sunday Silence?

Another Sunday Silence?

There are several eerie similarities between I'll Have Another and Sunday Silence, both dual classic winners that were sold to Japanese interests to begin their stallion careers.

 Monday, June 25, 2012
I'll Have Another to Enter Stud In Japan

I'll Have Another to Enter Stud In Japan

The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner has been sold to Shigeyuki Okada's Big Red Farm.

 Friday, June 22, 2012
Conduit Filly Born at Runnymede

Conduit Filly Born at Runnymede

What is believed to be the only foal outside Japan by two-time Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner Conduit was delivered Feb. 24 at Catesby Clay's Runnymede Farm near Paris, Ky.

 Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Rock of Gibraltar Colt Tops Japan Sale

A Rock of Gibraltar colt brought 145 million yen (approximately $1,567,161) July 13 to top the Japanese Racing Horse Association yearling sale, which turned in a solid performance at the Northern Horse Park on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

 Monday, July 13, 2009
Roses in May, Others, Well Received in Japan

Roses in May, Others, Well Received in Japan

Okada is hoping Roses in May will follow in the steps of another blackish American horse, Sunday Silence. He recruited 198 mares for the stallion's first season at stud in 2006, following with 153 this year.

 Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Roses in May to Stand at Big Red Farm in Japan

Millionaire Roses in May, whose recent retirement because of a torn tendon was announced by owner Ken Ramsey, will stand at Shigeyuki Okada's Big Red Farm in Niikkap on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

 Thursday, August 25, 2005

Sunday Silence Colt, Sold for Nearly $2.8 Million, Tops First Day of Japan Sale

Gross revenue reached a record high of ¥3.792 billion ($32,081,218) Monday, the first day of the two-day Japan Racing Horse Association Select Sale held on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

 Monday, July 07, 2003