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Welfare and Safety Summit Releases Hoof DVD

The Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit's Shoeing and Hoof Care Committee is now offering a free educational DVD entitled, "The Hoof: Inside and Out" that examines the physiology of the equine hoof and demonstrates proper care and shoeing techniques.

 Monday, June 29, 2009
Lane's End Stallions Top Day 2 Sires

Lane's End Stallions Top Day 2 Sires

Kingmambo and A.P. Indy, two stallions who stand at Will Farish's Lane's End Farm, emerged on top of the list of leading sires of yearlings sold (minimum three sold) during the Sept. 9 second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.

 Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Grade I Winner Spring At Last Retired

Grade I Winner Spring At Last Retired

Grade I winner Spring At Last has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2009 at Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm

 Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Casner to Receive TCA Charity Leadership Award

The officers and board of directors of Thoroughbred Charities of America have selected Bill Casner as recipient of the TCA Charity Leadership Award to be presented at the 18th annual TCA Stallion Season and Art Auction Nov. 30 at Keeneland.

 Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Breeders' Cup Board: 25 Seek 13 Spots

Breeders' Cup foal and stallion nominators are currently voting to elect 13 individuals to the Breeders' Cup board of members and trustees.

 Friday, June 01, 2007

Padua Buys Interest in Any Given Saturday

Satish and Anne Sanan's Padua Stables has acquired an interest in major Triple Crown contender Any Given Saturday from Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm.

 Monday, February 19, 2007

Kentucky Horsemen Make Donations to Spitzer

Groups and individuals trying to influence the future direction of horse racing in New York have opened their wallets to statewide candidates and campaigns of legislators who will have a role in picking a new owner of the franchise to operate Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga racetracks.

 Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Champion Countess Diana Dead

Eclipse Award winner Countess Diana, whose Breeders' Cup win remains the third-largest margin of all time, was euthanized over the Memorial Day weekend at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital near Lexington.

 Friday, June 02, 2006

WinStar Colt Wins in Dubai; Aimed at Kentucky Derby

WinStar Farm's homebred Well Armed burst down the stretch at Nad al Sheba racecourse in Dubai Thursday to win his first start as a 3-year-old in a campaign that ultimately is aiming for the May 6 Kentucky Derby (gr. I).

 Thursday, January 19, 2006

Smith on Breeders' Cup Board Controversy: 'Stability Is Important'

Former National Thoroughbred Racing Association commissioner Tim Smith weighed in on Sunday's election of a new board of directors for Breeders' Cup Ltd., warning participants about the negative impact internal divisiveness could have on the sport.

 Saturday, January 07, 2006

Battle Over Control of Breeders' Cup Heats Up Before Sunday Vote

The names of 19 Thoroughbred owners and breeders have been submitted and at least one more nomination is expected to be made from the floor when the 48 directors of Breeders' Cup Ltd. meet in Lexington Sunday to vote for a leaner board that will have just 13 members.

 Saturday, January 07, 2006

First Mares Confirmed In Foal to Speightstown

The first two mares have been confirmed in foal to Speightstown, the champion son of Gone West who is standing his first season at stud this year.

 Friday, March 04, 2005

Speightstown to Stand at WinStar

Speightstown, winner of the recent Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II), will stand next year at Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Friday, September 17, 2004

Breeders' Cup Elects 13 to Board of Directors

The Breeders' Cup Limited announced the election of 13 members to its board of directors through the proportional shareholder voting system by Breeders' Cup foal and stallion nominators.

 Wednesday, August 04, 2004

TOBA Forms Committee to Study Jockey Ads

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association has formed a committee that will study the use of jockey advertising in live races and try and come up with a plan "that benefits the entire sport."

 Friday, May 28, 2004

Distorted Humor Share Sold For $450,000

Since Funny Cide is a gelding, the obvious winner on the breeding side of things is his sire, Distorted Humor. At least one person has already cashed in. WinStar Farm, where Distorted Humor stands, bought a share from Joseph Federico for $450,000.

 Thursday, June 05, 2003

NTRA Announces PAC Board Members

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association NTRA announced March 29 the board members for the NTRA Political Action Committee (PAC).

 Friday, March 28, 2003

A Life Well Lived

By Ray Paulick
Bill Casner once said he felt like "a kid outside the candy store, looking in at horses I felt I should have had, but couldn't have."

 Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Casner's Daughter Confirmed Among Dead in Bali

Karri Casner, daughter of WinStar co-founder Bill Casner, has been confirmed to be among those killed after Saturday's terrorist attack in Bali, Indonesia.

 Thursday, October 17, 2002

Daughter of WinStar Founder Among Those Missing in Bali

Kerri Casner, daughter of WinStar co-founder Bill Casner, is among those missing after Saturday's bomb explosion in Bali.

 Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Entries Pouring in on WinStar Foal Naming contest

WinStar Farm has been inundated with 600 entries for a name-the-foal contest that doesn't formally begin until May 2.

 Friday, April 26, 2002

Millionaire Jostle Retired; Bred to Storm Cat

Grade I winner Jostle was retired following a third-place finish in the April 5 Banshee Breeze Handicap at Gulfstream Park and was bred April 23 to Storm Cat.

 Wednesday, April 24, 2002

WinStar Hires Walden as Private Trainer

WinStar Farm announced today that trainer Elliott Walden will become the private trainer for the farm. Prior to the announcement, the public-stable trainer had conditioned about 90% of WinStar's horses.

 Thursday, February 07, 2002

WinStar Adds Acreage

Kenny Troutt and Bill Casner have purchased 314 acres next to their WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky. The addition brings the farm's total land to about 964 contiguous acres.

 Monday, February 26, 2001