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Beholder Punches Ticket to Kentucky Oaks

Beholder Punches Ticket to Kentucky Oaks

Spendthrift Farm's Beholder easily defeated five foes in the Santa Anita Oaks and will move on to contest the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) as one of the top choices.

 Saturday, April 06, 2013
Champ Beholder Back in Form for 'Virgenes Win

Champ Beholder Back in Form for 'Virgenes Win

Compromised by a throat ulcer in her first start of the year, the real Beholder showed up in the $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) March 2 at Santa Anita Park, romping over seven 3-year-old filly opponents.

 Saturday, March 02, 2013
Beholder Champion 2-Year-Old Filly

Beholder Champion 2-Year-Old Filly

Blessed with speed and the ability to extend it around two turns against the best in her division, Beholder earned her Eclipse Award as the top 2-year-old filly on racing's biggest weekend during the Breeders' Cup.

 Saturday, January 19, 2013
Beholder Progresses Toward 3-Year-Old Debut

Beholder Progresses Toward 3-Year-Old Debut

Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Beholder continues her progress toward her 3-year-old debut in the Santa Ynez Stakes (gr. II) later this month with a six-furlong drill Jan. 11.

 Friday, January 11, 2013
Spendthrift's Beholder Takes Juvenile Fillies

Spendthrift's Beholder Takes Juvenile Fillies

Beholder ran gate to wire in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2.

 Friday, November 02, 2012

Mandella Ponders Breeders' Cup for Beholder

Beholder, a 2-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Henny Hughes, demolished a first-condition allowance field at Santa Anita Park Oct. 4 by 11 lengths and had trainer Richard Mandella pondering a follow-up in the Breeders' Cup.

 Thursday, October 04, 2012

Stud Fees: Where Are They Going in 2012?

Dramatic upswings in stud fees for 2012 aren't expected, but some successful stallions will be priced higher.

 Friday, September 30, 2011
Cherokee Country Gets Up in Fall Heighweight

Cherokee Country Gets Up in Fall Heighweight

Victory Thoroughbreds' Cherokee Country came roaring down the center of the racetrack and collared Hatfield in deep stretch to win the $110,000 Fall Highweight Handicap (gr. III) Nov. 26 at Aqueduct.

 Thursday, November 26, 2009
F-T Auction Kicks Off Yearling Selling Season

F-T Auction Kicks Off Yearling Selling Season

Even though the stock market has been enjoying a recent rally, buyers and sellers of young horses aren't expecting a similar rebound in yearling prices. Heading into the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select auction, which kicks off the 2009 yearling selling season, some people were predicting further downturns of 30% or more in key business figures, mainly because the health of the overall economy, here and abroad, remains weak.

 Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Pamplemousse Gets Loose in Sham Win

The Pamplemousse Gets Loose in Sham Win

Trainer Julio Canani insists he doesn't have Derby fever yet. But after the way his The Pamplemousse glided to victory as the 1-2 choice in the $200,000 Sham Stakes (gr. III) at Santa Anita Feb. 28, that's going to be more difficult to believe as time marches on toward the first Saturday in May.

 Saturday, February 28, 2009

Clever Bertie, 17, Euthanized

Clever Bertie, the Klein family's blue hen mare, was euthanized the morning of May 30 at Fred and Nancy Mitchell's Clarkland Farm near Lexington due to complications from arthritic conditions. The dam of two homebred graded stakes winners was 17.

 Friday, May 30, 2008
Topped by Malibu Moon Colt, Fasig-Tipton Concludes With Decline in Average

Topped by Malibu Moon Colt, Fasig-Tipton Concludes With Decline in Average

Topped by a Malibu Moon colt, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale concluded Tuesday, with a somewhat predictable decrease in average and median prices as the number of horses offered, number sold, and gross receipts all increased.

 Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Graded Winner Soto's First Foal

The first reported foal by grade II winner Soto was born Jan. 24 at Fred and Nancy Mitchell's Clarkland Farm near Lexington.

 Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Yonaguska Weanling Tops Sunday Keeneland Session

A weanling colt sired by Yonaguska was purchased by Bloodstock Services for $210,000 as the top price during Sunday's session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, which showed solid gains over the comparable session one year ago.

 Sunday, November 14, 2004