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Eaton's Gift to Stand at Key Ranch in Texas

Eaton's Gift, a multiple grade II winner, has been purchased for stallion duty to stand in 2012 at Joe and Sharon Kerby's Key Ranch near Salado, Texas.

 Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Eaton's Gift Retired to Swifty Farms

Eaton's Gift Retired to Swifty Farms

Multiple grade II winner Eaton's Gift has been retired from racing and will stand for $3,000 at Swifty Farms in Indiana it was announced Dec. 17.

 Friday, December 17, 2010
Ventana Looking 'Lucky' for Potrero Grande

Ventana Looking 'Lucky' for Potrero Grande

With back-to-back runner-up finishes to Bob Black Jack and Kinsale King at the current Santa Anita meet, Ventana bids for his elusive first stakes victory once more in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Handicap (gr. II) April 3.

 Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Dancing in Silks Targets Palos Verdes Return

Dancing in Silks Targets Palos Verdes Return

Track permitting, Santa Anita Park has a superb dash on tap Jan. 23 when Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Dancing in Silks takes on recent Malibu Stakes (gr. I) victor M One Rifle in the $150,000 Palos Verdes Handicap (gr. II).

 Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Star-Studded Cast Lines Up For Vanderbilt

Star-Studded Cast Lines Up For Vanderbilt

The Eclipse Award voting is still more than five months away, but the star-studded $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (gr. II) Aug. 9 at Saratoga may go a long way in deciding the nation's top sprinter.

 Thursday, August 06, 2009
Big Names Nominated to Governor's Cup

Big Names Nominated to Governor's Cup

Tea Party Stable's Fabulous Strike, one of the top sprinters in the country, is one of 58 horses nominated for the 37th running of the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup on Aug. 1 at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.

 Thursday, July 23, 2009
Zayat, Romans Part Ways

Zayat, Romans Part Ways

Zayat Stables' graded stakes winners Eaton's Gift and Thorn Song have been removed from the barn of Dale Romans, the trainer said July 18.

 Saturday, July 18, 2009
No 'Bull' Here; Eaton's Gift Earns Smile

No 'Bull' Here; Eaton's Gift Earns Smile

Eaton's Gift seized the lead inside the eighth pole and held off 1-2 favorite Benny the Bull by 1 1/2 lengths in the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (gr. II) on Summit of Speed day at Calder Race Course July 11.

 Saturday, July 11, 2009
Benny the Bull Eyes Smile Sprint Repeat

Benny the Bull Eyes Smile Sprint Repeat

Last season, IEAH Stables and partners' Benny the Bull capped a five-race win streak in the Smile Sprint Handicap (gr. II), a victory that solidified his Eclipse Award as the nation's top sprinter. Now, months after being brought back from retirement the 6-year-old horse will try to win the event for the second year in a row, as he takes on five rivals July 11 at Calder Race Course.

 Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Turf Sprint: It's All Downhill

Turf Sprint: It's All Downhill

The return of the Breeders' Cup World Championships to Santa Anita Park Oct. 24-25 will usher in a trio of races new for the event's 25th edition.

 Thursday, October 16, 2008
Hatta Fort Gets Up in Perryville Stakes

Hatta Fort Gets Up in Perryville Stakes

Godolphin's Hatta Fort rallied along the rail to get the lead in the final strides, winning the $200,000 Perryville Stakes (Presented by Budweiser Select) (gr. III) by a neck over a game Amazing Results at Keeneland Oct. 11.

 Saturday, October 11, 2008
Ariege Among Contenders in Tough QE II

Ariege Among Contenders in Tough QE II

Ariege, a multiple graded stakes winner who has a victory over the Keeneland Polytrack earlier this season, leads a quality group of 3-year-old fillies that includes grade I winners Backseat Rhythm and Magical Fantasy in the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 11 on the turf in Lexington.

 Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Proud Jefe Ready for KY Cup Juvenile

Proud Jefe Ready for KY Cup Juvenile

Gold Mark Farm's Proud Jefe hasn't started yet around two turns, but his two wins around one make him the one to beat in the Sept. 27 Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes (gr. III), worth $100,000, at 1 1/16 miles. The Proud Citizen colt is the only one in the field of eight with as many as two wins.

 Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Eaton's Gift, Desert Key Top Amsterdam

Eaton's Gift, Desert Key Top Amsterdam

Eaton's Gift, winner of the Swale Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park in February, takes on an inexperienced field in the $150,000 Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-old sprinters at Saratoga July 28.

 Saturday, July 26, 2008
Four Graded Winners Contest Derby Trial

Four Graded Winners Contest Derby Trial

Kinsman Stable's Majestic Warrior, winner of the Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga last summer in his second career start, heads a field of 10 3-year-olds entered in the 84th running of the $100,000-added Derby Trial at Churchill Downs April 26.

 Thursday, April 24, 2008
Keep Laughing May Be Preakness Bound

Keep Laughing May Be Preakness Bound

Vision Racing's Keep Laughing made a successful leap from the maiden ranks to stakes winner, holding off Hatta Fort by a nose to take the $110,300 Lafayette April 6 at Keeneland, and in the process may have stamped his ticket to the May 17 Preakness Stakes (gr. I).

 Sunday, April 06, 2008
Visionaire to Get Biggest Test in Gotham

Visionaire to Get Biggest Test in Gotham

Trained by Michael Matz, Visionaire looks to improve upon his third-place finish in the Feb. 9 Risen Star Stakes (gr. III). He will have to beat nine others March 8 at Aqueduct, including undefeated Giant Moon.

 Thursday, March 06, 2008
Pyro, Cool Coal Man Top Blue Grass Noms

Pyro, Cool Coal Man Top Blue Grass Noms

Risen Star Stakes (gr. III) winner Pyro and Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) winner Cool Coal Man headline a talented roster of 167 3-year-olds nominated to Keeneland's $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I), to be held Saturday, April 12.

 Monday, March 03, 2008
Eaton's Gift Gate-To-Wire in Swale

Eaton's Gift Gate-To-Wire in Swale

The 3-year-old Johannesburg colt cut back in distance to earn his first graded stakes win Feb. 2 at Gulfstream Park.

 Saturday, February 02, 2008