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Under-Tack Show Indicates Deep Barretts Sale

Under-Tack Show Indicates Deep Barretts Sale

Eleven youngsters shaded 10 seconds for a furlong at the March 1 under-tack preview for the Barretts March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training in Pomona, Calif. Two went in :09 3/5 for the fastest previews.

 Friday, March 01, 2013

Three Chimneys Announces Stallion Fees

Flower Alley, sire of 2012 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner I'll Have Another, will see his fee increase to $20,000 (stands and nurses) in 2013 at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Exchange Rate Continues With Reckless Abandon

Exchange Rate Continues With Reckless Abandon

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Reckless Abandon, son of Exchange Rate, cemented his standing as Europe's top sprinting 2-year-old.

 Friday, October 26, 2012
Unbeaten Reckless Abandon Takes Middle Park

Unbeaten Reckless Abandon Takes Middle Park

Reckless Abandon extended his perfect record to five wins on Oct. 13 at Newmarket when he prevailed by a neck in the Vision.ae Middle Park Stakes (Eng-I) for 2-year-olds.

 Saturday, October 13, 2012

Reckless Abandon All Business in Prix Morny

Reckless Abandon completed his ascension to the top of the juvenile ranks with an authoritative victory in the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I) at Deauville Aug. 19.

 Sunday, August 19, 2012
F-T NY-Bred Sale Finishes With Gains

F-T NY-Bred Sale Finishes With Gains

Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale ends two-night run on a powerful upswing for a second straight year, with a strong closing session Aug. 12 and 20 horses sold for $100,000 or more--including a $330,000 sale topper.

 Sunday, August 12, 2012
Solis Guides Blue Heart to Bison City Victory

Solis Guides Blue Heart to Bison City Victory

Blue Heart, getting a textbook ride from Alex Solis, overtook front-running Casa Loma and favored Black Bird Rock in deep stretch to capture the $245,875 Bison City Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths at Woodbine July 1.

 Sunday, July 01, 2012
Exfactor Works Good Half-Mile at Fair Grounds

Exfactor Works Good Half-Mile at Fair Grounds

Grade III winner Exfactor, a son of Exchange Rate, records his first workout at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots since a disappointing 11th-place finish in the Jan. 21 Lecomte Stakes.

 Thursday, February 02, 2012

Dynaformer Stays at $150,000

Dynaformer, this year's leading turf sire by progeny earnings, will stand in 2011 for $150,000 at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky.

 Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Exchange Rate to Shuttle to Argentina

Exchange Rate, who stands at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky., will shuttle to Argentina to stand the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Alberto and Renata Stein's Haras La Leyenda.

 Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Noble Exchange Works Fastest Quarter at OBS

Noble Exchange Works Fastest Quarter at OBS

Exchange Rate colt stops the clock in :21 March 14 in Central Florida in second of two under tack shows.

 Sunday, March 14, 2010
Be Fair Wins Off the Turf Lake George

Be Fair Wins Off the Turf Lake George

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has won a lot of races. And, he has seen a lot of weather forecasts. On July 31, he won the off the turf Lake George Stakes at Saratoga with Be Fair.

 Friday, July 31, 2009

Exchange Rate to Shuttle to Argentina

Exchange Rate, along with Good Reward and Point Given, will shuttle to South America for the 2009 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

 Thursday, June 25, 2009

Graded Stakes Winner Sterling Pound Dead

Sterling Pound, a graded stakes winner/producer, has been euthanized because of progressive infirmities.

 Saturday, January 10, 2009
Average Drops 63% at OBS Mixed Sale

Average Drops 63% at OBS Mixed Sale

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) winter mixed sale suffered downturns of 63% in its average price and 74.4% in its median price from a year ago as it opened with a consignor preferred session Jan. 6 in Central Florida. The gross revenue dropped 43% even though the number of horses sold was up 54.1% from 2008's first day total.

 Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Tapit Weanling Tops Barretts Final Day

A Tapit weanling colt brought a session-topping $60,000 at the second day of the Barretts October mixed sale Oct. 28. Broodmares and weanlings made up most of the sale's second half, which saw 100 horses gross $379,500 and average $3,795.

 Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Declines Steep at OBS Fall Sale Opener

Declines Steep at OBS Fall Sale Opener

It took roughly six hours to get there, but a horse selling in the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. fall mixed sale finally brought six figures Oct. 6, a day marked by severe across-the-board declines for the Central Florida auction.

 Tuesday, October 07, 2008
C Karma's Fortunes Soar in Natalma Win

C Karma's Fortunes Soar in Natalma Win

C Karma seized the lead in the final furlong and held off the late surging 45-1 shot Freyga by a neck to capture the $157,853 Natalma Stakes (Can-III) on a soft Woodbine turf course Sept. 14.

 Sunday, September 14, 2008
Juliet's Spirit Takes Ontario Debutante

Juliet's Spirit Takes Ontario Debutante

Favored Juliet's Spirit, a 2-year-old bay daughter of Exchange Rate, is now three for three, after capturing the $142,795 Ontario Debutante Stakes by a head at Woodbine Aug. 16.

 Saturday, August 16, 2008
Southern Exchange Overpowering in Colin

Southern Exchange Overpowering in Colin

Prohibitive choice Southern Exchange kept his record perfect in three starts with a 3 1/4-length victory in Woodbine's $150,438 Colin Stakes for 2-year-olds July 19.

 Saturday, July 19, 2008
Exchange Rate Filly Leads Way at FT

Exchange Rate Filly Leads Way at FT

A daughter of Exchange Rate named Wicked Exchange, purchased for $375,000 by Zayat Stables, is the top-priced offering to pass through the sale ring on day two of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale. The $375,000 price tag established a new high price for the sale. The previous top price was $330,000 for a son of first-crop sire Unforgettable Max, purchased by Hidden Brook Farm, agent for Paul Pompa Jr.

 Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Peace Rules Filly Tops OBS June Sale

The 2008 Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-year-olds in training sale saw the number of horses sold and the gross increase over last year's figures, while the average and median price fell off slightly during the two-day sale June 17-18 in Central Florida.

 Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Southern Exchange Romps in Victoria S.

Southern Exchange made it back-to-back wins to begin his career when he romped to a 4 3/4-length win in Woodbine's $146,614 Victoria Stakes over four 2-year-olds rivals competing on the Polytrack surface June 15.

 Sunday, June 15, 2008

City Zip Colt Tops Ocala Under Tack Show

A 2-year-old colt by City Zip consigned by agent Woodside Ranch zipped a quarter in :21 flat to post the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's "2008 June Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age."

 Sunday, June 15, 2008
Zee Zee Zooms to Edgewood Victory

Zee Zee Zooms to Edgewood Victory

Zayat Stables' Zee Zee zoomed to a front-running victory in the $168,600 Edgewood Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on a wet afternoon at Churchill Downs.

 Friday, May 02, 2008
Exchange Rate Filly Sets Pace at OBS

Exchange Rate Filly Sets Pace at OBS

An Exchange Rate filly was the fastest worker at an eighth of a mile Monday with her clocking of :9 4/5 during the second session of the first round of under tack shows for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) March select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Monday, March 10, 2008
Ermine Going to A.P. Indy

Ermine Going to A.P. Indy

The Apple Blossom Stakes (gr. I) winner will be bred to A.P. Indy this year.

 Thursday, January 24, 2008
Hobeau Grade I Winners Scratched

Hobeau Grade I Winners Scratched

Hobeau Farm's grade I winners Miss Shop and Swap Fliparoo were sracthed from Keeneland January sale ater being sold privately.

 Sunday, January 06, 2008
Sabre d'Argent to Bridlewood in Florida

Sabre d'Argent to Bridlewood in Florida

Sabre d'Argent, a half-brother to successful young sire Exchange Rate, is relocating to Arthur I. Appleton's Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla., where he will stand for $5,000.

 Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Three Chimneys Announces 2008 Stud Fees

Three Chimneys' stallion fees will remain the same or decrease in 2008, the farm announced Oct. 12. Also, the farm will contractually limit the stallion books to 110 mares, as has been its informal custom for several years.

 Friday, October 12, 2007
Xchanger Finds Winning Formula in Barbaro

Xchanger Finds Winning Formula in Barbaro

Xchanger, who crumbled after setting the pace in the Preakness (gr. I) in his last start, atoned with a big effort while capturing the inaugural running of Delaware Park's $300,600 Barbaro Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-olds on Sunday.

 Sunday, July 15, 2007

No Holding Rated Fiesty in Quick-Paced Debutante

Rated Fiesty smoked the field in 1:09.27 and remained unbeaten in three starts when she wired the field in Satuday's $100,000 Debutante (gr. III) for 2-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs, during the Louisville track's final weekend of spring racing.

 Saturday, July 07, 2007

Leading Juvenile Sire Exchange Rate to Three Chimneys

Satish and Anne Sanan announced Thursday that Padua Stables has sold a minority interest in Exchange Rate, currently North America's leading juvenile sire and a leading third crop sire, to Three Chimneys Farm and that he will stand the 2008 season at Three Chimneys, near Midway, Ky.

 Thursday, May 24, 2007

Rated Fiesty Dominates Kentucky BC Stakes

The filly Rated Fiesty easily defeated males, scoring a front-running 4 1/2-length victory over Yogi'ssplashofgold in the $183,150 Kentucky Breeders' Cup (gr. III) for 2-year-olds on Thursday at sloppy Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, May 03, 2007

Xchanger out of Derby, Imawildandcrazyguy In

Federico Stakes winner Xchanger will not run in Saturday's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), moving Bill Kaplan-trainee Imawildandcrazyguy to 20th on the graded earnings list.

 Tuesday, May 01, 2007

OBSC Spring Produces $410,000 Sale Topper Friday

A Trippi colt consigned by Ocala Stud was sold for $410,000 to E. Paul Robsham Stable to top the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2007 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training during the final session Friday.

 Friday, April 27, 2007

Xchanger Back in Form for Tesio Romp

Circle Z Stables' Xchanger opened up by eight lengths and cruised to victory in the $100,000 Federico Tesio Stakes for 3-year-olds, while odds-on favorite Etude had nothing to offer when asked and finished off the board.

 Saturday, April 21, 2007

Ermine Shines in Apple Blossom Triumph

Arthur and Stephanie Preston's Ermine rallied four wide under Eddie Castro to win the $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I) going away by 1 1/4 lengths before a crowd of 26,003 on Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn Park.

 Saturday, April 07, 2007

Swap Fliparoo Springs to Easy Sabin Win

Hobeau Farm homebred Swap Fliparoo swept past the leaders on the outside approaching the eighth pole and drew away effortlessly to win the $140,000 Sabin Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares at Gulfstream Park Saturday.

 Saturday, February 17, 2007

Padua Sets 2007 Stallion Fees

Padua Stables in Summerfield, Fla., announced Sunday that stud fees for four of the five Padua stallions will remain the same as in 2006. The fee for Pico Central will be reduced to $7,500 from the 2006 fee of $10,000.

 Monday, October 02, 2006

Xchanger Handles Bump to Win Sapling

Circle Z Stables' Xchanger, bumped solidly mid-stretch by Actin Good, recovered to edge away from his rival close to home to win the $150,000 Sapling (gr. III) for 2-year-olds by three-quarters of a length at Monmouth Park on Monday.

 Monday, September 04, 2006

Swap Fliparoo Aces Darley Test

Hobeau Farm's homebred Swap Fliparoo closed with a rush along the inside to defeat 12 rivals in the $250,000 Darley Test (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga Race Course Saturday.

 Saturday, August 05, 2006

Ermine Breezes Toward Kentucky Oaks; Field Taking Shape

Oxbow Racing's Ermine, one of 15 runners pointed toward the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) May 5 at Churchill Down, tuned up for a run in the 1 1/8-mile race with a six-furlong work in 1:13.40 April 18 at Churchill Downs.

 Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Blazing Rate Spoils Summation's FSS Sweep

Ralph C. Sessa's Blazing Rate nailed a resolute In Summation in the final stride to win the $400,000 In Reality Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes, spoiling the previously undefeated colt's bid to sweep the series on Saturday during Calder's $1.6 million Festival of the Sun card.

 Saturday, October 15, 2005

Exchange Rate Sires First Stakes Winner

Grade II winner Exchange Rate was represented by his first stakes winner when his son Blazing Rate won the $126,375 Foolish Pleasure Breeders' Cup Stakes Sept. 24.

 Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Exchange Rate Gets First Winner

Exchange Rate had his first career winner when British Bow won in Italy May 20.

 Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Progeny of Dance Master, Phone Trick, Two Punch Attracting Attention at OBS Sale

Which 2-year-old will top the Feb. 8 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. select auction at Calder Race Course? We don't know for sure, but here are some horses that were getting the most attention from buyers Monday at the sale barns:

 Monday, February 07, 2005

Exchange Rate's Fee Reduced

Grade II winner Exchange Rate, who is standing his first season at Satish and Anne Sanan's Padua Stables near Summerfield, Fla., will stand the remainder of this season and next season for $7,500.

 Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Exchange Rate's Fee Dropped to $10,000

Grade II winner Exchange Rate has undergone a fee adjustment at Satish and Anne Sanan's Padua Stables near Summerfield, Fla.

 Monday, December 03, 2001
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