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Casse Aims for Sixth Bourbonette

Casse Aims for Sixth Bourbonette

Trainer Mark Casse will enter the $150,000 Bourbonette Oaks (gr. III) at Turfway Park as the defending champion, having won the 2006 and 2007 editions with Top Notch Lady and Sealy Hill, respectively, and owning a total five victories in the race. This year he saddles the lightly-raced Clearly Foxy, whose last start was a solid sixth-place effort in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I).

 Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Statue of Liberty to Return to Ireland; Daggers Drawn Sold

Coolmore Stud will not stand Statue of Liberty in Australia, even though the 7-year-old son of Storm Cat is in Australia in quarantine.

 Thursday, October 04, 2007

Pleasant Hill Poised to Top Kentucky Cup Distaff Field

Trainer Greg Foley will send graded stakes winner Pleasant Hill in search of her fourth career victory when 12 fillies and mares go postward in the Sept. 29 Kentucky Cup Distaff (gr. III) at Turfway.

 Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Pleasant Hill Pins Gardenia in Stakes Debut

Pleasant Hill may have been 20-1 on the morning line for the $150,000 Gardenia Handicap (gr. III) at muggy Ellis Park Aug. 18, but the bettors weren't having it. The 4-year-old daughter of Pleasant Tap led all the way in her stakes debut at odds of 7-2 to win by one length over High Heels.

 Saturday, August 18, 2007

Darley Flying Start Student Conference Held at Keeneland

The third Darley Flying Start student conference was held July 19 at Keeneland Race Course. The eleven students in the 2005-2007 class presented individual topics ranging from 2-year-old sales to betting exchanges and rebates.

 Thursday, July 20, 2006

Grade II-Winning Filly She Says It Best Retired

She Says It Best, who won last year's Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II) for 2-year-old fillies at Keeneland, has been retired from racing after suffering a slab fracture of her left knee.

 Thursday, January 12, 2006

Bejarano Reaches 1,000 Victories in 4th Year

Twenty-three-year-old Rafael Bejarano won the 1,000th race of his career on Thursday when he piloted the Greg Foley-trained Northern Vacation to victory in the first race at Keeneland.

 Friday, October 14, 2005

She Says It Best Says It All in Alcibiades

She Says It Best took the early lead and never looked back en route to a 2 1/2-length upset in the Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II), the opening-day feature at Keeneland on Friday.

 Friday, October 07, 2005

Taylor's Special Arrives at Old Friends

Taylor's Special, a Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) winner and millionaire, arrived June 15 at Old Friends retirement home at Alfred Nuckols Jr.'s Hurstland Farm near Midway, Ky.

 Thursday, June 23, 2005

Turfway Park Meet Results Mixed

Turfway Park closed its four-month Winter/Spring Meet April 7 with mixed results, as on-track handle held steady but off-track wagering slipped compared to the same period last year.

 Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Coin-Operated Racing Game Tied to Breeders' Cup Unveiled

UltraCade Technologies, Breeders' Cup Ltd. and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Tuesday unveiled a coin- operated horse racing game called Breeders' Cup Tournament Edition.

 Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Sprint Star Champali to Glencrest for '05

Champali, an eight-time stakes-winner who won graded stakes at two and four, has been retired and will stand the 2005 season at the Greathouse family's Glencrest Farm near Midway, Ky. In the process of being syndicated, Champali will stand for a fee of $7,500 live foal.

 Friday, December 03, 2004

Champali Wins Phoenix BC at Keeneland

Champali and the nation's leading rider by wins, Rafael Bejarano, won the Phoenix Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland Friday.

 Friday, October 08, 2004

Champali Battles Jimi Lee in Arlington Sprint

Lloyd Madison Farms IV LLC's multiple graded stakes winner Champali figures to be a short-priced favorite in a small field of five for Saturday's $150,000 Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint at Arlington Park.

 Thursday, August 26, 2004

Foley Family Affair Looms in Churchill Debutante

Churchill Downs' $100,000-added Debutante Stakes (gr. III) has the makings of a family affair. Siblings Greg and Vickie Foley will saddle two of the major contenders in Sunday's importantearly test for 2-year-old fillies.

 Friday, July 02, 2004

Champali Answers Aristides Bell

Champali benefited from a blistering pace in Saturday's $162,150 Aristides Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III), overcoming a poor start to post a convincing 3 1/4-length triumph.

 Saturday, June 19, 2004

Foley Elected President of Blue Grass Farms Chaplaincy

David L. Foley, executive director of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, was elected president of Blue Grass Farms Chaplaincy.

 Thursday, May 27, 2004

Champali's Future Could Include Turf Racing

Now that his veteran stakes winner Champali has returned to the winner's circle, trainer Greg Foley is looking toward a future on both the main track and the turf course for his 4-year-old star.

 Thursday, May 27, 2004

Silver Minister Kicks Away in Battaglia Memorial

Lloyd Madison Farms' favored Silver Minister drew away from the field to post an impressive victory over a strong group of invaders in the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial for 3-year-olds Saturday, his fourth consecutive victory at Turfway Park.

 Saturday, February 28, 2004

Silver Minister Streaks to WEBN Stakes Win

Silver Minister drew off easily to win the $50,000 WEBN Stakes Saturday at Turfway Park.

 Sunday, February 08, 2004

Champali Out of Preakness

A case of colic has knocked Champali out of Saturday's Preakness Stakes (gr. I). Lloyd Madison Farms, IV's son of Glitterman was to ship to Pimlico in Baltimore from his base at Churchill Downs Wednesday morning.

 Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Churchill Downs Race Report: High Terrace

Sky Terrace gets an off track and runs away with the Derby Trial.

 Saturday, April 27, 2002

French Assault Works Five Furlongs Ahead of Risen Star Start

French Assault, preparing for his 3-year-old debut in Sunday's $150,000 Risen Star Stakes (gr. III), worked five furlongs at Fair Grounds Wednesday for trainer Keith Desormeaux. The son of French Deputy completed the breeze in 1:03 on a fast track.

 Wednesday, February 13, 2002

Al Skywalker Wins Carolina Cup by 12 Lengths Over Campanile

Frank Adams' Al Skywalker upset Campanile, winning Saturday's $100,000 Bank of America Carolina Cup (NSA-I) by 12 lengths in a strung out finish in front of about 70,000 spectators at Camden, South Carolina. Campanile came home second, 69 lengths ahead Assurance. Addinson was another 60 1/4 lengths back in fourth.

 Sunday, April 01, 2001