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Kodiak Kowboy Edges Fabulous Strike, Again

Kodiak Kowboy Edges Fabulous Strike, Again

Much like he did earlier in the year in the Carter Handicap (gr. I), Kodiak Kowboy ran down odds-on favorite Fabulous Strike in the final yards to claim the $400,000 Vosburgh (gr. I) by a half-length Oct. 3 at Belmont Park. It was the sixth graded stakes victory for the 4-year-old son of Posse. Saturday, October 03, 2009
Friesan Fire on the Comeback Trail

Friesan Fire on the Comeback Trail

Vinery Stables' and Fox Hill Farm's Friesan Fire, who was diagnosed with a pair of leg injuries after the Preakness (gr. I), is back in training and targeting a comeback later this fall. Who his trainer will be, however, is unclear at this time. Saturday, September 19, 2009
Laureate Conductor Heads Kent Field

Laureate Conductor Heads Kent Field

Castleton Lyons' Laureate Conductor is the 3-2 morning line favorite for the 1 1/8-mile Kent Stakes (gr. IIIT) Sept. 5 at Delaware Park. Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Old Fashioned to Stand at Taylor Made

Old Fashioned to Stand at Taylor Made

Multiple graded stakes winner Old Fashioned, who was unbeaten at 2 and won four of six starts, will stand in 2010 at the Taylor family's Taylor Made Farm near Nicholasville, Ky. Monday, August 17, 2009

War Front Colt Tops Early Part of FTK Sale

A colt from the first crop sired by grade II winner War Front was purchased by Steven W. Young for $180,000 as the top-priced offering during the first half of Day 1 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale in Lexington. Monday, July 20, 2009

Congrats Filly Sells for $150,000 at FTK

A filly from the first crop of grade II winner Congrats was purchased by Thomas M. McGreevy, as agent for Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm, for $150,000 during the opening minutes of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale in Lexington July 20. Monday, July 20, 2009

Kodiak Kowboy Corrals Donald LeVine Memorial

Angled to the middle of the track for the stretch run by jockey Gabriel Saez, heavy choice Kodiak Kowboy overpowered his rivals in the $200,000 Donald LeVine Memorial Handicap to win by four lengths at Philadelphia Park June 27. Saturday, June 27, 2009
Old Fashioned Injured, Off Derby Trail

Old Fashioned Injured, Off Derby Trail

Old Fashioned sustained a non-displaced slab fracture of his right knee during his second-place effort in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park April 11 and will miss the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). Sunday, April 12, 2009
Kodiak Kowboy Rallies for Carter Victory

Kodiak Kowboy Rallies for Carter Victory

Kodiak Kowboy scored the first grade I victory of his career and became a millionaire in dramatic fashion, rallying late to edge the front-running Fabulous Strike by a head in the $300,000 Carter Handicap April 4 at Aqueduct in New York. It was the eighth win in 17 career races for Kodiak Kowboy, who was Canada's champion 2-year-old male in 2007. Saturday, April 04, 2009
Giant Oak Moderate Choice in Risen Star

Giant Oak Moderate Choice in Risen Star

Virginia Tarra Trust's Giant Oak, runner-up in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) at Churchill Downs as a 2-year-old, was installed as the 3-1 favorite among 13 sophomores entered for the Feb. 7, $200,000 Risen Star Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds. Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Is Honest Man BC Classic Material?

Is Honest Man BC Classic Material?

On Sept. 27, Honest Man will tell trainer Larry Jones if he is ready for prime time, as he makes what could be his final Breeders' Cup prep in the $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic (gr. II) at Turfway Park. He will take on five rivals in the 1 1/8-mile test on Polytrack. Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Honest Pace Helps Honest Man Win Iselin

Honest Pace Helps Honest Man Win Iselin

An honest pace helped the stalking Honest Man register victory over a heavily favored Grasshopper in the $300,000 Philip H. Iselin Beeders' Cup Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park Aug. 16. Saturday, August 16, 2008
Kodiak Kowboy Prevails in Amsterdam

Kodiak Kowboy Prevails in Amsterdam

Kodiak Kowboy overtook favorite Desert Key in the deep stretch, powering to a head victory in the Amsterdam Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course July 28. Monday, July 28, 2008
Eight Belles Tests Negative for Steroids

Eight Belles Tests Negative for Steroids

Eight Belles, who finished second in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), tested negative for banned substances and steroids, according to test results from the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority's official laboratory at Iowa State University. Friday, May 16, 2008
Eight Belles Wristbands Benefit Rescue

Eight Belles Wristbands Benefit Rescue

Six days after Eight Belles' breakdown in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), owner Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farms approved a wristband manufactured in memory of the gallant filly, with proceeds to benefit Midlantic Horse Rescue. Thursday, May 08, 2008
Saez to Ride Eight Belles if in Derby

Saez to Ride Eight Belles if in Derby

Should Eight Belles run in the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands instead of the previous day's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), jockey Gabe Saez will have the mount, trainer Larry Jones said April 24. Thursday, April 24, 2008
Porter Buys Interest in Biker Boy

Porter Buys Interest in Biker Boy

Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm has purchased 51% interest in Richard Brand's Biker Boy, the 3-year-old Nick Zito trainee whose March 16 debut resulted in a 93 Beyer and a 3 Ragozin number. Friday, March 28, 2008
Curlin, Kodiak Kowboy Work at Keeneland

Curlin, Kodiak Kowboy Work at Keeneland

Steve Asmussen trainee Curlin, winner of this year's Preakness Stakes (gr. I), began his serious preparations for an expected engagement in the $5-million Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I) by working a half-mile on Keeneland's Polytrack surface in :51.80 Oct. 9. Tuesday, October 09, 2007
BC Focus: Kodiak Kowboy

BC Focus: Kodiak Kowboy

Ask Rick Porter and Vinery Farm manager Tom Ludt to comment on the sales histories of the 2-year-old Posse colt Kodiak Kowboy and his dam, Kokadrie, and the two men spin a circular tale. Saturday, October 06, 2007
Hard Spun Fights Back, Wins King's Bishop

Hard Spun Fights Back, Wins King's Bishop

Heavily favored Hard Spun, a colt who has made all the major dances for trainer Larry Jones this season, earned his elusive first grade I victory when he turned back a serious challenge from First Defence in the $250,000 King's Bishop (gr. I) for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Aug. 25. Sunday, August 26, 2007

Hard Spun Gets 'Exactly What He Needed' in Keeneland Work

Trainer Larry Jones sent Kentucky Derby contender Hard Spun for a mile work over the Polytrack surface at Lexington's Keeneland Racecourse Monday, April 23. Monday, April 23, 2007

Hard Spun Draws Crowd, Raves in Nursery Win

Hard Spun ran his career record to a three-for-three with an easy victory Dec. 18 in the Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Philadelphia Park and had onlookers comparing him with Smarty Jones, who won the same race in 2003. Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Rockport Harbor Re-injures Foot; Retirement Possible

Fox Hill Farms' Rockport Harbor, who has had more than his share of bad luck during his racing career, came out of his fifth-place finish in the March 12 Razorback Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) with a foot injury that may force his retirement. Monday, March 13, 2006

Grade II Winner Senor Speedy to Fox Hill in Nebraska

Senor Speedy, a prominent New York sprinter in the early 1990s, will stand at Dave and Cheryl Stejskal's Fox Hill Farm near Crete, Neb. Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Round Pond Sidelined with Knee Chip

Fox Hill Farm's Round Pond, winner of the Acorn (gr. I) and Fantasy Stakes (gr. II) has been taken out of training after a small chip was discovered in her knee following her second-place finish in the Delaware Oaks (gr. II). Friday, July 22, 2005

Rockport Harbor to be Turned Out For Two to Three Months

Fox Hill Farm's Rick Porter, owner of Rockport Harbor, and trainer John Servis have decided to turn the colt out for two to three months after several tests and X-rays taken at New Bolton Medical Center revealed the abscess that has plagued last year's Remsen (gr. II) winner has not healed sufficiently. Friday, July 01, 2005

Round Pond Pounds Out Acorn Win

Favored Round Pond pounced on the leaders inside the final furlong and pulled away for her fourth straight win in the $250,000 Acorn (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park Saturday. Saturday, June 04, 2005

Rockport Harbor Continues to Show Improvement

Fox Hill Farm's Rockport Harbor, who has been battling foot bruises this winter, apparently has recovered from his latest setback, and all systems are go for Saturday's Rebel Stakes (gr. III), where he'll meet Afleet Alex and Greater Good. Monday, March 14, 2005

Rockport Harbor Improving as Rebel Nears

Just when it looked as if Rockport Harbor's luck had run out and he'd be unable to make the March 19 Rebel Stakes (gr. III), trainer John Servis, while still cautious, said the foot looked much better Sunday. Sunday, March 13, 2005

Rockport Harbor, Afleet Alex, Consolidator Work at Oaklawn Park

Fox Hill Farm's undefeated Rockport Harbor served notice that he is fully recovered from the foot bruise suffered last week by working seven furlongs at Oaklawn Park Friday in 1:27 2/5 over a fast track as he progresses toward his 3-year-old debut in the March 19 Rebel Stakes (gr. III). Friday, February 25, 2005

Severe Gash May Delay Rockport's Derby Preparation

Fox Hill Farms' Rockport Harbor, who scored a gutsy victory over Galloping Grocer in the Nov. 27 Remsen Stakes (gr. II), came out of the 1 1/8-mile race with a severe gash on his right hind leg that was described by trainer John Servis as "pretty nasty." Monday, November 29, 2004

Rockport Harbor Sails to Victory in Nashua Stakes

After his victory earlier aboard Summer Raven in the Tempted Stakes (gr. III), jockey Stewart Elliott completed a sweep of the Election Day features at Aqueduct when led Rockport Harbor to a win in the Nashua Stakes (gr. III). Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Unbridled's Song Colt Tops Keeneland Session; Prices Still Strong

A colt by successful young sire Unbridled's Song brought a top price of $470,000 as the key indicators remained substantially up over a year ago during Saturday's session of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale. Saturday, September 13, 2003

Zonk Repeats in Big A's Affectionately

Fox Hill Farm's favored Zonk allowed Pocus Hocus and With Ability to duel themselves out of contention, then came with an uncontested rally to post a four-length victory in Saturday's $109,600 Affectionately Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 mile on the Aqueduct inner dirt track. Saturday, January 11, 2003