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Mt. Livermore Pensioned at Gainesway

Mt. Livermore, sire of nine millionaires and six champions, has been pensioned at Gainesway Farm near Lexington because of declining fertility.

 Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Forestry Colt Tops Midlantic Sale Opener

Texan Jim McIngvale went to $275,000 to acquire a Forestry colt to top Monday's first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale in Timonium, Maryland.

 Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Hot Horses: Who's Generating the Buzz for Saratoga's First Session

Here are some horses that could bring big prices Monday night at Saratoga.

 Monday, August 08, 2005

Stop the Music, Sire of 44 Stakes Winners, Dies at 35

Thirty-five-year-old Stop the Music, the broodmare sire of 2005 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Giacomo, was euthanized July 8 at Gainesway Farm due to infirmities of old age.

 Friday, July 15, 2005

Mr. Greeley to Stand at Gainesway

Mr. Greeley, who has sired six grade/group I winners, will stand the 2006 breeding season at Gainesway Farm near Lexington.

 Saturday, July 09, 2005

Lyphard Euthanized at Age 36

Lyphard, one of the great sires of recent times and certainly one of the longest living, was euthanized June 10 at Gainesway Farm near Lexington.

 Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Equine Industry Vision Award Honors Gaines

Breeders' Cup founder John R. Gaines was posthumously honored as this year's Equine Industry Vision Award recipient by Pfizer Animal Health and American Horse Publications at a June 10 ceremonial breakfast held during the AHP Horse By Northwest Seminar in Seattle.

 Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Birdstone Gets First Mare in Foal

Sing and Swing, the first mare bred to grade I winner Birdstone, has been pronounced in foal at Gainesway Farm.

 Monday, March 07, 2005

Champion Bird Town's First Foal Is an Empire Maker Colt

Bird Town, Marylou Whitney's champion 3-year-old filly of 2003, produced her first offspring, an Empire Maker colt.

 Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Inspired Visionary

By Greg Avioli - John had the amazing ability to synthesize large amounts of information and draw immediate and clear conclusions.

 Wednesday, February 16, 2005

John Gaines: In His Own Words

The following is the transcript of a question and answer session by John Gaines with Dan Liebman, executive editor of The Blood-Horse, which appeared in the pages of the magazine in October, 1999.

 Monday, February 14, 2005

Grade II Winner Sunday's Break's First Foal

Grade II winner Sunday Break's first foal was born Jan. 18 at Suzi Shoemaker's Lantern Hill Farm near Midway, Ky.

 Friday, January 21, 2005

South African Champion Empress Club Dies

Empress Club, a South African Horse of the Year, died suddenly Dec. 19 at Gainesway Farm (Antony Beck, president) near Lexington.

 Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Broad Brush Pensioned at Gainesway

Broad Brush, North America's leading sire of 1994 who helped preserve the Domino sire line, has been retired from stallion duty at Gainesway Farm near Lexington because of declining fertility.

 Thursday, December 02, 2004

Tapit Retired to Stud at Gainesway Farm

Tapit, a grade I-winning 3-year-old son of Pulpit out of Tap Your Heels (by Unbridled), has been retired to stud and will stand at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky.

 Sunday, October 24, 2004

Gainesway Stallion Lear Fan Pensioned

Lear Fan, one of the nation's leading turf sires, has been pensioned from stallion duty at Gainesway Farm near Lexington because of declining fertility.

 Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Jones Sells Walmac to Son, Trussell

John T.L. Jones Jr. has sold Walmac International to entities controlled by his son, John III, and his son's former partner in several horse ventures, Bobby Trussell. The deal, signed Sept. 10, involves the farm's property but no stallion interests.

 Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Ten Most Wanted Starting at $12,500 at Gainesway

Gainesway Farm announced a $12,500 fee for grade I winner Ten Most Wanted for the 2005 breeding season.

 Thursday, September 02, 2004

Formal Gold to Rancho San Miguel in California

Formal Gold, whose Beyer Speed Figures of 126, 124, and 125 in three consecutive graded stakes stamped him as perhaps America's best racehorse since the early 1990s, will be relocated to Tom Clark's Rancho San Miguel near San Miguel, Calif.

 Thursday, August 12, 2004

Giant's Causeway Colt Tops Saratoga Sale Session

A son of Giant's Causeway consigned by Gainesway Farm was purchased by Team Valor's Barry Irwin for $1,850,000 to top the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga August yearling sale Wednesday night.

 Thursday, August 12, 2004

Point Given Colt Tops Fasig-Tipton Opener; All Numbers Up

A chestnut colt from the first crop of Horse of the Year Point Given was purchased by trainer Bob Baffert for $475,000 to top Monday's opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky summer yearling sale in Lexington, Ky.

 Monday, July 19, 2004

Millionaire and Grade I Winner Ten Most Wanted to Gainesway

Ten Most Wanted, third in Eclipse Award balloting for best 3-year-old male last year, will enter stud at Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington.

 Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Broad Brush Out of Action

Prominent sire Broad Brush was taken out of stallion service the end of April at Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington because of a problem with his left front ankle.

 Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Gainesway Stallion Irish River Dies

Pensioned stallion Irish River died April 26 in his paddock at Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington. The 28-year-old classic-winning son of classic winner Riverman stood all but one of his seasons at stud at the Lexington nursery.

 Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Sunday Break Gets First Mare in Foal

Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm announced that Careless Flirt is the first mare in foal to grade II winner Sunday Break.

 Tuesday, March 02, 2004

Grade I Winner Officer's First Foal Born in California

Officer, a grade I winner who stands at Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Ky., was represented by his first foal, a filly, born Jan. 26 at Ron and Fran Stolich's Blooming Hills Farm near Clements, Calif.

 Thursday, January 29, 2004

Sprint Champ Orientate's First Foal

Champion Orientate's first foal, a colt, was born Jan.14 at Garland Williamson's farm in Ontario, Canada.

 Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Broad Brush Recovery Complete

Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm announced a clean bill of health for prominent stallion Broad Brush. Radiographs taken last week indicate the 21-year-old former leading sire has healed completely following fusion surgery in September to repair his left front fetlock.

 Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Joe Taylor, Longtime Gainesway Manager, Dies in Auto Accident

Joe Taylor, the legendary Kentucky farm manager who literally wrote the book on how to breed and raise racehorses, was killed in a two-car accident on an ice-slickened Tates Creek Road on the south side of Lexington early Friday evening.

 Monday, December 22, 2003

Yearling Market Stays Strong at Fasig-Tipton Opener

The steamroller known as the 2003 yearling market continued to roll along at full power during the opening session of the two-day 2003 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky yearling sale at the company's Newtown Paddocks in Lexington.

 Monday, October 20, 2003

Smoke Glacken's Fee Rises to $25,000

Gainesway Farm stallion Smoke Glacken, whose son Smokume remained unbeaten after winning the Oct. 12 Cowdin Stakes at Belmont Park, will have his fee upped to $25,000 from $15,000.

 Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Sunday Break Standing for $10,000

Sunday Break will stand for $10,000 at Graham Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington in 2004.

 Friday, September 19, 2003

Fabuleux Jane, Arazi's Granddam, Dead

Fabuleux Jane, granddam of international champion Arazi and dam of grade I turf winner Joyeux Danseur, died Aug. 18 at Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington because of the infirmities of old age.

 Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Classic-Placed Sunday Break to Gainesway Farm

Koji Maeda's grade II-winning Sunday Break has been retired and will take up stud duty in 2004 at Graham Beck's Gainesway Farm near Lexington.

 Friday, August 22, 2003

More Was More at Fasig-Tipton July Sale

On Thursday, Fasig-Tipton sales official proved they could increase the catalog for the Kentucky select yearling sale without sacrifing quality. The two-day sale offered 37.1% more horses, and the average price still increased over last year.

 Monday, July 22, 2002

Gainesway Gets County Approval to Subdivide

Estate planning and financial flexibility were the reasons Gainesway Farm sought permission June 13 from a county planning commission to subdivide a portion of its 1,500-acre farm into 10-acre tracts.

 Friday, June 14, 2002

Gainesway to Bring Luhuk to US in 2001

Lexington's Gainesway Farm will bring Luhuk from Argentina to stand the 2001 breeding season. Of the eight known foals in Luhuk's first crop, all but one are stakes winners or stakes-placed, all in Argentina.

 Tuesday, December 05, 2000

Broad Brush To Stand for Private Fee

Gainesway Farm stallion Broad Brush, who stood for $100,000 in 2000, will stand for a private fee in 2001.

 Sunday, October 29, 2000

K One King Retired To Gainesway

K One King, who beat Almutawakel, Cat Thief, and Budroyale in winning the Oaklawn Handicap (gr. I) in April, has been purchased by Graham J. Beck's Gainesway Farm and will stand for $6,500 in 2001 at that Lexington nursery.

 Wednesday, September 06, 2000

Gentry, Partners Buy Gaines' Interests

John R. Gaines announced Monday he has sold his bloodstock company, John R. Gaines Thoroughbreds.

 Tuesday, June 27, 2000
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