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Overanalyze Wins Remsen Headbob

Overanalyze Wins Remsen Headbob

Repole Stable's son of Dixie Union nosed out Normandy Invasion in the grade II Remsen Stakes Nov. 24 at Aqueduct.

 Saturday, November 24, 2012
Champ Pegasus: Ready for BC Turf Competition

Champ Pegasus: Ready for BC Turf Competition

Champ Pegasus, a two-time graded stakes winner this year, is ready to take on foreign contenders in the Nov. 6 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) at Churchill Downs.

 Monday, November 01, 2010
Dixie Union Euthanized

Dixie Union Euthanized

Multiple grade I winner and successful sire Dixie Union was euthanized July 14 at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital because of a deteriorating neurologic problem.

 Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Ford  Benefits From Stallion Promotion

Ford Benefits From Stallion Promotion

Diamond A Farms owner wins a Range Rover from Castleton Lyons.

 Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Tiz West Gets 2nd Turf Win in La Puente

Tiz West Gets 2nd Turf Win in La Puente

Diamond A Racing's Tiz West withstood a determined bid by favored Afleet Ruler to prevail by three-quarters of a length in Santa Anita's $109,900 La Puente Stakes for 3-year-olds on the grass, denying 18-year-old jockey Joe Talamo his fifth victory on the 11-race program.

 Saturday, April 12, 2008

Forbes 'Richest Americans' List Includes Horsemen

A wealthy group of individuals that includes active buyers at the Keeneland September yearling sale are among those listed in the annual roster of "400 Richest Americans" released Friday by Forbes magazine.

 Friday, September 22, 2006

Grade I Winner Noches De Rosa Retired

Noches De Rosa, a grade I turf winner for Gerald Ford's Diamond A Racing Corporation, has been retired from racing to take up broodmare duties at Diamond A Farms near Versailles, Ky.

 Monday, November 29, 2004

Pleasantly Perfect Injured and Retired

Pleasantly Perfect, who finished third in defense of his title in the Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I), has been retired from racing after suffering an injury to the left hind ankle.

 Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Pleasantly Perfect Injured and Retired

Pleasantly Perfect, who finished third in defense of his title in the Breeders' Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge (gr. I), has been retired from racing after suffering an injury to the left hind ankle.

 Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Pleasantly Perfect To Stand for $40,000

The stud fee for Pleasantly Perfect, a multiple grade I winner and a leading contender for Horse of the Year, has been set at $40,000.

 Monday, October 11, 2004

Pleasantly Perfect To Stand at Lane's End

Pleasantly Perfect, fifth on the all-time money list and a leading contender for Horse of the Year, will enter stud in 2005 at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Diamond A Wins Del Mar Leading Owner Title

The Diamond A Racing Corporation of Gerald Ford, led by Pacific Classic (gr. I) winner Pleasantly Perfect, came away the big winner among owners at the close of the 2004 Del Mar meeting on Sept. 8.

 Thursday, September 09, 2004

Pleasantly Perfect Outruns Medaglia d'Oro in World Cup

The ninth running of the world's richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) over ten furlongs at Nad Al Sheba on Saturday, was billed as a match between the American duo of Pleasantly Perfect and Medaglia D'Oro. For once, the main protagonists had read the script as Pleasantly Perfect outran Medaglia d'Oro in the stretch.

 Saturday, March 27, 2004

Cup Runneth Over

By Ray Paulick -- The 20th running of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships had everything a racing fan could ask for: heart-pounding finishes; championship performances, boxcar mutuels, and human interest stories.

 Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Hunt Remembered in Coverage of America's Richest

He didn't make the list, but Nelson Bunker Hunt and his return to Thoroughbred racing was profiled in Forbes magazine's annual coverage of America's 400 wealthiest people.

 Monday, October 01, 2001

Reciclada Retired

Gerald Ford's grade II winner Reciclada has been retired from racing after suffering a sesamoid injury on her left front leg during a four-furlong workout at Santa Anita on Dec. 24.

 Thursday, December 28, 2000