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King David Figures to Reign in Connally

King David Figures to Reign in Connally

Scarlet Stable's King David and jockey Rosie Napravnik figure to be a tough act in the John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Sam Houston Race Park Jan. 26.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Uncaptured Shakes Free in Impressive Iroquois

Uncaptured Shakes Free in Impressive Iroquois

Uncaptured overcame some traffic problems to register a convincing 5 1/2-length win in the $114,800 Iroquois Stakes (gr. III) Oct. 28 at Churchill Downs for his fifth win in six tries this year.

 Sunday, October 28, 2012
Favored Stealcase Locks Up Ontario Derby

Favored Stealcase Locks Up Ontario Derby

Rebounding from a seventh-place showing in the Travers Stakes (gr. I), favored Stealcase registered his first stakes victory with a late-running effort in the $158,934 Ontario Derby (Can-III) Sept. 16 at Woodbine.

 Sunday, September 16, 2012
Uncaptured Stays Unbeaten With Swynford Score

Uncaptured Stays Unbeaten With Swynford Score

Uncaptured remained unbeaten in four starts as a 2-year-old with a smart 3 1/4-length victory over three opponents in the $172,565 Swynford Stakes Sept. 9 at Woodbine.

 Sunday, September 09, 2012
Casse Has Trio for Oxley in Ontario Colleen

Casse Has Trio for Oxley in Ontario Colleen

Leading Woodbine trainer Mark Casse carries a solid hand in the $150,000 Ontario Colleen Stakes (Can-IIIT) with three entrants for owner John C. Oxley in the one-mile turf event for 3-year-old fillies Aug. 25.

 Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Casse Considers Two Oxley Colts for Haskell

Casse Considers Two Oxley Colts for Haskell

Owner John C. Oxley's yellow and blue silks will be represented in the 45th running of the $1 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I) on July 29. What remains a question mark is which of his two candidates will carry the colors.

 Saturday, July 21, 2012
Prospective Heavy Favorite in Ohio Derby

Prospective Heavy Favorite in Ohio Derby

Grade II winner Prospective figures to make his presence felt in the Ohio Derby (gr. III) Saturday, July 7, at Thistledown.

 Monday, July 02, 2012
Grey Stakes Easy as 1-2-3 for Mark Casse

Grey Stakes Easy as 1-2-3 for Mark Casse

Trainer Mark Casse swept the top three spots in the the $193,574 Grey Stakes (Can-III) when upset-minded Prospective outfought his better- fancied stablemate Lockout by two lengths at Woodbine Oct. 9.

 Sunday, October 09, 2011
Champion Beautiful Pleasure Dies

Champion Beautiful Pleasure Dies

Beautiful Pleasure, voted the 1999 champion older female after winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I), died recently in Kentucky because of complications from laminitis.

 Thursday, September 01, 2011
Monarchos Recovering From Surgery

Monarchos Recovering From Surgery

Monarchos, the 2001 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner, is recovering from colic surgery performed Tuesday, April 19, at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute near Lexington.

 Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Maiden Strike Oil Hits Pay Dirt in Coronation

Maiden Strike Oil, the least-fancied of three Mark Casse-trained 2-year-olds in the $252,326 Coronation Futurity, took the overland route to register a 14-1 surprise at Woodbine Nov. 7.

 Sunday, November 07, 2010
Six Added to Triple Crown Nomination List

Six Added to Triple Crown Nomination List

Six horses have been added to the list of 3-year-old Thoroughbreds eligible to compete in the 2010 Triple Crown after their owners paid a required $6,000 fee during the late nominating period ending March 27.

 Thursday, April 01, 2010
Buddy's Humor Delivers Pan Am Punch Line

Buddy's Humor Delivers Pan Am Punch Line

Buddy's Humor caught the pacesetter Presious Passion at the top of the stretch and prevailed following a long drive to the wire by three-quarters of a length in the $147,000 Pan American Stakes at rain-soaked Gulfstream Park. The race was taken off the turf course as a result of day-long showers and contested on a sealed main track.

 Saturday, March 21, 2009

'Contender Packs Big Wallop in Super Derby

He was reluctant to load, but once John C. Oxley's Strong Contender got rolling, there was no stopping him. The 3-year-old son of Maria's Mon swept past the 4-5 favorite Lawyer Ron to win the $486,500 Super Derby (gr. II) at Harrah's Louisiana Downs Saturday.

 Saturday, September 23, 2006

Miss Matched Fits Perfectly in Arlington Oaks

John C. Oxley's Miss Matched held off a slew of rivals inside the final furlong to prevail by a length in the $100,000 Arlington Oaks at Arlington Park on Saturday.

 Saturday, August 20, 2005

Kentucky Stallion Jambalaya Jazz Killed by Lightning

John C. Oxley's Jambalaya Jazz, a 13-year-old stallion standing at Charles Nuckols Jr. and Sons' Nuckols Farm near Midway, Ky., was killed by lightning in his paddock June 27.

 Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Seek a Star Turns Corner in La Troienne

John C. Oxley's Seek a Star withstood all challenges in the stretch, pulling away to win the featured $114,200 La Troienne Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies Thursday.

 Thursday, May 05, 2005

Pyramid Peak to Nuckols

John C. Oxley's graded stakes winner Pyramid Peak will stand in 2005 at Charles Nuckols Jr. and Sons' Nuckols Farm near Midway, Ky.

 Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Dizney, Oxley Named Jockey Club Stewards

Owner-breeders Donald Dizney and John C. Oxley have joined the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, it was announced Aug. 14.

 Saturday, August 14, 2004

Booklet to Stand at Glencrest

The Greathouse family's Glencrest Farm has purchased an interest in grade I winner Booklet from owner John C. Oxley for stallion duty at the Midway, Ky., farm.

 Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Grade I Winner Booklet Retired

John C. Oxley announced the retirement of his grade I winner and Florida champion Booklet from racing because of an injured right front leg. The 4-year-old son of Notebook won half his 14 races and earned $989,460.

 Monday, May 19, 2003

SKY MESA

SKY MESA

 Friday, January 17, 2003

McKee Breaks Cauthen's Apprentice Mark

Apprentice jockey John McKee broke Steve Cauthen's 1976 record for victories by an apprentice rider in the Fall Meet at Churchill Downs.

 Sunday, December 01, 2002

Booklet Bounces Out of Prep Race; Florida Next

After a sparkling victory on Tuesday at Churchill Downs in his return from a six-month break, John C. Oxley's Booklet was reported to be doing well in trainer John Ward, Jr.'s barn in Lexington.

 Wednesday, November 20, 2002

Florida Winter Planned for Harlan's Holiday

Harlan's Holiday, the winner of this year's Florida Derby (gr. I), will be back at Gulfstream Park this winter taking aim at the $500,000 Donn Handicap (gr. I) to be run at 1 1/18 miles on Feb. 22.

 Thursday, November 14, 2002

Jambalaya Jazz' First Winner

Graded stakes winner Jambalaya Jazz was represented by his first winner when John C. Oxley's homebred colt Flying Jazz won at seven furlongs at Keeneland Oct. 5.

 Monday, October 07, 2002

Gulfstream Park Race Report: By the Book

After Monarchos runs third in his comeback, Booklet wins the Holy Bull Stakes for the same connections.

 Saturday, January 19, 2002

Beautiful Pleasure to Thunder Gulch

John C. Oxley announced that his champion Beautiful Pleasure will be bred next year to leading sire Thunder Gulch.

 Tuesday, November 20, 2001

Snow Dance, Casual Feat Top Mrs. Revere Noms

Churchill Downs' $150,000 Mrs. Revere Stakes (gr. IIIT), the year's final stakes race on turf that is restricted to 3-year-old fillies, has attracted 50 nominations for its renewal on Nov. 17.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2001

Derby Winning Owners Strike Mother Lode

They don't call the major producers "gushers" at Oxley Petroleum. In the natural-gas exploration business, they're known as "high-flowing wells," exploding like the stride of John C. Oxley's Monarchos as he gobbled up the hallowed ground of the Churchill Downs stretch the first Saturday in May.

 Tuesday, May 08, 2001

Oxley's Triple Crown Contenders to Race for Equine Research

John C. Oxley, who with wife Debby has a pair of Triple Crown candidates in Florida Derby (gr. I) winner Monarchos and graded stakes-placed Hero's Tribute, announced that 1% of money either colt wins through victories in grade I races through the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) will be earmarked for the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. The donations are retroactive to the Florida Derby, in which Monarchos earned $600,000 (which provided $6,000 to the foundation).

 Tuesday, April 03, 2001

Breeders' Cup Announces New Board Members

Breeders' Cup announced on April 2 the addition of six members to its board of directors. They are E.K. Gaylord II, R.D. Hubbard, Robert T. Manfuso, Robert C. McNair, John C. Oxley, and John W. Phillips.

 Monday, April 02, 2001