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Spendthrift Tries NY Stud Market With Dublin

Spendthrift Tries NY Stud Market With Dublin

B. Wayne Hughes' Kentucky-based Spendthrift Farm is making its first foray into the New York stallion marketplace. In 2012, it will stand grade I winner Dublin at Keane Stud near Amenia.

 Friday, August 12, 2011
My Pal Charlie Retired; to Stand in Louisiana

My Pal Charlie Retired; to Stand in Louisiana

My Pal Charlie, who won the 2008 Super Derby (gr. II) and placed in five other graded stakes, has been retired and will stand in 2010 at Michele Rodriguez and Lee Daniel Thomas' Elite Thoroughbreds near Folsom, La.

 Friday, October 30, 2009
Wilkins Named Stallion Director at Spendthrift Farm

Wilkins Named Stallion Director at Spendthrift Farm

Spendthrift Farm has hired Ken Wilkins as its stallion director.

 Monday, October 29, 2007

Wilkins Resigns from Stonewall Position

Ken Wilkins, who served as director of stallion operations at Stonewall Farm, near Versailles, Ky., for the past two seasons, has resigned effective immediately.

 Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Wilkins Joins Stonewall as Stallion Director

Ken Wilkins has been hired by Audrey Haisfield's Stonewall Farm as director of stallion operations. Wilkins will oversee season sales, as well as private transactions at the recently-completed stallion complex and office in Versailles, Ky.

 Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Management Changes Announced at Vinery

Vinery general manager Bates Newton will step down Jan. 1. Newton has served as the nursery's general manager since Dr. Tom Simon purchased the farm near Lexington in September 1999.

 Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Thornton Named Kentucky Farm Manager of the Year

The Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club Selection Committee has chosen Tim Thornton of Airdrie Stud as 2005 Farm Manager of the Year.

 Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Airdrie's Thorton Named Kentucky Farm Manager of the Year

The Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club selected Tim Thornton of Airdrie Stud as its 2005 Farm Manager of the Year. Thornton has served as general manager of Airdrie for 17 years.

 Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Kentucky Farm Managers Favor International Incentive Plan

Members of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club overwhelmingly favor a state breeders' incentive program that would reward breeders of Kentucky-bred and Kentucky-foaled horses that win anywhere in the world.

 Friday, June 17, 2005