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Hansen, Union Rags Top Experimental 'Cap

Hansen, Union Rags Top Experimental 'Cap

Hansen, the 2011 champion 2-year-old male and winner of the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and grade I winner and BC runner-up Union Rags, were assigned 126 pounds on the annual Experimental Free Handicap.

 Thursday, February 02, 2012
Yearlings Lead Way on Day 3 of Keeneland Sale

Yearlings Lead Way on Day 3 of Keeneland Sale

Yearlings were the stars during the third session of the surging Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington. The three top-priced horses Jan. 11 were foals of 2011.

 Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Ramseys Win Breeders' Cup John Deere Award

Ramseys Win Breeders' Cup John Deere Award

Bolstered by homebred Stephanie's Kitten, Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey are the first recipients of the John Deere Award as outstanding breeders of the 2011 Breeders' Cup Challenge series and the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

 Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kitten's Joy's Fee Doubles to $50,000

Kitten's Joy, whose daughters Stephanie's Kitten and Sweet Cat finished a respective first and third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs Nov. 4, will stand in 2012 for $50,000.

 Monday, November 07, 2011
Stephanie's Kitten Scratches Out JF Turf  Win

Stephanie's Kitten Scratches Out JF Turf Win

Ken and Sarah Ramseys' Stephanie's Kitten, a homebred daughter of Kitten's Joy, rallies to catch Stopshoppingmaria late to win the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT).

 Friday, November 04, 2011

Dean's Kitten Tries to Overcome Odds Again

Dean's Kitten overcame a compromised first year to claw his way to Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) contention.

 Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Breeders' Cup Interview: Wayne Catalano

Breeders' Cup Interview: Wayne Catalano

Lenny Shulman asks trainer Wayne Catalano about Stephanie's Kitten and Coalport, who are both by Kitten's Joy. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions

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 Monday, October 31, 2011
Gr. I Star Elusive Kate Choice in Filly Turf

Gr. I Star Elusive Kate Choice in Filly Turf

The John Gosden-trained Elusive Kate, winner of the Prix Marcel Boussac (Fr-I) was made the 2-1 favorite for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT).

 Monday, October 31, 2011
Sale Mares Come With Access to Kitten's Joy

Sale Mares Come With Access to Kitten's Joy

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Ramsey Farm will offer the buyers of Cardinalli and Blush the opportunity to breed the mares to Kitten's Joy in 2012 at no additional cost.

 Friday, October 21, 2011
Derby Kitten Scratches Out Ontario Derby Win

Derby Kitten Scratches Out Ontario Derby Win

Derby Kitten, under jockey Mike Smith, came from off the pace to nab Hippolytus by a half-length in the $154,029 Ontario Derby Sept. 24 at Woodbine.

 Saturday, September 24, 2011
Wesley A. Ward Saddles 1,000th Winner

Wesley A. Ward Saddles 1,000th Winner

Trainer Wesley A. Ward reached the 1,000 mark by number of winners when he sent out Cozy Kitten to win the sixth race at Kentucky Downs Sept. 17.

 Sunday, September 18, 2011
Banned Nips 'Interlude in Del Mar Derby Duel

Banned Nips 'Interlude in Del Mar Derby Duel

Shipping to Southern California for the first time, the well-traveled Banned outfought Midnight Interlude by a nose in a taut finish to the $250,000 Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT) on the turf Sept. 4.

 Sunday, September 04, 2011
Big Blue Kitten Skims Rail, Scores HOF Stakes

Big Blue Kitten Skims Rail, Scores HOF Stakes

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred 3-year-old Big Blue Kitten received a perfect ground-saving trip under John Velazquez, scoring the $150,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (gr. IIT) in his stakes debut Aug. 12.

 Friday, August 12, 2011
Banned Bounds to Jefferson Cup Triumph

Banned Bounds to Jefferson Cup Triumph

Prohibitive favorite Banned made it back-to-back graded stakes victories on the Churchill Downs turf when he registered an easy win in the $106,215 Jefferson Cup (gr. IIIT) June 18.

 Saturday, June 18, 2011
Royal Ascot Interview - Ken Ramsey

Royal Ascot Interview - Ken Ramsey

Simon Burgess talks with Kenneth Ramsey, owner of Ramsey Farm and stallion Kitten's Joy, about racing at Royal Ascot.

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 Thursday, June 16, 2011
Banned Storms Home in American Turf

Banned Storms Home in American Turf

Glen Hill Farm's Banned redeemed himself from a failed effort in last year's Breeders' Cup, as he came with a powerful run under Garrett Gomez to score the $237,400 American Turf Presented by Ram (gr. IIT) May 6 at Churchill.

 Friday, May 06, 2011
Derby Kitten's Date with Destiny?

Derby Kitten's Date with Destiny?

Ken Ramsey hopes Derby Kitten lives up to his ambitious name.

 Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Derby Kitten Aims for Preakness

Derby Kitten Aims for Preakness

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Peaking a bit late for Kentucky Derby consideration, Derby Kitten instead prepares for the Preakness after a win in the grade III Lexington Stakes.

 Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Kitten's Joy to Stand for $25,000

Eclipse Award turf winner Kitten's Joy will stand for $25,000 in 2011 at Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.

 Thursday, December 02, 2010
Report of Mares Bred Shows Continued Declines

Report of Mares Bred Shows Continued Declines

Statistics from The Jockey Club for the 2010 breeding season show that the number of stallions that serviced mares fell 9.3% and the number of mares bred fell 10.5% when compared to the same period a year ago.

 Thursday, October 21, 2010
Paddy O'Prado Eyes Grade I Win in Secretariat

Paddy O'Prado Eyes Grade I Win in Secretariat

After a solid showing on the Triple Crown trail, Paddy O'Prado has emerged as the top 3-year-old turf horse in the nation following a pair of graded stakes wins at Colonial Downs.

 Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Dean's Kitten Drills 5f at Training Center

Dean's Kitten Drills 5f at Training Center

Trainer Mike Maker moves up work to beat the weather; son of Kitten's Joy clocks five furlongs in 1:01 1/5 under exercise rider Derrick Smith.

 Friday, April 23, 2010
Maiden Watch: Next Stop Louisville

Maiden Watch: Next Stop Louisville

Dean's Kitten (Kitten's Joy) takes the Lane's End and is Derby bound.

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 Sunday, March 28, 2010
Dean's Kitten Pounces to Lane's End Victory

Dean's Kitten Pounces to Lane's End Victory

Dean's Kitten 2 1/2-length victory in the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway Park March 27 pushes Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred right into the Kentucky Derby picture.

 Saturday, March 27, 2010

Kera's Kitten Wins Prep on Way to Lane's End

Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey's Kera's Kitten, far back in the Jan. 2 Turfway Prevue Stakes after a poor start, bounced back in a big way with an easy score in the $50,000 WEBN Stakes for 3-year-olds at Turfway Park Jan. 30.

 Saturday, January 30, 2010
Furthest Land Gives Ramsey 'Best Claim Ever'

Furthest Land Gives Ramsey 'Best Claim Ever'

Ken Ramsey is well known for having tremendous success with claiming horses, but the longtime owner pulled off his best claim with Furthest Land, who won the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) Nov. 7 at Santa Anita one year after being plucked for $35,000.

 Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Interactif Favored in Tough Juvenile Turf

Interactif Favored in Tough Juvenile Turf

As expected, Wertheimer and Frere's homebred Interactif was made the favorite for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT). The son of Broken Vow, 4-1 on the morning-line, will face 11 rivals in the one-mile race Nov. 7 at Santa Anita.

 Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Interactif Has Big Chance in BC Juvenile Turf

Interactif Has Big Chance in BC Juvenile Turf

Wertheimer and Frere's impressive homebred Interactif will be the likely favorite for the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) Nov. 7 at Santa Anita, but the son of Broken Vow will have to defeat what is expected to be a full field in the one-mile event.

 Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Victorious Ramsey 2-Year-Olds Headed for Cup

"We are going to California," proclaimed Ken Ramsey after his homebred 2-year-olds Lisa's Kitten and Kera's Kitten each captured victories in a pair of $100,000 stakes over the turf course at Retama Park on the night of Oct. 24.

 Sunday, October 25, 2009

Ramsey's Using Retama Park Stakes as BC Preps

Trainer Mike Maker shipped in a pair of Kitten's Joy juveniles owned by prominent owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey hoping their performances will propel them to the World Championships Nov. 6 and 7 at Santa Anita Park.

 Friday, October 23, 2009

Kitten's Joy's First Winner

Grass champion Kitten's Joy sired his first winner when his daughter Maddie's Odyssey won June 14 at Presque Isle Downs.

 Monday, June 15, 2009
Kitten's Joy to Stand for $20,000

Kitten's Joy to Stand for $20,000

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Ramsey Farm announced that champion Kitten's Joy will stand in 2009 for a fee of $20,000.

 Thursday, October 23, 2008
Jacksons Buy Precious Kitten

Jacksons Buy Precious Kitten

Millionaire and multiple Grade I winner Precious Kitten has been sold for an undisclosed amount to Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stable and will continue to race in 2008 out of the barn of trainer Bobby Frankel.

 Friday, January 11, 2008
Ramseys Pursuing Australian Venture

Ramseys Pursuing Australian Venture

Ken and Sarah Ramsey are pursuing a major business venture in Australia with their homebred champion Kitten's Joy and are considering another.

 Monday, November 26, 2007
Keeneland Sale Offers Look at First Offspring for Some Sires

Keeneland Sale Offers Look at First Offspring for Some Sires

With 2,323 weanlings cataloged for the Keeneland November sale, buyers will be looking closely at those from their respective sires' first crops.

 Saturday, November 03, 2007

Kitten's First, Dam of Champion Kitten's Joy, Dead

Kitten's First, whose son, Kitten's Joy, was 2004 champion turf male, was euthanized Jan. 14 because of foundering.

 Monday, January 16, 2006

Kitten's Joy to Stand for $25,000 at Ramsey Farm

Kitten's Joy, the reigning champion grass male, will enter stud for a fee of $25,000 at Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.

 Thursday, November 17, 2005

Turf Champion Kitten's Joy Retired to Ramsey Farm

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Kitten's Joy, last year's male grass champion who also received support for a 3-year-old championship, has been retired from racing and is scheduled to arrive Sept. 27 at Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.

 Monday, September 26, 2005

Kitten's Joy to be Examined at Rood & Riddle; Will Miss Turf Classic

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Kitten's Joy, last year's champion turf male, will be sent to Dr. Larry Bramlage at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington on Sunday to have his left knee examined following two sub par workouts, and will be forced to miss the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (gr. IT).

 Thursday, September 22, 2005

Ramsey Says No Arc for Kitten's Joy

Ken Ramsey, owner and breeder of 2004 turf champion Kitten's Joy, said Saturday that the 4-year-old colt will not travel to France for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) as originally planned, but will instead prepare for the John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT).

 Saturday, August 20, 2005

Sweet Redemption for Powerscourt in Million

Powerscourt, disqualified after winning last year's Arlington Million (gr. IT), provided sweet redemption for his Ballydoyle connections Saturday with an emphatic victory in the American classic on a yielding Arlington Park turf course.

 Saturday, August 13, 2005

Options Open for Roses in May

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) winner Roses in May breezed six furlongs in 1:14 4/5 over the main Saratoga Race Course track Thursday with Angel Cordero Jr. in the irons.

 Thursday, August 11, 2005

With Velazquez Named, Better Talk Now Appears Million Bound

Better Talk Now, who conquered all rivals in last fall's grade I John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf, will be ridden by last year's Eclipse Award-winning jockey John Velazquez should his owners at Bushwood Racing Partners decide to run in Saturday's grade I Arlington Million.

 Thursday, August 11, 2005

All-Star Cast Readies for Arlington Million

The Arlington Million (gr. IT) Saturday at Arlington Park could easily be mistaken for an all-star game, with group and graded stakes-caliber runners filling every post and Kitten's Joy and European shipper Powerscourt highlighting the field.

 Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Motion Not Closing Door on Arlington Million for Better Talk Now

Trainer Graham Motion said Tuesday during a National Thoroughbred Racing Association teleconference he is 90% sure Better Talk Now will start in Saturday's Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap (gr. IT) at Saratoga Race Course. The trainer held out a slight 10% chance that last year's John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner could show up in the Arlington Million (gr. IT) at Arlington Race Course on the same day.

 Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Romans, Kitten's Joy Ready for Million

One year ago trainer Dale Romans saddled 3-year-old Kitten's Joy to an impressive 3 1/4-length win in the Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) at Arlington Park. This year the Kentucky-based trainer hopes to return to the winner's circle when the son of El Prado takes the gate for the Aug. 13 Arlington Million (gr. IT).

 Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Kitten's Joy Sparkles in Firecracker Comeback

Grass champion Kitten's Joy drove to the front along the hedge just inside the eighth pole and drew away to win the $274,000 Firecracker Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs in his triumphant first start of the year.

 Monday, July 04, 2005

Firecracker Distance Concern for Kitten's Joy

Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey's Kitten's Joy, winner of the Eclipse Award as America's grass champion in 2004, makes his season debut as the 3-5 morning line favorite in Monday's Firecracker Breeders' Cup (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, July 02, 2005

Kitten's Joy Posts Flashy Breeze for Firecracker

Reigning American turf champion Kitten's Joy turned in his final major prep for his 2005 debut in Monday's 16th running of the $250,000-added Firecracker Breeders' Cup (gr. IIT) with a blistering five-furlong turf workout between races on Wednesday at Churchill Downs.

 Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Turf Champ Kitten's Joy Tops Firecracker Noms

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Kitten's Joy, the Eclipse Award winner as America's turf champion in 2004, heads a group of 36 older turf stars nominated to the $250,000-added Firecracker Breeders' Cup (gr. IIT) on July 4.

 Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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