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First Foals Reported for Champion Midshipman

Champion Midshipman's first foal was born at Darley's Stonerside division in Paris, Ky., Jan. 26. The filly is out of the grade III-winning mare Freefourracing.

 Friday, February 03, 2012
Crown of Thorns to Cloverleaf in Florida

Crown of Thorns to Cloverleaf in Florida

Crown of Thorns, a multiple graded stakes winner, will enter stud in 2012 at John and Susan Sykes' Cloverleaf Farms II near Reddick, Fla.

 Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Saratoga Market Chatter: Stocks and Horses

Saratoga Market Chatter: Stocks and Horses

There's plenty to talk about at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale, from economic setbacks to wealthy buyers to horses with fancy pedigrees.

 Sunday, August 07, 2011
Sykes Buys Diva Delite; Pointing Toward Oaks

Sykes Buys Diva Delite; Pointing Toward Oaks

Diva Delite, who was bred by John Sykes in the name of his Clover Leaf Farms II, was bought back by her breeder following her stellar victory in the Florida Oaks (gr. III) at Tampa Bay Downs for an undisclosed sum March 19.

 Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New F-T Consignors Eager for Challenge

New F-T Consignors Eager for Challenge

Launching a new business venture in the midst of a global financial crisis would be a daunting task for most people, but the connections of several new consignments at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky select yearling auction seemed eager to take on the challenge the weekend before the sale's July 20 start.

 Sunday, July 19, 2009

Woodford Thoroughbreds to Make Sale Debut

John Sykes and Tony Ferguson's Woodford Thoroughbreds will offer its first consignment at the Fasig-Tipton July select yearling auction in Lexington. The operation also will sell horses at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select and Keeneland September yearling sales.

 Friday, May 22, 2009

ClassicStar Operating a Day After IRS Visit

A day after agents from the Internal Revenue Service were at ClassicStar Farm near Versailles, Ky., the horse operation is continuing, the farm manager said today.

 Thursday, February 23, 2006