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Giant Oak's First Foal Out of Stakes Winner

Bred by Mike Abraham, the filly is out of the Ghazi mare Silent Emotion, a stakes winner of $209,993 and dam of grade 1-placed multiple stakes winner Unspoken Word.

 Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Millennium Farms Announces 2013 Stud Fees

Off the success of multiple grade I winner Dullahan, Even the Score will see an increase in his stud fee from $10,000 to $12,500 in 2013 at Millennium Farms.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Zanjero Sires First Winner

Zanjero, a two-time grade II winner, sired his first winner when his son Zambito scored May 18 at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort in his initial start.

 Sunday, May 20, 2012
Giant Oak Voted 2011 Illinois HOY

Giant Oak Voted 2011 Illinois HOY

Multiple grade I winner Giant Oak has been named the Illinois Horse of the Year and champion older handicap male for 2011

 Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Giant Oak Retired to Millennium Farms

Giant Oak Retired to Millennium Farms

Multiple grade I winner is Giant Causeway's leading runner on dirt.

 Monday, January 02, 2012

Closing Argument Moves to La. for 2012

Closing Argument, a top 10 leading third-crop sire of 2011, has moved to Whispering Oaks Farm near Carnecro, La. for the 2012 breeding season. The son of Successful Appeal will stand for $5,000.

 Friday, December 30, 2011

Even the Score to Stand for $10,000

Even the Score, sire of this year's Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (gr. I) winner Dullahan, will stand in 2012 for $10,000.

 Thursday, November 17, 2011

Moon Lake Farm to Return to Private Operation

Moon Lake Farm in Elm Grove, La., announced it will no longer be a public operation and will no longer stand stallions, effective in December.

 Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Jungle Wave Tries for Another Play the King

Jungle Wave Tries for Another Play the King

Jungle Wave, who won the 2009 Play the King Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine and finished second in last year's running, returns for another go around in the seven-furlong sprint Sunday, Aug. 28.

 Thursday, August 25, 2011

Littleexpectations to Stand in Texas

Littleexpectations, a stakes-winning son of Valid Appeal, has been purchased by Keith and Marilyn Asmussen to stand their Asmussen Horse Center near Laredo, TX.

 Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Fair Grounds 'Cap: Expansion Finds Right Spot

Fair Grounds 'Cap: Expansion Finds Right Spot

Expansion closed with determination between horses to score a 32-1 surprise by a head in the $125,000 Fair Grounds Handicap (gr. IIIT)Feb. 19 at the New Orleans track.

 Saturday, February 19, 2011
Millennium at Moon Lake to Stand 7 Stallions

Millennium at Moon Lake to Stand 7 Stallions

Millennium Farms at Moon Lake near Elm Grove, La., will stand seven stallions for the 2011 breeding season.

 Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Closing Argument 's Fee $5,000 at Millennium

Closing Argument 's Fee $5,000 at Millennium

Closing Argument, a top 10 leading second-crop sire by progeny earnings this year, will stand in 2011 for $5,000 at Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington.

 Monday, November 29, 2010

Shaniko to Stand at Millennium in Louisiana

Graded stakes winner Shaniko, a son of A.P. Indy, will move to Louisiana to stand the 2011 breeding season at Millennium Farms at Moon Lake near Elm Grove.

 Monday, October 25, 2010
Closing Argument to Stand at Millennium Farms

Closing Argument to Stand at Millennium Farms

Closing Argument, a graded stakes winner and highly ranked on the second-crop sire's list, will stand in 2011 at Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington

 Sunday, September 12, 2010

Partnership Purchases Closing Argument

Closing Argument, among the leading second crop sires of 2010, has been purchased by a partnership including Millennium Farms and Bill Heiligbrodt.

 Monday, August 23, 2010

Shaniko Represented by First Winner

A son, Native Nico, edges D' Sauvage by a neck in career debut.

 Saturday, July 03, 2010
First Foal for Student Council

First Foal for Student Council

Grade I winner Student Council, who stands at Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington, had his first foal hit the ground when a colt was foaled at Millennium Jan. 4.

 Friday, January 08, 2010
Even the Score's Fee Remains at $15,000

Even the Score's Fee Remains at $15,000

Millennium Farms has announced 2010 stud fees for its Kentucky stallions, including a decrease in two fees and three others which remain at 2009 levels.

 Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Millennium, Moon Lake Farm Announce Alliance

Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington and John Turner's Moon Lake Farm near Elm Grove, La. have announced an alliance between their operations. Turner's farm will be renamed Millennium Farms at Moon Lake.

 Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Two Millennium Stallions to Louisiana in 2010

Millennium Farms announced that two of its Kentucky-based stallions, Scrimshaw and Woke Up Dreamin, will relocate to Moon Lake Farm in Louisiana for the 2010 breeding season.

 Thursday, October 22, 2009
Luna Vega Runs Away With Molly Pitcher

Luna Vega Runs Away With Molly Pitcher

Luna Vega overcame Spritely in the homestretch to post a mild surprise in the $223,000 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 30 for her second win in as many starts on the Monmouth Park main track.

 Sunday, August 30, 2009

Woke Up Dreamin's First Winner Wins at Calder

Grade II winner Woke Up Dreamin sired his first winner when his son Waking Up scored by 4 3/4 lengths July 26 at Calder Race Course.

 Monday, July 27, 2009

Even the Score's Fee Doubled to $15,000

Citing the success of foals from his first crop that raced in 2008 and increased demand, Millennium Farms announced the stud fee for Even the Score has been doubled from $7,500 to $15,000 for any additional mares booked to the stallion for the 2009 breeding season.

 Saturday, March 14, 2009

Tubby's Klubhouse Fundraiser a Success

In spite of a struggling economy, the generosity of Thoroughbred industry members and others was not lacking at the third annual Tubby's Klubhouse fundraiser Nov. 7. Hosted by Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington, the event raised more than $220,000 via items sold at a live auction, individual donations, and a matching grant from Parra's Family Foundation.

 Monday, November 10, 2008
Zanjero to Stand at Millennium Farms

Zanjero to Stand at Millennium Farms

Millennium Farms announced Nov. 6 that Zanjero, the leading money-earner by Cherokee Run with over $1.6 million, will join its stallion roster for the 2009 breeding season. Zanjero will stand for a fee of $10,000 live foal.

 Thursday, November 06, 2008
Copper State Hopes to Break Through

Copper State Hopes to Break Through

Millennium Farms' Copper State, a bridesmaid in four consecutive stakes efforts, will finally try to get over the hump Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs when she takes on 10 rivals in the $150,000 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II), a one-mile main track test for fillies and mares.

 Thursday, October 30, 2008
Littleexpectations to Louisiana

Littleexpectations to Louisiana

Ro Para's Millennium Farms announced Oct. 29 that Littleexpectations is relocating from the Lexington operation to Louisiana to stand the 2009 breeding season at Robert McDowell's 519 Thoroughbreds near Arcadia.

 Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Student Council to Enter Stud in 2009

Student Council to Enter Stud in 2009

Student Council, a grade I winner on dirt and synthetic surfaces, will be retired at the conclusion of this year's racing season and will stand at Millennium Farms in 2009 as property of a syndicate that will include breeder Will Farish's Lane's End Farm.

 Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Student Council Eyes Pacific Classic

Student Council Eyes Pacific Classic

Millennium Farms' Student Council, second in the July 26 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga, is preparing to defend his title in the $1-million Pacific Classic (gr. I) on Aug. 24 at Del Mar in California.

 Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Student Council's Options Being Pursued

Student Council's Options Being Pursued

Pimlico Special (gr. I) winner Millennium Farms' Student Council will next compete in either the $400,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park or the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park.

 Thursday, June 19, 2008
Student Council Grinds Out 'Special' Win

Student Council Grinds Out 'Special' Win

Millennium Farms' Student Council, who hadn't hit the board in four starts since his victory in the Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) last September, rallied from off the pace in the mud to win the grade I Pimlico Special May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.

 Friday, May 16, 2008
Easyfromthegitgo Added to MRP

Easyfromthegitgo Added to MRP

Louisiana-based stallion, Easyfromthegitgo has been added to the Millennium Rewards program by Ro Parra, owner of Millennium Farm near Lexington.

 Friday, February 22, 2008

Millennium Wind Added to Program

Ro Parra, owner of Millennium Farms, announced that New York-based stallion Millennium Wind will be added to the innovative Millennium Rewards program that was launched on January 1. Millennium Wind is owned by Millennium Stallions and stands at Suzie and Dr. Linwood O'Cain's Highcliff Farms in Delanson, New York for a stud fee of $5,000.

 Sunday, February 03, 2008

Lyle Joins Millennium Farms

Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington has announced the appointment of Brian Lyle as sales manager.

 Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Millennium Offers Awards Program

Millennium Offers Awards Program

Ro Parra's Millennium Farms has announced a frequent-breeder awards program like those that have been successfully used in other consumer markets.

 Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Will He Shine Retires to Millennium

Will He Shine Retires to Millennium

A half-brother to grade I Belmont Futurity winner Cuvee, Will He Shine was fourth in his final career start, the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I), on November 24 at Laurel Park in Maryland, and retires to Millennium Farm for the 2008 breeding season.

 Saturday, December 01, 2007

Will He Shine Retires to Millennium

A half-brother to grade I Belmont Futurity winner Cuvee, Will He Shine was fourth in his final career start, the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I), on November 24 at Laurel Park in Maryland, and retires to Millennium Farm for the 2008 breeding season.

 Saturday, December 01, 2007
Student Council Works in Japan

Student Council Works in Japan

Millennium Farms' Student Council, preparing for a start in the Nov. 24 Japan Cup Dirt at Tokyo Racecourse, worked a half-mile in :49 on the training track at the Quarantine Center at Shiroi, Japan, Nov. 17.

 Saturday, November 17, 2007
Will He Shine Pointed to 'Dash'

Will He Shine Pointed to 'Dash'

Millennium Farms' Will He Shine, a grade II stakes winner by Silver Deputy, will run next in the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) Nov. 24 at Laurel Park in Maryland.

 Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Millennium Fundraiser a Success

For the second year in a row, an effort to bridge the digital divide for underprivileged children of the Thoroughbred industry and throughout Central Kentucky was made through a fundraiser to benefit Tubby's Clubhouse.

 Monday, November 12, 2007
Rolling Sea Sails to Chilukki Score

Rolling Sea Sails to Chilukki Score

Millennium Farms' Rolling Sea won for the sixth time this year, stalking the pace and then taking a clear lead in the stretch before holding on to win the $200,000 Chilukki Stakes (gr. II) by a half-length at Churchill Downs Nov. 3.

 Saturday, November 03, 2007
Student Council May Run in Japan Cup Dirt versus BC Classic

Student Council May Run in Japan Cup Dirt versus BC Classic

A release from Millennium Farm owner Ro Parra said a decision will be made as to whether Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) and Pacific Classic (gr. I) winner Student Council, by Kingmambo, will run next in the $2.4 million Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-I) Nov. 24 or the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic Powered by Dodge (gr. I) Oct. 27.

 Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Student Council Convincing in Hawthorne Gold Cup Victory

Student Council Convincing in Hawthorne Gold Cup Victory

Apparently, Student Council's victory over Lava Man last month was not a fluke after all. A decisive win in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (gr. II) Sept. 29 proved that without a shadow of a doubt.

 Saturday, September 29, 2007

Rolling Sea Rolls to Victory in Allaire duPont Distaff

Millennium Farms' Rolling Sea rolled to the lead on the far turn and drew off down the stretch to win the Allaire duPont Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. II) at Pimlico Friday.

 Friday, May 18, 2007

Super Frolic Will Return to Racing

The 6-year-old Super Frolic, an earner of $1.3 million in his career, will be returned to training, Millennium Farms announced Feb. 15.

 Thursday, February 15, 2007

Millennium Farms Fundraiser Raises $65,000

The effort to bridge the digital divide for children of the Thoroughbred industry took a giant step forward with a recent fundraiser to benefit Tubby's Clubhouse. Hosted at Ro Parra's Millennium Farms near Lexington, the event raised $65,000 via items sold at a live auction; proceeds from stallion seasons and a generous matching grant from the Ro Parra Family Foundation.

 Thursday, November 30, 2006

Breeders' Cup Entrant Super Frolic to Blasi Barn

Millennium Farms Super Frolic, pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I) and the Netjets Mile (gr. IT), was shipped to Churchill Downs Tuesday and is now in the barn of trainer Scott Blasi.

 Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Scrimshaw's First Foal Born in Louisiana

Grade II winner Scrimshaw's first foal is a filly foaled Jan. 23 at 519 Thoroughbreds near Arcadia, La.

 Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Stakes Winner Wild Zone to Hopewell

Wild Zone, sire of four stakes winners this year, has been relocated to Rick Trontz' Hopewell Farm near Midway, Ky.

 Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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