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Records Fall as Fasig-Tipton Oct. Sale Ends

Records Fall as Fasig-Tipton Oct. Sale Ends

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale concluded with a record-setting flourish in Lexington.

 Thursday, October 25, 2012
Book Three Ends with Solid Trade at Keeneland

Book Three Ends with Solid Trade at Keeneland

Heavy action by lookers at the barns is followed by brisk bidding in the ring during Day Six of the Keeneland September yearling sale. All key indices are up over last year's figures.

 Sunday, September 16, 2012
Isn't He Clever Feeling at Home in Borderland

Isn't He Clever Feeling at Home in Borderland

Isn't He Clever happily returned to New Mexico for trainer Henry Dominguez, where he produced a sharp 1 3/4-length tally in the $150,000 Borderland Derby at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino Feb. 25.

 Saturday, February 25, 2012
Joe Vann Trucks to Easy Illinois Derby Win

Joe Vann Trucks to Easy Illinois Derby Win

Joe Vann, making his stakes debut for Todd Pletcher, turned back the challenge of The Fed Eased in the stretch to register a commanding win in the $300,000 TVG Illinois Derby (gr. III) April 9 at Hawthorne.

 Saturday, April 09, 2011
Arch Traveler Wins Key Gulfstream Allowance

Arch Traveler Wins Key Gulfstream Allowance

Favored Arch Traveler won a key Gulfstream Park allowance race for 3-year-olds on the Fountain of Youth (gr. II) undercard Feb. 26, defeating second choice Nacho Business by three-quarters of a length.

 Saturday, February 26, 2011
Big Brown to Shuttle To Australia This Year

Big Brown to Shuttle To Australia This Year

According to an announcement on the Vinery Australia Web Site, the farm has "secured a significant shareholding" in Big Brown and the stallion will shuttle beginning this year.

 Thursday, March 11, 2010

Two Colts Shade 10 in Barretts Works

A colt by Sky Mesa and a colt by Five Star Day each worked an eighth of a mile in 9 4/5 May 7, the fastest times at the first preview day for the May 11 Barretts sale of 2-year-olds in training in California.

 Thursday, May 07, 2009
Big Brown Holds Off Proudinsky On Turf

Big Brown Holds Off Proudinsky On Turf

Big Brown made his return to turf a successful one Sept. 13 in the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes, as he sprinted to a commanding early lead under Kent Desormeaux and then gamely held off Proudinsky for the length of the stretch to win by a neck.

 Saturday, September 13, 2008
Prussian Looks to Return to Winning Ways

Prussian Looks to Return to Winning Ways

Less than two weeks after being caught at the wire in the Lamplighter Stakes, Bill Mott will send Prussian back to the starting gate in the $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 6 at Belmont Park.

 Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Big Brown's Dam Bred to Stormy Atlantic

Big Brown's Dam Bred to Stormy Atlantic

You know how it is with breeders. They breed one Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner, and the next thing you know, they're trying to come up with another.

 Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Big Brown's Hoof Shows Improvement

Big Brown's Hoof Shows Improvement

Ian McKinlay, the hoof-lameness specialist who has been treating Big Brown's quarter crack, said Monday morning the colt's left front foot has shown improvement.

 Monday, May 26, 2008
Big Brown Delivers; Filly Breaks Down

Big Brown Delivers; Filly Breaks Down

United Parcel Service has never made a delivery like Big Brown delivered May 3 at Churchill Downs, romping home by nearly five lengths to remain unbeaten in four starts with a scintillating win in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Saturday, May 03, 2008
Prussian Leads Transy Field

Prussian Leads Transy Field

Prussian will face eight rivals April 4 when he makes his 2008 debut in the $150,000 Central Bank Transylvania Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds, the opening day feature of the 16-day spring meet at Keeneland.

 Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Prussian Installed 3-1 Favorite for Juvenile Turf

Prussian Installed 3-1 Favorite for Juvenile Turf

Heading into uncharted territory, Monticule's homebred Prussian was made the 3-1 favorite for the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Run as the second Breeders' Cup race on the new Friday program, the $1-million race will be run at a mile Oct. 26.

 Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Here and There...

Racing and breeding news and information.

 Monday, February 10, 2003