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Oliver Tait Resigns from BC Board Over Salix

Oliver Tait Resigns from BC Board Over Salix

Oliver Tait, Darley's chief operating officer, has resigned from the board of the Breeders' Cup following a board decision not to implement a ban on race-day medication for all championship races this year.

 Sunday, March 03, 2013

Darley Plans Online Stallion Season Auction

Darley in America will hold a series of online stallion season auctions to Medaglia d'Oro, Hard Spun, and Lonhro for the 2013 breeding season.

 Friday, January 18, 2013
Derby Winner Street Sense to Darley Japan

Derby Winner Street Sense to Darley Japan

Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Street Sense will stand the 2013 season at Darley's farm in Japan, and Desert Party, a $2.1 million auction 2-year-old and a multiple stakes winner, will stand at Sequel Stallions in New York.

 Sunday, October 21, 2012

Foley Leaves Darley, Starts Oracle Bloodstock

Conor Foley of Darley America has announced he will leave the operation to open Oracle Bloodstock, an agency whose product mix will include stallion acquisitions, yearling selection, and private bloodstock acquisitions.

 Thursday, August 30, 2012
Champion Midshipman Retired

Champion Midshipman Retired

Midshipman, champion 2-year-old male of 2008 and winner of that year's Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), has been retired from racing and will stand his first season at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley near Lexington.

 Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Desert Party Retired; Will Stand at Darley

Desert Party Retired; Will Stand at Darley

Multiple graded stakes winner Desert Party has been retired from racing and will stand at stud at the Maktoum family's Darley USA near Lexington.

 Friday, August 06, 2010
Darley's Tait to Relocate to Newmarket

Darley's Tait to Relocate to Newmarket

Olly Tait, the chief operating officer of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley America, will relocate to Newmarket, England, this summer.

 Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Five Questions: Olly Tait

Five Questions: Olly Tait

Tait, COO of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operation, has been based in Central Kentucky now for just more than a year.

 Monday, December 21, 2009
Medaglia d'Oro on Southern Hemisphere Time

Medaglia d'Oro on Southern Hemisphere Time

Medaglia d'Oro, the leading sire this year by North American earnings and leading second crop sire, will be available to be bred on Southern Hemisphere time, beginning Sept. 1 at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley near Lexington.

 Friday, August 21, 2009
Del Mar and Darley Form Partnership

Del Mar and Darley Form Partnership

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Darley have announced a partnership starting in 2009 highlighted by the renaming of the Del Mar Debutante (gr. I) as the Darley Debutante.

 Thursday, January 08, 2009
Fasig-Tipton Restructures Management

Fasig-Tipton Restructures Management

Fasig-Tipton has restructured its senior management team, it was announced Sept. 2. The changes include the addition of one of Sheikh Mohammed's key employees in America, Dan Pride, to the auction firm's executive ranks.

 Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Darley Continues Buying Spree Down Under

It seems purchasing sprinting sensation Exceed And Excel (Danehill-Patrona) for A$22 million (U.S. $16.9 million) last month wasn't enough for the ever-expanding Darley in Australia. The big boys have just grown a tad more and in the interim again turned the screws on all Australian stud rivals by buying Australia's best 3-year-old Reset (Zabeel-Assertive Lass) for A$20 million (U.S.$15.3 million) overnight.

 Thursday, April 08, 2004