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Grade II Winner Jibboom Retired

Grade II Winner Jibboom Retired

Jibboom, a graded stakes winner on dirt and turf for Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, has been retired from racing because of a suspensory injury.

 Wednesday, March 18, 2009

O'Rourke to Head Britain's National Stud

Brian O'Rourke, who has worked for the last 12 years in Kentucky, is leaving America to take up the post of managing director of Britain's National Stud in Newmarket.

 Monday, August 04, 2008
Jibboom Explodes in Lexus Raven Run

Jibboom Explodes in Lexus Raven Run

Juddmonte Farms' Jibboom came into the Lexus Raven Run (gr. II) off two seconds in allowance company, was making just her fourth career start, and had to run down 12 other fillies. But Oct. 20, going seven furlongs over Keeneland's Polytrack, the filly won her first graded stakes event with a bang.

 Saturday, October 20, 2007

Plantation Stud Acquires Silver Springs Stud

Plantation Stud of Newmarket, England, announced Monday that it has acquired the 220-acre Silver Springs Stud near Paris, Ky.

 Monday, June 11, 2007

English Stallion Mark of Esteem Withheld from Stud Duty

Darley stallion Mark of Esteem, who is coming off a fifth-place ranking on the 2006 English/Irish sires list, has been indefinitely suspended from stud duties following recent tests that have indicated a decrease in his fertility level.

 Thursday, February 08, 2007

Champion Afleet Alex's First Foal

Champion Afleet Alex's first reported foal is a colt born Jan. 21 at Bettina Jenney's Derry Meeting Farm near Cochranville, Pa.

 Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Irish Classic Winner Araafa to Stand at Plantation

Araafa, a two-time group I winner, will stand at stud in 2007 at Dermot O'Rourke's Plantation Stud, but not before completing this year's racing season.

 Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Juddmonte Sells Interest in Distant View to Haras Vacacion

Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms has reached an agreement on the sale of an equal share in successful sire Distant View to Haras Vacacion S.A.

 Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Irish Horseman Dermot O'Rourke Buys Plantation Stud

Dermot O'Rourke, former director of the Irish National Stud, bought historic Plantation near Newmarket, England, for an undisclosed sum.

 Sunday, August 07, 2005

Machiavellian Withdrawn from Stallion Service

French champion and prominent sire Machiavellian, a Darley standard bearer, has been withdrawn from covering duties at Dalham Hall Stud near Newmarket, England, because of a recurrence of laminitis.

 Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Flute Retired Due to Ankle Injury

Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Flute has been retired due to a small chip in one ankle. She is expected to return to her birthplace, Juddmonte Farms near Lexington, Ky. on Thursday. No breeding plans have been decided.

 Monday, February 04, 2002

O'Rourke Kentucky Farm Manager of the Year

The secret is out--Garrett O'Rourke, manager of Prince Khalid Abdullah's North American division of Juddmonte Farms, is this year's Kentucky farm manager of the year.

 Wednesday, November 07, 2001