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Magical Feeling Pulls 27-1 Fritchie Shocker

Magical Feeling Pulls 27-1 Fritchie Shocker

Making her graded stakes debut, Magical Feeling split the two favorites in deep stretch to pull off a 27-1 stunner in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 18 at Laurel Park.

 Saturday, February 18, 2012

Classic-placed Dunkirk Sires First Foal

The first reported foal by classic-placed Dunkirk is a filly foaled Jan. 10 for Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds.

 Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Academy Award, SW by Secretariat, Dies

Academy Award, a graded stakes-winning son of Secretariat, was euthanized Aug. 24 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement near Georgetown, Ky., because of complications from chronic laminitis.

 Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Average, Median Rise in OBS March Opener

Average, Median Rise in OBS March Opener

Buy-back rate drops, falling to 28.7% from 41.1% last year.

 Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Smart Strike Colt Sells for $400,000 at OBS

Smart Strike Colt Sells for $400,000 at OBS

Kaleem Shah is the colt's new owner, and Bob Baffert will train him.

 Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Grade I Winners Give Dilger Sept. Sale Boost

Grade I Winners Give Dilger Sept. Sale Boost

For Gerry Dilger of Dromoland Farm in Central Kentucky, the timing could not have been better. A little more than a week prior to the start of the Keeneland September yearling auction, two juvenile graduates of his breeding and selling program -Hot Dixie Chick and Dublin- scored victories in grade I races at Saratoga.

 Saturday, September 12, 2009
Keeneland Final Gross Down 53.4%

Keeneland Final Gross Down 53.4%

The final results of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington were sobering, with setbacks of 53.4% in gross revenue, 48% in average price, and 44.1% in median price from a year ago. But they weren't anything new to the people who market Thoroughbreds.

 Monday, January 19, 2009
Graeme Six Has Tall Task in Endine

Graeme Six Has Tall Task in Endine

Graeme Six is the only graded stakes winner entered in the $200,000 Endine Stakes (gr. III), but she will have to deal with eight capable fillies and mares, including High Bank Syndicate's Sweet Hope, who was runner-up to Indian Blessing last out.

 Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Tomahawk to Park Stud in Ontario

Tomahawk, a $2.5 million Keeneland July yearling and an Irish champion 2-year-old, will enter stud at Michael Byrne's Park Stud near Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, for a fee of $8,500 (Canadian funds).

 Monday, December 13, 2004

Gravesend Test is All Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice proved to be the correct choice Sunday when he rallied from off the pace to catch Sing Me Back Home in deep stretch and notch a ¾ length decision in the rescheduled $109,200 Gravesend Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct.

 Sunday, December 29, 2002

Gravesend Test is All Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice proved to be the correct choice Sunday when he rallied from off the pace to catch Sing Me Back Home in deep stretch and notch a ¾ length decision in the rescheduled $109,200 Gravesend Handicap (gr. III) at Aqueduct.

 Sunday, December 29, 2002