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La Cloche Comes With Late Kick in Athenia

La Cloche Comes With Late Kick in Athenia

Phillips Racing Partnership's homebred La Cloche, a half sister to Winter Memories, came flying with a tremendous late kick to win the $150,000 Athenia Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park Oct. 13.

 Saturday, October 13, 2012
Bringing Back Memories

Bringing Back Memories

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
No one will be forgetting Memories of Silver any time soon, because her daughter, Winter Memories, won some the same races at Saratoga as her dam.

 Friday, August 10, 2012
Silver Hawk Euthanized

Silver Hawk Euthanized

Silver Hawk, the sire of 76 stakes winners who was pensioned in the fall of 2003, was euthanized June 5 due to the infirmities of old age. He was 29.

 Monday, June 09, 2008
Nashoba's Key Dies in Freak Accident

Nashoba's Key Dies in Freak Accident

Millionaire and multiple stakes winner Nashoba's Key suffered a freak stall accident at Hollywood Park and had to be euthanized May 28.

 Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Nashoba's Key Turns On Gas for Gomez

Nashoba's Key Turns On Gas for Gomez

Reunited with Garrett Gomez, heavy favorite Nashoba's Key was on her game once again when she demolished a small field in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) on Santa Anita's synthetic track March 9.

 Sunday, March 09, 2008
Nashoba's Key Ready for Millions

Nashoba's Key Ready for Millions

Unraced since her fourth-place finish in the Emirates Airlines Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT), Eclipse Award finalist Nashoba's Key will make her 5-year-old debut in the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Stakes at Santa Anita Jan. 26.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Grade I Winner Asi Siempre Retired, Consigned to Fasig-Tipton November

Grade I Winner Asi Siempre Retired, Consigned to Fasig-Tipton November

After a fifth-place finish in the Oct. 7 Spinster Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, Martin Schwartz's Asi Siempre has been retired and will be sold at the Fasig-Tipton selected fall mixed sale Nov. 4, trainer Patrick Biancone said Oct. 11.

 Thursday, October 11, 2007
Unbeaten Nashoba's Key Turns It On in Hirsch

Unbeaten Nashoba's Key Turns It On in Hirsch

Undefeated Nashoba's Key had to overcome an anxious moment in Sunday's $294,000 Clement L. Hirsch Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares on the Del Mar Polytrack, but she came thundering home under Joe Talamo for her sixth successive victory.

 Sunday, August 05, 2007

Nashoba's Key Unlocks Rail, Wins Vanity 'Cap

The rail opened up for favored Nashoba's Key at the top of the stretch and the undefeated filly kicked through to defeat a determined Balance by three-quarters of a length in the $294,000 Vanity Handicap (gr. I) for her first grade I stakes win Saturday at Hollywood Park.

 Saturday, July 07, 2007

Nashoba's Key Springs Milady BC Surprise

Undefeated Nashoba's Key stepped into some high caliber company for Sunday's $186,100 Milady Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) and came away with a convincing win over grade I winners Hystericalady and Balance on the Hollywood Park all-weather track.

 Sunday, June 03, 2007

Germance Heads Solid Queen Elizabeth Field

Germance, beaten just once in her career in France, and Magnificent Song, who closed significant ground to capture her last two in New York, headline a solid field of 11 3-year-old turf fillies in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) at Keeneland Saturday.

 Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Multiple Grade I Winner Castledale Retired

Castledale, a grade I winner on both dirt and grass, has been retired due to deterioration of his front ankles, his owners said Friday.

 Friday, September 02, 2005

Pacesetter L'Oiseau d'Argent Wins Sussex

Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum's L'Oiseau d'Argent won the $100,000 Sussex Handicap in gate-to-wire fashion at Delaware Park Saturday.

 Saturday, July 30, 2005

Wonder Again Meets Tough Field in NY Handicap

Wonder Again, who ran quite well in her 2005 debut, should be tough to handle Saturday at Belmont Park in the track's New York Handicap (gr. IIT).

 Thursday, June 30, 2005

Arc Contender Mubtaker Returns to Win Freer

Seven-year-old Mubtaker, second in last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (F-I) and on the sidelines since then, returned Saturday to win the Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Eng-II) for the third time at Newbury.

 Saturday, August 14, 2004

Wonder Again Dominates in Soggy Diana

Wonder Again got the yielding turf trainer James Toner was hoping for and under patient handling from Edgar Prado, she registered an easy 5 3/4-length victory in the $500,000 Diana Handicap (gr. I) at rainy Saratoga Race Course Saturday.

 Saturday, July 31, 2004

Major Sire Silver Hawk Pensioned

Silver Hawk, a prominent turf stallion who sired 66 stakes winners, has been pensioned at Brereton and Libby Jones' Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.

 Sunday, November 02, 2003

Airdrie Raises Deputy Commander's Fee

Brereton C. Jones' Airdrie Stud announced sharp stud fee increases for Deputy Commander and Stormin Fever.

 Friday, October 17, 2003

Epsom Derby Winner Benny the Dip Dies

Benny the Dip, who won the 1997 Vodafone Epsom Derby (Eng-I) and stood for a time at the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., was euthanized the first week of October after fracturing a knee in his paddock at Liam Cashman's Rathberry Stud in Ireland.

 Monday, October 06, 2003

Wonder Again Drives to Noble Damsel Win

John and Joan Phillips' Wonder Again won for the first time in 2003 and ended a five-race losing streak, taking Saturday's $150,000 Noble Damsel Handicap (gr. IIIT) for fillies and mares at Belmont Park.

 Saturday, September 20, 2003

Mubtaker Brilliant in Geoffrey Freer Repeat

Hamdan Al Maktoum's Mubtaker, a brilliant 3 1/2-length victor in Saturday's Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Eng-II) at Newbury for the second straight year, may be headed for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I).

 Saturday, August 16, 2003

Airdrie Announces Stud Fees for 2003 Season

Major sire Silver Hawk again will stand for a private fee next year at Brereton and Libby Jones' Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.

 Tuesday, November 05, 2002

Wonder Again Prevails in Garden City Handicap

Favored Wonder Again held off fast-closing Riskaverse by a half-length to win the $233,000 Garden City Breeder's Cup Handicap (gr. IT) for 3-year-old fillies Sunday at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, September 08, 2002

Wonder Again Prevails in Garden City Handicap

Favored Wonder Again held off fast-closing Riskaverse by a half-length to win the $250,000 Garden City Breeder's Cup Handicap (gr. IT) for 3-year-old fillies Sunday at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, September 08, 2002

Wonder Again Prevails in Garden City Handicap

Favored Wonder Again held off fast-closing Riskaverse by a half-length to win the $250,000 Garden City Breeder's Cup Handicap (gr. IT) for 3-year-old fillies Sunday at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, September 08, 2002