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Lucky Lucky Lucky, Top Racemare From the 1980s, Dead

Lucky Lucky Lucky, a grade I winner who set a Keeneland January sale record, was euthanized Aug. 25 because of complications from the infirmities of old age.

 Thursday, August 25, 2005

Chief Seattle to Empire Stud

Chief Seattle, the sire of Valdale Stakes runner-up Patty Seattle, has been relocated to Empire Stud in Hudson, New York, for the 2006 breeding season under an agreement with Darley.

 Monday, August 22, 2005

Cuvee Relocates to Gainesway Farm

Grade I winner Cuvee, will continue his stud career at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky., beginning in 2006, after standing his first season at Spendthrift Farm this year.

 Thursday, July 21, 2005

Broodmare Trishyde Dead

Sixteen-year-old Trishyde, who was a graded stakes winner for B. Wayne Hughes, was euthanized because of complications while delivering a Malibu Moon colt March 2.

 Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Mr. Greeley to Stand at Gainesway

Mr. Greeley, who has sired six grade/group I winners, will stand the 2006 breeding season at Gainesway Farm near Lexington.

 Saturday, July 09, 2005

Harry Schmidt Jr., Retired Manager of Spendthrift Farm, Dies

Harry Schmidt Jr., the 1985 Kentucky Farm Manager of the Year and longtime broodmare manager at Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, died Tuesday in a Lexington hospital.

 Thursday, February 10, 2005

Retired Claiborne General Manager William K. Taylor Dies

William K. Taylor, a former general manager at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., died Tuesday in Lexington at age 87.

 Thursday, February 10, 2005

Grade I Winner Whywhywhy's First Foal

Grade I winner Whywhywhy's first foal is a filly born Jan. 29 at Corner Woods near Lexington, Ky..

 Thursday, February 03, 2005

Mr. Greeley's Fee Reduced to $35,000

Mr. Greeley, who stands at Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, has undergone a stud fee change from $50,000 to $35,000.

 Sunday, January 09, 2005

Grade I Winner Cuvee to Spendthrift

Cuvee, last year's runner-up in Eclipse Award balloting for best 2-year-old male for Winchell Thoroughbreds and Bruce Kline and partners' Spendthrift Farm, was retired following his unplaced effort in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) and will enter stud at Spendthrift near Lexington, Ky. for a fee of $10,000.

 Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Grade II Winner Teton Forest to Spendthrift

Teton Forest, a 2004 grade II winner for B. Wayne Hughes, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at the owner's Spendthrift Farm near Lexington.

 Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Stellar Jayne Wins Second Grade I in Gazelle

Passed in the stretch, Stellar Jayne turned back Daydreaming in the final furlong to capture the $250,000 Gazelle Handicap (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies Saturday, her second grade I win of the summer at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, September 12, 2004

Hughes Buys Spendthrift; Stallion Operation to Continue

B. Wayne Hughes was looking for a nice little place in Central Kentucky where his grandchildren could visit and he could keep his broodmares. But when he realized Spendthrift Farm was available, he decided to buy a piece of history along with a farm that met his needs.

 Monday, June 28, 2004

Lukas Longshot Lands Mother Goose

The D. Wayne Lukas-trained Stellar Jayne kicked away from even-money favorite Ashado in the final furlong to register a huge 2 1/2-length surprise in the $300,000 Mother Goose (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park.

 Saturday, June 26, 2004

Lukas' Stellar Jayne Pulls Away in Dogwood

Stellar Jayne, ridden by Robby Albarado, took the lead in the upper stretch and cruised to a 3 1/4-length win over Dynaville in Saturday's co-featured $161,400 Dogwood Breeders' Cup (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, June 05, 2004

Ballado Chieftan to Spendthrift in Kentucky

Ballado Chieftan, a 3-year-old stakes-placed son of Saint Ballado, will enter stud at Bruce Kline and partners' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington.

 Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Stallion Botanic Dead

Fourteen-year-old stallion Botanic was euthanized Dec. 12 at Bruce Kline and partners' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington because of complications from foundering.

 Monday, December 15, 2003

Whywhywhy Arrives at Spendthrift in Kentucky

Grade I winner Whywhywhy has arrived at Bruce Kline and partners' Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, where he will enter stud for $7,500.

 Monday, November 03, 2003

Stellar Jayne wins Pocahontas; Sweet Jo Jo Euthanized

Stellar Jayne, ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, assumed the lead inside the final sixteenth of a mile – following a fatal breakdown by race leader Sweet Jo Jo – to win Saturday's $112,300 Pocahontas for 2-year-old fillies by 2 ½ lengths at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, November 01, 2003

Canadian Stallion Semi Northern Dead

Semi Northern, a 25-year-old son of Northern Dancer, died Sept. 1 at Henry and Reta Regelink's Big Curve Acres Farm near Hawkestone, Ontario, Canada.

 Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Prized Colt Goes for $155,000 at Keeneland

Blandford Bloodstock paid a top price of $155,000 for a son of Prized during Thursday's session of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale.

 Friday, September 19, 2003

Futurity Winner Cuvee Only Gets Better

The knock on Cuvee is that he has a sprint pedigree, but so far, the longer the distance for the standout chestnut colt, the bigger his margin of victory. The Verne Winchell-bred Carson City colt drew off to win Sunday's $200,000 Belmont Futurity (gr.I) for 2-year-olds by 8 1/4 lengths.

 Sunday, September 14, 2003

Central Kentucky Stallion Sandpit Dead

Central Kentucky stallion Sandpit, a champion in his native Brazil and a multiple grade I turf winner in the U.S., succumbed to a liver disease and a cancerous tumor Sept. 4.

 Monday, September 08, 2003

Spendthrift Buys Interest in Stakes Winner Cuvee

A half-interest in graded stakes-winning 2-year-old Cuvee has been purchased by a partnership that includes Bruce Kline and partners' Spendthrift Farm

 Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Ice Storm Disrupts Some Breeding Activities

Like many businesses in Central Kentucky, breeding farms were severely impacted by the ice storm that struck the area Feb. 16.

 Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Keeneland January Sale Numbers Dip

Keeneland sold 1,185 horses for $31,186,000 during the five-day January Horses of All Ages Sale that ended on Friday, but total sales average and median were down from 2002.

 Friday, January 10, 2003

Mr. Greeley's Fee $50,000

Mr. Greeley, whose runners have earned $4.4 million this year and include grade I winners Celtic Melody, Nonsuch Bay, and Whywhywhy, will stand for $50,000 in 2003

 Friday, November 01, 2002

Half-interest In Whywhywhy Sold to Spendthrift

Members of the Mr. Greeley syndicate and Spendthrift Farm have purchased a 50% interest in the breeding rights to top 2-year-old Whywhywhy.

 Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Equine Attorney Don Sturgill Dies at 74

Don Sturgill, prominent Lexington equine attorney who served as general counsel for both the national and Kentucky chapters of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, died Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, of a heart attack at his Lexington home.

 Wednesday, October 02, 2002

Prized Gets Group I Winner in Australia

Prized gained his second southern hemisphere group I winner when his 4-year-old daughter Prized Gem landed the $500,000 (Australian funds) Brisbane Cup (Aust-I) at Eagle Farm on June 10.

 Monday, June 10, 2002

Mr. Greeley's Fee Rises

Mr. Greeley, who ranks second among third-crop sires by lifetime progeny earnings, had his fee upped from $15,000 to $25,000 for the 2002 breeding season.

 Thursday, October 18, 2001

Spendthrift Sold; Will Be Full-Service Operation

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kline, formerly of Dixiana Farm, purchased Spendthrift in partnership.

 Friday, December 01, 2000
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