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Hennessy Dead of Apparent Heart Failure

Hennessy Dead of Apparent Heart Failure

Coolmore's talented stallion Hennessy reportedly died of an apparent heart failure Aug. 9 at Haras La Mission in Argentina. The 14-year-old son of Storm Cat had shuttled to South America for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

 Friday, August 10, 2007
After Market Has After Burners, Says Shirreffs

After Market Has After Burners, Says Shirreffs

After Market, one of the favorites in the Arlington Million (gr. IT), is special because of his late kick, trainer John Shirreffs said.

 Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Storm Cat Colt Could Get Saratoga Sale's Second Session Off to a Fast Start

Storm Cat Colt Could Get Saratoga Sale's Second Session Off to a Fast Start

A son of Storm Cat will be the first horse in the sale ring during Tuesday's second session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling auction.

 Sunday, August 05, 2007
Saylor Leaning Toward Selling Fleet Indian in November

Saylor Leaning Toward Selling Fleet Indian in November

Champion Fleet Indian, who is in foal to Storm Cat, probably will be sold in Kentucky this November at either the Keeneland breeding stock sale or the Fasig-Tipton select mixed auction.

 Saturday, August 04, 2007
Burmilla Pulls Off Upset in Honorable Miss

Burmilla Pulls Off Upset in Honorable Miss

Burmilla spotted class and experience to her four rivals, but the lightly-raced 4-year-old daughter of Storm Cat was anything but intimidated as she pulled away down the stretch for a nearly three-length upset victory in the $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) at Saratoga Aug. 3.

 Friday, August 03, 2007
After Market to Stand at Lane's End in 2008

After Market to Stand at Lane's End in 2008

Multiple grade I winner After Market, who has won three consecutive graded-stakes races since April, will enter stud in 2008 at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky. A stud fee will be announced at a later date.

 Friday, August 03, 2007
Rahy is Rising Broodmare Sire of Sires

Rahy is Rising Broodmare Sire of Sires

There is a school of thought that hold that the type of horse to look for as a potential broodmare sire is a good-sized, scopey kind of horse, one whose conformation suggests that he will get mares with plenty of room to carry their foals.

 Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Fleet Indian Day Aug. 1 at Saratoga

Saratoga Race Course will honor retired champion mare Fleet Indian with the running of the first Fleet Indian Stakes for 3-year-old and up New York-bred fillies going 1 1/16 miles Aug. 1.

 Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Stock Rising for Eddie Read Winner After Market

Stock Rising for Eddie Read Winner After Market

After Market, the 3-5 favorite ridden by Alex Solis, enhanced his reputation as one of America's outstanding horses on grass Sunday with a sparkling victory in the $400,000 Eddie Read Handicap (gr. IT) at Del Mar.

 Sunday, July 22, 2007

Wildcat Heir to Join Stallion Roster at Journeyman Stud

Wildcat Heir will stand the 2008 breeding season at Brent Fernung's Journeyman Stud near Belleview, Fla. He stood the previous season at Cloverleaf Stud.

 Tuesday, July 17, 2007

After Market Steams Past Lava Man in Whittingham

After Market took a giant step forward Saturday when he surged past odds-on choice Lava Man to win the $300,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IT) going away on the Hollywood Park turf.

 Saturday, June 09, 2007

After Market Pays Dividend in Inglewood Win

Pam and Martin Wygod's homebred colt After Market returned to his winning ways with a mid-stretch surge to capture the $108,200 Inglewood Handicap (gr. IIIT) by two lengths on the Hollywood Park lawn Saturday.

 Saturday, April 28, 2007

Round Pond Booked to Storm Cat

Richard Porter has decided to send his millionaire mare Round Pond to Storm Cat.

 Monday, April 16, 2007

Goulash Foals Storm Cat Colt

Goulash, the dam of champion Ashado, welcomed a half-brother to that top runner March 21 when she foaled a Storm Cat colt at Taylor Made Farm.

 Friday, March 23, 2007

Gross, Average Fall for FT Calder; Storm Cat Colt Brings $2.5 Million

The Thoroughbred industry's buying titans -- Coolmore Stud and Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operation -- didn't clash Tuesday during Fasig-Tipton's select sale of 2-year-olds in training, and the lack of a major bidding war was reflected in the final statistics for the South Florida auction.

 Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Offspring of First Crop Sires Catching Buyers' Eyes at FT Calder Sale

The progeny of Vindication are standing out heading into Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training at Calder Race Course.

 Monday, March 05, 2007

Storm Cat Off to Good Start

Storm Cat, a 24-year-old son of Storm Bird, has impregnated six of his first seven mares bred this year.

 Sunday, March 04, 2007

$8M Colt Mr. Sekiguchi Collects Second Win

Mr. Sekiguchi, a son of Storm Cat purchased as a yearling for $8 million in 2004 by Fusao Sekiguchi, won Santa Anita's $52,100 allowance feature Friday by a head over 52-1 longshot Absolute Glory.

 Friday, March 02, 2007

Storm Cat Colt Died of Aneurysm During Calder Workout

An autopsy has determined the $900,000 Storm Cat yearling, purchased as a yearling by Florida-based consignors Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo, died of an aneurysm suffered during a Feb. 25 breeze show for the March 6 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of 2-year-olds in training .

 Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Storm Cat Colt Dies During Calder Workout Show

A Storm Cat colt, which sold for $900,000 as a yearling, collapsed and died Sunday at Calder Race Course during the first under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Sunday, February 25, 2007

Island Fashion Retired; Booked to Storm Cat

Millionaire Island Fashion, a three-time grade I winner, has been retired from racing and is booked to Storm Cat.

 Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Azeri's First Foal Is a Colt

Horse of the Year Azeri delivered her first foal, an A.P. Indy chestnut colt, Feb. 14.

 Thursday, February 15, 2007

Point Ashley Booked to Storm Cat

Hill 'n' Dale Farms announced that Eclipse Award finalist and grade I winner Point Ashley, consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency as agent for Zayat Stables and purchased by Hill 'n' Dale Bloodstock as agent, will be bred to leading sire Storm Cat.

 Thursday, January 11, 2007

Point Ashley To Be Bred to Storm Cat

Hill 'n' Dale Farm owner John Sikura said Wednesday Eclipse Award finalist and grade I winner Point Ashley will be bred to leading sire Storm Cat.

 Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Fleet Indian Booked to Storm Cat

Multiple grade I winner Fleet Indian, who was injured during the stretch run of the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I), has been booked to Overbrook Farm stallion Storm Cat.

 Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Mr. Greeley Filly Tops Keeneland Session

On the day it was announced Mr. Greeley's stud fee was jumping to $75,000, a 3-year-old filly by the son of Gone West topped the action at the fourth session of the Keeneland November sale Nov. 9.

 Thursday, November 09, 2006

Good Reward to Stand at Three Chimneys

Phipps Stable millionaire and multiple grade I winner Good Reward has been retired and will stand at Three Chimneys Farm in 2007. The horse is to arrive at Three Chimneys on Nov. 4, according to Ogden M. Phipps and Robert N. Clay, who made the announcement.

 Friday, November 03, 2006

Healthy Addiction, Hollywood Story Headed to Breeding Shed Next Year

Healthy Addiction will be bred to Tiznow. Hollywood Story will visit Storm Cat.

 Friday, November 03, 2006

Sunday Break Moving to Walmac for 2007

The grade II-winning and classic-placed Sunday Break will stand the 2007 season at Robert Trussell and John T.L. Jones III's Walmac Farm near Lexington, it was announced Friday.

 Friday, October 27, 2006

Son of Grand Slam Tops Opening Session of Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale

A son of Grand Slam topped the opening session of the three-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale at the sale company's Newtown Paddocks near Lexington.

 Monday, October 23, 2006

Taylor Made Increases Unbridled's Song, Forestry

Taylor Made Farm announced Wednesday that the two stallions it stands for six figures will both have stud fee increases for the 2007 season.

 Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Storm Cat Staying at $500,000

Storm Cat, the worldwide leader by stud fee the last five years, figures to stay that way in 2007.

 Thursday, October 12, 2006

Appealing Zophie, Untouched Talent Head Alcibiades Field

Appealing Zophie, who won the Spinaway Stakes (gr. I), and Untouched Talent, who broke her maiden in a stakes before winning the Sorrento Stakes (gr. III) and finishing a fast-closing second in the Del Mar Debutante, should vie for favoritism Friday in Keeneland's opening day feature, the grade II Alcibiades Stakes.

 Tuesday, October 03, 2006

With Distinction to Stand at Hartley/De Renzo

With Distinction, a grade II-winning son of Storm Cat, has been purchased to stand at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds near Ocala, Fla.

 Thursday, September 28, 2006

Van Nistelrooy Colt Tops Sunday Keeneland Session

A colt by Van Nistelrooy brought a top price of $75,000 Sunday during the next-to-last session of Keeneland's record-breaking September Yearling Sale.

 Sunday, September 24, 2006

Teofilo Packs Punch in National Stakes

Teofilo extended his winning streak to four following an impressive victory over Holy Roman Emperor in the Laing O'Rourke National Stakes (Ire-I) at the Curragh on Sunday.

 Sunday, September 17, 2006

September Sire Power: Young and Old Rule at Keeneland

While it was Sheikh Mohammed who drove the market during the two-day select sessions of Keeneland's September yearling sale Monday and Tuesday, it was powered by the sires of those yearlings. The leading sires from Book One are a heady mix of the old guard with a trio of young shooters making some interesting headway.

 Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Keeneland Pace Remains Hot; Record Price Established

The pace of the 2006 Keeneland September yearling remained brisk Tuesday with the buying power of Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai leading the way. A new September sale record price of $11.7 million was established along with an all-time high for a session average.

 Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Keeneland Sale Opens With Increases in Average, Median

After breaking from the gate a bit slowly, the 2006 Keeneland September yearling sale quickly picked up speed, led by the purchasing power of Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai, to post increases in average and median price despite the gross and number of horses selling showing a slight decline.

 Monday, September 11, 2006

Hot Horses Catching Buyers' Eyes in Keeneland's First Session

People are talking favorably about a lot of different horses at the Keeneland September yearling auction. Some say the sale topper might even come in the first session rather than in the second, where it usually is.

 Sunday, September 10, 2006

Hot Horses Generating Buzz in Keeneland's Second Session

If you can believe the talk around Keeneland's sale grounds, Tuesday's second session of the September yearling sale is filled with horses that have top conformation as well as top pedigrees.

 Sunday, September 10, 2006

Bluegrass Cat Flexes Claws in Haskell Romp

Even-money favorite Bluegrass Cat, winless since taking the Sam F. Davis in February, demolished the field in Sunday's $1,030,000 Haskell Invitational with devastating late burst.

 Sunday, August 06, 2006

Untouched Talent Unbeatable in Sorrento

Favored Untouched Talent inched away from the pack leaving the turn and rolled to a three-length victory in the $150,000 Sorrento for 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar Saturday.

 Saturday, August 05, 2006

Saratoga Yearling Sale Opens Tuesday With Larger Catalogue

The yearling selling season got off to a strong start last month in Kentucky. Now the action moves to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where Fasig-Tipton will conduct its boutique sale Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

 Friday, August 04, 2006

Yearling Market Won't Benefit From Stonerside's Best in 2006

Three yearlings bred by Robert and Janice McNair's Stonerside Stable sold for $3 million or more apiece last year at public auction. This year, the yearling market won't be pumped up by the McNairs' best young stock.

 Thursday, August 03, 2006

First Stake for Ambitious Cat in Dance Smartly

Ambitious Cat, last year's Sovereign Award winner as Canada's top female turf horse, captured her first stakes race on Saturday in the $300,000 Dance Smartly (Can-II) at Woodbine.

 Saturday, July 15, 2006

After Market Wins Lexington, Stays Unbeaten

Unbeaten After Market, showing some greenness while making his stakes debut in his third start, collared Carnera in mid-stretch Sunday and went on to victory in the $107,400 Lexington (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds at nine furlongs on Belmont Park's firm inner turf course.

 Sunday, July 09, 2006

$2.2 Million Storm Cat Colt Belongs to Sheikh Mohammed, Romans Says

A $2.2-million Storm Cat--Brushed Halory colt, which was the second-highest-priced 2-year-old sold at public auction this year, now belongs to Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai, according to Dale Romans.

 Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Western Gambler Tops Second Session of OBS Spring Sale

Western Gambler, a son of Storm Cat, was the top-priced horse at $275,000 during Wednesday's second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. spring sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Wednesday, April 26, 2006

O'Brien Fillies Finish One-Two in Guineas Trial

Trainer Aidan O'Brien's 3-year-old filly Kamarinskaya broke her maiden in the Dimitrova One Thousand Guineas Trial (Ire-III) at Leopardstown Saturday to become part of Ballydoyle's Classic mix this season.

 Saturday, April 15, 2006
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