BloodHorse.com | Horse Racing News

BloodHorse.com Articles for "Taylor Made"

Stallions Named For Matchmaker

Stallions Named For Matchmaker

Taylor Made announces stallions for Matchmaker Stakes (gr. III), Aug. 3 at Monmouth Park.

 Friday, July 25, 2008
Taylor Made Offers Incentives

Taylor Made Offers Incentives

Taylor Made Stallions released the details of a incentive program for both Northern Afleet and Southern Image. Breeders who pay $10,000 to breed to these stallions will have more options regarding their payment due dates.

 Monday, January 14, 2008
Sunriver to Empire in New York

Sunriver to Empire in New York

Sunriver, a grade I winner in 2007 and a full brother to champion Ashado, will enter stud at Empire Stud near Hudson, N.Y.

 Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Record Keeneland Auction Ends

Record Keeneland Auction Ends

Keeneland's record-setting November breeding stock came to a close Nov. 19, setting a new standard for gross receipts of $340,877,200.

 Friday, December 14, 2007
Keeneland Day Six: Market Softens

Keeneland Day Six: Market Softens

The Nov. 10 session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale saw declines in gross, average, and median as a changeover of buyers from around the world created a softer market.

 Saturday, November 10, 2007
Average Up and the Middle Solid

Average Up and the Middle Solid

Keeneland's Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell termed the Nov. 9 session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale "a very good day at the office" as a slight drop in gross was untainted by a rising average and a strong middle market.

 Friday, November 09, 2007
Unbridled's Song's Fee Dropped

Unbridled's Song's Fee Dropped

Unbridled's Song, who stands at Taylor Made Farm, will stand for $150,000 in 2008, down from $200,000 this year.

 Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Average, Median Rise at Fasig-Tipton November Select Sale

Average, Median Rise at Fasig-Tipton November Select Sale

Round Pond, at $5.75 million, helps the Fasig-Tipton November select mixed sale post sizable increases in its average and median price.

 Sunday, November 04, 2007
Round Pond Brings $5.75 Million at Fasig-Tipton

Round Pond Brings $5.75 Million at Fasig-Tipton

Round Pond sold for $5.75 million during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale.

 Sunday, November 04, 2007
Maryfield a Deal at $1,250,000 at Fasig-Tipton

Maryfield a Deal at $1,250,000 at Fasig-Tipton

Maryfield sold for $1,250,000 during the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale.

 Sunday, November 04, 2007
Distorted Humor to Stand for $300,000

Distorted Humor to Stand for $300,000

Distorted Humor now shares top honors with fellow stallions A.P. Indy and Storm Cat when it comes to 2008 stud fee

 Friday, November 02, 2007
Aircraft Mechanic Ponce Receives White Horse Award

Aircraft Mechanic Ponce Receives White Horse Award

Navy Aircraft Mechanic first class Johnny Arrendondo Ponce became the first non-track worker to win the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's White Horse Award when it was presented Oct. 25 at the Taylor Made Stallions' White Horse Heroes Luncheon at Monmouth Park.

 Thursday, October 25, 2007
Master Command Retires to Taylor Made

Master Command Retires to Taylor Made

Master Command, a record-setting, multiple graded stakes-winning son of A.P. Indy, has been retired to Taylor Made Stallions, in Nicholasville, Ky. Purchased for $650,000 by Aaron and Marie Jones at the 2003 Saratoga Select Yearling sale, the flashy chestnut went on to win five graded stakes and earn $1,137,188.

 Thursday, October 11, 2007
Gross, Average Rise in Keenland's Seventh Session; Pinhookers Busy

Gross, Average Rise in Keenland's Seventh Session; Pinhookers Busy

The gross revenue and average price increased during the seventh session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Monday, when a Cherokee Run colt sold for $325,000.

 Monday, September 17, 2007

Son of Johannesburg Brings $1 Million at Keeneland Day 5

A handsome son of Johannesburg brought $1 million as the top purchase during the Sept. 15 session of Keeneland's September yearling sale for a racing partnership that includes owners Jim Scatuorchio and Michael Tabor, as the session's gross, average, and median all posted modest gains.

 Saturday, September 15, 2007
Jones-Bred Yearlings in Spotlight This Year

Jones-Bred Yearlings in Spotlight This Year

Someone wanting to play percentages for yearlings selling for $1 million or more may need to look no further than the broodmare band of husband/wife breeders Aaron U. and Marie D. Jones.

 Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Record-Priced Half Ours to Taylor Made

Record-Priced Half Ours to Taylor Made

Half Ours, a record-priced purchase and grade II winner, has been retired from racing to stand in 2008 alongside his sire, Unbridled's Song, at the Taylor family's Taylor Made Stallions near Nicholasville, Ky.

 Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Purim, Storm Surge to Richland Hills

Purim, Storm Surge to Richland Hills

Graded stakes winners Purim and Storm Surge will stand in 2008 at Nathan Fox' Richland Hills near Midway. Ky.

 Friday, August 17, 2007
Ferguson Dominates Opening Session of Saratoga Sale

Ferguson Dominates Opening Session of Saratoga Sale

Agent John Ferguson, representing Sheikh Mohammed, dominated Monday's first session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale, which saw double-digit drops in average and median prices.

 Tuesday, August 07, 2007
'Bumper Stickers' Delivering Sales Information

'Bumper Stickers' Delivering Sales Information

Bumper stickers are a time-honored way for drivers to communicate feelings to motorists, but Taylor Made Sales has recently been using its own variation of sticky notes to convey catalog updates to potential buyers.

 Monday, August 06, 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

Unbridled's Song Hot at Belmont

Unbridled's Song shook things up in a big way June 30 at Belmont Park when he sired the winners of both the Suburban Handicap (gr. I) and Mother Goose Stakes (gr. I).

 Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Graded Stakes Producer Prospective Joy Dead

Prospective Joy, dam of grade I winner Hookedonthefeelin, died in March of foaling complications.

 Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Champion Aldebaran's First Winner

Aldebaran, champion sprinter of 2003, was represented by his first winner May 17 when his son Ascot Hall won at Belmont Park in his initial start.

 Friday, May 18, 2007

Grade I Winner Forest Danger's First Foal Is a Filly

The first reported foal for grade I winner Forest Danger is a filly born Jan. 13 at Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds near Lexington.

 Sunday, January 28, 2007

Grade I Winner Southern Image's First Foal

The first reported offspring by multiple grade I winner Southern Image is a filly foaled Jan. 19 at Lobo Farm near Paris, Ky.

 Sunday, January 28, 2007

Chief Officer Bought Back for $750,000 at Keeneland January Sale

The final bid for Chief Officer at the Keeneland January horses of all ages auction Wednesday was $750,000, but it came from someone working for her owner, Egyptian entrepreneur Ahmed Zayat.

 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

Pimlico Assistant Starter Receives RTCA's White Horse Award

Assistant starter Clinton Beck was named the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's White Horse Award recipient during the Taylor Made Sale's Agency's Nov. 2 White Horse Heroes luncheon at Churchill Downs.

 Friday, November 03, 2006

ClassicStar Manager Says All Systems Go for Fasig-Tipton Auction

A managing partner of ClassicStar says he is not only looking forward to the company's dispersal of mares at the Nov. 5 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky select mixed sale, but to its future as a commercial breeder as well

 Wednesday, November 01, 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

Officer to Stand for $40,000 at Taylor Made

Officer, who ranks second on the first-crop sires list by progeny earnings and third on the overall 2-year-old sires list, will stand for a $40,000 fee at the Taylor family's Taylor Made Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.

 Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Judge Declines to Issue Restraining Order on Sale of ClassicStar Mares

A federal judge in a Lexington courthouse on Oct. 3 declined to issue temporary restraining orders that might have impacted the dispersal sale of ClassicStar-affiliated horses at the Nov. 5 Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale.

 Tuesday, October 03, 2006

ClassicStar to Disperse Mares at Fasig-Tipton in November

A dispersal of approximately 90 in-foal mares owned by the major mare-leasing operation ClassicStar will be held during the Fasig-Tipton November select mixed sale on Nov. 5 in Lexington.

 Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Forestry Colt Leads Way as FTK Kicks Off Yearling Sale Season

Fasig-Tipton Kentucky kicked off the 2006 yearling sale season on a strong note Monday as a Forestry colt was purchased by agent John Ferguson for $1.2 million, the first seven-figure offering at the auction in Lexington, Ky., since 1983.

 Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Rockport Harbor Re-injures Foot; Retirement Possible

Fox Hill Farms' Rockport Harbor, who has had more than his share of bad luck during his racing career, came out of his fifth-place finish in the March 12 Razorback Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) with a foot injury that may force his retirement.

 Monday, March 13, 2006

Keeneland January Sale Gets Off to Strong Start

There weren't any million-dollar broodmares or yearlings Monday during the opening session of the Keeneland January sale in Lexington. But the auction didn't need any seven-figure fireworks. Business was strong enough to boost the gross revenue, average price, and median price by more than 40% apiece from last year.

 Monday, January 09, 2006

Grade I Winner Wildcat Heir to Cloverleaf Farms II in Florida

Wildcat Heir, a grade I-winning son of Forest Wildcat, will enter stud at John Sykes' Cloverleaf Farms II near Reddick, Fla. His fee will be $8,000.

 Thursday, November 17, 2005

Taylor Made Ups World Record for a Consignor

Kentucky-based Taylor Made Sales Agency has improved on its world record for gross generated by a consignor during a single public auction.

 Monday, November 14, 2005

Ringside at Keeneland: News and Notes from November Sale

News and Notes from the Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale: Big day for Taylor Made... A big buyback... Jackson and Hughes, friends and competitors.

 Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Unbridled's Song's Fee Upped to $150,000

Unbridled's Song, a prominent sire for years, will stand in 2006 for $150,000, up from his $125,000 fee in 2005, at the Taylor family's Taylor Made Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.

 Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Grade II Winner Quero Quero Retired

Quero Quero, a California grade II winner and half-sister to two-time champion sprinter Housebuster, has been retired from racing and is booked to A.P. Indy.

 Thursday, October 20, 2005

Keeneland September Sale Ends With Increase in World Record Gross

The Keeneland September yearling auction -- also known as the biggest Thoroughbred sale on earth -- closed out its 14-session run Monday afternoon with gross revenue of $384,349,900 for the 3,545 hips sold.

 Monday, September 26, 2005

Keeneland Day 12: Gross, Average, Median Rise Again

Keeneland's marathon September yearling sale entered its final three days on Saturday and registered across-the-board gains for the 10th time in the first 12 sessions of the 14-day auction.

 Saturday, September 24, 2005

Keeneland Day Four: Just a Little off the Top

Day four of Keeneland's marathon September yearling sale "might have been a little softer in spots," according to director of sales Geoffrey Russell, but business was still plenty good Thursday in Lexington, Ky. as the world's largest yearling sale rolled on. Overall, the gross revenue for the first four days is up 17.3% from last year's record sale.

 Thursday, September 15, 2005

Unbridled's Song Colt Sells for $700,000 Thursday

Day four of the Keeneland September sale was just underway for about an hour when a colt by Unbridled's Song sold for $700,000.

 Thursday, September 15, 2005

Unbridled's Song Colt Brings $950,000 at Keeneland

An Unbridled's Song colt sold for $950,000 Wednesday early during the third session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Stonestreet Stable, owned by Kendall-Jackson winery founder Jess Jackson was the buyer. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the colt as agent.

 Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Forest Danger Retired; to Stand at Taylor Made

Forest Danger, who ran fifth in the Sept. 3 Forego Handicap (gr. I), his first start in three months, has re-aggravated an injury, forcing his retirement.

 Friday, September 09, 2005

Kentucky Derby Winner Real Quiet Relocates to Pennsylvania

Real Quiet, who entered stud in 2000 and has sired three stakes winners to date, is being relocated to stand in 2006 at Regal Heir Farms near Grantville, Penn.

 Thursday, August 18, 2005

Graded Turf Filly Mambo Slew Retired

Mambo Slew, a two-time graded stakes winner on grass, has been retired from racing with a record of four wins from 15 starts and earnings of $282,180.

 Monday, July 25, 2005
<< Previous1  2  3  4  Next >>