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'Disappointing' Brother Keith Tries Turf

'Disappointing' Brother Keith Tries Turf

On March 1, Brother Keith will make his grass debut against seven rivals in the $100,000 Baldwin Stakes (gr. IIIT) on Santa Anita's downhill turf course. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint is the feature on Santa Anita's nine-race program.

 Friday, February 27, 2009

McCaffery Remembered for Contributions to Racing

Trudy McCaffery was remembered as a "cross between Mother Teresa and Elizabeth Taylor" during a well-attended memorial service at Santa Anita Park, where her racehorses regularly competed.

 Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Graded Stakes-Placed Buckland Manor Retired

Graded stakes-placed Buckland Manor has been retired, and eventually is expected to stand at stud.

 Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Racing to Bid Farewell to Trudy McCaffery Friday

More than racing will miss Trudy McCaffery, Trudy McCaffery will miss racing. One of the most popular people in the sport, the prominent horse owner and breeder who died Feb. 12 at 62 after a long battle with cancer had an unmatched love of the game.

 Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Keith Card Elected 2005 CTBA President

Keith Card has been elected president of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association for 2005.

 Friday, March 11, 2005

California Stallion Smokester, Sire of Free House, Dies

Smokester, sire of California champion Free House, died Feb. 21 while breeding at the Sahadi family's Cardiff Stud Farms near Atascadero, Calif.

 Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Wood Resigns CHRB Post

Roy C. Wood Jr. will retire from his position as executive director of the California Horse Racing Board effective at the end of 2004.

 Friday, August 20, 2004

'Freebie'

By Lenny Shulman -- The picture lingers in the mind of Trudy McCaffery, and in the memories of racing fans. Two great gray horses thundering down the stretch in the 1997 Preakness Stakes (gr. I), shadow roll to shadow roll, both with one eye on the finish and one fixed on each other, making sure they were running together till the end.

 Tuesday, July 27, 2004

California Star Free House Dies

Free House, one of the best Cal-breds of all time and a two-time Horse of the Year in the Golden State for Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan, died Monday.

 Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Kids to the Cup Back for Santa Anita Derby

For the fifth consecutive year, Kids to the Cup will enjoy a visit to Santa Anita on Santa Anita Derby day.

 Friday, April 02, 2004

McCaffery, Nicholson Join NTRA Charities Board

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association today Friday that Thoroughbred owner and breeder Trudy McCaffery and Keeneland president and CEO Nick Nicholson have joined the board of directors of NTRA Charities.

 Friday, October 17, 2003

Grade II winner A. P. Assay Euthanized

Grade II winner A. P. Assay, whose yearling filly by Gone West sold for $1.6 million at the Keeneland September yearling sale, was euthanized Sept. 27 after breaking her neck at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Monday, September 29, 2003

Lewis, McCaffery to Resign from TOC Board

Leading California Thoroughbred owner Robert Lewis said he and Trudy McCaffery will be forced to resign from the Thoroughbred Owners of California board of directors after the California Horse Racing Board refused to waive a rule prohibiting horsemen's organization representatives from also serving on racing association boards.

 Thursday, September 18, 2003

Lewis, McCaffery Join Oak Tree Board

Robert B. Lewis and Trudy McCaffery have accepted invitations to join the Oak Tree Racing Association Board of Directors.

 Thursday, September 04, 2003

Breeders' Cup Elects Board of Directors

Breeders' Cup Ltd. elected 13 members to its board of directors through the proportional shareholder voting system by Breeders' Cup foal and stallion nominators.

 Thursday, August 14, 2003

Bosque Redondo Succumbs Four Months After Surgery

Bosque Redondo's struggle for survival since undergoing surgery in late August ended on Jan. 12, according to a report in Daily Racing Form.

 Friday, January 17, 2003

Trudy McCaffery Awarded NTRA Commissioner's Cup

National Thoroughbred Racing Association Commissioner Tim Smith presented the NTRA Commissioner's Cup to Thoroughbred owner/breeder Trudy McCaffery Nov. 1 at a reception at the Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.

 Friday, November 01, 2002

Came Home's Fee: $40,000

Came Home's first-year stud fee will be $40,000. The son of Gone West, a multiple grade I winner and millionaire, will stand his first season at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Friday, November 01, 2002

Came Home to Stand for $50,000

Millionaire Came Home has arrived at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., and will begin his stallion career at $50,000 live foal.

 Wednesday, October 30, 2002

Came Home Arrives at Lane's End; Fee $50,000

Millionaire Came Home has arrived at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., and will begin his stallion career at $50,000 live foal.

 Sunday, October 27, 2002

Horse of the Year Honors at Stake for Came Home

Co-owner John Toffan firmly believes Came Home deserves to be Horse of the Year if he wins on Saturday.

 Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Surgery Successful for Bosque Redondo

Bosque Redondo is resting comfortably at Equine Medical Center near Cypress, Calif., after successful surgery to repair a sesamoid fracture of his right ankle and a condylar fracture of the cannon bone suffered during his fifth-place finish in the Aug. 25 Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar.

 Thursday, August 29, 2002

Bosque Redondo in Good Condition After Surgery

do was reported in good condition Wednesday morning by Dr. Wayne McIlraith following surgery Tuesday for broken sesamoids and a condylar fracture of the right front cannon bone suffered following the finish of Sunday's Pacific Classic (gr. I).

 Wednesday, August 28, 2002

McCaffery, Anson Elected to TOC Board of Directors

Trudy McCaffery and Ron Anson have been elected by the members of the Thoroughbred Owners of California to serve on the organization's board of directors. Ron Charles, Jack B. Owens, and Donald Valpredo were re-elected to the board.

 Tuesday, July 16, 2002

Came Home Heads Norfolk

Came Home, who set a stakes record in winning the seven-furlong Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga earlier this month, will start in Saturday's one-mile Norfolk Stakes (gr. II) according to co-owner John Toffan.

 Wednesday, September 26, 2001

Lane's End Purchases Interest in Came Home

John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery's undefeated 2-year-old Came Home will stand at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky., when he retires from racing, the nursery announced Friday. Came Home has won all three of his starts, including the Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, where he recorded the fastest time since the race was changed to seven furlongs in 1994.

 Friday, September 21, 2001

Filling the Cup

By John DeSantis -- John DeSantis talks about the Kids to the Cup program.

 Sunday, August 20, 2000

Filling the Cup

By John DeSantis -- Sometimes it helps to step outside of our problems, table issues, and suspend disagreements in order to take stock of the good things we have. There are some very good people in our game and by the looks of things, we have more willing to join us in the Kids to the Cup program.

 Wednesday, August 09, 2000

Kumari Continent Wins Hollywood Oaks

Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan's homebred 3-year-old filly Kumari Continent edged Queenie Belle in deep stretch to win the $150,000 Hollywood Oaks (gr. II) Saturday at Hollywood Park. Under Kent Desormeaux, Kumari Continent stopped the timer in 1:49.13 after running 1 1/8 miles over a fast track.

 Sunday, July 23, 2000

Bienamado Wins Sunset Handicap

Trudy McCaffery, John Toffan and Robert Sangster's Bienamado reeled in early pacesetter Self Feeder racing into the third turn and drew away through the stretch to win the $250,000 Sunset Handicap (gr. IIT) by 1 1/2 lengths Sunday at Hollywood Park. Deploy Venture finished second, 1 1/2 lengths ahead of Single Empire.

 Sunday, July 23, 2000