Golden Gate Fields will salute fan favorite Bold Chieftain Jan. 22. He was retired after his final race Jan. 16 to begin his new career as a stallion.
Friday, January 20, 2012Olympio, whose name was synonymous with "Derby" in 1991, recently died of a ruptured aorta at Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds near Vacaville, Calif.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011Ellen Lee Jackson, owner and manager of Victory Rose Thoroughbreds in Vacaville, Calif., suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung and numerous bite wounds to her back when she was attacked by a stallion May 14.
Friday, May 19, 2006Ellen Lee Jackson, owner and manager of Victory Rose Thoroughbreds in Vacaville, Calif., suffered several broken ribs, a punctured lung and numerous bite wounds to her back when she was attacked by a stallion May 14.
Thursday, May 18, 2006Corslew, a stakes-winning son of Seattle Slew from the same family as Seattle Slew's grade I-winning son Slewpy, has been moved to Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds near Vacaville, Calif.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005Grade I winner Latin American, who has sired 21 runners that have won or placed in stakes, has been relocated to Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds near Vacaville, Calif.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005Multiple graded stakes winner Globalize has been moved from Rick Taylor's Special T Thoroughbreds to Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds in Vacaville, Calif.
Sunday, August 17, 2003California stallion Flying Victor will stand the 2004 breeding season at Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds
Monday, July 07, 2003California stallion Mr Purple was euthanized May 30 because of complications from heart problems.
Sunday, June 02, 2002Eleven-year-old Comet Shine, a champion in Canada as a 2-year-old, arrived Jan. 26 at Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds near Vacaville, Calif.
Monday, January 28, 2002California stallion Batonnier, whose son Cavonnier nearly won the 1996 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and whose maternal grandson commanded $4 million at the Keeneland July yearling sale, died July 15 of an apparent heart attack at Ellen Jackson's Victory Rose Thoroughbreds near Vacaville
Tuesday, July 17, 2001Millionaire Mr Purple, who has suffered from fertility problems since he was retired to stud, was represented by his first stakes winner May 21.
Wednesday, May 23, 2001