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Preakness is Napravnik's Homecoming

Preakness is Napravnik's Homecoming

Rosie Napravnik remembers galloping horses at Pimlico Race Course before she even earned her jockey's license. On May 18 aboard Mylute, she'll become just the third woman to ever ride in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I).

 13 hours ago
Mylute's Steady Work No Problem for Amoss

Mylute's Steady Work No Problem for Amoss

Trainer Tom Amoss said he only wanted a maintanance work from Louisiana Derby (gr. II) runner-up Mylute April 27 at Churchill Downs, and that was exactly what jockey Rosie Napravnik delivered.

 Saturday, April 27, 2013
Champion Havre de Grace Has Date With Tapit

Champion Havre de Grace Has Date With Tapit

Mandy Pope, who paid $14.2 million in November for major broodmare prospects Havre de Grace and Plum Pretty, has taken important steps in what she believes will pay off handsomely.

 Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Keeneland Sale Opens With $4.2 Million Topper

Keeneland Sale Opens With $4.2 Million Topper

Demand was strong for quality young mares and broodmare prospects as the Keeneland November breeding stock sale opened its 11-day run in Lexington.

 Tuesday, November 06, 2012
HOY Havre de Grace Brings $10M at F-T

HOY Havre de Grace Brings $10M at F-T

Havre de Grace, the 2011 Horse of the Year and champion older mare, brought some major fireworks to the Fasig-Tipton November sale when she commanded a final bid of $10 million from Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm.

 Monday, November 05, 2012
Surge Continues at Fasig-Tipton October Sale

Surge Continues at Fasig-Tipton October Sale

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale kept the momentum going on its second day after getting off to a quick start in its opening session.

 Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Tiznow Filly Fetches $500,000 at Keeneland

Tiznow Filly Fetches $500,000 at Keeneland

A bay filly by Tiznow from a solid grass family brought $500,000 during the second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale and became the third horse of the day to bring that amount or more Sept. 11.

 Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Keeneland Nov. Sale Gross Tops 2010 Total

Keeneland Nov. Sale Gross Tops 2010 Total

The latest edition of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale has more momentum than a charging rhino.

 Thursday, November 10, 2011
Graded Stakes Winner Bearpath Dies

Graded Stakes Winner Bearpath Dies

Graded stakes winner and grade I stakes-placed Bearpath, who sustained a shoulder injury during the John's Call Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 5, was euthanized Sept. 23.

 Monday, September 26, 2011
Increases Modest in September Select Sessions

Increases Modest in September Select Sessions

Business wasn't as brisk the second evening of the Keeneland September yearling sale in Lexington as it was on opening night. But the select portion of the auction still managed to post increases in its key business figures.

 Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Unbridled's Song Filly Brings $1 Million

Unbridled's Song Filly Brings $1 Million

It did not take long for the second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale to reach the seven-figure mark, with Mandy Pope paying $1 million for a gray/roan filly by Unbridled's Song out of Silvery Swan.

 Monday, September 12, 2011
Tizway Breezes, Progresses Toward JCGC

Tizway Breezes, Progresses Toward JCGC

Tizway, the leader of the handicap division, breezed an easy five furlongs over Saratoga's Oklahoma Training Track Sept. 9 as he continues to prepare for the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational (gr. I) next month.

 Friday, September 09, 2011
Tizway Decisive Winner in Whitney Handicap

Tizway Decisive Winner in Whitney Handicap

Tizway picked up his second consecutive grade I victory Aug. 6 at Saratoga when he took over approaching the quarter-pole and breezed to an easy score in the $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (gr. I).

 Saturday, August 06, 2011
Tizway Cruises in Met Mile

Tizway Cruises in Met Mile

William Clifton Jr.'s Tizway took over approaching the quarter pole and opened up in the stretch to post a decisive victory in the Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) on Memorial Day at Belmont Park.

 Monday, May 30, 2011
Indian Charlie Colt Tops F-T Midlantic Sale

Indian Charlie Colt Tops F-T Midlantic Sale

Following the conclusion of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, president Boyd Browning said he was pleased that in spite of the fact there were 69 more horses sold this year the average was down 1.3%.

 Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Corkage Sells for $300,000 at F-T Midlantic

Corkage Sells for $300,000 at F-T Midlantic

Corkage, a bay daughter of More Than Ready, brought $300,000 from Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm during the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tizway Makes the Grade in Kelso Handicap

Tizway Makes the Grade in Kelso Handicap

Tizway swept past Jersey Town at the top of the lane and easily pulled clear of the field en route to a five-length win in the $250,000 Kelso Handicap (gr. II) Oct. 3 at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, October 03, 2010
Street Sense Colt Sells For $250,000 at F-T

Street Sense Colt Sells For $250,000 at F-T

Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm purchases the bay yearling.

 Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tiz Chrome Breaks Down in CD Work; Euthanized

Bob Baffert-trained 3-year-old Tiz Chrome breaks down in workout at Churchill Downs and is euthanized; was working toward start in April 24 The Cliff's Edge Derby Trial (gr. III).

 Sunday, April 18, 2010
Bearpath, 19-1, Scores Pan American

Bearpath, 19-1, Scores Pan American

Lothenbach Stables' Bearpath stalked pacesetter Brother Nick for 11 furlongs, took over inside the eighth-pole, then held off favorite Never On Sunday to win the Pan American Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 27 at Gulfstream Park .

 Saturday, March 27, 2010

Gross Increases in OBS Fall Sale's Opening Session; Average Drops

Behaving, an 11-year-old winning daughter of Rubiano, brought $165,000 Monday to top the first of three consignor-preferred sessions during Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s five-day fall mixed sale in Central Florida.

 Monday, October 09, 2006

$10,000 Bonus Promotion For Halissee

Joe and Diane Szymczak, owners of graded stakes winner Halissee, are offering a special bonus promotion to breeders who send mares to that stallion in 2001.

 Thursday, March 01, 2001

Halissee to Whisper Hill

New York graded stakes winner Halissee has been moved from Pleasant Valley Farm near Goshen, N.Y., to Dot Bailin's Whisper Hill Farm near Gardiner, N.Y.

 Thursday, February 01, 2001