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Old Fashioned Filly Fastest at OBS Work Show

Pop of Color, a chestnut filly by Old Fashioned, posted the fastest furlong at the fourth and final session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s 2013 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training April 19.

 Friday, April 19, 2013

Run Away and Hide Colt Tops OBS Preview Works

A youngster by Run Away and Hide sped a furlong in :9 3/5, the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s 2013 spring sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Thursday, April 18, 2013

Franks Sale Matches Last Year's Average

The 11th edition of the John Franks Memorial 2-year-old in training sale recorded solid results.

 Monday, March 18, 2013

Barretts Sales Grad Wins Kyoto Allowance Race

In addition to Keeneland graduate American Winner capturing a race on the Japan Cup card at Tokyo Racecourse, Barretts sales grad Shigeru Acerola won an allowance race at Kyoto by 1 1/2 lengths.

 Sunday, November 25, 2012

Wildcat Heir to Stand for $8,000

Wildcat Heir, who ranks atop Florida's leading sires' list, will stand in 2013 for $8,000, down from his 2012 fee of $10,000.

 Sunday, November 11, 2012
Derwin's Star Gets Her Grade in Bed o' Roses

Derwin's Star Gets Her Grade in Bed o' Roses

Derwin's Star, taking advantage of a seam at the head of the stretch, streaked to her first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Bed o' Roses (gr. III) July 1 at Belmont Park.

 Sunday, July 01, 2012

Trio of Juveniles Pace Final OBS Work Session

Three horses breezed a furlong in :9 4/5 April 20 to share honors for the fastest work at the distance at the fourth and final session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2012 Spring Sale,

 Friday, April 20, 2012

Keyed Entry, Wildcat Heir 2YOs Work Fast

A Keyed Entry filly and a Wildcat Heir colt named Spare No Expense were among the standouts April 18 during the second session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. spring sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Journeyman Stud Leaves Fees Unchanged

Top sire Wildcat Heir will remain at $10,000 for 2012. New sires J P's Gusto will stand for $3,500, while Vineyard Haven will stand for $3,000.

 Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Longshot Vexor Springs Nashua Suprise

Longshot Vexor Springs Nashua Suprise

Vexor, the longest shot in the field at odds of 18-1, outlasted Trinniberg for a three-quarters-length victory in the $150,000 Nashua Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park Oct. 2.

 Sunday, October 02, 2011

OBS Sale Ends With Gains in Average, Median

The final session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August sale of yearlings ended with another day of across-the-board increases despite a smaller amount of horses offered for sale.

 Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wildcat Marie Wires Woodbine's Whimsical

Wildcat Marie Wires Woodbine's Whimsical

Wildcat Marie, making her seasonal debut, spoiled the return of champion Canadian sprinter Indian Apple Is at Woodbine April 23 when she led from gate to wire in the $162,933 Whimsical Stakes (Can-III) on the Polytrack.

 Saturday, April 23, 2011

Invincible Spirit Sets NA/European Record

Irish stallion Invincible Spirit closed out 2010 with a record but it was a record for the number of 2-year-old winners in a single year for a stallion standing in either North America or Europe.

 Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Open House Scheduled at Journeyman Stud

Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud will host a stallion show and open house Jan. 22 at the main farm and stallion complex at 5571 NW 100th Street in Ocala, Florida.

 Friday, January 07, 2011
Close Race for Second-Crop Sires

Close Race for Second-Crop Sires

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Leadership of the stallion crop with 1st 3yos of 2010 was determined by less than $21,000. Some names changed and others made the transition from leading freshman sires of 2009.

 Thursday, January 06, 2011
Giant's Causeway Tops 2010 Sires' List

Giant's Causeway Tops 2010 Sires' List

For the second consecutive year, Giant's Causeway claimed the top spot on the 2010 leading sires' list, according to final figures provided by Equineline Company.

 Sunday, January 02, 2011

Sire Invincible Spirit Sets World Record Mark

Irish stallion Invincible Spirit has shattered the world record mark for 2-year-old winners in a year.

 Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wildcat Heir to Stand for $10,000

Leading Florida stallion Wildcat Heir will stand in 2011 for a fee of $10,000 at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud near Ocala, Fla.

 Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Iffraaj Sets European Sire Record

Iffraaj Sets European Sire Record

Irish stallion Iffraaj set a European freshman sire record of 36 2-year-old winners when his son Dixlesio won Nov. 21 at Madrid in Spain.

 Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Derwin's Star Shines in Charles Town Oaks

Derwin's Star seized the lead on the turn for home and cruised to her first stakes victory by 4 3/4 lengths in the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks Sept. 18 at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

 Sunday, September 19, 2010
Five Questions: Brent Fernung

Five Questions: Brent Fernung

Owner of Journeyman Stud near Ocala, Fla., home of first-crop sire Wildcat Heir who has a record 39 2-year-old winners in his first crop.

 Monday, December 28, 2009

Wildcat Heir Sets Record for 2yo Winners

Florida first-crop stallion Wildcat Heir set a Northern Hemisphere record of 39 2-year-old winners in a year when his daughter Future Heiress won a maiden race Dec. 17 at Calder Race Course.

 Thursday, December 17, 2009

Wildcat Heir Priced at $6,500 at Journeyman

Wildcat Heir, the sire of 31 juvenile winners and fifth on the first-crop sire's list, will stand for the same $6,500 price he stood for in 2009.

 Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Median Up 20% at F-T Ky. Fall Yearling Sale

Median Up 20% at F-T Ky. Fall Yearling Sale

The news wasn't all bad during the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale Oct. 26 in Lexington. The median price increased 20% from 2008 while the buy-back rate was down significantly. The results also included downturns of 11% in gross revenue and 6.4% in average price, but they weren't nearly as severe as those suffered by many other yearling auctions earlier in 2009.

 Monday, October 26, 2009

Wildcat Heir Filly Brings $100,000 at OBS

A filly by the hot first-crop sire Wildcat Heir was the most expensive horse sold on the second day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s slumping yearling auction, bringing $100,000 Aug. 25 in Central Florida. Repole Stable purchased the New York-bred chestnut from Bryan and Holley Rice's Woodside Ranch, agent.

 Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Wildcat Heir Off to Fast Start as a Stallion

Wildcat Heir, who was fast enough to win the six-furlong Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (gr. I) in 2004, is getting off to a fast start as a stallion in 2009. As of July 17, there were already 11 winners in the first crop sired by the 9-year-old Forest Wildcat horse, which stands at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud near Ocala, Fla.

 Saturday, July 18, 2009

Wildcat Heir Sires First Winner

Grade I winner Wildcat Heir came through with his first winner when his daughter 2-year-old Kitty in the Bag won April 1 at Santa Anita in her first start.

 Thursday, April 02, 2009

FT Ky Sale Ends In Decline

The three-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale at the sale company's Newtown Paddocks near Lexington ended Oct. 22 with across the board declines.

 Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Forest Wildcat Dead at 17

Forest Wildcat Dead at 17

Brookdale Farm announced Aug. 22 the death of its stallion Forest Wildcat. The graded stakes-winning son of Storm Cat died the evening of Aug. 21 at Rood & Riddle Equine Clinic near Lexington. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.

 Friday, August 22, 2008
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
Kentucky Stallions Busier Than Last Year

Kentucky Stallions Busier Than Last Year

The Jockey Club found both an increase in breeding activity in Kentucky and a slight decline in the number of North American stallions covering at least 100 mares.

 Thursday, October 18, 2007

Format Change Makes for Mixed Results During OBS Fall Sale Opener

The first day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s fall mixed sale Oct. 8 saw mixed results following a change in sale format from last year's auction.

 Monday, October 08, 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

Wildcat Heir to Stand at Journeyman Stud

Wildcat Heir, who stood his first two seasons at Cloverleaf Farms II, will remain in Florida and stand in 2008 at Brent Fernung's Journeyman Stud.

 Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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

Wildcat Heir Injured in Sprint; Retired

Wildcat Heir, who ran poorly in the TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), was found to have sustained a hairline fracture of the accessory carpal bone, apparently during the race, and has been retired.

 Thursday, November 03, 2005

Wildcat Heir's Breeze Tops Tuesday Workout Tab

Training activity among Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships contenders at Belmont Park was not nearly as hectic Tuesday as it was Monday, with only four main track works and one grass work. One of the most impressive works of the day was a five-furlong breeze by TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) contender Wildcat Heir, whose clocking of :59 2/5 was the best among 21 horses working that distance.

 Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Fifteen Rounds Goes Distance in Arlington BC Sprint

Ken Meeker and Carson Springs Farm's Fifteen Rounds emerged victorious after engaging Elusive Jazz in a stretch-long duel to win the $150,000 Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint by a neck in stakes-record time of 1:08.51 under jockey Chris Emigh.

 Saturday, August 27, 2005

Ay Caramba! Frankel Wins Oceanport

Confident Gary Stevens astride Ay Caramba took the measure of Hotstufanthensome in the stretch and edged away to a three-quarters of a length win in the $150,000 Oceanport (gr. IIIT) on the Monmouth Park turf Sunday. It was one of six stakes on the New Jersey track's card worth at least $100,000.

 Sunday, August 07, 2005

Storm Forecast: Evaluating Storm Cat as a Sire of Sires

Few stallions have fit the modern commercial market better than Storm Cat. Seven times the leading sire of juveniles, he regularly gets quick, precocious runners, yet has demonstrated that with the right mare, he can throw a horse capable of getting the American classic distance of 10 furlongs. What can we say about the future as it pertains to Storm Cat as a sire of sires?

 Friday, March 04, 2005

Wildcat Heir Determined to be a Florida-Bred, Not a Kentucky-Bred

Wildcat Heir, winner of this year's Frank J. DeFrancis Memorial Dash Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico, is a registered Florida-bred not a Kentucky-bred as previously reported, according to a statement released Thursday, Dec. 23 by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association.

 Thursday, December 23, 2004

Wildcat Heir Digs In, Wins De Francis Dash

In spite of contesting just off a fast pace, New Farm's homebred Wildcat Heir had enough in the tank to hold off favored Midas Eyes by a neck in the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (gr. I) at Pimlico Saturday.

 Sunday, November 21, 2004

It's Deja Vu in De Francis Dash; Top 3 from 2003 Return

The top three finishers from last year's race plus four horses who competed in last month's Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) are among the 11 entries for Saturday's $300,000 De Francis Dash (gr. I) at Pimlico Race Course.

 Thursday, November 18, 2004

Champali, Canadian Frontier Topweighted in Phoenix

Smile Sprint (gr. III) winner Champali and Canadian Frontier, who has back-to-back stakes wins at Monmouth Park to his credit, are the 122-pound co-highweights for Friday's Phoenix Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. III) that is part of the opening-day card at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.

 Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Whywhywhy Answers in Sanford

Whywhywhy answered a lot of questions Thursday afternoon with an authoritative 2 3/4-length victory in the Sanford Stakes for 2-year-olds at Saratoga.

 Thursday, July 25, 2002

Pletcher Looks for Sanford Win with Hussar

Todd Pletcher, fresh off earning his second Belmont Park training title, seeks to keep the ball rolling as the New York racing season shifts from Belmont to Saratoga. Pletcher will be looking for his first stakes win of the meet on Thursday when he sends out Hussar in the $150,000 Sanford Stakes (gr. II), going six furlongs.

 Tuesday, July 23, 2002