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Brilliant (KY)

9yo Dark Bay or Brown Horse

Trainer: Neil J. Howard
Jockey: Robby Albarado
Owner: Mill House & C. B. Johnson (James & Nicholas Brady)
Breeder: Mill House
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Graded stakes winner Got the Last Laugh has been retired from racing and will stand at McKathan Brothers Farm near Citra, Fla.

 Monday, November 24, 2008
Street Boss Retires to Darley

Street Boss Retires to Darley

Street Boss, one of the year's leading sprinters, has been retired for stallion duty in 2009 at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley near Lexington.

 Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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
Determined Silver Tree Doesn't Bend in Fourstardave

Determined Silver Tree Doesn't Bend in Fourstardave

The crafty veteran Silver Tree took the best shot favored Brilliant had to offer, then kicked away in deep stretch to earn his second graded stakes win of the year for trainer Bill Mott in the $150,000 Fourstardave Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Saratoga inner turf course Sunday.

 Sunday, August 05, 2007
Remarkable News Makes Firecracker Headlines

Remarkable News Makes Firecracker Headlines

Favored Remarkable News, given a judicious ride by Ramon Dominguez, controlled the pace of Saturday's $232,000 Firecracker Handicap (gr. IIT) and drove to a measured 2 3/4-length win on the Churchill Downs turf.

 Saturday, June 30, 2007

Howard-Trained Brilliant Makes Firecracker Field

The name of Mill House's multiple stakes winner Brilliant was among nine dropped in the entry box on Wednesday for Saturday's $250,000-added Firecracker Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs.

 Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Sky Conqueror Overcomes Stumble to Win Turf Classic

William Sorokolit's Sky Conqueror caught Brilliant in the final jumps of the May 5 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT) at Churchill Downs to take the $500,000-added turf contest for 3-year-olds and up by head.

 Saturday, May 05, 2007

Eclipse Winners Head Woodford Reserve Nominees

Miesque's Approval and Wait A While, both Eclipse Award winners in 2006, head a strong roster of 110 turf stars nominated to the $500,000-added Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT) on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs.

 Friday, February 23, 2007

Brilliant Ties Up, Out of Commonwealth Turf

Mill House's Brilliant, the morning line favorite for Saturday's $150,000-added Commonwealth Turf at Churchill Downs, was scratched from the race by trainer Neil Howard on Saturday morning after the colt tied up following a trip to the track on Friday.

 Saturday, November 11, 2006

Brilliant to End Campaign in Commonwealth

Mill House's Brilliant, whose season includes victories in Churchill Downs' Jefferson Cup (gr. IIT) and the Kent Breeders' Cup (gr. IIIT) at Delaware Park, will finish his year Saturday as the likely favorite in the second running of the $150,000-added Commonwealth Turf for 3-year-olds.

 Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Best of Buddies the One in Hawthorne Derby

Bar Three's homebred Best of Buddies battled for the lead every step of the way from the rail and held off the fast closing Crested by a neck to capture the $250,000 Hawthorne Derby (gr. IIIT) in his stakes debut Saturday.

 Saturday, October 14, 2006

Brilliant Rates Slight Edge in Hawthorne Derby

Mill House's Brilliant has been made the 5-2 favorite in Saturday's $250,000 Hawthorne Derby (gr. IIIT), which drew a field of eight 3-year-old grass runners, including Peter Vegso's Go Between, also a multiple graded stakes winner.

 Thursday, October 12, 2006

Brilliant Shines in Kent Breeders' Cup Romp

Mill House's homebred Brilliant, under steady handling from Mark Guidry, rolled to a 6 1/2-length win in the $492,500 Kent Breeders' Cup (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds on the Delaware Park turf Saturday.

 Saturday, September 09, 2006

After Market Seeks More Dividends in Kent BC

Unbeaten After Market tries to stretch his winning streak to five when he faces a full field in the $500,000 Kent Breeders' Cup (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds on the Delaware Park turf course Saturday.

 Wednesday, August 30, 2006

After Market Puts Unbeaten Streak On Line

After Market puts his unbeaten record on the line in the $150,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Breeder's Cup (gr. IIT) at nine furlongs on the Saratoga turf Monday.

 Saturday, August 05, 2006

Brilliant's Big Burst Wins Jefferson Cup

Mill House's homebred Brilliant, the 4-5 favorite, kicked his way to the front at the sixteenth pole and stayed unbeaten on the turf in three starts with a half-length victory in the Jefferson Cup (gr. IIT) for 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs Saturday.

 Saturday, June 17, 2006

Yate's Black Cat Tries Luck in Jefferson Cup

Yate's Black Cat had to win three times before he officially made it to the winner's circle, but he is favored to make a quick return in Saturday's $200,000-added Jefferson Cup (gr. IIT) for 3-year-olds at nine furlongs on the Churchilll Downs turf.

 Thursday, June 15, 2006

Kentucky Derby Trail: Believe in the Cause

Several of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) preps fell apart last weekend, and the Southern California invaders got hammered by the boys up North in the El Camino Real Derby (gr. III), but we did see an honest, classy colt in Cause to Believe, and there was plenty of other news on the Derby trail.

 Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Shamardal to Begin Stud Career in Australia

Godolphin's champion Shamardal will begin his stallion career at Darley Australia in the Hunter Valley region of Australia this year.

 Monday, July 11, 2005
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