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Sightseeing (KY)

5yo Dark Bay or Brown Colt

Trainer: Claude R. McGaughey III
Jockey: Edgar S. Prado
Owner: Phipps Stable
Breeder: Ogden Mills Phipps
Sightseeing Pulpit A.P. Indy
Preach
Resort Pleasant Colony
Extravagant Woman
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Sightseeing

Top Class Grade 2 Winner
By Emerging Sire of Sires PULPIT,
the sire of TAPIT and STROLL.
From a top female family.

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Richland Hills Releases 2009 Stud Fees

Richland Hills has announced its stud fees for the 2009 breeding season at the Midway, Ky., location. Purim, the only son of Dynaformer at stud in Kentucky, will stand for a $10,000 fee. Saturday, November 01, 2008
Sightseeing to Stand at Richland Hills

Sightseeing to Stand at Richland Hills

New York grade II winner Sightseeing will enter stud at Richland Hills in Kentucky. Thursday, August 21, 2008
Divine Park Strolls to Westchester Win

Divine Park Strolls to Westchester Win

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin thought odds-on choice Grasshopper could be vulnerable running a one-turn mile in the $109,100 Westchester Handicap (gr. III) to open Belmont Park's spring/summer meet April 30, and he was proved correct when his Divine Park swept to a five-length victory. Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Travers Aftermath: Top Four Finishers Recover Well

Travers Aftermath: Top Four Finishers Recover Well

Two days after the Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course, the top four finishers in the $1-million race were all recovering well to the satisfaction of their trainers. Monday, August 27, 2007
Sightseeing Seeks Travers Showdown with Street Sense

Sightseeing Seeks Travers Showdown with Street Sense

Carl Nafzger says he does not worry about the competition going into a race, because you can only train one horse, and that's your horse. Were he concerned about a specific runner for Street Sense to beat in Saturday's running of the Travers (gr. I), however, it would be the Phipps Stable's Sightseeing, who is coming into the Aug. 25 race in what trainer Shug McGaughey terms the "best mental condition" this year. Thursday, August 23, 2007
Can Anyone Upset Street Sense in Travers?

Can Anyone Upset Street Sense in Travers?

The general consensus is that the $1-million Travers Stakes (gr. I) will be a cake walk for Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) champion Street Sense. When the post positions were drawn Aug. 22 and the son of Street Cry was installed as a 3-5 morning line favorite, that line of thinking was confirmed. Wednesday, August 22, 2007

A Day At The Spa: Aug. 22, Newsday

Wednesday morning, the cameramen are in full swing at Saratoga. In the paddock, they cluster around for the Travers draw, tripods balanced like long-legged storks. In the winners' circle, they form an orderly line for Senator Bruno's conference on the fight against horse slaughter. Down near the rail, they lift cameras to shoulders and zoom in for local track reports. Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Street Sense Draws Post Four in Travers

Street Sense Draws Post Four in Travers

Street Sense, winner of this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will start from post position number four in Saturday's running of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Street Sense Primed for Travers

Street Sense Primed for Travers

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) champion Street Sense turned in a five-furlong breeze over Saratoga's main track Aug. 21, his final work for the 138th running of the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I). Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Brass Hat to Return to Spa for Woodward; Rags in Sharp Work

Brass Hat to Return to Spa for Woodward; Rags in Sharp Work

Despite his poor effort in the Whitney Handicap (gr. I), Brass Hat will make a return visit to Saratoga for the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) Sep. 1, trainer Buff Bradley said Sunday. Sunday, August 19, 2007
Trainers Target Street Sense as Travers Looms

Trainers Target Street Sense as Travers Looms

With one week remaining until the $1-million Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course, top trainers in New York are aiming for a single target in the stalwart form of Street Sense, who will head up the field of the Aug. 25 "midsummer Derby" with a solid bullseye on his back. Saturday, August 18, 2007
Field Shapes up for Aug. 25 Travers

Field Shapes up for Aug. 25 Travers

With 12 days remaining until the 138th running of the Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, the field is starting to take shape. Monday, August 13, 2007
Street Sense Just Fine in Jim Dandy

Street Sense Just Fine in Jim Dandy

Street Sense made his return to racing a successful one Sunday with a facile victory at short odds in the $500,000 Jim Dandy (gr. II) at Saratoga. Sunday, July 29, 2007
Street Sense Returns to Action in Jim Dandy

Street Sense Returns to Action in Jim Dandy

Trainer Carl Nafzger will saddle Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Street Sense in the Jim Dandy (gr. II) July 29. The race will make his first start since finishing a neck behind Curlin in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I). Friday, July 27, 2007
'Saturday Upstages 'Shobiz in Dwyer

'Saturday Upstages 'Shobiz in Dwyer

Freshened by trainer Todd Pletcher since an eighth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Any Given Saturday repelled his rival Nobiz Like Shobiz at the top of the stretch and rolled to a convincing victory in the $147,000 Dwyer (gr. II) for 3-year-olds Wednesday at Belmont Park. Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Nobiz Like Shobiz Likely Choice in Dwyer

Nobiz Like Shobiz Likely Choice in Dwyer

Rested since his 10th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby Sponsored by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Elizabeth Valando's Nobiz Like Shobiz will likely be the favorite anyway in the $150,000 Dwyer (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park Wednesday. Sunday, July 01, 2007

No Stroll for Sightseeing in Peter Pan Win

Sightseeing loves a good fight, but the 3-5 favorite in Sunday's $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) nearly cut it too close when he got up in the final stride to nose 14-1 outsider Prom Shoes at Belmont Park. Sunday, May 20, 2007

Future Peter Pan Winner May Grow Up To Be Belmont Champ

The 139th running of the June 9 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), the third and final leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, could pick up a starter or two at the conclusion of Sunday's Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Belmont Park. Friday, May 18, 2007

Kentucky Derby Trail: Nobiz All Biz as Trail Heats Up

We had a little bit of everything this week, with Nobiz Like Shobiz back to his winning ways; the deja vu-like return of Team Giacomo; and some shifts in the Todd Pletcher power structure. So, with links to Funny Cide and Giacomo providing a sense of recent history, the Kentucky Derby trail heads into its final big weekend of preps. Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Nobiz Like Shobiz Delivers Wood Blockbuster

Before the $750,000 Wood Memorial (gr. I), Barclay Tagg worried that the lack of pace in the six-horse field would prevent Nobiz Like Shobiz from sitting behind horses. It turned out exactly that way, yet Nobiz overcame a paceless race and more to win the 83rd Wood by half a length and place himself among the favorites for next month's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). Saturday, April 07, 2007

Nobiz Like Shobiz vs. Any Given Saturday in Wood Memorial

A field of seven was entered Wednesday for Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (gr. I), with Any Given Saturday now Nobiz Like Shobiz' main foe in the nine-furlong race following the defection of Louisiana Derby (gr. II) winner Circular Quay. Wednesday, April 04, 2007

McGaughey Ponders Options for Sightseeing

Trainer Shug McGaughey is surveying the stakes landscape in order to find the right spot for Triple Crown nominee Sightseeing, the Phipps Stable's homebred son of Pulpit seeking his first win of the season. Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Juveniles Vie in Big A's Remsen, Demoiselle

Elizabeth Valando's Nobiz Like Shobiz, one of the early favorites for next year's Kentucky Derby (gr. I,) will try for his first stakes win in Saturday's $200,000 Remsen (gr. II) at Aqueduct. Thursday, November 23, 2006

Day Pass Tops Rescheduled Nashua Line-Up

Impressive debut winner Day Pass makes his highly anticipated second start for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin in the $100,000-added Nashua (gr. III) for 2-year-olds at one mile at Aqueduct Friday. Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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