Giant Expectations Forces Welcome Change in Plans
Giant Expectations forced owner Ryan Exline to call his travel agent by posting a front-running, 3 1/4-length triumph in the San Antonio Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.
Keyword: Marette Farrell
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Life in Shadows Could Bring Collected to the Forefront
The biggest concerns of his biggest rivals are obstacles he has already cleared. Yet in his preparation for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Collected might as well be engulfed in shadow.
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Smart Strike Filly Leads the Way at Midlantic Sale
Led by a Smart Strike filly sold for $525,000, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training got off to a solid start May 22 with across-the-board gains in a market that continued the trends seen earlier in the juvenile auction season.
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Sweet Loretta’s Dam Goes for $2.2 Million
Ithinkisawapudycat, the dam of grade I winner Sweet Loretta, was purchased by Marette Farrell, agent for Mount Brilliant Farm, for $2.2 million near the end of the second session of Keeneland’s November breeding stock sale.
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Hanky Panky Tops Tattersalls at 2.7M Guineas
Hanky Panky, a group III-placed half sister to Central Kentucky sire Giant's Causeway, sold for 2.7 million guineas (US$4,268,376) Dec. 1 the top price on the second day of Tattersalls December breeding stock sale.
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F-T NY-Bred Yearlings: Marette Farrell
Marette Farrell of Exhale Enterprises talks about the market for NY-bred yearlings at Saratoga.
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Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearlings: Marette Farrell
Marette Farrell of Exhale Enterprises talks about the market for NY-bred yearlings at Saratoga.
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Seduire Scampers to Easy Santa Ynez Victory
Gunning from the rail for Rafael Bejarano, Seduire put away pace rival Xoxo leaving the turn and kicked away in the drive to win the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (gr.II) in a powerful performance Jan. 3 at Santa Anita Park.
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Shawhan Place Enjoying Growth Phase
Ted Kuster and Matt Koch's Shawhan Place, which sold a $360,000 Medaglia d'Oro filly at Fasig-Tipton's October sale, is a growing operation in Kentucky's Bourbon County.
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Tapit Filly Tops Record F-T October Sale
Led by a $410,000 Tapit half sister to graded winner and sire Desert Party, the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale set records for gross, average, and median as pinhookers and end-users battled for choice prospects.
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Boulanger's Comeback Tops OBS Champions
Jockey Gary Boulanger, away from the races for nearly nine years, rides John Oxley's Conquestor to victory in the OBS Sprint Stakes during the OBS Day of Champions. Spring Venture returns a winner in the filly division.
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Dr. Zic Upsets Informed Decision in Madison
Dr. Zic pulled a 15-1 shocker in the $300,000 Vinery Madison (gr. I) April 8 at Keeneland, going wire-to-wire while upsetting defending champion Informed Decision, who finished third at odds of 1-2.
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People Reflect on Keeneland Sale
Participants in Keeneland's April juvenile auction talk about the horses and the new format.
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