Ogden Phipps

Pure Prize to Vinery in Kentucky

• November 19, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Grade II winner Pure Prize, by Storm Cat out of champion Heavenly Prize (by Seeking the Gold), has been retired and will enter stud at Tom Simon's Vinery near Lexington

TOBA Honors Include Phipps, Juddmonte

• September 8, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders' Association honored owners and breeders at its annual awards dinner.

Our Song Defeats Impressive Maiden Field at Saratoga

• August 23, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing

Favored Our Song took full advantage of a ground-saving trip by jockey Edgar Prado and pulled away for a two-length victory in the final race Friday at Saratoga, a $45,000 maiden affair filled with some potentially top 3-year-olds.

Drop in Kentucky Foal Crop Not as Large as Projected

• By Tom LaMarra
• August 17, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

The Jockey Club is predicting that the 2002 foal crop in Kentucky will be about 2,000 less than last year's figure, primarily because of mare reproductive loss syndrome, but the projected decrease isn't as large as earlier estimates.

First Running of Phipps Saturday at Belmont

• June 20, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping

Saturday, two months to the day that the great sportsman Ogden Phipps passed away at the age of 93, the feature race at Belmont will be run in his honor.

Grade I Winners Top Field for First Running of the Phipps

• By Kristin Ingwell Goode
• June 19, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping

Among the probables for Saturday's grade I Ogden Phipps Handicaps are two grade I winners, Critical Eye and Raging Fever.

NYTWA to Honor Phipps and Other New Yorkers

• June 19, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

The New York Turf Writers Association is readying for its annual awards dinner, held this year on Aug. 19. Among this yera's honorees are Ogden Phipps.

Permanent Trophy Donated for Ogden Phipps Handicap

• June 18, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing

A George IV Silver Gilt Cup and Cover has been donated by F. Gorevic & Son to serve as the permanent trophy for the newly renamed $300,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I).

War Emblem Living Up to His Pedigree

• By David Schmitz
• May 20, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Triple Crown

Few stallions in recent memory have enjoyed more of an upswing in their reputation in such a short span as Our Emblem.

NYRA Renames Hempstead in Honor of Phipps

• May 8, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing

In honor of the recent passing of Ogden Phipps, the New York Racing Association decided Wednesday to rename the grade I Hempstead Handicap the Ogden Phipps Handicap.

Our Emblem: Maryland Breeding's Newest Star

• By David Schmitz
• May 7, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Last fall, E. Allen Murray, and his wife, Audrey, took a chance on purchasing the young Kentucky stallion Our Emblem and standing him at their Murmur Farm near Darlington, Md. All Our Emblem has done since then is have his name thrust into the national spotlight as the sire of Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem and Triple Crown contender Private Emblem.

Karma Classic

• By Ray Paulick
• May 2, 2002

By Ray Paulick -- Handicapping 101 teaches things like pace, trips, and class, but does not cover what the late oddsmaker Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder used to refer to as the "intangibles." When it comes to handicapping the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), the intangibles sometimes seem just as important as the measurable factors.

Traditionally to Ballylinch in Ireland

• April 29, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Five-year-old Traditionally, one of three grade I winners produced from champion Personal Ensign (by Private Account), has been purchased by Ballylinch Stud in Ireland.

Ogden Phipps, Raced Buckpasser and Easy Goer, Dead at 93

• April 22, 2002

Ogden Phipps, a former chairman of The Jockey Club whose homebred champions included Hall of Fame members Buckpasser, Easy Goer, and Personal Ensign, died this morning at approximately 1:30 at Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., after a short illness.

Raging Fever and Cat Cay Renew Rivalry at Big A

• March 29, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing

Raging Fever and Cat Cay meet in the rubber match of their freshly minted rivalry Saturday when they square off in the $150,000 Distaff Breeders' Cup (gr. II) at Aqueduct.

Traditionally Retired; Might Stand in Ireland

• March 13, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Ogden Phipps' Traditionally, one of three grade I winners from unbeaten champion Personal Ensign, has been retired from racing

Cat Cay Pounces on Tugger for Top Flight Win

• November 23, 2001
• Thoroughbred Racing

Ogden Phipps' homebred Cat Cay beat pacesetting Tugger by a head in Aqueduct's Friday feature, the 62nd running of the grade II, $150,000 Top Flight Handicap for fillies and mare

McGaughey Saddles Two in Shuvee Handicap

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• May 17, 2001
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping

Trainer Shug McGaughey will saddle two in Saturday's $200,000 Shuvee Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares going one mile at Belmont Park.

Con Game, Dam of Seeking the Gold, Euthanized

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• April 10, 2001
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Ogden Phipps' pensioned grade I producer Con Game was euthanized March 30 at the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., because of complications from the infirmities of old age.

Technology To Be Focus of Round Table

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• July 28, 2000

Technology and its potential to revolutionize the Thoroughbred industry will be a major focus of presentations when The Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing convenes on Sunday, August 13.