Higher Power Aimed Toward Rebel
Josephine Abercrombie's homebred Higher Power is being pointed toward the March 17 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park, according to trainer Donnie Von Hemel.
Keyword: Pin Oak Stud
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What's Going on Here: Party On
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend offers us the opportunity to extend birthday wishes to a pair of pioneers and congratulations to a pair of new trailblazers in the Thoroughbred industry.
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F-T Saratoga Sale Posts Modest Declines
The opportunity to buy a well-bred filly from the stock of Josephine Abercrombie proved irresistible to Mandy Pope, who bought a Medaglia d’Oro filly from the breeder for $1.45 million to top the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale Aug. 9.
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Regret Stakes Next Up for Don't Leave Me
Don't Leave Me will try to notch a second graded stakes win in Kentucky when she faces an expected six other 3-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Regret Stakes (gr. IIIT) June 13 at Churchill Downs.
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Sky Classic Dies Peacefully in Paddock
Pin Oak Stud's son of Nijinsky II had been pensioned in January. He had sired six champions out of 19 crops to race.
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March Madness: Streaking Pin Oak Stable
Pin Oak Stable rides a hot streak with two graded stakes winners this month, a $950,000 sale 2-year-old by sire Broken Vow, and general manager Clifford Barry-bred Florida Derby (gr. I) hopeful Itsaknockout.
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Don't Leave Me Flies Late in Bourbonette Win
Don't Leave Me rolled down the center of the track past front-running favorites Sweet Success and Sharla Rae and won the $150,000 Bourbonette Oaks (gr. III) March 21 at Turfway Park.
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Sky Classic Pensioned at Pin Oak
The 28-year-old son of Nijinsky II stood his entire stud career at Kentucky farm.
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First Foal for Alternation a Colt
The first reported foal for the stallion Alternation was a colt foaled Jan. 20 at Jim and Pam Robinson's Brandywine Farm near Paris, Ky.
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Foundation Mares: Wedding Picture
Examining the most successful descendants of Wedding Picture, by Blushing Groom out of Strike A Pose.
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Where's the Ring to Peaceful Valley
Where's the Ring will stand the 2015 breeding season at Peaceful Valley Farms in Alberta, Canada. The son of Seeking the Gold previously stood at Gardiner Farms in Ontario.
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Cloud Scapes Carries On to Hillsborough Score
Pin Oak Stud's homebred Cloud Scapes carried on in the $150,000 Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) March 8 at Tampa Bay Downs, edging Waterway Run to earn her third straight victory at the Florida oval.
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Tenacious Cloud Scapes Captures Endeavour
Pin Oak Stud's homebred Cloud Scapes edged ahead of pacesetter Wholelottashakin in the stretch and narrowly won the $150,000 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT) in her stakes debut Jan. 25 at Tampa Bay Downs.
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Alternation to Stand for $7,500 at Pin Oak
Josephine Abercrombie's Versailles, Ky.-based Pin Oak Stud announced that the 2014 stud fee for the recently retired multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Alternation will be $7,500 live foal, stands and nurses.
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Owner Struder Has Rosy Outlook for Rosalind
Ray Struder, in racing as owner since 2010, has his first Breeders' Cup starter in Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) hopeful Rosalind. The Broken Vow filly is trained by Ken McPeek.
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Millionaire Alternation to Stand at Pin Oak
Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Alternation has been retired and will stand at owner Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky., in 2014. A stud fee has yet to be announced.
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Alternation Remains in Training for Fall
Pin Oak Stables' multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Alternation remains in light training at Churchill Downs with Donnie Von Hemel, according to a May 22 press release.
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Bob and John Relocating to Highcliff in NY
Bob and John, a grade I-winning son of Seeking the Gold and a leading second-crop sire, will stand the 2013 breeding season at Highcliff Stallions at Mill Creek Farm near Stillwater, N.Y.
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Alternation Edges Nehro in Pimlico Special
Pin Oak Stable's Alternation grabbed the lead inside the eighth pole and held off the late charge of Nehro to win the May 18 Pimlico Special (gr. III) by a nose. The son of Distorted Humor covered 1 3/16 miles in 1:57.60.
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Winchell Buys Interest in Cowboy Cal
Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud announced that Ron Winchell has purchased a significant interest in Cowboy Cal from Robert and Janice McNair's Magnolia Racing.
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Cowboy Cal's First Foal Is a Filly
The first reported foal by grade I winner Cowboy Cal is a filly born Jan. 2.
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TCA Donations Made to Grayson-Jockey Club
Thoroughbred Charities of America has made two donations totaling $19,600 to the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
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Maria's Mon's Derby Legacy: Sad and Joyous
Sudden illness halted the career of the stallion, who has sired Run for the Roses winners Super Saver and Monarchos.
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Pin Oak Stud's Barry Kentucky Farm Manager of the Year
Clifford Barry of Pin Oak Stud has been named 2007 farm manager of the year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club.
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Josephine Abercrombie Named Chenery Award Recipient
Josephine Abercrombie, a prominent Thoroughbred owner and breeder, will be honored as this year's recipient of Arlington Park's 4th annual "Penny Chenery Distinguished Woman in Racing Award."
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Changeintheweather to Xanthus Farm
Changeintheweather, a grade I-winning son of Gone West, will relocate to Ron and Barbara Rickline's Xanthus Farm near Gettysburg, Pa. for the 2006 breeding season. The dual stakes winner, who entered stud in 2004, moves from Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky.
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Peaks and Valleys to Gardiner Farms in Canada
Peaks and Valleys, a Canadian Horse of the Year and sire of popular millionaire Dollar Bill among his 22 stakes winners, will stand in 2006 at Gardiner Farms near Caledon East, Ontario, Canada.
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First Winners for Broken Vow, El Corredor
The first winners sired by graded stakes winners Broken Vow and El Corredor won maiden special weight races April 22 at 4 1/2 furlongs in their debuts.
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Grade I Winner Changeintheweather's First Foal
The first foal by Canadian grade I winner Changeintheweather is a filly born Jan. 17 at Tahoma Farm near Lexington.
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See How She Runs To Run No More
Graded stakes winner See How She Runs has been retired from racing with a record of eight wins from 19 starts and earnings of $586,990 for Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud and trainer Donnie Von Hemel.
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Bedanken Leads Bayou Breeders' Cup Field
Five-year-old Bedanken will make her seasonal debut in Saturday's Bayou Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Fair Grounds, where she will square off against 11 rivals in the 1 1/8-mile contest on the Stall-Wilson Turf Course.
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Pin Oak Stud to Sponsor USA Stakes
Pin Oak Stud of Versailles, Ky., and Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, have agreed terms on a three-year sponsorship deal to rename the USA Stakes to the Pin Oak Stud USA Stakes.
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Stakes Winner Changeintheweather to Pin Oak
Multiple stakes winner Changeintheweather has arrived for stallion duty at Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky.
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Changeintheweather to Pin Oak in Kentucky
Multiple stakes winner Changeintheweather will enter stud at Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky
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Undefeated See How She Runs in Iowa Oaks
Pin Oak Stable's undefeated See How She Runs will return to action July 3 as the short-priced favorite for the $150,000 Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows.
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Equality Wins at Delaware
Tampa Bay Derby winner adds Gleaming Stakes.
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Hey Mon, He's the Leading Second Crop Sire
The race to determine the leading second-crop sire of 2001 came down to a photo finish between Maria's Mon and Unbridled's Song. At the wire, it was Maria's Mon edging Unbridled's Song by a mere $51,566 to take the title.
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Wekiva Springs to Return to Florida
Millionaire Wekiva Springs will return to his birthplace, Donald Dizney's Double Diamond Farm near Ocala, Fla., to stand the 2002 breeding season.
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Caller I. D. to Walnford in New Jersey
Grade II winner Caller I. D. has been purchased by Schumer Bloodstock Agency for Michael Jester and will stand the 2002 season at Joe and Karen Jennings' Walnford Stud near Allentown, N.J.
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Broken Vow to Stand at Pin Oak in Kentucky
Grade II winner Broken Vow has been retired from racing following his runner-up effort in the Oct. 27 Fayette Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland and will enter stud at Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky.
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Broken Vow to Stand at Pin Oak
Broken Vow, who won the Aug. 26 Philip H. Iselin Handicap (gr. II) at Monmouth Park for his third consecutive stakes win and his fourth in his last five starts, will enter stud in 2002 at Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky.
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Stallion Owners Get Involved in Race-For-Charity Pledge
The partnership that owns the stallion Maria's Mon has pledged contributions to equine research should Monarchos, who's by Maria's Mon, win Saturday's grade I Wood Memorial Stakes and/or the grade I Kentucky Derby May 5. The pledge was announced by Mrs. Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud, home of Maria's Mon, the champion 2-year-old of 1995.
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Memory Boost
<i>By Ray Paulick</i> -- In some ways, Maria's Mon was a forgotten champion when he arrived at Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, Ky., for the 1997 breeding season.
