Forty Tales

Sequel New York Releases 2015 Fees

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• October 29, 2014
• Breeding, Northeast Region

Sequel Stallions New York near Hudson, N. Y., has released its 2015 stallion roster and fees, with Freud leading the list at $10,000, unchanged from 2014.

GII Winner Forty Tales Retires to Sequel NY

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• December 18, 2013
• Breeding, Northeast Region

Becky Thomas and Joe McMahon announced that multiple graded stakes winner Forty Tales will stand at Sequel Stallions near Hudson, N.Y. His 2014 fee will be $6,500 stands and nurses.

Nine Expected in Cigar Mile

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• November 24, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) winner Goldencents has been assigned 120 pounds and is the high weight among the nine expected starters for the Nov. 30 $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Pletcher's Cigar Mile Trio Breezes at Belmont

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• November 17, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Trainer Todd Pletcher's three contenders for the Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I)--Forty Tales, Capo Bastone, and Verrazano--took to the Belmont Park training track Nov. 17 to turn in their penultimate breezes prior to the race.

Blinkers Help Clearly Now to Bold Ruler Win

• By Esther Marr
• October 26, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Uphill Stable's Clearly Now returned to his winning ways when he skillfully stalked the pace to score a 1 1/2-length triumph in the Oct. 26 Bold Ruler Handicap (gr. III) at Belmont Park.

Forty Tales vs. Strapping Groom in Bold Ruler

• By Steve Haskin
• October 23, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Todd Pletcher closer will have to catch the swift Strapping Groom in seven-panel test Oct. 26 at Belmont Park.

The Lumber Guy Seeks Repeat Win in Vosburgh

• By Steve Haskin
• September 25, 2013
• Racing, Breeders' Cup

Barry Schwartz's New York-bred will try to regain his form of last year in six-furlong dash at Belmont Sept. 28.

Capo Bastone Delivers King's Bishop Shocker

• By Jack Shinar
• August 24, 2013
• Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region

Capo Bastone, a colt that had long failed to tap his potential, finally displayed his talent with a roaring finish to capture the $500,000 Foxwoods King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) going away at odds of 28-1 Aug. 24 at Saratoga.

Rosario Out Six Weeks with Fractured Foot

• By Claire Novak
• August 24, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Jockey Joel Rosario fractured a bone in his left foot and will be sidelined for six weeks. He will be replaced by Jose Lezcano on Orb in the Travers Stakes; a rider is still needed for Game On Dude in the Pacific Classic.

Forty Tales Faces 13 in Crowded King's Bishop

• By Steve Haskin
• August 21, 2013
• Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region

Forty Tales, winner of three straight graded stakes, will have his work cut out for him just trying to make his way through all the traffic in the $500,000 Foxwoods King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 24 at Saratoga.

Pletcher Stalwarts Shine in Saratoga Works

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• August 18, 2013
• Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region

Trainer Todd Pletcher's dynamic duo of Palace Malice and Verrazano, leading contenders for the upcoming Travers Stakes (gr. I), took to the Saratoga Race Course main track Aug. 18 for their final workout before the race.

Forty Tales Tallies with Strong Amsterdam Run

• By Claire Novak
• July 28, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Perretti Racing Stable's Forty Tales stamped himself as a prime contender for the Aug. 24 King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga when he took the Amsterdam (gr. II) on July 28 at the upstate oval.

Pletcher, Zito Colts Rematch in Amsterdam

• By Steve Haskin
• July 25, 2013
• Racing

Forty Tales and Declan's Warrior meet again after 1-2 finish in the Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) June 8.

Slideshow: 2013 Belmont Stakes Day

• June 9, 2013
• Triple Crown

All the action leading up to the big race on Belmont Stakes day. View Slideshow

Forty Tales Rallies to Woody Stephens Victory

• By Frank Angst
• June 8, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Forty Tales looks like he may be the best 3-year-old sprinter in the country after rallying to victory in the $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) June 8 at Belmont Park.

Declan's Warrior Rolls Into Woody Stephens

• By Frank Angst
• June 5, 2013
• Racing, Northeast Region

Lucky Shamrock Stable's Declan's Warrior will try to extend his win streak to four races when he starts in what appears to be a strong edition of the $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) June 8 at Belmont Park.

Forty Tales Were Revealed in Derby Trial

• By Alan Porter
• May 10, 2013
• Breeding

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
If Forty Tales is to achieve further fame it is far more likely that it will be as a sprinter rather than in the Classics.

Pletcher Not Pointing Winning Cause to Derby

• By Frank Angst
• April 29, 2013
• Racing, Triple Crown, Kentucky

Todd Pletcher will not enter Coolmore Lexington Stakes (gr. III) winner Winning Cause in the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) May 4 at Churchill Downs.

Derby Trial: Forty Tales Tops Pletcher Exacta

• By Jack Shinar
• April 28, 2013
• Racing, Triple Crown, Kentucky

In what he surely hopes is an omen for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) a week hence, trainer Todd Pletcher takes the exacta in the Derby Trial on opening night at rainy Churchill Downs April 27.

KY Oaks Contenders Arrive at Churchill

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• April 9, 2013
• Racing, Triple Crown, Kentucky Oaks, Kentucky

Gulfstream Oaks (gr. II)winner Dreaming of Julia and undefeated Unlimited Budget arrived April 8 at 6:50 p.m. EDT at Churchill Downs, where they will continue their preparations for the May 3 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).

Forty Tales Heads Thirteen in Swale Stakes

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• February 28, 2013
• Racing, Southeast Region

Perretti Racing Stable's highly regarded Forty Tales heads a group of thirteen sophomores who stay sprinting -- at least for now -- in the $150,000 Swale Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park on March 2.

Hutcheson: Honorable Dillon Prevails

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• February 2, 2013
• Racing, Southeast Region

Eddie Kenneally and Joe Rocco Jr. had a plan for Honorable Dillon, and the 3-year-old son of Tapit followed it right into the Gulfstream Park winner's circle Feb. 2 after winning the $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (gr. II).