Journalist Chris McGrath joined renowed veterinarian Dr. Robert (Bobby) Copelan, horseman and radio host Ercel Ellis, and Stone Farm’s Arthur Hancock III for lunch at Lil’s Coffee House on Main Street in Paris, Kentucky. Topics vary, they are guided by the many decades of experience and are rife with wisdom and humor.
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Stone Farm Raised EVERLAND Wins Bourbonette and Earns Spot in Kentucky Oaks
EVERLAND raced along the rail from the three-eighths pole and drew past the leaders to win the $300,000 Boubonette Oaks at Turfway Park on March 23 by a comfortable 1 1/4 lengths. The three-year-old daughter of Arrogate earned 50 qualifying points and punched her ticket for the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks-G1 on May 3.
Sale Topper Raised at Stone Farm Earns “Rising Star” Status in Racing Debut
2022 Saratoga Sale Topper SEDONA broke her maiden at first asking at going seven furlongs at Gulfstream on March 3. The 3-year-old filly came from off the pace, went wide at the top stretch, then posted an impressive rally to win the race and earn a “TDN Rising Star” designation.
Back-to-Back Graded Stakes Wins for Stone Farm Raised Runners
Runners raised at Stone Farm posted back-to-back Graded stakes wins at Gulfstream Park on March 2. STARTING OVER won the won the $200,000 Mac Diarmida S presented by Corniche-G2 on the turf and just a half an hour later POUNCE posted a victory in the $200,000 Here Comes the Bride S.-G3 going a mile on the turf.
Stone Farm Consigns $2.1 Million Keeneland November Sale Topper
At at the recently concluded Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Stone Farm consigned and sold the top priced mare of the sale for owner Bobby Flay. WHITE HOT (IRE), a 10-year-old daughter of top international sire Galileo, was bought by BBA Ireland for $2.1 million during the opening day of the sale and is in foal to perennial leading sire Into Mischief.
Stone Farm Raised SHE FEELS PRETTY Places In BC Juvenile Fillies Turf
Stone Farm raised and sold SHE FEELS PRETTY finished a strong third in the $1 Million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf -G1 on day one of the Breeders’ Cup World Championship at Santa Anita. Racing for Lael Stables, the 2-year-old daughter of of Katakontie finished behind HARD TO JUSTIFY and PORTA FORTUNA by a half-length and head. The race was the third career start for SHE FEELS PRETTY.
SHE FEELS PRETTY Wins Woodbine’s G1 Natalma Stakes in Second Start
Lael Stables’ SHE FEELS PRETTY unleashed a powerful kick in the stretch to post a 4 1/2-length win in the Grade 1 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine on Sept. 16. The 2-year-old daughter of Karakontie completed the mile on turf in 1:35.34 – a time slightly faster than colt Carson’s Run posted in the Grade 1 Summer Stakes on the same card. SHE FEELS PRETTY’s victory marked the first Grade 1 win for her trainer Cheryl DeVau.
Arthur Hanock Interviewed as Part of Equine Industry’s Oral History Project
Journalist Chris McGrath sat down with Arthur Hancock as a part of the on-going Equine Oral History Project entitled Life’s Work, which is a part of the Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky. The Nunn Center has been recognized around the world as a leader and innovator in the collection and preservation of oral histories.
MR. FISK Deadheats With TAHOE SUNRISE for a win the Shared Belief S. at Del Mar
Sent off the favorite in the field of six, MR. FISK chased down front runner TAHOE SUNRISE to finish in a deadheat with that rival in the one-mile $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar on Sept. 3.
Stone Farm Raised Runners Earn Blacktype Two Days Apart.
On Aug. 25, 2-year-old TIPSY TALES won the Canadian Juvenile S. going six furlongs on the dirt at Century Mile in Canada Two days later, 4-year-old MOUFFY (pictured left) won the Ellis Park Turf Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on the grass. The victories marked the first blacktype wins for the Stone Farm raised runners.