One day after paying $1.5-million for Agave Kiss (Lion Heart) Monday night at the Fasig-Tipton November sale, Kiki and Louise Courtelis’s Town and Country Farms were back in action to secure MGSW Upperline (Maria’s Mon) for $1.75 million. A member of the Stone Farm consignment, Hip 262 was sold in foal to Claiborne’s hot sire War Front.
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Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted
Sunday Silence spent a lifetime in search of respect, on the track and in the breeding shed. In the end, he earned it.
Fair Grounds: Extravaganza Takes Happy Ticket By a Nose
When she doesn’t race in a turf sprint at Fair Grounds, Extravanganza has won once in eight starts. But in Fair Grounds one-turn turf races, the 6-year-old mare has been unbeatable. On Saturday, she ran her local grass record to 4 for 4 with a narrow win in the $75,000 Happy Ticket Stakes.
2012 Breeding Round-Up: Menifee is Leading Sire in Korea
Menifee has been crowned Leading Sire in Korea for 2012. The 15-year old, who had three crops of foals running this year saw his progeny amass nearly $3Million more than closest rival and the stallion who beat him last year by a matter of just a few thousand dollars, Exploit.
Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Upperline to Retire to Stone Farm
Upperline Withdrawn From Fasig-Tipton Sale, Retired to Stone Farm
The owners of 2012 Multiple Graded Stakes winner UPPERLINE (Maria’s Mon – Snowflake, Caerleon) have made the unanimous decision to withdraw the 5-year-old-mare from the Nov.
Senada Snaps 11-Race Drought in Dowager Upset
Sent off at odds of 16-1, Senada snapped an 11-race losing streak when she came from far off the pace to collar Upperline in deep stretch, capturing the $125,000 Rood and Riddle Dowager Stakes on the Keeneland turf Oct. 23.
Upperline Wins Allen Lacombe Memorial at Fairgrounds
Getting a smooth, stalking trip under jockey Rosie Napravnik, Upperline took charge entering the stretch and held off late challengers Category Seven and Forest Uproar to win the Allen LaCombe Memorial on Saturday at the Fair Grounds.
Forever Together, No Matter What, Arthur Hancock IV and a Visit to Stone Farm
here is a comfort to a traditional horse farm, the type that lacks bells and whistles and chandeliers. The moment you step onto Stone Farm, with its touches accented with grey and yellow, you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time. The farm’s simple motto: “We’re trying to raise you a good horse.”
Champion Forever Together Retired to Stone Farm
Forever Together, the 2008 champion turf female for owner Augustin Stable, has been retired to Stone Farm in Paris, Kentucky, after finishing sixth in the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) on November 5 at Churchill Downs for trainer Jonathan Sheppard.
Reading Room Memories
You may think this is the story. Arthur Hancock offers a full brother to Arthur’s Tale, a 2-year-old colt who finished a green but promising fifth in a Saratoga maiden Saturday. The colt is a half-brother to War Hoot (War Chant) and Senada (Pulpit), both successful in the ring and on the racecourse. The son of Stone Farm’s Owsley is part of Hancock’s usual selective quality consignment.