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.
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Stone Farm Co-Owned Upperline Surges to Victory in Arlington Oaks
After Upperline surged to the lead with three-eighths of a mile to run in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Arlington Oaks, she gave the 32,681 spectators a preview of the fireworks display that followed the racing program at
“She just exploded tonight,” jockey E.T. Baird said.
Very Superstitious
In the modern world of speed figures, tracking devices, and sheets handicapping, just about any racetracker will tell you making it into the hallowed ground of the winner’s circle might depend more on cats, birds, bugs, peanuts, popcorn, and pennies.
Kentucky Derby Winner Gato Del Sol Dies at 28
Stone Farm’s homebred Gato Del Sol, who won the 1982 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) for Arthur B. Hancock III and Leone J. Peters, was euthanized Aug. 7 at Hancock’s Stone Farm near Paris, Ky. due to the infirmities of old age. The 28-year-old pensioned stallion was foaled and raised at Stone and was the first Derby winner to represent the Hancock family.
Foal to Finish Line
Foal to Finish Line – April 2006
Excerpt courtesy of Louisville Magazine
Loud And Clear
October 2, 1989
Sunday Silence belied his name in the Super Derby. Next : Easy Goer once more.
When trainer Charlie Whittingham last week shipped Sunday Silence 1,400 miles from Arcadia, Calif., to Bossier City, La., for Sunday’s $1 million Super Derby, it wasn’t for the money.
Sunday Silence vs Easy Goer in the 1989 BC Classic
From the Vault of Sports Illustrated…
Eclipse Award-winning journalist Bill Nack writes about the face-off between Champions Sunday Silence and Easy Goer in the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Classic.