Finalists for the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards for those working in racing and breeding have been announced, along with the program’s Community Award winner.
Category Archives: Farm
Lows Land $1.05 Million Curlin Filly With Grade 1 Roots
Robert and Lawana Low bought the first seven-figure yearling during the final Book 1 session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept.
Dark Horses Captures Fascinating Rivalry, A Better Era in Racing
There had been enough build up and publicity for the NBC documentary “Dark Horses” that you had already heard what it was all about and that it was very good before it first aired Saturday.
Has There Ever Been A Better Example of Sunday Silence’s Awesome Legacy?
What do the Japanese Thoroughbreds Bless Journey, Satono Crown and Yamakatsu Ace have in common? Answer: they are the only runners in Sunday’s 16-strong Arima Kinen – the biggest betting race in the world – that are not grandchildren of Sunday Silence.
Record-Breaking Night As Songbird, Tepin Star At Fasig
Among the many accomplishments on champion Tepin (Bernstein)’s lengthy CV, perhaps none was as impressive or noteworthy as her victory in the 2016 G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot.
Arthur Hancock and Sunday Silence
Story by Alan Cutler from the LEX 18 Breeders’ Cup Special talking with Arthur Hancock about his great horse Sunday Silence.
Spendthrift, Starlight Partner Up
B. Wayne Hughes’s Spendthrift Farm and Starlight Racing teamed up to purchase a colt by First Samurai for $575,000 Wednesday at Keeneland.
Speedway Adds Some Quality
Bloodstock agent Marette Farrell, bidding on behalf of Peter Fluor and KC Weiner’s Speedway Stable, secured a colt by Quality Road for $525,000 early during Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September sale. The gray colt (hip 252), out of stakes winner Ghost Dancing (Silver Ghost), is a half-brother to Grade I winner Ascend (Candy Ride {Arg}) and to graded stakes placed Moro Tap (Tapit). He was bred and consigned by Arthur Hancock’s Stone Farm.
“We just thought he was extremely athletic, by an up-and-coming stallion, and bred by a master who has bred…how many Kentucky Derby winners? Three Kentucky Derby winners,” Farrell said. “So, it all made sense.”
Tepin at Stone Farm
Photos available on the BloodHorse website.
Forever Together, Saratoga Memories
She won her first three starts sprinting on the dirt, for a trainer known for patience over precocity, but then made a detour – after loosing her next five starts over 10 months – to the turf and extended distances. And became a champion.