Share This: Christmas Sky wins for Tyler Baze and Steve Asmussen at Ellis Park.
Thoroughbred racing is hot and happening at Ellis Park Race Course. After 97 years, this track is making moves to really stand out as “The Play to Play Since 1922.” If you are looking for some of the most well known names in racing, look no further than Ellis Park this summer. Ellis Park is hosting a record number of stakes with the highest purses ever offered there and well recognized jockeys and trainers. Here is everything that is escalating at Ellis Park.
Share This: The 145th Kentucky Derby will race at Churchill Downs on March 4, 2019.
Prepare yourselves! Kentucky Derby is coming. Saturday, May 4th, we will celebrate the longest continually held sport in America. There is a lot to know before you witness the “Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports”. Reference this post for the 145th Run For The Roses.
Share This: Abel Tasman added another title to her list of achievements when she broke a sales record at Keeneland January Sale.
The four day 2019 Keeneland January Horses Of All Ages Sale is underway and it started on the right hoof. Keeneland reported an increase in head sold with a higher gross amount and average price compared to session 1 in 2018. The sale topper was Abel Tasman. She sold for $5 million dollars! That is the top price for any broodmare prospect ever sold at a Keeneland January Sale. There were several nice offerings at the start of the Keeneland sale with some promising results.
Share This: Little Silver Charm is the only non-thoroughbred equine at Old Friends.
Old Friends Farm is celebrating its 15th year of rescuing retired Thoroughbreds. Operating at 3 locations and home to hundreds of horses, the Georgetown, KY farm is full of famous champions and a broad spectrum of former Thoroughbred racehorses. On a beautiful Kentucky Fall day I paid the farm another visit.
Share This: Lawn jockeys decorated with the winners of previous stakes decorate Keeneland.
It’s been exactly one week since things really heated up at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, KY. The October meet opened Friday, October 5th and served up some hot temperatures and hotter stakes races. Fall Stars Weekend delivered 10 stakes races. Since then they have held another stakes as well. What has sire power meant to Keeneland’s racetrack so far and who may we expect to win this weekend’s stakes?
Share This: The July Sale; Selected Yearlings 2018 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, KY
Yearling sale season has begun! The 1 year-olds of the choicest stallions are now available at auction. Fasig-Tipton held its Selected Yearlings: The July Sale yesterday 7/10/18 in Lexington, KY. The results were positive and it should be quite a year for yearling sales.
Share This: American Pharoah stands at Coolmore America, Ashford Stud, in Versailles, KY.
The sweltering summer is swiftly sweeping by as we welcome July and all of the super racing and sales that this month has to offer. As our Triple Crown winning, 2 time Eclipse Winning, Breeders’ Cup Classic and Grand Slam winning, American Pharoah headed off yesterday I am looking forward to admiring what he has left behind for now, Pharoah’s phoals.
Keeping American Pharoah comfortable in his stall is very important at Ashford Stud.
American Pharoah retired from racing after his record breaking 2015 racing season. He stands at Coolmore America, Ashford Stud, in Versailles, KY during North America’s breeding season and then he ships to Coolmore Australia to breed during their season. American Pharoah went into quarantine for shipping to Australia the last day of June. His presence in KY will be missed but fortunately he leaves behind many from his 2 crops of foals.
American Pharoah gives some side eye to his fans from his stall at Ashford Stud.
American Pharoah’s foals are too young to race but they are fun to follow for their cuteness, the price that they bring at sales and the promise of future racing. His 2017 North American crop has earned an average of $445,500 at auction for 10 of 13 weanlings offered. In 2018 his North American offspring, 3 of 5 yearlings offered, have sold for an average of $540,000. AmericanPharoah has had two of his offspring sell for a million dollars each. No other sire had a million dollar weanling in 2017. In 2 North American crops, he has 173 foals, 14 weanlings and 159 yearlings. He covered 208 mares in North America in 2016 and 214 in 2017. His 2018 season just ended in June. His 2016 reported stud fee was listed at $200,000 and was last listed as private. People must be really holding on to those foals to race them themselves or watch as the value goes up. It is July and we are about to see some more of his foals at auction!
This stud is a handsome looker. AmericanPharoah poses for his fans at Ashford Stud.
On Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 at 10 A.M ET, Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, KY will hold their July Selected Yearlings Sale. I am in a lot of anticipation for this sale and I plan to follow up with pictures from the sale of these two AmericanPharoah fillies. Hip 131 is a filly born to Yong Musician consigned by a selected sales agent for Machmer Hall. Hip 205 was foaled by Distorted Point and will be sold by Bluewater Sales, LLC.
Look at that conformation! American Pharoah looks so healthy at Ashford Stud.
I will continue to cover more on American Pharoah’s phoals as they progress and go thru auctions and his phamily as it was fun to watch his full brother, St.Patrick’s Day, finish 3rd in his 3rd start on Thursday. I am hoping for some more summer racing from St. Patrick’s Day. This lightly raced 3 year old finished 2nd at Del Mar last Fall before breaking his maiden in his next start, a month later, at the same track. He made his 2018 debut at Curragh in the listed Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire Celebration Stakes last week. I’d love to see him ship back to America to romp in our races this summer.Share This:
Share This: California Chrome is simply glowing in the sunshine.
I’ve been chilling with my Chromies this week. A gracious friend invited me along for her birthday party and The Chrome Experience and what an experience it was! Two time Horse of the Year, California Chrome will soon be shipping to Chile for their breeding season. There are just a few more dates to visit with Chrome while he is still at home, in America.
Photo taken as the 14 contenders in the 2018 Blue Grass Stakes approach the first pass over the finish line. 5 are still on the top of the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. Go GoodMagic, Flameaway, Free Drop Billy, Blended Citizen and Sporting Chance! Machismo will race again, just 1 week later in the 2018 Arkansas Derby!
Happy Friday the 13th! I am tickled to think of all the peculiar betting habits and quirks I will see among the superstitious gamblers and horsemen at Keeneland today! Everyday is a good day at the track but tomorrow we will see the very last lap on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Saturday, 4/14/18 features the final two prep races, the Lexington Stakes and the Arkansas Derby.
Share This: There is nothing better than live racing at Keeneland!
And their off! Live racing returns to Keeneland today. This opening weekend of the Spring Meet will feature eight grades stakes races with purses equaling $2.75 million dollars. The 16 day meet is packed with quality Thoroughbred racing. I hope many of you get the opportunity to visit Keeneland soon and for those who can not, my favorite race of the meet, the Blue Grass Stakes, will be aired live on NBC Sports Network. Here is what we have to look forward to at Keeneland this weekend.
