By Frank Angst, @BH_FAngst Grade I winner Bullsbay has moved to Northview PA in Peach Bottom, Pa., for the 2014 season after standing his first three seasons at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md. He will stand for $3,000 (live foal). A 9-year-old son of Tiznow , 2009 Whitney Handicap (gr. I) winner Read more »
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Dana Point Farm to Hold Open House
Wiseman’s Ferry , the sire of reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan, is among the stallions that will be on display when Dana Point Farm in Lynhartsville, Pa., holds its open house Sunday, Nov. 24 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. In addition to seeing stallions Wiseman’s Ferry, who will stand for $5,000 live foal Read more »
Emotional Kitten Claws to Mrs. Revere Win
By Jack Shinar Photo: Reed Palmer Photography, Churchill Downs A drop from grade I competition paid off for Emotional Kitten, who came roaring down the stretch to sweep past outsider Effie Trinket and win the $205,100 Mrs. Revere Stakes (gr. IIT) for 3-year-old fillies the night of Nov. 16 (VIDEO). Victor Espinoza came Read more »
EHV-1 Case Brings Quarantine at Parx Racing
By Tom LaMarra, @BH_TLaMarra Two barns at Parx Racing are under quarantine as a result of a positive test for equine herpesvirus, officials said Nov. 13. The horse in question is trained by Steve Klesaris, who stables in Barn 21. Several other trainers have horses in the barn; none are permitted to train. Read more »
Res Judicata earns vacation with impressive stakes win
By Dick Jerardi Comments 3 Email Res Judicata will get a break after winning the $100,000 City of Laurel Stakes by 4 1/4 lengths Saturday. Last fall, John Servis had a 2-year-old Pennsylvania-bred son of Smarty Jones whom he liked so much that he was thinking the colt might get him back on the Read more »
Sire Flashy Bull to Penn Ridge Farms
By Blood-Horse Staff Penn Ridge Farms in Harrisburg, Pa., has added grade I winner Flashy Bull to its stallion roster for the 2014 season. The son of Holy Bull will stand for $4,500. Flashy Bull has three crops of racing age with 68% winners from starters through Nov. 4. He has sired Read more »
Santa Anita: PA-Bred Zeewat holds off Flashback in Damascus Stakes
ARCADIA, Ca. – The ground Zeewat saved on the far turn made all the difference in the $100,000 Damascus Stakes, as he edged wide-racing favored Flashback by a head in the seven-furlong dirt race for 3-year-olds. Barbara D. Livingston Flashback, making his first start since April, was slow into stride from the rail for jockey Read more »
Wise Dan Rolls Again in Breeders’ Cup Mile
By Tom LaMarra, @BH_TLaMarra Photo: Skip Dickstein Morton Fink’s Wise Dan, taken much farther back than usual given a blistering early pace, circled rivals on the far turn and drew away late to win the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park for the second year in a Read more »
Fort Larned to Adena Springs in 2014
By Blood-Horse Staff Photo: Coady Photography/Jack Coady Adena Springs Farm announced Nov. 1 that 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Fort Larned would enter stud at the Paris, Ky., farm after he defends his title in this year’s Classic Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park. Fort Larned, owned and bred by Read more »
PA-Bred Hard Spun to Relocate to Darley Stud in Japan for 2014
Hard Spun, a G1 winner and now the sire of many top-class racehorses, including Eclipse Champion Questing, will stand the 2014 breeding season at Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley stud in Japan. Charlie Boden, Darley’s Head of Sales in America said, “Just like Street Sense was in 2013, Hard Spun will be a fantastic addition to our Read more »