Tag Archive: churchill downs

Feb
19

2011 stallion honors: Scat Daddy, leading first-crop sire

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Email It took a few days after the new year for the last earnings to trickle in and push Scat Daddy past Hard Spun as 2011’s leading freshman sire. He cut it close, but Lady of Shamrock and Swag Daddy’s stakes wins Dec. 30 and 31 made the difference. The final margin was $11,175. Besides …

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Feb
16

Sez Who Farm in Stillwater to reopen, signaling the thoroughbred breeding industry is bouncing back

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• Partnering with a prominent Kentucky or Florida farm in a joint venture that would bring high-profile stallions and mares to Saratoga County. “That’s something that’s very much in play at the moment,” Ostrager said. “A lot of Kentucky stallion breeding operations are anxious to have a New York footprint.”He said he’s already had inquiries …

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Jan
28

Ocala Stud Eclipse award Musical Romance filly

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Musical Romance, a 5-year-old filly borne of a blue-collar pedigree and owned by a small partnership, won the Eclipse Award for top female sprinter in North America this week. While other horses sired by Ocala Stud stallions have taken home Eclipse awards, a horse bred by the farm had never won. The farm has breed …

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