Animal Kingdom will return in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park Nov. 3, Team Valor International announced Oct. 2. The winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) heads to California with a chance at becoming the first Derby victor to earn Breeders’ Cup glory […]
AMONG THE TOP FIVE OVERALL LEADING CONSIGNORS AT KEENELAND SEPTEMBERWith 73 sold at the Keeneland September Sale, Denali ranked fifth by gross sales. The consignment averaged $104,082 compared to $87,354 for the sale overall. Among the top 10 consignors of 50 or more sold by gross, Denali had the third highest average overall.
SUPER WEEKEND FOR DENALI GRADSNY-bred HESSONITE moves up to Grade I company Saturday in the Flower Bowl at Belmont after three consecutive stakes wins. 2012 Keeneland January grad DON DULCE won the Edward J. DeBartolo Memorial in August and returns in the $125,000 Remington Green S. racing against another Denali sold multiple stakes winner GLOBAL POWER at Remington on Sunday. MGSW BOURBON BAY returns on Sunday at Santa […]
DENALI CLOSES OUT AT KEENELAND AMONG THE LEADERS AGAINBook five, Denali’s last day at Keeneland, resulted in nine sales averaging $38,556 well above the session average of $27,245. Leading the way on Wednesday for Denali was hip 2842, a colt by Indygo Shiner out of Avalanche Lily, who is a half sister to three stakes winners and from the family of champion 2-year-old […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM WORKING TOWARD FALL RETURNIt is looking more likely that 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom will return to the races this fall, but where and when is something his owner isn’t ready to reveal just yet. On Tuesday, Animal Kingdom had his fifth workout since returning to training following a fractured pelvis suffered in March. He breezed four […]
SESSION SEVEN STRONG FOR DENALI AT KEENELANDSelling 20 hips just over a million in total receipts on day seven ranked Denali fifth by gross and second among the top five consignors by day average at $50,300, well above the session average of $44,963. Bob Feld, agent for Sagamore Farm went to $90,000 for a Harlan’s Holiday colt out of the Denali […]
DAY FIVE AT KEENELAND DENALI RANKS FOURTH BY GROSSSelling 23 hips on day five, Denali ranked fourth among leading consignors by gross receipts at $1,650,000. The top lot for the Paris, Kentucky nursery was hip 1286, a colt by Speightstown out of Graded stakes winner Culinary, going to Mark Casse, agent for $190,000.
SPRING IN THE AIR PLACES IN G2 AT WOODBINESecond the Shady Well S. in her debut, the Denali sale graduate Spring in the Air returned at Woodbine to break her maiden by 10 ¼ lengths. In the Grade II Natalma S. over 1 mile turf for juvenile fillies at Woodbine she raced in midpack and came three wide through the turn rallying willingly […]
FIFTH BY GROSS AFTER FIRST TWO BOOKS AT KEENELAND SEPTEMBERAfter 21 hips sold through session four, Denali ranked fifth by gross receipts at $4,595,000 with an average price of $218,810. Among the group, hip 501 highlighted the consignment. A Tapit colt half brother to Icabad Crane went to Spendthrift Farm for $450,000. Two other noteworthy sales, hip 246, a Distorted Humor filly to Steven […]
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