Edition Farm, twice voted New York Breeder of the Year, has hired Fred Winters to assume the role as farm manager. Fred is a graduate of Arizona State University with B.S. in Agriculture. Fred has had a long career as a farm manager in Central Kentucky. He has run his own farm as well as […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM BREEZES FOR TAMPA DEBUTTeam Valor International’s Animal Kingdom, winner of last year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), breezed five furlongs in 1:01.05 at Palm Meadows Feb. 8 in preparation for his 4-year-old debut in the Tampa Bay Stakes (gr. IIIT) on grass Feb. 25. The Tampa Bay will be Animal Kingdom’s lone prep for the […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM TO RETURN AT TAMPAAfter ruling out an appearance at Gulfstream Park Feb. 11 in either the GI Donn H. or GI Gulfstream Park Turf H., officials at Team Valor have announced that their reigning GI Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) will return to the races in the GIII Tampa Bay S. on Florida’s Suncoast Feb. 25. […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM CHAMPION 3YO BORN & RAISED AT DENALINever before had the top two Eclipse Award vote getters in the 3-year-old male division been so much like the proverbial apples and oranges comparison, which made voting in 2011 so unique and difficult. That is how different the two protagonists, Animal Kingdom and Caleb’s Posse, were from each other. Voters had to decide between […]
TDN Q&A WITH CRAIG BANDOROFF ON EDITION FARM ALLIANCELast week, Craig and Holly Bandoroff, who operate Denali Stud in Kentucky, entered into a strategic alliance with Vivien Malloy’s Edition Farm, a two-time New York breeder of the year, in an attempt to give their client base an opportunity to take advantage of the new purse structure and breeding incentives in the state of […]
GRADE I DENALI GRADUATE HAYNESFIELD RETIREDHarvey Weinstein’s Turtle Bird Stable announced Dec. 2 that grade I winner Haynesfield has been retired. A stakes winner each year he raced, Haynesfield won 10 of his 19 lifetime starts for earnings of $1,319,481. A 5-year-old son of Speightstown, out of the stakes-winning Tejabo mare Nothing Special, Haynesfield was bred in New York by […]
DENALI STUD AND EDITION FARM FORM ALLIANCECraig Bandoroff’s Denali Stud in Kentucky and Vivien Malloy’s Edition Farm in New York have formed a strategic alliance, it was announced Nov. 30. “Vivien Malloy has built a first class facility second-to-none in New York and her record as a leading breeder speaks for itself,” said Bandoroff, who keeps several mares at the facility […]
DENALI SALE GRAD GOES FOR MATRIARCH REPEATTrainer Graham Motion, fresh off a grade I win in the Hollywood Turf Cup, guns for another at Hollywood Park when he sends out three entrants in the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes on the turf Nov. 25, including defending champion Gypsy’s Warning. Motion, who sent heavily favored Sanagas from his Maryland training base to grab the […]
MOTION: DON’T FORGET ABOUT ANIMAL KINGDOM IN ECLIPSE VOTINGAs Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom resumes training for his four-year-old campaign next year, trainer Graham Motion hopes Eclipse Award voters don’t forget about the colt’s three-year-old season, which was cut short by an injury in the Belmont Stakes. “Ultimately, he won the classic race that everyone wants to win in what was his first […]
KEENELAND NOVEMBER DAY FOUR STRONG SALES FOR DENALI STUDOverall the fifth and sixth highest prices (first and second excluding dispersal horses) Denali Stud sold Looking for $340,000 and On Demand for $310,000 on November 10 at Keeneland. Denali was the second leading consignor by gross at $1,802,000, selling 15 of 17 hips offered. Denali’s average price for the day $120,133, was the thir […]
