Bred by Candy Meadows Farm and Cheyenne Stable and sold by Denali at the 2009 Keeneland September sale for $145,000, the two-year-old Johannesburg colt PETER MARTINS did not disappoint, winning his racing debut at Newmarket for owner Earle Mack. The Jeremy Noseda trainee was sent off at 2-1, breaking smartly he stalked the early leader […]
Denali sale graduates took to the Eastern stakes races, starting off at Monmouth Park on July 24. Potosina, a three-year-old filly by Cactus Ridge and offered by Denali at the 2008 Saratoga yearling sale finished third in the 1 1/16 mile turf Desert Vixen S. The next day at Monmouth Denali graduates finished second and […]
KATMANBLU ($57,000, 2009 September yearling), the 2YO filly by BLUEGRASS CAT – Abba Gold, by Devil’s Bag, won her second career start on July 17. Racing for her breeders Five-D Thoroughbreds the Kenny McPeek trainee is the eighth winner for her sire.
Frank Brothers, agent for Starlight Partners signed the ticket for the Medaglia d’Oro-Future Act colt, highlighting the Denali Stud consignment and coming in as the fifth highest priced colt of the July sale. Denali Stud was also the only consignor to rank in the top five of both lists: Leading Consignors by total sales, with […]
CHESTORIA and QUIET MEADOW were both taken to Keenaland September Yearling Sales by Denali, and both turned in stakes performances at Philadelphia Park in the 1 1/16 mile turf event, the Dr. James Penny Memorial H. CHESTORIA was bred by Berkshire Stud and QUIET MEADOW was bred by Bridlewood, her half-sister sells at Saratoga in […]
A $100,000 yearling sales graduate, HAYNESFIELD earned a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 105 for 2 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Suburban H., but his connections are at least a week away from decided what to do next with the NY-bred colt. The Grade I Whitney H. at Saratoga on August 7 would have […]
Denali sales graduate STRAIGHT STORY, owned by Richard Santulli, won on May 29 at Belmont and moved over to Monmouth Park to take an $80,000 allowance race. Deftly rated in front the four-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway responded when asked and drew off under urging. The 1 1/8m turf field included Dubai Echo second, Mythical […]
There were several news items that appeared recently in this publication that I found thoughtprovoking. The first was the article on John Fulton and the opportunities he is taking advantage of in Argentina. The second was the news that the NTRA had launched a virtual reality game based on different aspects associated with our sport […]
“The American Graded Stakes Standings” on PaulickReport.com, rank Denali Stud fifth by number of graded stakes winners January 1, 2010-June 17, 2010. “We take great pride in the accomplishments of our sales graduates and we are thankful to the breeders that let us raise and sell their horses,” stated Denali owner, Craig Bandoroff. “If you will […]
From Daily Racing Form, By David Grening ELMONT, N.Y. – Le Grand Cru, who won the Grade 3 Westchester at Aqueduct in April before finishing fifth to Quality Road in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, has been sold privately and transferred to Pletcher. Mike Stinson bought the horse from owner Judson Streicher, who had the […]
