ORCHESTRATOR, sold by Denali at the 2008 Keeneland September Sale, scored an upset to win her first stakes, the Grade III Bourbonette Oaks run on the Lane’s End undercard. Trained by Kenny McPeek, ORCHESTRATOR tracked the pace three deep, made her bid between horses through the second turn, forged a narrow lead entering the stretch […]
A $210,000 Keeneland September yearling, DUKE OF NAPLES, by Empire Maker, scored on Aqueduct’s inner dirt track going 1 1/16 miles. Well placed, the Bruce Levine trainee took the lead in midstretch and prevailed by a nose after a long hard drive against Whateverittakes. Bred by Berkshire Stud and Oak Cliff, DUKE OF NAPLES is […]
Denali Stud owner Craig Bandoroff graduated with a certificate from the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard Business School today. Established more than 40 years ago, OPM is a rigorous, 9-week Executive Education program held over a 3-year period, for executives with at least 10 years of management experience and who hold a major equity […]
From drf.com by Jay Privman Once every two decades or so a horse comes along who so dominates the long-distance turf division at Santa Anita that he sweeps the San Luis Obispo and San Luis Rey handicaps, both at 1 ½ miles, and then the San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap at about 1 ¾ miles. […]
ICABAD CRANE, third to Big Brown in the 2008 Preakness Stakes, returned to the winner’s circle in New York’s Kings Point H. The 1 1/16-mile stakes included a field of six. The Denali sales graduate was bred by Gallagher’s Stud and races for Earle I. Mack. Tucked in under a hold by Gabriel Saez, ICABAD […]
Adena Springs bred and Denali graduate BOURBON BAY followed up his 4 ¼ length win in the San Luis Obispo with a win in the Grade II San Luis Rey H. BOURBON BAY came home under steady handling in a solid time of 2:24.08 for the 1 ½-mile distance. The 4-year-old son of Sligo Bay […]
Undefeated three-year-old filly SHINE UPON kept her nose down at the wire to defeat a solid group in the Dreamy Mimi S. at Aqueduct. Taking on stakes fillies Speightful Affair and Anchorage, they finished a nose and neck apart at the line. SHINE UPON was sold by Denali for her breeder Berkshire Stud at the […]
FREEDOM STAR made her dirt debut memorable capturing the Azeri S.-G3 by nearly 4 lengths. The four-year-old mare was second earlier this year in the El Encino-G2 at Santa Anita. In the Azeri she got a clear lead, shook off a challenge after six panels in 1:12.93 and opened up late to win handily. FREEDOM […]
LEXINGTON, KY – Handicappers are making use of growing statistics on so-called “synthetic sires.” But don’t expect those statistics to alter Thoroughbred breeding any time soon, breeders say. So far, statistics show the most successful sires for synthetic-track runners are often the most successful sires on other surfaces – meaning the synthetic stats simply add […]
BOURBON BAY followed up SPRING HOUSE’s 2009 San Luis Obispo win, both horses are Denali graduates. BOURBON BAY has now won both 1 ½ mile turf races at Santa Anita this year. Sold at Keeneland September 2007 by Denali, BOURBON BAY was purchased privately by David and Jill Heerensperger as a two-year-old. Winning his first […]
