The Breeders’ Cup released the pre-entries for the November 2 & 3 championship races, and Denali Stud is once again well represented. Kentucky Derby winner ANIMAL KINGDOM returns to the track in the Grade I Mile, taking on fellow Denali graduate DOUBLES PARTNER. Grade I winning two-year-old filly SPRING IN THE AIR will run in […]
Another day, another Grade 1 Flashback. We are featuring Denali Stud graduate Spring in the Air who won the Darley Alcibiades (G1) in 2012. He’s one of many Grade 1 graduates sold by Denali Stud over the last 20+ years. Click the link below to find your new Grade 1 winner with Denali Stud this summer. […]
John Oxley’s Spring in the Air (Spring at Last), sent off as the slight 4-1 choice in Friday’s GI Darley Alcibiades S. at Keeneland, was unhurried in 10th through a half mile in :47.13, and unleashed a strong run down the center of the track to annex the “Win and You’re In” event for the […]
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 […]
With 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.
NY-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 […]
Book 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 […]
It 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 […]
Selling 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 […]
Selling 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.