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Heartwood, multiple Graded Stakes performer by Tapit, to enter stud in California
POSTED: December 22, 2020
San Miguel, California — Heartwood, a multiple graded stakes-placed multiple stakes winner by leading sire Tapit, will initiate his stallion career at Rancho San Miguel in...
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Circle 8 Ranch is proud to announce the addition of Istan Again to their growing broodmare band
POSTED: December 20, 2020
“We are very happy to add Istan Again to our broodmare stables. She is by Istan – a horse who retired from racing to begin...
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Felicita Brings $250,000 to Top Keeneland December Digital Sale
POSTED: December 16, 2020
Felicita, a half-sister to recent Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) runner-up Dayoutoftheoffice, sold for $250,000 to Alpha Delta Stables to headline Keeneland’s December Digital Sale,...
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Stakes-Placed Winy, by Looking at Lucky, is the newest mare added to the growing and impressive broodmare band at Circle 8 Ranch!
POSTED: December 15, 2020
Winy is a stakes-placed filly recently purchased by Circle 8 Ranch for the upcoming 2021 breeding season. She is by two-time Eclipse Award Winner Lookin...
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Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2021 Winter Mixed Sale is now available via the OBS website
POSTED: December 14, 2020
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2021 Winter Mixed Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com. The two-day sale is...
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OBS Sales Grads Weekend Wrap Up
POSTED: December 14, 2020
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Willis Horton Racing LLC’s Bankit circled horses on the turn to reach contention in Aqueduct’s $100,000 Alex M. Robb Stakes on...
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Lexington: The Granddaddy of Them All
POSTED: December 7, 2020
Lexington Photo: Courtesy of Keeneland Library Collection By Peter Lee When you think of great sires, stallions such as Mr. Prospector, Northern Dancer, Bold Ruler...
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Market Holds Steady On First Day of Arqana Breeding Stock Sale
POSTED: December 7, 2020
The Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale, the final auction of the season, started on Saturday with a session that posted solid results and showed good...
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Honor Way wins Aqueduct’s Garland of Roses Stakes
POSTED: December 7, 2020
Saul J. Kupferberg’s Honor Way picked up her second straight stakes victory on Sunday at Aqueduct in the $100,000 Garland of Roses Stakes, circling wide...
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