Fall racing returns to Keeneland as the annual October season gets ready to open for its 17-raceday meet from Friday, Oct. 6 to Saturday, Oct. 28. Keeneland will attract big fields and quality horses to offer the kind of racing and wagering that befits the world epicenter of Thoroughbred horse racing in Lexington, Ky.
Month: October 2023
Gormley Relocated To Red River Farms In Louisiana
Multiple Grade 1 winner Gormley has been relocated to Red River Farms in Coushatta, La., ahead of the 2024 breeding season, BloodHorse reports.
The 9-year-old son of Malibu Moon previously stood at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2018.
From three crops of racing age, Gormley has sired 105 winners and amassed progeny earnings of more than $6.7 million.
His most successful runner to date is High Oak, who won the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes as a juvenile and finished third in the G1 Forego Stakes earlier this year. He is also the sire of Bron and Brow, a multiple stakes winner in Louisiana.
During his own on-track career, Gormley won four of nine starts, highlighted by a victory in the G1 FrontRunner Stakes as a juvenile, followed by wins in the G1 Santa Anita Derby and G3 Sham Stakes at three.
Read more at BloodHorse.
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Up to the Mark to Lane’s End Upon Conclusion of Racing Career
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's MGISW Up to the Mark (Not This Time–Belle's Finale, by Ghostzapper), will enter stud at Lane's End Farm at the conclusion of his racing career, the Kentucky Farm announced on Monday. The 4-year-old colt, who won the GI Manhattan S. At Belmont Park and the GI Turf Classic Stakes in his last two starts, has so far amassed a career line of 10-5-0-2, $1158,650 and is trained by Todd Pletcher.
“He's a horse that we were always high on since he was two,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “He broke his maiden first out on the dirt, but with the switch to the turf he really put that talent on display with his tremendous turn of foot. His impressive wins in the Turf Classic and the Manhattan showed that he is one of the top grass horses in the U.S., and his speed figures back that up.”
Bred in Kentucky by Ramspring Farm, Up to the Mark was a $450,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase in 2020. His dam, Belle's Finale, is a daughter of GISW Capote Belle (Capote), a full sister to GSP and stakes producer Zapper Belle (Ghostzapper).
“Up to the Mark's versatility and looks are what initially attracted Lane's End,” Lane's End's Bill Farish said. “He has a dirt pedigree and is by an emerging young sire. He really showed that he is one of the top turf horses in the U.S. with his dominating wins in back-to-back grade ones. We have a history in standing stallions that can get runners on all three surfaces and feel Up to the Mark has the potential to follow in that tradition.”
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Antonaccis Purchase Bryan Station Farm
The Antonacci family, which breeds and races under the name of Lindy Farm, has purchased Bryan Station Farm in Lexington and plans to convert it to a multi-purpose, multi-breed farm that will help in the growth of the Lindy operation. Lindy has been a major name in harness racing going back to the late sixties and has recently turned its attention toward building a thoroughbred operation.
The new farm will be named Lindy Farms at Bryan Station. Lindy will also retain its farm in Somers, CT. Philip Antonacci trains the thoroughbred string. His brother, Frank M. Antonacci is Lindy President.
Philip Antonacci said that final plans for the new farm remain in flux. He expected that its residents would be about 75% Standardbreds and 25% Thoroughbreds and the primary emphasis at first will be as a breeding farm. The farm does not have any training tracks, but Antonacci said that could be part of its future, while acknowledging that the new farm should help Lindy grow its Thoroughbred operation.
The Antonacci family is already heavily invested in Kentucky racing as it owns the Red Mile in Lexington as part of a partnership. The Red Mile's Historical Horse Racing Machines have played a major part in the growth of both Standardbred and Thoroughbred racing in the state.
“The purchase of this property is the next step in our family's involvement and commitment to the Bluegrass and Lexington communities,” the family said in a statement. “Lindy Farms at Bryan Station will be a world-class dual breed facility combining the rich equine history of Lexington with the esteemed racing and breeding legacy of Lindy Farms. We will be mindful stewards of the land and look forward to deepening our commitment to this wonderful community and making the city of Lexington, Fayette County and Commonwealth of Kentucky proud.”
Bryan Station describes itself as a “unique equestrian boarding facilities” with rental homes available on the property.
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