Bloodstock | Horse Racing Free Tips

Ruis Purchases Blackwood Stables Training Center In Versailles

Horseman Mick Ruis, whose stable has raced primarily in Southern California, has purchased the 285-acre Blackwood Stables training center in Versailles, Ky.

Ruis, who owned and trained multiple Grade 1 winner Bolt d'Oro, the leading freshman sire of 2022, bought the property for $7,639,500 through Tom Biederman of Biederman Real Estate. Blackwood Stables, previously operated by Guinness McFadden, was listed with Ken Donworth of Bluegrass Sotheby's.

Biederman said the transaction closed Oct. 2.

“It made super sense to me since most of my horses are Kentucky-breds,” Ruis said. “With Kentucky running year-round and maiden special weight purses up to $120,000 or more, this fits my program. I couldn't get stalls and needed a place for my mares. And now I've got my own training facility.”

Ruis said he currently has 27 mares in Kentucky.

Blackwood Stables has 122 stalls in six barns – three barns for mares, weanlings and yearlings with 52 stalls and three more with 70 additional stalls for training. There is a six-furlong training track, one-mile grass course, and 1 1/8-mile wood-chip “European-style” gallop, Ruis said. Click here for photos and here for information on the farm from its previous owner.

The training facility is accredited with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for official workouts and gate cards.

“Jose Delima will be running all the training at Blackwood,” said Ruis, adding that his daughter Shelbe will oversee the California-breds. DeLima formerly trained in Southern California and has assisted Mick Ruis in California and Kentucky.

The purchase came shortly after Ruis sold the former Woodford Thoroughbreds farm, renamed Wen/Mick (for Ruis and his wife, Wendy), to Tom and Debi Stull of California-based Tommy Town Thoroughbreds. That property, also near Versailles, sold for $8 million, and Beiderman said it included 380 acres in total, a “nicely redone house, beautiful barns, and rolling land.”

The post Ruis Purchases Blackwood Stables Training Center In Versailles appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Max Player To Enter Stud At Annestes Farms In New Jersey

Max Player, winner of the 2021 Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, has arrived at Annestes Farms in Middletown, N.J., where he will stand for the 2024 breeding season.

The 6-year-old son of Honor Code has over 700 investors who own shares of the dark bay colt.

“After an impressive career on the racetrack, we are excited about his prospects as a sire” said majority owner George Hall of Rumson, N.J.

Hall, a life time patron of Monmouth Park, hopes Max Player can enhance the options for New Jersey breeders. The owner of 2011 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice also has a successful track record of breeding horses on his farm in Versailles, Ky., including Pants on Fire, Snapper Sinclair and Max Player among others, and he hopes to achieve similar success in New Jersey for the benefit of Max Player's investors, while at the same time advancing the progress of New Jersey breeding for years to come.

Max Player is the only horse of his generation to compete in all three Triple Crown races finishing third in the Belmont Stakes, and fifth in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He also placed third in the G1 Travers Stakes. Wins in the G2 Suburban Stakes and the aforementioned Jockey Club Gold Cup, earned Max Player an all expense paid trip to the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2021.

Annestes Farms is hosting a meet and greet for breeders on Oct. 10 between noon and 6 p.m. Please contact John Hall for more information at KnGStables2020@gmail.com.

The post Max Player To Enter Stud At Annestes Farms In New Jersey appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Bidding Now Open For Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 145 entries for its October Digital Sale, which may be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is now open and closes Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. ET.

The catalog includes horses of racing age, breeding stock, and a stallion. Among those catalogued are 11 offerings from the Partial Stock Reduction of Machmer Hall, which will sell without reserve.

“We have another strong group of entries for the October Digital Sale, particularly among the horses of racing age,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to offer a partial reduction of the Machmer Hall broodmare band. The list of stakes horses bred by Machmer Hall speaks for itself and should be very interesting for breeders across the country.”

Also among the breeding stock on offer are 10 broodmares from the draft of successful Louisiana breeder Coteau Grove Farms, several of which are already stakes producers. There are a number of mares in foal to Louisiana-based No Parole, winner of the 2020 Grade 1 Woody Stephens Stakes, whose first foals arrived this year.

“The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders' Association has done a terrific job offering valuable rewards to the breeders of Louisiana-sired horses and Louisiana-breds,” added Aaron.

Entries include more than 35 horses of racing age, including stakes and graded stakes performers, as well as maiden and allowance level horses. Prominent racing stables represented include DJ Stable, Godolphin, LNJ Foxwoods, and Spendthrift Farm. Also offered are more than 75 broodmares, including mares in foal to Authentic, Olympiad, Epicenter, and Cyberknife.

To create an account of register to bid, prospective buyers should visit digital.fasigtipton.com.

The post Bidding Now Open For Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

West Will Power Sold To Enter Stud In Korea

Grade 1 winner West Will Power will enter stud at Songma Farm in Korea for the 2024 breeding season, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.

The 6-year-old son of Bernardini was retired in August after suffering a soft tissue injury in training. He retired seven wins in 17 starts as a homebred for Gary and Mary West, earning $1,745,390.

Trained by Brad Cox, West Will Power earned his first Grade 1 victory in his final start, taking the Stephen Foster Stakes at Ellis Park on July 1. He had previously won the G2 Fayette Stakes and the G2 New Orleans Classic Stakes.

Ben Glass, stable manager for the Wests, told TDN that efforts were made to stand West Will Power in the U.S., but he couldn't find interest. Glass speculated that the horse's age was a factor. Entering stud at age seven would give him fewer productive years at stud than a younger prospect.

The deal to stand West Will Power in Korea was brokered by bloodstock agent Jun Park.