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The Way Home Moves To Lost Creek Ranch In Arkansas For 2021

The Way Home, a veteran New Mexico sire, has been sold to Craig Whitlow's Whipsaw Thorougbreds, and he will relocate to Dr. Rodney Vaughn's Lost Creek Ranch in Jonesboro Ark., for the 2021 breeding season.

The 16-year-old son of Giant's Causeway previously stood at Doubletree Farm in Hobbs, N.M., where he entered stud in 2008. He sold to Whipsaw Thoroughbreds for $1,350 last month in the ThoroughbredAuctions.com online New Mexico Breeders' Sale.

An advertised fee will be announced at a later time.

The Way Home's runners have earned over $4 million on the racetrack, and his top runners include stakes winners Way to Go Gerda, Western Way, and E Bar Way.

“I'm very glad to have a man of Rodney's talent to stand The Way Home for Whipsaw Thoroughbreds,” Whitlow said. “He is extremely experienced and great at what he does. I can not express our excitement to have Lost Creek Ranch as The Way Home's new home.

“Rodney is building the future Greensboro Equine Clinic in Jonesboro, which just reinforces our beliefs that this is the up and coming area for breeding race horse,” he continued. “The breeding incentives alone are worth the investment in this area.”

Bred in Virginia by Edward P. Evans, The Way Home is out of the placed Buckaroo mare Homewrecker, who became one of the top broodmares of her generation. The stallion is a sibling to five stakes winners including Grade 1 winner Prenup, Grade 2 winner Cat's at Home, and Grade 3 winners Honor the Hero and Giant Wrecker.

Whitlow said The Way Home has yet not relocated to Arkansas, but the stallion already has eight mares booked to him for 2021.

Whitlow, a graduate of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, said the school's decision to start its own Thoroughbred breeding program also influenced his decision to send The Way Home to stand at Lost Creek Ranch.

To support his alma mater, Whitlow said Whipsaw Thoroughbreds has started a fundraiser for the school to support their program, as well as bring attention to The Way Home.

Whipsaw Thoroughbreds will be accepting donations for the Arkansas State equine program, and the donor that raises the total amount over each thousand-dollar threshold, through the first $10,000, will receive a free season to The Way Home, with an approved mare.

“We wanted to make it fun to support one of the few universities that offer a Thoroughbred industry program and a way into this business for our future horse breeders, trainers, farm managers, horsemen and women,” Whitlow said. “It's important to Whipsaw Thoroughbreds to preserve our industry's future. When I was growing up, you had to either be born into it or know some one. I think horsemen and women from all over the country will get behind donating to these programs since they usually have such limited budgets.”

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Special Financing Program Offered For Judge Lanier Racing Online Dispersal

Tom and Sandy McKenna will offer an innovative financing package for 42 horses offered without reserve in their Judge Lanier Racing Complete Dispersal. The financing is a modified run-out agreement between the buyer and Judge Lanier Racing.

The McKennas created the “COVID-19 Financing” package to help owners and trainers buy horses in the current industry conditions.

Eligible horses must bring a final bid of $5,000 or more. The buyer will pay 20 percent down. The balance is paid on a “run out” basis from the winnings of the horse after purchase, divided 50-50 between buyer and seller until balance due is paid.

The auction will be an internet-only auction, with bidding opening Sept. 16, and closing Sept. 23 at ThoroughbredAuctions.com

Judge Lanier Racing Stables has been a perennial leading owner of race horses in New Mexico. Since 2005 the stable has had earnings of $9,380,211. Their 2019 earnings of $1,595,458 were the highest yet for the stable.

Prospective buyers will need to go to the auction website, and create an account. They will then need to request a bidder's number in order to bid. Please visit the website at ThoroughbredAuctions.com for more information or email info@thoroughbredauctions.com.

ThoroughbredAuctions.com leads the industry with twice as many horses cataloged and four times as many sold than all other online Thoroughbred Auctions in North America combined. The company just completed the largest online Thoroughbred Auction ever held in North America with 98 horses cataloged. That brings the total number of Thoroughbreds sold at ThoroughbredAuctions.com to 288 from 369 cataloged in seven auctions since February of 2019.

The ThoroughbredAuctions.com team produces North America's leading online auctions for horses. The management team pioneered internet auctions for horses and has produced more than 80 Internet Auctions since 2012 boasting a high seller of $226,000.

Owners Tim and Cathy Jennings are the industry's most experienced show horse auction managers. Their team managed more than 380 live horse auctions selling over 80,000 horses since 1978. Tim's previous firm, Professional Auction Services, was the largest show horse auction company in the world, by number of horses sold for 15 years.

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Judge Lainer Racing Stables To Disperse Racing Stock On ThoroughbredAuctions.Com

ThoroughbredAuctions.com announces the dispersal of horses of racing age owned by Tom and Sandra McKenna of Judge Lanier Racing Stables. Due to an unfortunate accident, the McKennas made the difficult decision to disperse their racing stock.

The auction will be an internet-only auction, with bidding opening Sept. 16th, and closing Sept. 23rd at ThoroughbredAuctions.com

Tom and Sandra will continue their New Mexico breeding program with foals from Conquest Mo Money, a Preakness contender and runner-up in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby. His first crop will race in 2022.

“We've been leading owners at Zia Park for eight years, Sunland Park nine years, at least five times at Albuquerque, and five times at SunRay Park,” said Tom McKenna. “We have been leading owners statewide and recognized by the New Mexico Horsemen's Association every year since 2014. We have also been ranked nationally in the top 50 owners for the last six years in wins and in the top 100 in earnings for the last six years of the 29,000 owners. Management at Sunland Park informed us that since the inception of casinos in New Mexico, Judge Lanier Racing has the most wins on record.”

The McKennas' Judge Lanier Racing Stable is named after Tom's grandfather, Judge C.M. Lanier, who raised him. Tom began riding horses for his grandfather at the age of nine or 10 years old, and broke his first horse out of the gate at age 12.

The McKennas began their racing program in New Mexico in the early 2000's, with their first starter in 2004. The 2017 season brought them national recognition with their stakes winning son of Uncle Mo, Conquest Mo Money. A winner of the Mine That Bird Derby, and second in both the G3 Sunland Park Derby and the G1 Arkansas Derby, the horse put them on the trail for a run at the Preakness.

Included in the dispersal is Top Draw, the son of leading sire Into Mischief, who was the recent winner of the Charles Taylor Stakes on Aug. 29 and has earnings of $102,599. Also selling is the stakes-placed mare McWend, the 2019 New Mexico champion 3-year-old filly and earner of $197,190. Most horses in the auction will be offered with no reserve.

ThoroughbredAuctions.com leads the industry with twice as many horses cataloged and four times as many sold than all other online Thoroughbred auctions in North America combined. The company just completed the largest online Thoroughbred auction ever held in North America with 98 horses cataloged. That brings the total number of Thoroughbreds sold at ThoroughbredAuctions.com to 288 from 369 cataloged in seven auctions since February of 2019.

The ThoroughbredAuctions.com team produces North America's leading online auctions for horses. The management team pioneered internet auctions for horses and has produced more than 80 internet auctions since 2012 boasting a high seller of $226,000.

Tim and Cathy are the industry's most experienced show horse auction managers. Our team managed more than 380 live horse auctions selling over 80,000 horses since 1978. Tim's previous firm, Professional Auction Services, was the largest show horse auction company in the world, by number of horses sold for 15 years.

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California-Sired Weanling Offered At Auction To Benefit Paralyzed Jockey Anne Von Rosen

The slate of offerings at the SporthorseAuctions.com August Internet Auction includes a weanling California-sired racing or sporthorse prospect whose proceeds will benefit former jockey Anne Von Rosen, who was paralyzed in a 2014 spill at Turf Paradise.

The weanling colt, born Feb. 11 and named Talk of the Town, is by Uptown Rythem, a winning son of Speightstown who won a pair of six-furlong races at Santa Anita Park. His first foals are 2-year-olds of 2020. Because the colt is California-sired, he is eligible for Golden State Stakes Series, as well as all other races with enhanced purses restricted to California-sired horses.

Bred in Arizona by Dr. Dorothee Kieckhefer, Talk of the Town is the first foal out of the winning Henrythenavigator mare Lookinfor Mr Right. The dam is a half-sister to Grade 3 winners Tammy the Torpedo and Seek and Destroy, while his extended family includes Grade 1 winner Carriage Trail and Grade 3 winners Criminologist, Inspector Lynley, and Five Star General.

The colt is currently located at Columbiana Farm in Paris, Ky., and the sale listing notes that, “he has been well socialized. Also, he's been handled daily and taught to lead, get his feet trimmed, receive vaccinations, etc.”

A native of Germany, Von Rosen hung her tack at tracks around the country after beginning her riding career in 2001, but she was most often a regular at Turf Paradise and Canterbury Park. She won 666 of 4,939 Thoroughbred starts over her 14-year career, and her mounts earned $5,725,969, with stakes wins in Arizona, Minnesota, Idaho, and North Dakota.

Von Rosen's career came to an abrupt end following a March 2014 Quarter Horse race at Turf Paradise when her mount collapsed shortly after crossing the finish line and left her pinned underneath. She suffered a severed spinal cord from the incident, and procedures in the immediate aftermath saved her life, but left her paralyzed.

Despite the prognosis, Von Rosen said after the injury that she was determined to walk again, and she remains driven to do so. Money raised from the weanling's sale will go toward Von Rosen's ongoing rehabilitation costs.

Bidding on the colt ends Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Eastern, with extended bidding going beyond that time in the event of last-minute bids.

SporthorseAuctions.com is operated by Tim and Cathy Jennings, who also run ThoroughbredAuctions.com.

To view the colt's pedigree page, click here.

To view the offering and bid, click here.

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