Richland Hills Farm Stallion Star Dabbler’s Half Sister Brings $525K At OBSMAR
Gulf Coast Farms principals Jerry Bailey and Lance Robinson had to wait a bit to show a profit on the mare Meadow Silk (Meadowlake), but they made up for lost time at OBSMAR Wednesday. Meadow Silk was bought while in foal to More Than Ready at the 2005 OBSOCT sale; a Gulf Coast homebred by More Than Ready, the first foal out of the mare to go through the ring since her purchase, lit up the board in Ocala, bringing $525,000 from Steven W. Young, agent. The filly is a half-sister to GSW Star Dabbler (Saint Ballado) and SW Run Production (Saint Ballado), from the family of champion Speightstown (Gone West).
Sightseeing’s First Foal
Born 1/21/10 at Jay and Jana Goodwin’s Good Win Farm in Paris, KY. The foal is a filly, out of a Five Star Day mare, Spunky Star.
“The foal is exactly what you would expect from Sightseeing – she has a great deal of substance, and is a very correct foal,” — Jay Goodwin.
Secret Gypsy scores as favorite in Distaff Handicap
MIDWAY, KY, March 23, 2009 – Secret Gypsy, favored at odds of 7-to-10, easily won her third consecutive race and secured her first graded stakes victory on Saturday in the $154,800 Distaff Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct. Click for press release (PDF)
Richland Hills Reports First Foal for Purim
MIDWAY, KY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 – The first foal by multiple graded stakes winner Purim was born on January 29 at Richland Hills in Midway, Kentucky. The chestnut filly is out of the stakes winning Flying Chevron mare Flying Gal.
Purim, who stands at Richland Hills for a $10,000 fee, is the only Grade 1 winning son of Dynaformer at stud in Kentucky.
“Purim’s first foals are outstanding,” said Richland Hills president Nathan Fox. “They all have good bone and appear to be very athletic. I could not be more pleased with the way that they look and how much they resemble their sire.”
Purim is a son of stallion legend Dynaformer out of the Lord at War mare Kirsteena. He stands as the property of a syndicate, and is a six-time stakes winner of over $900,000 on dirt and turf, including the Shadwell Mile(G1), Razorback Breeders’ Cup(G3) and Arlington Classic(G3).
MIDWAY, KY, FEBRUARY, 2009 – Multiple stakes winner and track record holder UNBRIDLED SIDNEY delivered her first foal at 6:30 pm on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Richland Hills. The dark bay or brown filly is by 2007-2008 leading sire SMART STRIKE. UNBRIDLED SIDNEY is owned by Doug Devenport and is boarded at Richland Hills.
Interest in Triple Crown Hopeful Free Country Sold
MIDWAY, KY, JANUARY 23, 2009 – Richland Hills, LRE Racing, LLC (Lee Einsidler) and Triple F Stable (Al Ferri) have purchased an interest in 2009 Kentucky Derby hopeful FREE COUNTRY from John Gerbas, Jr.’s Silver Wing Stable. FREE COUNTRY, a son of Big Country (A.P. Indy-Flanders) out of Smyrna, by Wild Again, has won both of his starts at Churchill Downs and Gulfstream Park and is scheduled to make his stakes debut in the Sam F. Davis S. [G3] at Tampa Bay Downs on February 14th.
“I have a great deal of respect for John Gerbas and his eye for young talent,” said Richland Hills President Nathan Fox. “John is a friend and neighbor and has been raving about Free Country since the colt was a yearling. I am glad we were able to make a deal, and we look forward to an exciting three-year-old campaign with this talented colt.”
FYI The sire of the winner of Saturday’s Old Hickory S. for 2yo’s was a horse named RUN PRODUCTION, a full brother to STAR DABBLER that stands at Foxwood Plantation in Louisiana. This was a LA-bred colt beating open company that included the winners of the Bashford Manner S. at Churchill Downs and the NATC Futurity at Monmouth. This in addition to the success that SPEIGHTSTOWN has experienced is a very good indicator of STAR DABBLER’s future success and the sire-producing potential of his female family.
Star Dabbler filly sells for $100,000 at Keeneland
At the November 3 breeding stock sale at Keeneland, a yearling filly by Richland Hills Stallion Star Dabbler, out of Regal Victress, was purchased by leading bloodstock agent Buzz Chace for $100,000.
Buzz Chace commented on Star Dabbler as a sire: “Star Dabbler is an outstanding sire that comes from a family of runners. Star Dabbler ran against the best, and he beat many of the best. In the breeding industry, he has a very good reputation as a sire and a lot of people have an upbeat opinion about him. He is a big bargain at the price he is standing at.”
