2008 What's Hot Archive

11-25-08 Update:

• 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.

11-21-08 Update:

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."

11-4-08 Update:

• Lane's End Publication - Pedigree Patterns article on Dynaformer. (click for information) (PDF)

11-3-08 Update:

• Richland Hills Announces 2009 Stud Fees. (click for information) (PDF)

10-22-08 Update:

• Richland Hills To Stand Cougar Cat for 2009 Season. (click for information) (PDF)

10-17-08 Update:

• Daily Racing Form - Frank Mitchell column relating to Richland Hills stallion Sightseeing. (click for information) (PDF)

9-17-08 Update:

• Sightseeing now at stud in Kentucky (click for information) (PDF)

9-2-08 Update:

• In Labor Day Monday's (G1) Del Mar Debutante, STARDOM BOUND, a 2-year-old filly from the first crop sired by TAPIT came from 12 lengths back to draw off and win the premier juvenile filly race of the meet with relative ease. Already graded stakes-placed, this big, impressive gray filly accomplished a rare feat in that this win was also the first of her career. Very few horses break their maidens in G1 stakes races. This fact, plus the manner in which she accomplished it, should make STARDOM BOUND the odds-on early favorite for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Filly Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita in October.

  Her sire TAPIT (has sired 9 winners already in his young stallion career) is by PULPIT which is also the sire of Richland Hills Farm's newest stallion SIGHTSEEING.

  Here is another connection Richland Hills Farm has to the red hot STARDOM BOUND: Richland Hills will be offering a yearling filly by TAPIT out of the farm's foundation broodmare and multiple stakes producer FLEW BY EM. This yearling is a beautiful gray filly that resembles STARDOM BOUND in both appearance and size. Click here to see this exciting offering.

9-2-08 Update:

• Secret Gypsy Wins $67,000 Allowance Race at Saratoga (read results)

8-21-08 Update:

Grade 2 Winner Sightseeing Retires To Richland Hills

• Midway, KY...Sightseeing, winner of the 2007 Peter Pan Stakes(G2), has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Richland Hills near Midway, Kentucky in 2009.  Raced by the Phipps Stable of breeder Ogden Mills Phipps, the  four-year-old is a  son of Pulpit, out of the Pleasant Colony mare Resort.

  “Sightseeing went toe-to-toe with top three-year-olds belonging to one of the best crops in recent memory,” said Richland Hills Farm president Nathan Fox.  “He  is a very impressive individual who  has great stamina and soundness, and together with his great pedigree is one of the most exciting stallion prospects for 2009.  We are thrilled to welcome him to our roster”

  Sightseeing, under the tutelage of trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey, broke his maiden as a two-year-old going one mile and one-sixteenth at Belmont Park and ran second in the Nashua Stakes(G3).  As a three-year-old, he won the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) after finishing a fast-closing second to Nobiz Like Showbiz in the Wood Memorial(G1), a race in which he defeated Any Given Saturday.  Sightseeing later ran third to Street Sense in the Jim Dandy Stakes(G2), beaten only 2 ¼ lengths by the Kentucky Derby(G1) winner.

  Sightseeing retires sound to Richland Hills with earnings of $508, 401.  He is currently being syndicated, and his stud fee will be announced at a later date.

5-30-08 Update:

• Click to read blog on Purim from Bloodhorse.com (read blog)
  

5-30-08 Update:

• Richland Hills Stable and John Kuehl's SECRET GYPSY became stakes-placed in just her third career start when the daughter of Sea of Secrets finished third in the Dogwood Stakes(G3) on May 31 at Churchill Downs. Ridden by Elvis Trujillo, Secret Gypsy was 4 1/4 lengths back of race winner Acoma.
  
  Secret Gypsy set a new track record when she broke her maiden in her first start at Saratoga last August, running 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:03.26. Trained by Ronny Werner, the three-year-old filly has now won one of three starts and earned $52,943.
  
  "Secret Gypsy ran a very good race and we are pleased she is now stakes-placed," said Nathan Fox, president of Richland Hills. "We know she is a stakes quality filly and look forward to her next trip to the winner's circle."

5-27-08 Update:

• Cougar Cat Sharp In Mornings, But Aristides Bid Unlikely (read release)

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