The 2-year-olds took the spotlight over the Labor Day weekend at Saratoga and Del Mar, with Kentucky-breds taking all four graded stakes to establish themselves at the top of their respective divisions heading into the fall racing season. Combined with Preservationist’s win in the Woodward S. (G1) at Saratoga, it was a clean sweep of… Read more
September 3, 2019
Kentucky-breds were at their best on Saturday at Saratoga, winning all six Grade 1 events, topped by Code of Honor in the $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) and a trio of Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifiers…
August 25, 2019
Kentucky-breds stole the show from coast-to-coast Saturday at Del Mar and Saratoga, winning all three Grade 1s offered at the summer’s two premier race meets. Higher Power took the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1), Del Mar’s marquee race, while the brilliant 3-year-old filly Cambier Parc rolled to victory in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1)… Read more
August 18, 2019
Bricks and Mortar’s stirring victory in Saturday’s Arlington Million (G1) was the fourth Grade 1 win of the year for Kentucky-bred 5-year-old, who has clearly established himself as the premier turf marathon male in the U. S., and after defeating an international field at Arlington, also one of the best in the world. Riding a… Read more
August 12, 2019
The Aug. 5-6 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale concluded Tuesday evening with smashing results, topped by three juveniles by Curlin who all brought seven figures, including a pair of colts that sold for $1.5 million each. The sale was a banner one for juveniles from the Bluegrass State, with all top 10 lots hailing from Kentucky…. Read more
August 10, 2019
Walker is the current KTOB Vice President and the fourth generation of Hancock’s to run his family’s Claiborne Farm which was established in 1910. Claiborne has been a part of his entire life as he learned to work and handle horses at the early age of eight. After attending Sayre School in Lexington, Walker went… Read more
June 26, 2019
Several Kentucky-breds have earned their way into the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup recently via victories in the “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series of designated races run across the world. Most recently was Seeking the Soul, the veteran son of Perfect Soul, who won the June 15 Stephen Foster S (G2) at Churchill Downs, guaranteeing… Read more
June 18, 2019
Sir Winston’s gallant score in Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1) completed a sweep of this year’s Triple Crown races, with War of Will taking the Preakness (G1) and Country House the Kentucky Derby (G1). Kentucky-breds also completed a 1-2-3 finish in the Belmont, with Sir Winston a length in front of Tacitus, and Joevia… Read more
June 10, 2019
Philip Bauer was born in Louisville, KY on April 14, 1985, as the youngest of six children to Jude and Larry Bauer. He graduated from St. Margaret Mary grade school in 1999 and from St. Xavier high school in 2003. Philip fell in love with horses and horse racing at a young age being around… Read more
June 10, 2019
Preakness S. (G1) winner War of Will and Kentucky Derby (G1) third-place finisher Tacitus, both products of the Kentucky breeding program, are the marquee names in Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont S. (G1), the anchor race of a stellar stakes card. Nine of the ten Belmont entrants boast Kentucky breed lines, the same as the last… Read more
June 6, 2019