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Volatile Settling in at Three Chimneys

December 11, 2020

Two years ago <a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/gun-runner/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Gun Runner</a> (<a href="https://lanesend.com/candyride " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Candy Ride</a> {Arg}) and <a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/funtastic/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Funtastic</a> (More Than Ready), two horses that raced under the Three Chimneys' banner, alone and in partnership, joined the farm's prominent stallion program. This year, Grade I winner <a href="https://www.threechimneys.com/horse/volatile/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Volatile</a>, a son of <a href="https://www.hillndalefarms.com/violence " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Violence</a> purchased by Three Chimneys as a yearling, has been added to the roster...

Far Above A Speed Specialist For Compas

December 10, 2020

Far Above (Ire) (Farhh {GB}) has joined the Compas Stallions roster for the 2021 season. Micheal Orlandi spoke with TDN's Alayna Cullen about the new stallion who showed blistering speed throughout his racing career. Read more on the TDN: https://wp.tdn.pmadv.com/qa-with-micheal-orlandi/

Aidan Butler Joins the TDN Writers' Room

December 9, 2020

Looking for ways to avoid overusing the turf course at Gulfstream Park, The Stronach Group may install a synthetic Tapeta surface at the South Florida track. The news was revealed by Stronach Group COO Aidan Butler during his appearance on this week's TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland. Butler said that The Stronach Group is looking...

New Faces in Ashford's Stud Barn

December 7, 2020

Coolmore's Ashford Stud welcomes a trio of new stallions to their program for the upcoming season. Maximum Security (New Year's Day) and Echo Town (Speightstown) will start off their stud career at the Versailles, Kentucky-based farm, while Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) will stand his first year in the States since relocating from Coolmore's headquarters in Ireland...

Northview Set for Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December

December 6, 2020

Northview Stallion Station will be busy at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The consignment will offer nearly 50 head, including a 27-horse reduction of breeding stock for Joseph Besecker. Perhaps more importantly, the annual Midlantic sale will allow the Chesapeake City, Maryland-based farm the...

Keep Kicking With Conor Norris

December 4, 2020

Keep Kicking With Conor Norris

Midnight Bisou Arrives at Hill 'n' Dale, To Visit Curlin in 2021

December 3, 2020

Champion Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) arrived at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa Thursday afternoon after completing her final phase of rehabilitation at WinStar Farm. The five-time Grade I winner will visit Hill 'n' Dale flagbearer <a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/curlin/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Curlin</a>. Midnight Bisou was preparing for her Breeders' Cup bid this fall when an sesamoid fracture incurred during a work...

Len Green Joins the TDN Writers' Room

December 2, 2020

It's no secret that the horse business is a tough one if your primary goal is to make money. But your chances are better the more experience and expertise you accrue, and The Green Group's Len Green has decades of both. Wednesday, the tax, accounting and consulting firm's founder and principal of successful racing outfit...

Keeping the Faith, Victor Martinez Believes in King Guillermo

November 30, 2020

King Guillermo will be in a tough spot when he starts in the GI Cigar Mile H. at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old colt hasn't raced since May 2 and has never faced older horses. That's fine by his owner, retired MLB All-Star Victor Martinez. “I'm not a big believer in favorites,” he said. That was the...

TDN New Stallions, Sergei Prokofiev

November 27, 2020

TDN New Stallions, Sergei Prokofiev

Terry Finley Joins the TDN Writers' Room

November 25, 2020

Founder, president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds Terry Finley joined this week's Thanksgiving edition of the TDN Writers' Room. Founder, president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds Terry Finley joined the TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland Wednesday to discuss an array of industry issues and potential solutions. Calling in via Zoom as the Green Group Guest...

A New Heir to War Front's Throne at Claiborne

November 24, 2020

Dual-surface Grade I winner War of Will is set to begin his career at stud at Claiborne Farm alongside sire <a href="https://claibornefarm.com/stallions/warfront/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">War Front</a>. We speak with Bernie Sams on their new addition. <a href="https://claibornefarm.com/stallions/warfront/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">War Front</a> is undoubtably heralded as one of America's top turf sirs, but Claiborne's Bernie Sams said he finds any stereotype that the stallion...