Eskendereya sold to stand in Japan
Grade 1 winner and sire Eskendereya has been purchased by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association, and will stand in Japan for the 2016 breeding season.
DRF Breeding StaffSep 30, 2015
Grade 1 winner and sire Eskendereya has been purchased by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association, and will stand in Japan for the 2016 breeding season.
It has been more than 25 years since the celebrated battles between Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, but the memories of what happened in the fall of 1989 are, in part, playing into the management of Honor Code as he prepares for his major year-end goal, the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Oct. 31 at Keeneland.
The catalog for the 2015 Keeneland November breeding stock sale is now available online, featuring 4,476 offerings.
Few American horsemen will watch Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris as attentively as owner Ken Ramsey and trainer Chad Brown. They will be scouting the potential competition for their Big Blue Kitten ahead of the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Laurel Park will begin offering rolling super high fives on Friday.
The Breeders’ Cup Distaff historically attracts moderate numbers. The 9.1 average field size is the smallest of the BC races. That will change this fall at Keeneland, where a 14-runner maximum is taking shape pending the final Distaff prep race this weekend.
Eight-year-old Two Notch Road stayed perfect at Laurel Park by scoring a repeat victory in the $60,000 Punch Line Stakes last Saturday.
Baime, Frisky Warrior, and Breakin the Fever are all quick and have excellent records at Finger Lakes. The three will meet Friday in the $50,000 Leon Reed Memorial, a six-furlong stakes for New York-breds.
With the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile just four weeks from Friday, the only remaining major stepping-stone to the $1 million race is Saturday’s Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park.
A Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf victory by Camelot Kitten would make Celestial Woods just the fourth broodmare to produce multiple individual Breeders’ Cup winners.