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Keeneland Sales Grads Uncaptured, Pure Fun Spotlighted This Weekend

LEXINGTON, KY (March 22, 2013) – Keeneland sales graduates Uncaptured and Pure Fun, each making their 2013 debuts, headline Turfway’s Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes (G3) and Fathead Bourbonette Oaks (G3), respectively, on Saturday. Eight of the 12 three-year-olds comprising a deep field in the Spiral, a prep race worth 50 points to the winner on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1), are Keeneland sales alumni, including Grade 2 winner Balance the Books and the talented Capo Bastone.

Keeneland-Sold Will Take Charge, Joyful Victory Score Big Wins

LEXINGTON, KY (March 18, 2013) – Keeneland September Yearling Sale grads and stablemates Will Take Charge and Oxbow were separated by only a head at the finish of the Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn on Saturday. For his Rebel win, Will Take Charge earned 50 points and the top spot on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard.

Keeneland sales alum Joyful Victory became a millionaire with her win in Santa Anita’s Santa Margarita Stakes (G1).

 

Keeneland Sales Grads Dominate Rebel, Cicada Entries

LEXINGTON, KY (March 15, 2013) – Keeneland sales graduates headline the entries for this weekend’s two classic preps, comprising seven of the 11 sophomores in Oaklawn’s Rebel Stakes (G2), led by likely favorite and Southwest Stakes (G3) winner Super Ninety Nine, and six of the seven fillies, highlighted by Highestmaintenance, entered in the Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct.

Keeneland-Sold Verrazano, Hear the Ghost Win Key Derby Preps

LEXINGTON, KY (March 11, 2013) – Verrazano and Hear the Ghost, both graduates of Keeneland’s 2011 September Yearling Sale, established themselves as leading Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders with wins in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and San Felipe Stakes (G2), respectively, on Saturday.

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Key Derby Contenders Verrazano, Flashback Top Keeneland-Sold Graded Stakes Entries

LEXINGTON, KY (March 8, 2013) – Three Keeneland sales grads headline their respective Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) preps this weekend – the undefeated colts Verrazano (Tampa Bay Derby-G2) and Flashback (San Felipe Stakes-G2), and the filly Flashy Gray (Honeybee Stakes-G3). Verrazano, a 16¼-length allowance winner last month at Gulfstream, will meet fellow Keeneland sale grad Falling Sky, winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs.

Grade 1 Wins for Keeneland Sales Grads Beholder, Game On Dude

LEXINGTON, KY (March 4, 2013) – Keeneland-sold champion Beholder tops the leaderboard on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) following her easy win in Saturday’s Las Virgenes (G1) at Santa Anita. Keeneland sales alumni Game On Dude won the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) for a second time, romping to a record 7¾-length victory.

 

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Keeneland-Sold Beholder, Overanalyze Headline Classic Preps

LEXINGTON, KY (Feb. 28, 2013) – Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduates seek to burnish their classic credentials this weekend in the Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) and Gotham Stakes (G3). Keeneland-sold champion Beholder carries high weight in Santa Anita’s Las Virgenes, a Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep which also features fellow sales alum and Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) winner Fiftyshadesofhay.

Keeneland-Sold Ive Struck a Nerve, Live Lively Gallop onto Classic Scene

LEXINGTON, KY (Feb. 25, 2013) – Keeneland sales graduates Ive Struck a Nerve and Live Lively each vaulted to the top of the classic standings with their wins in the Risen Star (G2) and Davona Dale (G2), respectively. I’ve Struck a Nerve earned 50 points for his upset victory in the Risen Star to claim the Number 1 spot among point earners on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Keeneland-sold Code West and Palace Malice finished second and third, respectively.

Keeneland-Sold Violence, Normandy Invasion Favored in Weekend Kentucky Derby Preps

LEXINGTON, KY (Feb. 22, 2013) – Keeneland sales graduates Violence and Normandy Invasion headline the respective fields for Saturday’s Fountain of Youth (G2) and Risen Star Stakes (G2), each of which offer 50 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points to the winner. In Gulfstream’s Fountain of Youth, Grade 1 winner Violence faces fellow Keeneland sales alumni Falling Sky, winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), and Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) runner-up He’s Had Enough.

Keeneland-Sold Super Ninety Nine, Dice Flavor Sweep Weekend Derby Preps

LEXINGTON, KY (Feb. 19, 2013) – Super Ninety Nine and Dice Flavor, both graduates of Keeneland’s 2011 September Yearling Sale, swept the weekend’s Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races, each rolling to easy wins in Oaklawn’s Southwest Stakes (G3) and Golden Gate’s El Camino Real Derby (G3), respectively.

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