Denali sale graduates STRAIGHT STORY and SPRING HOUSE were runners-up in Graded stakes East and West over the July 18-19 weekend. Racing in the $750,000 Virginia Derby-G2, Straight Story posted his second straight heart-breaking decision, losing by a flared nostril to the top European runner Battle of Hastings (GB). Gallagher’s Stud bred the son of Giant’s Causeway from the Lear Fan mare, Eventail Click here for full story. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/51734/battle-of-hastings-double-tough-in-va-derby <http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/51734/battle-of-hastings-double-tough-in-va-derby> . Dee Hubbard’s Spring House inched even closer to millionaire status with his finish in the $150,000 Sunset H.-G2. The son of Chester House, raised and consigned by Denali, has now earned over $970,000.
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SECOND DENALI GRADUATE BY LEADING FRESHMAN SIRE WINS AT ELLIS
KATMANBLU ($57,000, 2009 September yearling), the 2YO filly by BLUEGRASS CAT – Abba Gold, by Devil’s Bag, won her second career start
DENALI HOLDS UNIQUE SPOTS IN FT JULY RANKINGS
Frank Brothers, agent for Starlight Partners signed the ticket for the Medaglia d’Oro-Future Act colt,
SALE GRADUATES FINISH 2ND AND 3RD IN PHILLY STAKES
CHESTORIA and QUIET MEADOW were both taken to Keenaland September Yearling Sales by Denali,
SALE GRADUATE HAYNESFIELD TAKES G2 SUBURBAN H.
A $100,000 yearling sales graduate, HAYNESFIELD earned a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 105 for 2 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Suburban H.
STRAIGHT STORY WINS BY 4 ½ AT MONMOUTH
Denali sales graduate STRAIGHT STORY, owned by Richard Santulli, won on May 29 at Belmont and moved over to Monmouth Park to take an $80,000 allowance race.
DENALI GRADUATES ONCE AGAIN AMONG NATION’S LEADERS
“The American Graded Stakes Standings” on PaulickReport.com, rank Denali Stud
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DENALI SALE GRAD LE GRAND CRU SOLD, NOW WITH PLETCHER
Le Grand Cru, who won the Grade 3 Westchester at Aqueduct in April before finishing fifth to Quality Road in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, has been sold privately and tra
AUCTORITAS FINDS WINNERS CIRCLE, BRED BY DENALI & PARTNERS
A convincing winner from off the pace under Victor Molina, AUCTORITAS won a 7f event by 4 lengths.
CHAMPION NY-BRED SALES GRAD HAYNESFIELD WINS AT BELMONT
Sharp in return, Haynesfield, the reigning New York-bred horse of the year, returned from a layoff of nearly seven months to record a 2 1/2-length victory in a restricted allo
DENALI CATALOGS SEVEN YEARLINGS FOR THE FASIG-TIPTON JULY SALE
DENALI TAKES SIX COLTS AND ONE FILLY
DENALI $1.6-MILLION SALE GRAD PRODUCES BELMONT WINNER
Denali sale graduate, GOLDEN BALLET, sold at the 2001 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale is the dam of 2010 Belmont winner DROSSELMEYER.
CHESTORIA NOTCHES FIRST STAKES WIN IN 2010
Denali sale graduate Chestoria scored a 1 ¼ length victory in Belmont’s Mount Vernon S. for NY-Bred fillies and mares.
SERENA’S SONG HAS STREET CRY FILLY
It was reported today that Serena’s Song, the 1995 champion three-year-old filly, produced a bay filly by Street Cry (Ire) on April 28 at Denali Stud.
TWO NEW GRADED STAKES WINNERS FOR SALES PROGRAM
Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens got the 2010 Belmont Park spring meet off to a flying start when Le Grand Cru edged away in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $100,00
MUSHKA RETIRED
Brushwood Stable's Grade I winner Mushka (Empire Maker--Sluice, by Seeking the Gold) has been retired. The five-year-old will be bred to Distorted Humor.
BOURBON BAY, ADENA BRED/DENALI SOLD, SWEPT SANTA ANITA’S TURF MARATHON STAKES SERIES
BOURBON BAY became the first horse in 17 years to sweep Santa Anita’s stakes series when he held off Unusual Suspect to win the $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap (gr. IIT)
NYTB HORSE OF THE YEAR, BROODMARE OF THE YEAR, AND TWO FOREIGN SWs-ALL DENALI SALE GRADUATES
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders honored the state-bred divisional champions of 2009 at their annual bandquet held at the Gideon Putnam Hotel.
ROYALLY BRED DUKE OF NAPLES WINS AT THE BIG A
A $210,000 Keeneland September yearling, DUKE OF NAPLES, by Empire Maker, scored on Aqueduct’s inner dirt track going 1 1/16 miles.
DENALI STUD RECORDS FOURTH GRADED STAKES WINNER OF THE YEAR FROM SALES PROGRAM
ORCHESTRATOR, sold by Denali at the 2008 Keeneland September Sale, scored an upset to win her first stakes, the Grade III Bourbonette Oaks run on the Lane’s End undercard.
BANDOROFF GRADUATES FROM EXECUTIVE PROGRAM AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Denali Stud owner Craig Bandoroff graduated with a certificate from the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard Business School today.
BOURBON BAY CLOSING IN ON RARE SWEEP
From drf.com by Jay Privman Once every two decades or so a horse comes along who so dom
BOURBON BAY CRESTS IN SAN LUIS REY H.
Adena Springs bred and Denali graduate BOURBON BAY followed up his 4 ¼ length win in the San Luis Obispo with a win in the Grade II San Luis Rey H.
2008 PREAKNESS PLACED GRAD RETURNS WITH NY STAKES WIN
ICABAD CRANE, third to Big Brown in the 2008 Preakness Stakes, returned to the winner’s circle in New York’s Kings Point H.
CONGAREE FILLY WINS STAKES AT THE BIG A
Undefeated three-year-old filly SHINE UPON kept her nose down at the wire to defeat a solid group in the Dreamy Mimi S. at Aqueduct.
BACK-TO-BACK WINS AT OAKLAWN FOR DENALI GRADUATES
FREEDOM STAR made her dirt debut memorable capturing the Azeri S.-G3 by nearly 4 lengths.
NEW MILLIONAIRE FOR DENALI SALES PROGRAM
Group stakes winner A SHIN FORWARD is the latest millionaire sold by Denali.
BREEDERS SHRUG AT SYNTHETIC ANGLE
An excerpt from story By Glenye Cain Oakford for Daily Racing Form
A DENALI GRADUATE WINS SAN LUIS OBISPO-G2 FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
BOURBON BAY followed up SPRING HOUSE’s 2009 San Luis Obispo win, both horses are Denali graduates.
THREE SALE GRADS VIE FOR NY-BRED CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders announced the finalists and NY turf writers will vote to determine the winners of New York-bred divisional championships to be announced at
BANDOROFF RETURNS TO HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL TO COMPLETE OWNER/MANAGEMENT COURSE
“Although taking the course at Harvard has been a big time commitment for me I have found it to be very worthwhile.
DOUBLES PARTNER, DENALI SALE GRAD, UPSETS LENTENOR
Bred by Bridlewood Farm, Doubles Partner was a $450,000 sales yearling from Denali’s 2008 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Consignment.