Photos/News about Broodmares

tachyon · Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:04 am

Killer Graces(USA)(Congaree) and her 2016 Heart's Cry filly(JPN)

at Northern Farm, Japan, in 2016

Sparrow Castle · Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:34 pm

Al Shaqab Racing
11 hrs ·
❤ TREVE UPDATE ❤
It's been a while since we gave you some news from the Queen! #Treve is taking some good time at Haras de Bouquetot with her friend #Iltemas while awaiting the arrival of her #Shalaa foal later on in the season.
Photo credit Zuzanna Lupa photography

Sparrow Castle · Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:02 pm

Is Lady Eli beginning to mellow now she’s preparing for a new career?

There are no orange traffic cones set up as a warning barrier around her territory, and her primary visitors these days are a just small gaggle of plucky Canada geese. She’s miles away from the nearest racetrack now. Only the sounds of soft falling snow and nickers from nearby paddocks reach her ears on the chill breeze of the winter morning.

Lady Eli, the tempestuous whirlwind whose inner fire could spark trepidation among those near her but fueled her recovery from laminitis and improbable return to G1 victories, is settling in to the quiet, pastoral life at John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms near Lexington.

“She’s doing everything right,” said farm manager John Rasmussen of the 6-year-old, who was crowned America’s champion turf female during the Eclipse Awards ceremony yesterday at Gulfstream Park. “Hopefully, she’ll continue to do so. She’s just a very special horse.”

“She’s doing everything right,” says Hill ‘n’ Dale farm manager John Rasmussen of Lady Eli. Photo: Michele MacDonald

The once tempestuous mare has begun to relax at Hill ‘n’ Dale. Photo: Michele MacDonald
https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/arti ... ew-career/

Ridan_Remembered · Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:08 pm

Such a great mare. Live long and prosper, Lady Eli.

lurkey mclurker · Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:16 pm

Wow, that is a simply gorgeous photo of Treve & her paddock mate. <3

Flanders · Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:25 pm

tachyon wrote:Killer Graces(USA)(Congaree) and her 2016 Heart's Cry filly(JPN)

at Northern Farm, Japan, in 2016

The foals left front (in the picture) is weird looking, color wise.

Treve · Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:42 pm

Flanders wrote:
tachyon wrote:Killer Graces(USA)(Congaree) and her 2016 Heart's Cry filly(JPN)

at Northern Farm, Japan, in 2016
The foals left front (in the picture) is weird looking, color wise.

It looks like one of the legs was stripped of the baby fuzz below the canon bone. You can see on the other leg the dark spot where the patches have started to fall off. I think this baby could be a true black... or a pretty darn dark bay/brown.

Treve · Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:43 pm

Sparrow Castle wrote:Al Shaqab Racing
11 hrs ·
❤ TREVE UPDATE ❤
It's been a while since we gave you some news from the Queen! #Treve is taking some good time at Haras de Bouquetot with her friend #Iltemas while awaiting the arrival of her #Shalaa foal later on in the season.
Photo credit Zuzanna Lupa photography

so lovely! thanks for sharing!

Ridan_Remembered · Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:27 pm

Treve wrote:
Sparrow Castle wrote:Al Shaqab Racing
11 hrs ·
❤ TREVE UPDATE ❤
It's been a while since we gave you some news from the Queen! #Treve is taking some good time at Haras de Bouquetot with her friend #Iltemas while awaiting the arrival of her #Shalaa foal later on in the season.
so lovely! thanks for sharing!

Agreed. It's a stunning photo that caught the mares almost forming a heart.

Izvestia · Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:15 pm

I

Lady Eli! She looks wonderful. I’m really looking forward to her babies!

sweettalk · Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:33 am

https://twitter.com/CamilleEChavez/stat ... 5360585729

so this person is either living in LaLa Land, or beholder was sold without it making ANY headlines or rumour vines

CoronadosQuest · Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:13 pm

sweettalk wrote:https://twitter.com/CamilleEChavez/stat ... 5360585729

so this person is either living in LaLa Land, or beholder was sold without it making ANY headlines or rumour vines

She said that she owned her in a "fantasy stable"

sweettalk · Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:52 pm

CoronadosQuest wrote:
sweettalk wrote:https://twitter.com/CamilleEChavez/stat ... 5360585729

so this person is either living in LaLa Land, or beholder was sold without it making ANY headlines or rumour vines
She said that she owned her in a "fantasy stable"

two different people. plenilune had the fantasy stable-that's my mum, it's like a fantasy football league, but with horses (fun little contest). ms chavez (Broken) claimed to actually OWN her, but backtracked when asked abt it. it gave me a decent laugh tho.

Sparrow Castle · Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:31 pm

Nice article about Fipke, his life, and some of his horses in the current edition of Trainer Magazine.

Frances J Karon @francesjkaron
4h4 hours ago
30yo Secretariat mare Ball Chairman, dam of Chuck Fipke’s homered champion @PerfectSoulIRE, photographed last week ahead of my @trainer_mag feature on Fipke: Trainer Magazine: North American Edition - Spring 2018, issue 47:
https://issuu.com/anderson-co/docs/47_n ... ring18_/24 … via @issuu

Sparrow Castle · Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:30 pm

Timber Town Stable @Timber_Town
1h1 hour ago
#Songbird met @Arrogatethegr8 this morning at the immaculately kept @JuddmonteFarms shed. They were both stars, of course. #futurechampion

Miss Woodford · Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:23 pm

Seems a bit rude to photograph a lady on her "walk of shame", no?

Ridan_Remembered · Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:25 pm

@Sparrow Castle - 30yo Secretariat mare Ball Chairman - Although Secretariat died too soon, quite a few of his kids and grandkids made it to advanced age. Kind of gives me a sense of comfort to know that, so thanks very much for posting her photo.

Izvestia · Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:39 pm

At least they did her the courtesy of not showing it.

Treve · Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:15 pm

Miss Woodford wrote:Seems a bit rude to photograph a lady on her "walk of shame", no?

Depends on whether you want to call it a "walk of shame" or a "got laid parade"

Sparrow Castle · Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:30 pm

Ridan_Remembered wrote:@Sparrow Castle - 30yo Secretariat mare Ball Chairman - Although Secretariat died too soon, quite a few of his kids and grandkids made it to advanced age. Kind of gives me a sense of comfort to know that, so thanks very much for posting her photo.

Oh yes, Terlingua, who may be his most famous daughter, also lived a long life...to age 32. Barbara just posted a picture of her as a yearling that I don't remember seeing before. (She and Curtis' Border Run are full siblings. I wonder if Navajo Pass is still alive (she'd be 29); maybe Patricia McQueen will do a story on her.

Barbara Livingston @DRFLivingston
3h3 hours ago
Here's a super-cool historic pic by John C. Wyatt. TERLINGUA (Secretariat-Crimson Saint) as a @keenelandsales yearling, 1977. She sold for $275K. Her dam was a brilliant GSW and great producer, and Terlingua was a brilliant MGSW, best known as the dam of (drum roll) Storm Cat.