Copyright 2013 Darby DanCharles Fipke's homebred Golden Soul gave his connections a huge thrill with his stirring stretch run in Kentucky Derby 139, coming from 15th place to finish second...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/golden-soul-gives-his-all-in-kentucky-derby-139.htmlSun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-05-05T00:00:00Perfect Soul's 3-year-old colt Golden Soul will join 19 others in the gate Saturday for the 139th Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/golden-soul-aims-for-kentucky-derby-glory.htmlThu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-05-02T00:00:00It's been more than 8 months since the retirement of one of racing's most beautiful and exciting race mares, Winter Memories. Since then, I've tried to find time to write an in-depth blog about her that includes the history of Darby Dan Farm and Phillips Racing Partnership...http://www.drf.com/blogs/thanks-winter-memoriesMon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-29T00:00:00John Phillips remembers the moment clearly. He was attending a conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., listening to the late auction executive John Finney discuss the usual evolution of major Thoroughbred breeding farms...http://www.drf.com/news/phillips-shepherds-darby-dan%E2%80%99s-legacy-21st-centuryMon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-29T00:00:00It took Darby Dan homebred Chateaugay 2:01 4/5 to complete the 1963 Kentucky Derby and give John Galbreath his first classic victory. But Galbreath’s trip to Churchill Downs had started in earnest back in 1957, when he gradually convinced Rex Ellsworth to sell him Swaps, a half-interest at a time over the course of a year, for a total of $2 million...http://www.drf.com/news/fifty-years-ago-chateaugay-became-darby-dan%E2%80%99s-first-classic-winnerMon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-29T00:00:00Braulio Baeza won the Kentucky Derby 50 years ago aboard Chateaugay, a horse from Lexington's Darby Dan Farm. He was among the first Latino jockeys to win the Run for the Roses...http://www.kentucky.com/2013/04/28/2618903/jockey-who-won-1963-kentucky-derby.htmlMon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-29T00:00:00A colt by Run Away and Hide flew through an eighth in :9 3/5, the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the under tack show for the OBS April 22-25 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/run-away-and-hide-fastest-at-obs-under-tack-show.htmlThu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-18T00:00:00Magna Graduate's latest runner to garner a diploma came Saturday at Keeneland when Bellarmine came home a two-length winner in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight contest...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/bellarmine-graduates-at-keeneland.htmlSun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-14T00:00:00Magna Graduate's star 3-year-old filly Blueeyesintherein continued her winning ways with a rail-skimming move en route to a 3 3/4-length win in the $75,000 Instant Racing S...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/blueeyesintherein-remains-perfect-with-second-stakes-win.htmlFri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-04-12T00:00:00Dialed In, Shackleford and Jersey Town, Darby Dan’s trio of Grade 1-winning freshman stallions, have all had their first respective mares scanned at 15 days and officially pronounced in foal...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/first-mares-check-in-foal-to-exciting-new-trio-of-g1-winning-stallions.htmlFri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-03-01T00:00:00Darby Dan has a long and rich history of raising top Thoroughbreds, including the six Kentucky Derby champions – It is the only farm in the world to have bred, raised and campaigned a Kentucky Derby winner, an English Derby winner (Roberto), and a Breeders’ Cup Classic winner (Proud Truth).http://www.darbydan.com/Domains/www.darbydan.com/CMSFiles/Docs/JAN-DarbyDan-Newsletter.pdfWed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-02-06T00:00:00Darby Dan Farm’s American Lion, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tiznow, sired his first foal when a bay filly was born on Jan. 31 at Red Riding Hood Stables...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/multiple-gsw-american-lion-sires-firstFoal.htmlSat, 02 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-02-02T00:00:00Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Winter Memories, winner of the July 28 Diana S. (G1) at Saratoga, in her final career start, will be bred to Darley Stud's top stallion Street Cry (IRE) for her first mating in 2013.http://www.darbydan.com/articles/winter-memories-to-be-bred-to-street-cry.htmlMon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-01-21T00:00:00Jersey's Soul, by Perfect Soul (IRE), drew off to a five-length victory to break her maiden Sunday at Golden Gate Fields.http://www.darbydan.com/articles/jerseys-soul-breaks-maiden-in-style.htmlMon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-01-21T00:00:00Perfect Soul's 3-year-old colt Golden Soul earned his way into the top 20 on the Kentucky Derby (G1) points list with a second-place finish in the $200,000 Lecomte S. (G3)...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/g3-lecomte-s.-puts-golden-soul-on-derby-trail.htmlSat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-01-19T00:00:00Mike Lauffer, who bred and raced Shackleford in partnership with Bill Cubbedge, said the partners have a shopping list for the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, looking for mares to mate to the Eclipse Award finalist who has been retired to John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm...http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75401/shackleford-connections-buying-mares-at-saleTue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT2013-01-08T00:00:00Little Face proved too much for her foes Dec. 28 at Fair Grounds, drawing clear for an 8 1/4-length maiden win...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/magna-graduate-filly-cruises-by-8-at-fair-grounds.htmlSat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-12-29T00:00:00Top-10 first-crop sire Run Away and Hide continued to climb the Freshman Sire list with his ninth winner on Dec. 29...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/take-it-like-a-man-steps-up-in-maiden-win.htmlSat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-12-29T00:00:00Grade 1 winners Shackleford and Jersey Town have officially been retired from racing and have arrived at Darby Dan Farm to take up residence. Both new stallions will be available immediately to breeders for inspection, and Darby Dan will host an Open House on Tuesday, Dec. 4 from 10 am to 3pm featuring the entire 2013 roster of stallions.http://www.darbydan.com/Domains/www.darbydan.com/CMSFiles/Docs/DEC-Newsletter-fullpg-TDN-proof2.pdfSat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-12-01T00:00:00Grade 1 winners Shackleford and Jersey Town have officially been retired from racing and have arrived at John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm in Lexington to take up residence...http://www.darbydan.com/articles/newly-retired-g1-winners-shackleford-jersey-town-arrive-at-darby-dan.htmlTue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-11-27T00:00:00http://www.darbydan.com/articles.rssMon, 06 Oct 2008 09:47:23 GMTen-us