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GSW Magna Graduate filly crushes elders in Churchill feature

Blueeyesintherein, Magna Graduate's undefeated 2-year-old filly of 2012, cruised to an easy 4 ¾-length victory against older fillies and mares in the $55,860 featured allowance race on Thursday, June 13 at Churchill...

Thanks for the Winter Memories - DRF-Barbara Livingston Photo Feature

It'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...

Phillips shepherds Darby Dan's legacy into 21st century

John 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...

Jockey who won 1963 Kentucky Derby helped lead the way for Latinos

Braulio 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...

First mares check in foal to exciting new trio of G1-winning stallions

Dialed 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...

Winter Memories to be bred to Street Cry

Multiple 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.

G1 winner Jersey Town to stand at Darby Dan

Jersey Town, the Grade 1-winning miler by leading sire Speightstown, will retire to stud at Darby Dan Farm after making his final start in the Nov. 24th Cigar Mile (G1)...

Darby Dan announces fees for expanded 2013 stallion roster

Darby Dan Farm announced 2013 fees for its expanded roster of stallions, headlined by the additions of Grade 1 winners Shackleford and Dialed In.

Perfect Soul to stand at Darby Dan for 2013

Perfect Soul, the Grade 1 winner and Grade 1 sire by Sadler's Wells, will stand at Darby Dan Farm in 2013 for a fee of $7,500 stands & nurses...

Shackleford's Dam Produces Two Major SWs in Past 7 Days

Broodmare of the Year Oatsee, dam of future Darby Dan stallion Shackleford, just produced her fifth stakes winner as well as her fourth Graded winner…

GSWs prep Darby Dan connections for Breeders' Cup

Darby Dan put their mark on graded stakes the past two weekends with Jersey Town and Shackleford running 1-2 in the Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso H. Sept. 29 at Belmont Park...

G1 winner Dialed In to Darby Dan

Grade 1 winner Dialed In, last year's Florida Derby victor and Kentucky Derby favorite, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2013 breeding season at John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm in Lexington...

Banner Year for Darby Dan Keeneland Grads

Among the top five consignors by average in Book 1 at Keeneland September and among the nation's top seven consignors of U.S. Graded stakes winners from Keeneland sales, Darby Dan looks forward to continuing its successful trend at Keeneland November…

Multiple G1 winner Winter Memories retired

Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Winter Memories, recent winner of the Grade 1 Diana S. at...

Winter Memories shines in Grade 1 Diana S.

Winter Memories became racing's newest millionaire on July 28 with a come-from-behind victory in the $600,000 Diana H. (G1) at Saratoga...

Steve Haskin - Darby Dan Revisited

Blood-Horse.com's Steve Haskin goes into his time machine and transports himself back to the late 1960s and early ‘70s and the halcyon days of Darby Dan Farm...

Shackleford forges to victory in Grade 2 Churchill Downs S.

Shackleford edged away from Amazombie in the very late stages of the $441,600 Churchill Downs S. (G2) for a one length victory after a stretch-long duel...

Gov. Beshear appoints John Phillips to Horse Racing Commission

Phillips replaces John T. Ward who was appointed executive director of Commission...

Oatsee named Broodmare of the Year

Oatsee, an integral part of the Darby Dan broodmare band, was named the 2011 broodmare of the year...

Classic winner Shackleford to stand at Darby Dan in 2013

Shackleford, last year's Preakness (G1) winner, will stand stud at John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, KY following the 2012 racing season...

First mare bred to American Lion checks in foal

American Lion, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tiznow, had his first mare pronounced in foal...

Veteran stallion Repriced dies of heart attack

Repriced, one of the last remaining sons of Roberto, died on Friday, January 27 at Darby Dan Farm of an apparent heart attack. He was 24...

All American sires first foal in the States

Record-setting Group 1 winner All American sired his first reported foal from his North American crop on Jan. 30 when a filly was born at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, KY...

Tommy Eastham joins Darby Dan Sales

Veteran horseman Tommy Eastham has joined Darby Dan’s Division of Sales, effective immediately...

American Lion retires to Darby Dan

American Lion, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tiznow, has been retired and will stand stud at John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, KY...

TDN Last Word - Robert Hammond

This week, Robert Hammond took over duties as General Manager at Darby Dan Farm. The TDN caught up with the London native for a brief chat...

Darby Dan announces 2012 stud fees

Darby Dan Farm announced 2012 fees for its current roster of stallions, headlined by multiple Grade 1 winner Tale of Ekati who will stand for $15,000 stands and nurses...

Robert Hammond named General Manager at Darby Dan

Robert Hammond has been hired as the General Manager of John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm and will assume duties immediately, the Lexington-based farm announced on Monday...

Perfect Soul (IRE) Moves to Norse Ridge for 2012

Perfect Soul will stand the 2012 breeding season at the Hunderup family's Norse Ridge Farm near King City, Ontario...

Freshman sire Sun King moves into top 20

Top-20 first-crop sire Sun King got his seventh winner of the year on Oct. 22 with the filly Sunny Sights' maiden special weight victory...

John Phillips Interview

Lenny Shulman and Steve Haskin talk to John Phillips of Darby Dan Farm about Winter Memories, who runs in The Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (gr. I) at Keeneland October 15.

“Phenomenal” Grade 1 Garden City S. win for Winter Memories

With seemingly no chance a sixteenth of a mile from the finish, Winter Memories made an electrifying move around a wall of horses to snatch victory in the final strides of the $250,000 Garden City S (G1)...

Darby Dan Sales: Medaglia d'Oro Yearling Featured on BloodHorse.com as Saratoga Star

Hip No. 152, a colt by Medaglia d'Oro – Lemon Kiss, by Lemon Drop Kid. Consigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent...

A Family Affair: Winter Memories, Darby Dan, and Phillips Racing

Darby Dan Farm began life in Kentucky in 1949. Following the death of E.R. Bradley in 1946, his Idle Hour Farm was sold, and John Galbreath, bought a portion of the property...

Winter Memories goes from last to first in G2 Lake George

Winter Memories rolled to a 4 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 Lake George S. (G2) July 27 at Saratoga...

Magna Graduate yearling goes for 8x his stud fee

Magna Graduate's offering at the July 12 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale brought $40,000, eight times the stud fee of the Darby Dan stallion...

Darby Dan bred and sold Awesome Bet wins $100K Barbaro

Awesome Bet, bred, raised and sold by Darby Dan Farm, roared home in the stretch to take the $100,000 Barbaro S. July 9...

Three winners in two days for Perfect Soul

Darby Dan's Perfect Soul accounted for three winners in two days over July 5-6, including two maiden special weight winners...

Darby Dan Presents 2011 FT July Consignment

Click here to preview the Darby Dan Fasig-Tipton July Yearling Consignment

Check Your Soul cruises in Plate Trial

Charles Fipke's homebred Check Your Soul stamped himself a likely favorite for the upcoming Queen's Plate...

Belmont Memorial Day stakes double for Darby Dan

Darby Dan's stars of the Memorial Day card at Belmont were homebred Winter Memories and sales graduate Tizway...

Impossible Dream realized: Fipke homebred earns Championship

Charles E. Fipke’s homebred Impossible Time, raised at Darby Dan, was named Champion Older Female in Canada at the recently held Sovereign Award ceremonies...

Shack Attack: Darby Dan is home to dam of Preakness winner

Darby Dan managers and staff smiled a bit more broadly after the 136th Preakness S. (G1), as the dam of victorious Shackleford resides at the famed nursery off Old Frankfort Pike...

No trickery involved, Fastest Magician lives up to name

Charles Fipke’s Fastest Magician showed his sleight of hand, slipping through a narrow opening near the quarter pole, en route to victory in the 7-furlong A Gift Stakes at Belmont on May 22...

KY Derby winner shares unique link with Ambassador

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Animal Kingdom shares a unique link with Darby Dan’s young Group-winning stallion Ambassador (Ger)...

Much Rejoicing after Glia stakes victory

Much Rejoicing became the newest Darby Dan-produced stakes winner on May 13 with a daylight victory in the $60,000 Glia S. at Belmont Park...

Check Your Soul cruises in $115K Wando, Queen's Plate next

Check Your Soul could be on his way to becoming the second Canadian classic winner in the first three crops by Perfect Soul, after a dominating win...

First winner for millionaire Sun King

Sun King, a multimillionaire and four-time graded stakes winner, sired his first winner on May 22, when a 2-year-old colt named Legalis won at Premio Meltrasio racetrack in Milan, Italy...

Blessed Soul steps up in Pimlico feature

Perfect Soul's daughter Blessed Soul made short work of the field in the 1 1/16 mile feature at Pimlico April 22...

Winter Memories wins G3 Appalachian in 2011 bow

Darby Dan homebred Winter Memories looked sharp in her first race of 2011, putting in a solid stretch run to take the $100,000 Appalachian...

Perfect Soul juvenile a top 10 seller at OBS

A Perfect Soul filly turned heads at the OBS 2-year-old sale on April 20, going for $125,000, the sixth highest price during the third session...

Perfect Soul colt shows his stuff on Keeneland lawn

Check Your Soul finished full of run to break his maiden on the grass at Keeneland on April 15...

Now Accepting for the Fall Sales

Deadlines will soon be upon us for the fall yearling sales. We are building our Darby Dan Farm consignment now.

Son of Perfect Soul sharp in Hawthorne feature

Lalo's Baby Bear made an impressive late move to score a one-length victory in Hawthorne's March 21 feature...

First foal for Group 2 winner Ambassador

Darby Dan stallion Ambassador, a Group 2 winner in Germany, has had his first foal...

Darby Dan grad takes G3 Mineshaft Handicap

Demarcation put in a determined stretch run to win a thrilling running of the $125,000 Mineshaft...

Magna Graduate tops all first-year sires at OBS

Magna Graduate had the highest average sale price of all first-crop yearling sires at the OBS January sale...

Suave doubles down on Dec. 15

The winners keep rolling in for Suave, with two more juveniles breaking their maidens on Dec. 15...

Suave continues ascent in freshman sire rankings

As 2010 winds to a close, Suave continues to climb in the first-crop sire rankings...

Suave's Golden Phoenix rises up at Turfway

On Dec. 9 at Turfway Park, Golden Phoenix became the first three-time winner of the year for freshman sire Suave...

Frank Mitchell/Paulick Report: 'Fipke breeds G1 racehorses'

Owner-breeder Charles Fipke is the luckiest man in the world. As a professional geologist and entrepreneur, he literally finds mountains of gold and gems. And as a hobby, he breeds Grade 1 racehorses...

Thanks for the Breeders’ Cup Memories

Zig-zagging through traffic inside, outside, and past a wall of horses, Darby Dan homebred Winter Memories was a game and creditable runner-up in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G2)...

Darby Dan raised Jersey Town all heart in G1 Cigar Mile

After a long wait, the official photo showed Jersey Town a winner by a nose of the prestigious Cigar Mile (G1)...

Thanksgiving weekend recap

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend was good to Darby Dan horses at both Aqueduct and Churchill Downs...

G1 winners All American, Tale of Ekati to stand first seasons

Darby Dan Farm announced its 2011 roster and fees, featuring first-year, G1-winning stallions All American and Tale of Ekati...

Suave's Slick Vic glides home an easy winner

Slick Vic handed freshman sire Suave his 12th winner with a comfortable 4 1/2-length maiden win...

Shoefly Shoefly scares off competition in first career start

Suave added to his growing list of winners on Nov. 4 with Shoefly Shoefly...

Darby Dan sales grad results from Oct. 30

A pair of Darby Dan raised and sold colts turned in solid performances on Oct. 30...

TCI ranks Winter Memories' performance No. 1

TCI recently ranked Winter Memories' win in the Miss Grillo S. (G3) as the top performance among all 65 "Win and You're in" races from this year's Breeders' Cup Challenge...

Suave adds two more winners to growing roster

Darby Dan's freshman sire Suave notched a pair of new winners on Oct. 17-18, including a winner in Japan...

Eye of Taurus 7th GSW of 2010 for Darby Dan Sales

Darby Dan Farm and Sales graduate Eye of Taurus charged to a daylight victory in the 33rd running of the Athenia H. (G3) at Belmont...

Darby Dan Program Making Grade 1 Headlines

The Darby Dan program is making Grade 1 headlines this month, as undefeated 2-year-old Winter Memories preps for the Breeders’ Cup...

Winners continue to come for Top 20 freshman sire Suave

Darby Dan's freshman sire Suave got his ninth first-crop winner on Oct. 9...

Suave filly handily in Belmont maiden score

Darby Dan's freshman sire Suave got his latest winner Oct. 6 at Belmont Park...

Darby Dan homebred Winter Memories takes G3 Miss Grillo

If Winter Memories' powerful win in the Miss Grillo (G3) is any indication, the Darby Dan bred, raised and owned 2-year-old filly is going to be a huge factor in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf...

Suave Voir Faire all business in maiden score

Suave Voir Faire became the sixth winner for first-crop sire Suave with a 3 3/4-length score in a straight maiden race at Turfway Park...

Ya Gotta Have Soul cruises in Belmont allowance

Ya Gotta Have Soul pulled away in the stretch to dominate a seven-furlong allowance race at Belmont Park on Oct. 2...

Suave's Anarchy rules in maiden victory

Anarchy, a 2-year-old by Suave, made all the running to break his maiden Sept. 17...

Picou-Oldham joins Darby Dan team

With the recent addition of G1-winning milers All American and Tale of Ekati to its 2011 stallion roster, Darby Dan Farm has appointed industry veteran Suzie Picou-Oldham to the position of Bloodstock Associate & Nomination Sales...

B G Suavecito gives Suave another repeat winner

B G Suavecito ran his record to two-for-two with an allowance victory Sept. 11 at Retama Park...

Darby Dan grad takes Monmouth's Revidere Stakes

Eye of Taurus became the latest stakes-winning Darby Dan sales grad with a handy score in the $76,650 Revidere Stakes...

All American's half-sister wins G2 Furious Stakes

Darby Dan freshman sire All American added a new Group winner Sept. 4 when his talented half-sister More Strawberries broke her maiden in the $175,000 Tatt's Furious S. (G2)...

G1 winner All American brings familiar blood back to Darby Dan

All American, a Group 1-winning millionaire by Red Ransom, will ship to North America in 2011 and beyond to stand at John Phillips' Darby Dan Farm in Lexington...

Darby Dan raised Seeking the Title game in G3 Monmouth Oaks

Charles Fipke’s Seeking the Title continued a very good 2010 season with a sharp second in the $200,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3) on Aug. 14...

Darby Dan Sale Grads 1-2 in $125,000 Stakes

Darby Dan sale grads Demarcation and Cryptolight formed the exacta in the $125,000 West Virginia Governor’s S. Aug. 7 at Mountaineer Park...

Perfect Shirl wins G2 Lake George in stakes debut

Perfect Shirl, a 3-year-old filly by Perfect Soul, made a perfect stakes debut in the $150,000 Lake George (G2)...

El Corredor, Mr. Sekiguchi yearlings highlight F-T KY sale

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select auction ended its two-day run in Lexington on July 14, with the Darby Dan consignment featuring the top sale prices of the event by sires El Corredor and Mr. Sekiguchi...

A ‘Soulful’ weekend across North America

Led by two new stakes horses and three impressive winners on dirt, turf, and all-weather surfaces, Perfect Soul (Ire) had an excellent weekend across North America July 10 & 11...

Sale grads continue July hot streak

Darby Dan Sales consignments produced two stakes winners on July 10, giving the sales program five stakes horses in the past eight days...

Filly raised at Darby Dan takes Iowa Oaks (G3)

Charles Fipke’s Seeking the Title ran as though she were seeking a championship title, with her sharp victory in the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (G3) on June 26...

Suave making stylish start with his first crop

With three maiden special weight winners from his first four starters, Suave has smoothly moved up the ranks among the nation’s freshman sires...

Suave filly wins MSW at Churchill Downs

Freshman sire Suave got his third winner when the 2-year-old filly Golden Phoenix ran away for a 6 1/2-length victory in a maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs on June 24...

Freshman sire Suave records second winner

Tlaquepaque became the second winner for his sire Suave with a victory in his debut on June 18...

Lady Shakespeare rolls home in G2 New York

Darby Dan Farm foaled and raised Lady Shakespeare continued her winning ways with a powerful victory in the $150,000 New York S. (G2) at Belmont Park...

Perfect Shower triumphant in Woodbine feature

Perfect Shower won the feature on the grass at Woodbine on June 19, the same course where he captured the $500,000 Breeders' S. last year...

Regally bred Perfect Shirl breaks maiden at Woodbine

Perfect Shirl made short work of a full field of 14 maiden fillies to score an easy 2 1/2-length victory in a 1 1/8-mile turf race at Woodbine...

Trio of Sun King yearlings in FT July Sale

Three yearlings from the first crop of Darby Dan sire Sun King are slated for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale...

Darby Dan unveils FTK July consignment

One of the nation’s leading consignors of Graded stakes winners from yearling sales, Darby Dan has released its 2010 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Selected consignment...

Ima Soul Miss dominates Woodbine allowance by 8 lengths

Ima Soul Miss exploded in the lane to win by a Woodbine allowance race by eight lengths over the main track on June 5...

First winner for freshman sire Suave

B G Suavecito became the first winner for freshman sire Suave with his impressive debut victory in a $20,500 maiden special weight on May 28 at Lone Star Park...

Darby Dan May 22-23 weekend recap

Another big weekend for Darby Dan, as the farm had their hand in winners at Delaware Park, Monmouth, and Woodbine, as well as another stakes horse at Churchill Downs...

Darby Dan Sales prominent on 2010 Graded Stakes List

Through May 20th, Darby Dan Sales ranks among the leading consignors in North America to sell racing’s highest level of performers in 2010...

3 Darby Dan grads post Graded success Preakness Day

The reward for hard work on the farm is success at the racetrack, and May 15 - Preakness Day - turned out to be a day full of rewards for Darby Dan Farm...

Taqarub steps up, wins G3 Maryland Sprint Handicap

Taqarub was all class as he tallied his first graded stakes win in the $100,000 Maryland Sprint H. (G3)...

Son of Perfect Soul captures Arlington feature

Lalo's Baby Bear, a 4-year-old by Perfect Soul (IRE), won his 2010 bow with a four length victory in the feature at Arlington Park on May 13...

Darby Dan sales grad takes Federal Way Handicap

Feeling Fancy, consigned by Darby Dan Farm at the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale, became the latest stakes winner sold at auction by the historic farm...

Ne Plus Ultra offspring on a roll

It's been an unforgettable couple of weeks for C. Peter "Buzz" Beler and his Darby Dan based mare Ne Plus Ultra...

Ya Gotta Have Soul digs deep for Keeneland victory

Ya Gotta Have Soul's win in a maiden special weight race at Keeneland on Apr. 23 was a victory for Darby Dan in many respects...

Lady Shakespeare charges to victory in G3 Bewitch

Lady Shakespeare's victory in the $150,000 Grey Goose Bewitch S. (G3T) on Apr. 22 was especially sweet for Darby Dan Farm, where the 4-year-old filly was foaled and raised...

Funny Moon a strong second in G3 Doubledogdare

Funny Moon made her 4-year-old debut with a solid runner-up finish in the $100,000 Doubledogdare S. at Keeneland on Apr. 16...

Darby Dan among Top 5 Graded Stakes consignors

With 2010 a little more than a quarter over, Darby Dan Farm is currently ranked as the fifth-leading consignor of Graded Stakes winners in the U.S...

Darby Dan sales grad Cryptolight still producing dividends

Six-year-old Cryptolight continues to shine in a racing career that is now into its fifth year...

Darby Dan bred Aliyah breaks maiden in second lifetime start

The Darby Dan-bred Aliyah got her first victory in her second career start, taking a six furlong maiden special weight race at Oaklawn Park on Apr. 10...

Congratulations Crossword Puzzle Challenge Winner

Congratulations to the grand prize winner of the Darby Dan Crossword Puzzle Series. This years winner was: Jim Percival (White Cat Farm)- Breeder in Kansas

Bearpath goes the distance in Grade 3 Pan American

Bearpath, consigned and sold by Darby Dan, won the 1 1/2-mile, $150,000 Pan American S. (G3) over the Gulfstream Park lawn on Mar. 27 for his first stakes victory...

Darby Dan homebred tops Keeneland stakes-quality field

Keeneland is known for having some of the toughest races in the country, and the second race on Apr. 2 was no exception...

Seeking the Title Makes Grade in Fair Grounds Oaks

Charles Fipke’s homebred Seeking the Title rallies strongly to run third, less than ¾ of a length behind the winner, in the $300,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2)...

Island Soul faces 12 foes in G2 Louisiana Derby

Island Soul will try to stamp his ticket to Louisville on Mar. 27, when the son of Perfect Soul takes on a full field in the $750,000 Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds...

Suave's first 2YO sells for $70,000

Darby Dan stallion Suave, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2010, was represented by his first juvenile at auction in 2010 when a colt brought $70,000 at the Barretts March selected sale...

Millionaire Magna Graduate’s first foals reported

Magna Graduate, a seven-time graded stakes winner and multi-millionaire, sired his first reported foal in Kentucky when a bay filly was born Feb. 5 at Rockwell Farm in Lexington...

Undefeated Run Away and Hide has first foal

Undefeated Grade 2-winning juvenile Run Away and Hide sired his first foal on Jan. 24 when a filly was born at Chesapeake Farm in Lexington...

Perfect Soul: KY’s Leading ROI Sire at Woodbine in ‘09

Champion Perfect Soul (Ire) has enjoyed immense success from his first two crops to race, including some stunning accomplishments at Canada’s finest racetrack – Woodbine...

Racing partnership available in Suave colt

Reports are beginning to come in on Suave's first crop of 2-year-olds and they are fantastic! Here is your chance to get in on the ground floor with a gorgeous individual being offered by Parting Glass Racing...

Both of 2009’s leading milers flatter Tale of Ekati

Multiple Grade 1 winner Tale of Ekati, who enters stud at Darby Dan in 2010, showed that he was one of the world’s top milers in 2008 with wins in the Jerome H. (G2) and Cigar Mile H. (G1)...

Darby Dan Breeding Incentives for 2010

In 2009, many breeders took advantage of our incentives. Thanks in large part to their support, 2009 was an overwhelming success...

Darby Dan Updates Profit Protection Program

Darby Dan prides itself on having a finger on the pulse of the market. We understand the current economic conditions facing all breeders. Therefore, we have decided to bring back the Profit Protection Program...

Fipke buys million-dollar mare for Tale of Ekati

It’s funny how things can work out in the horse business. For several years, diamond mine magnate Charles Fipke kept busy at the bloodstock sales, buying blue-blooded mares for his Grade 1-winning stallion prospect Perfect Soul (Ire)...

Darby Dan foaled & raised Breeders’ Cup winner Furthest Land

Furthest Land scored the biggest victory of his career on Nov. 7th when the son of Smart Strike prevailed in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) on racing’s biggest day at Santa Anita Park...

The Darby Dan Breeders’ Cup Challenge is back!

Darby Dan Farm has launched a free Breeders’ Cup Challenge that is a fun and rewarding contest for all racing enthusiasts. All you have to do is sign up and then select your horses. It only takes minutes...

Darby Dan sales grad earns 94 Beyer in Keeneland graded stakes triumph

Eye of Taurus, a Darby Dan Farm sales graduate, became a graded stakes winner in her stakes debut on Oct. 23rd, digging in to determinedly win the $125,000 Valley View S. (G3) at Keeneland Race Course...

Sales Consignments Now Available

Sales consignments for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Selected November Mixed and the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale available here.

Another impressive 2YO winner for Perfect Soul

Champion Perfect Soul sired another flashy 2-year-old winner from his second crop on Oct. 29th when his daughter Fire Into Ice surged up the rail to take command in the stretch and win a $75,900 maiden special weight race at Woodbine...

Perfect Soul filly captures allowance for second straight win

Perfect Wedding, a 3-year-old filly by Perfect Soul, claimed her second straight win on Oct. 26th when she stretched out around two turns for the first time and won a $41,000 allowance race at the Meadowlands...

Perfect debuts for Perfect Soul runners at Woodbine

Perfect Loch, a 2-year-old colt by Perfect Soul, made a promising debut to the races on Oct. 24th at Woodbine, rallying from last in the 12-horse field to win a $75,900 maiden special weight race...

Perfect Soul: 2 more impressive MSW winners

Grade 1-winning millionaire Perfect Soul had two promising winners on Oct. 18th when his 2-year-old filly Groovintothebeat won at first asking at Fort Erie and his 3-year-old Woodman’s Soul streaked to a four-length win in a $78,000 maiden special weight heat at Woodbine...

Perfect Soul filly wins $151,000 Carotene S.

Soul of Nataka became the latest stakes winner for her sire Perfect Soul when she prevailed after a determined stretch run in the $151,000 Catotene S. on Oct. 4th at Woodbine...

Two more winners for Perfect Soul

Perfect Soul had two more winners on Saturday, Sept. 19th when Perfect Wedding, a 3-year-old filly, won a maiden special weight race at Monmouth and Soul Kiss, a 2-year-old filly, broke her maiden at Golden Gate...

Tale of Ekati to stand at Darby Dan

Multiple Grade I winner and millionaire Tale of Ekati will stand the 2010 breeding season at Darby Dan Farm for his owner and breeder Charles Fipke...

Perfect Soul: Two more impressive MSW winners

Perfect Soul added a pair of impressive maiden winners on Sept. 12th when 2-year-old first-time starter Perfect Crevasse and 3-year-old Soul of Nataka captured maiden special weight events...

2009 Stallion Open House

Attending the Keeneland Sale? Be sure to stop by the farm Tuesday, Sept. 22nd between 3-7 p.m. to inspect the stallions and visit with a Darby dan representative to learn about our Regional Incentive Programs...

Perfect Soul filly impresses in Saratoga allowance

Corey’s Coming, a 3-year-old filly from the first crop of Grade 1-winning millionaire Perfect Soul, overcame traffic trouble to rally and prove best in a $48,000 allowance race sprinting on the turf Sept. 7 at Saratoga...

Son of Repriced dominates Kent S. (G3)

No Inflation, a 3-year-old son of Repriced, made his first stakes win a big one, streaking well clear of his rivals in the stretch to score an eye-catching 6 ¼-length victory in the $250,000 Kent S. (G3) on Sept. 5th at Delaware Park...

Perfect Soul: 4 winners in 5 days

Perfect Soul picked up his fourth winner in five days when his 3-year-old daughter Chile Chico made good as the heavy favorite to win a Woodbine maiden race by a decisive five lengths on August 23rd...

2-year-old winner for Perfect Soul

Perfect Soul got his second winner in consecutive days when his debutante Soul Custody captured a maiden race by four decisive lengths at Emerald Downs on August 20th...

Suave: 4 Select Yearlings at OBS August

Millionaire Suave will be represented by two colts and two fillies from his first crop at the annual OBS August Selected Yearlings Sale on August 24th in Ocala, Florida...

Perfect Soul colt wins $500,000 Breeders’ S.

Perfect Shower, a 3-year-old colt from the first crop of Perfect Soul, made his first stakes win a big one, capturing the $500,000 Breeders’ S. – the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown – on August 2nd at Woodbine...

King of Soul caps strong July for Perfect Soul

Darby Dan stallion Perfect Soul has enjoyed a strong July full of maiden winners in Canada and the United States, and his well-bred 3-year-old son King of Soul closed out the month as the latest impressive maiden winner...

Funny Moon becomes latest G1 sales grad

Three-year-old filly Funny Moon became the latest Grade 1 winner to come out of the sales program at Darby Dan when she captured the $300,000 CCA Oaks (G1) July 25th at Belmont...

Perfect Soul colt resilient in $75,000 win

Perfect Soul enjoyed another impressive maiden victor on July 24th when his 3-year-old colt Carcillo stretched out to win a $75,029 maiden special weight race at 1 1/8 miles over the local Polytrack at Woodbine Racecourse...

Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Consignment

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling consignment is now available online with photos, including a knockout colt by the perennial leading Australian sire Encosta de Lago...

First Suave yearling brings $85,000

Suave was well represented by his first yearling from his debut crop to hit the market when Hip No. 8, a filly, was purchased for $85,000 by Team Valor on Day 1 of the Fasig-Tipton July Sale July 20 in Lexington...

Productive weekend for Perfect Soul

Perfect Soul had multiple winners the weekend of July 17-19 to go along with the emergence of stakes-placed juvenile Perfect Lou, who was third in Saturday’s $50,000 Minstrel S. – the first of three Breeders’ Cup prep stakes for 2-year-olds on the turf this summer at Louisiana Downs...

Suave to Showcase 6 at Fasig-Tipton July

The only stallion standing in North America that is a millionaire, by a millionaire and out of a millionaire, Suave has his first yearlings debuting in 2009. Included are six selling July 20th at Fasig's Select Yearling Sale...

Sun King Booked Full For Second Year

Darby Dan and Tracy Farmer would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support of Sun King in 2009. He has booked full for the second year with 150 mares scheduled to visit him this year.

The Perfect Sale

All eyes were on a colt by Perfect Soul out of Copper Belle as it sold for $230,000 at the OBS 2 yr old sale. Consigned by Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables for Bob Baker and partners, the colt breezed 1/8 mile in :10. The colt was purchased by Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables.