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Graeme Hall is on a roll of late and his first juvenile stakes winner of 2008 continued the run.  Emmy Darling put on a great show in her stakes debut and ran away with the prize in the Landaluce Stakes on Saturday June 28th at Hollywood Park, taking a two-length win over favored Glitter City by City Place.  Jockey David Flores rode patiently for trainer John Sadler content to let dueling leaders set the pace while rating just off them.  Emmy Darling took command of the race and pulled away to give her sire his first two-year-old stakes winner of 2008.  The juvenile filly is out of the Colonial Affair mare Dance Delight and was bred in Florida by Helen Napolitano.  She is owned by Ike and Dawn Thrash.  

A good weekend of racing is becoming commonplace for Graeme Hall.  As he has done in recent weeks, Graeme Hall enjoyed a weekend of multiple winners, highlighted by the addition of another name to the ranks of stakes winners by the millionaire son of Dehere.  On Friday the 13th, 4-year-old gelding Dunscombe rallied to another win at Prairie Meadows, going 1 Mile and 70 Yards on the dirt, while 4-year-old gelding Melverton added to his totals by winning over 6 furlongs on the dirt of Delaware Park on June 15th.  Not to be outdone by the boys, also on the 15th, the 4-year-old filly Wishing Wishes highlighted the weekend when she ran off with The Susan B. Anthony Handicap going 6 furlongs on the dirt at Finger Lakes.   Graeme Hall runners just seem to get better with age.  Take another 4-year old named Tait Hill.  The Eugene Melnyk bred and Melnyk Racing Stables owned first-time starter impressively ran away from the field in race 10 of Philadelphia Park's Monday race card.  Tait Hill won going away by 9-3/4 lengths.  The older Graeme Hall runners are keeping pace, but the juveniles to come are sure to add to the talent pool.  Keep an eye out for starters from his 2008 crop of 75 two-year olds to see which ones will run with the class of their Grade -1 winning sire. 

Think about the stallion you think will be Florida's top freshman sire this year?  Think real hard.  Got it?  Are you sure?  What about next year?  Or in 2010?  Is there a young stallion in town that you think will go on to greatness in the next few years?  Then why not own a piece of him now, while the getting is good?   Call our office and let us know what stallions interest you and we just might be able to set you up with a share and you can own a piece of the stallion of your choice. 

Graeme Hall runner Juvee Hall has been anything but delinquent over his last two starts.  In fact, he has been first to report to the finish of his races over his last two consecutive starts.  On Belmont Day, he made it two wins in a row when he took an allowance score at Hastings Racecourse.  He followed another Graeme Hall runner's, Poovey, win on June 6th at Monmouth Park to add two more wins to Graeme Hall's totals, which have been consistently accumulating.   Juvee Hall is out of a commemorate mare and Poovey is out of a Jolie's Halo mare.  Add those broodmare sires to the growing list of broodmare sires that Graeme Hall likes.  It seems that there are few broodmare sires that Graeme Hall dislikes.   

5 Wins Over 5 Tracks by 29-1/2 lengths equals an undefeated runner.  What owner or trainer would not like this formula for success on the track?  Cashel Castle began his career in such a fashion.  He was successful on the track and now in 2008 the first of his outstanding foals will go to the track.  Trainer Chris Block, who trained Cashel Castle, likes what he sees in his offspring:   "I have seen Team Block's Cashel Castle offspring and based on what I have seen, I feel very optimistic about his chances of success as a sire.  Several of them carry the same characteristics that he did at the same age.  They are athletic and balanced and have good temperaments.  We are looking forward to getting the first group to the track." 

Look for Cashel Castle's runners to make a splash in 2008.  Make an appointment to see one of the most attractive stallions in Florida at Journeyman Stud, and call us for nicks with your mares.

Guadalcanal, by Graeme Hall out of Bessette (Quest For Fame), will attempt to make a BIG splash onto national prominence on Saturday in The G-1 Belmont Stakes.  The 3-year-old colt will try to break his maiden in one of the biggest races of the year and maybe one of the biggest races in history as Big Brown aims for loftier goals in the same race.  The Florida bred Guadalcanal finished second in his last outing, going 1-1/2 miles on the turf at Churchill Downs in respectable time.  When asked about his reasoning for entering Guadalcanal in The Belmont, owner/trainer Fred Seitz was quoted by Bloodhorse magazine as saying, “He was bred for a route, he trains like he will want a route, and there are not many opportunities to race against 3-year-olds at 1 ½ miles.”  Makes perfect sense.  Breaking a maiden is one thing.   Beating Big Brown is another.   The partners and principals of IEAH stables will have the highest of highs if Big Brown should win the triple crown and much of the country and the Thoroughbred industry will celebrate with them.  The connections of Guadalcanal will be just as elated if their horse breaks his maiden on June 7th.  These are just a couple of the stories that make for great horse racing.

Trifecta King, a filly out of the Unbridled mare Mamita, easily broke her maiden in style by winning The Cinderella Stakes at Hollywood Park.  The win not only represents Peace Rules' first winner, but also his first stakes winner.  Mamita was purchased by Briggs & Cromartie Bloodstock Agency and the mating of Mamita with Peace Rules was planned after review of nicking information and success of the cross of Forty Niner over Unbridled and the great physical matchup of Peace Rules and Mamita.  The big, beautiful pregnant Mamita was sold carrying the future stakes winner.  The mating looks like it is going as planned.  Congratulations to Vinery, to breeder Andrew Thompson Company, to owners Dave Kenney, Mark Leib and Gary Margolis and to trainer Doug O'Neill. 

Throw out Smooth Air's performance in the Kentucky Derby and blame it on a troubled trip.  The Mount Joy Stable son of Smooth Jazz had been in-the-money in all of his previous starts going into the Kentucky Derby, but could not overcome a bad start and the heavy traffic of a 20-horse field on derby day.  On Saturday at Thistledown, he proved convincingly that he was the best in the Ohio Derby when he pulled away from a talented field to win the Grade-2 event going away.   The Bennie Stutts trainee stalked the pace and saved ground early before angling out to the outside coming out of the turn for home to go past the leaders and pull away by four lengths.  The emphatic win clearly places him back among the top 3-year olds of 2008.  His second place finish to Big Brown in the Grade-1 Florida Derby has proven to be more than respectable, given the way Big Brown has been running.  Much has been written about the many rivals Big Brown has beaten in his quest for the triple crown.  Smooth Air is one of the few who has come back from a loss to Big Brown to score a graded-stakes win.  That some says something for the class of both Big Brown and Smooth Air, and then in turn, his sire Smooth Jazz.   

Florida-bred GRAEME SIX continued Graeme Hall's winning ways in May.  Graeme Hall has had a host of winners this month, and this win by Graeme Six tops them all.  Graeme Six captured the Grade-3 Winning Colors Stakes at Churchill Downs by 1-1/2 lengths over favored Miss Macy Sue.  This filly has shown potential since she first hit the track as a two-year old, but in this, her four-year old season, she has matured into a runner that is reaching for her potential.  Graeme Six has won 3 of the last 4 stakes races she has run and now moves to a new level with her graded stakes score.  Graeme Hall stands for $5,000.  Call to book your late breeding mares.      

In the last 6 days, from May 19th to May 24th, Graeme Hall has had 6 winners over varying distances out of mares by varying broodmare sires, adding to his totals as leading third crop sire in Florida while adding evidence to support that his winners come from many different sire lines.  On the 19th,  Juvee Hall, out of a mare by Commemorate, won over 6 furlongs AND Shepherd Street, out of a mare by Lit De Justice, won over 5 furlongs (turf).  On the 22nd, Harrow Land, out of a mare by Twining, won a mile race.  On the 23rd, Dunscombe out of a mare by West By West, won over 1-1/16th mile while on the same day Pitton's Road, out of a mare by Mt. Livermore, won going 1 mile and 70 yards.  On the 24th, Dream America, out of a mare by Rubiano, won his race over 6 furlongs.  Millionaire Graeme Hall was a double tough racehorse and his offspring are proving to have similar talents.  With 75 two-year olds in 2008, Graeme Hall's winners will surely keep coming, and many of his durable runners will likely keep adding to their win totals beyond their juvenile year.  Call us to make late season breeding plans.