George Scott on West Acre

Less than a year into spearheading his own consignment, Headley VanMeter accomplished the dream of every consignor in the business—he sold a seven-figure horse. Only eight hips into the opening session of Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 8, the Flightline colt, who was foaled, raised, and prepped at VanMeter’s family farm, dropped…

Nic’s Style  looks to secure her first graded stakes win in the $165,000 Hurricane Bertie Stakes (G3) March 8 at Gulfstream Park. The 5-year-old daughter of Uncaptured  takes on six other fillies and mares in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint, including multiple graded stakes-winner Spirit Wind . Nic’s Style has won three consecutive stakes races for owner…

During Airdrie Stud founder and former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones’s lengthy illness, Bret Jones said he and his father would share joy riding across the farm. “When he was going through the memory issues that he had, one of the great things that we could always still do together was me driving through the farm…

Spirit Wind , a multiple graded stakes winner of more than $730,000, was sold post-RNA March 19 for $500,000 to Willingham Stud. Spirit Wind was initially not sold for $450,000 in the Fasig-Tipton March Digital Sale that closed March 18. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the 6-year-old mare, whose marquee win came in the Honorable Miss Handicap…

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It was Ned Toffey’s daughter Megan who first saw the tweet. Sent in mid-February, it previewed an upcoming issue of an industry publication, including a story about the 2024 winner of Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ Club, Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Farm.  Except it read “Ted Noffey.” That tweet has gotten a lot of…