Cyberknife

2025 Mating Plans: 4 G's Sharilyn Gasaway, Presented by Spendthrift Farm

Horses seem to always be at the center of Brent and Sharilyn Gasaway's life. As the story goes, the day Brent proposed he ran late because, of course, he was at the racetrack. Even though she was none too pleased, Sharilyn confirmed the end result was an affirmative one. By now you have probably heard how their ownership group 4 G Racing--which includes the couple and their twin son and daughter, Brent's cousin Lance Gasaway, and Daniel Hamby III--paired with Valley View Farm to reach one of the apogees in...

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Kentucky Sires For 2025 Part 5: The 20-Somethings

This tier of the market, between $20,000 and $29,999, offers particular value through its more established names: horses that have walked the walk sufficiently to clear the basement level, while somehow failing to achieve due commercial prestige. Indeed, our podium is dominated by the two eldest of the eligible stallions, while the only candidates considered for the third step were all in the process of consolidating strong starts. That said, the case for the three young sires at the other end of the spectrum--whose first foals are about to slither...

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Keeneland Adds Half Dozen To 2025 January Horses Of All Ages Sale

Keeneland has supplemented six horses--including MSW Kloepatra, who is carrying her first foal by Life Is Good--to the 2025 January Horses of All Ages Sale, the auction wing of the organization said in a Thursday press release. Now with an offering of 1,312, the sale will cover three sessions from Jan. 13-15. The catalogue includes broodmare prospects, yearlings, horses of racing age and stallions and stallion prospects. The two in-foal broodmares among the supplements are: Kloepatra, a dual stakes-winning daughter of Cairo Prince out of Kaiserin, by Tiznow, who will...

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Breeders' Cup Connections: Katie Tolbert, Building the Foundation for Champions

There are people that work with horses and there are people that love horses. In the case of Katie Tolbert, there is no better example of a person that works with horses because of how much she loves them. You see the devotion on a quiet morning on the backside of Churchill Downs as she sits in the saddle, stroking the neck of the horse she is astride or is ponying alongside her. You hear it in the echo of a nicker from an excited trainee, eager for her company,...

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Blaine Isaacs Makes a Splash at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale

When the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed catalogue came out, Blaine Isaacs earmarked one page in particular and when he was driving home to Lexington Wednesday, he had acquired his objective, purchasing the $230,000 sale-topping daughter of Cyberknife (hip 301) Tuesday in upstate New York. "When they released the catalogue about a month ago, I did the Auction Edge on all the horses in the sale and I was just really impressed by the mare's produce report on her," Isaacs said. "[D'Fashion] had a McKinzie filly [Cash Call, who sold for...

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Cyberknife Filly Tops Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Mixed Sale

A filly from the first crop of multiple Grade I winner Cyberknife (Gun Runner) (hip 301) topped the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale when selling for a record-tying $230,000 in upstate New York Tuesday. The weanling, out of D'Fashion (D'wildcat), is a half-sister to stakes winner and graded-placed Strategic Dreams (Archarcharch). She was consigned by Gracie Bloodstock on behalf of her breeder, Dr. Jerry Bilinski's Waldorf Farm and was purchased by Diamond I. "We always liked the filly," said consignor Chris Gracie. "I saw her over the summer and worked...

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Complexity Colt Delivers Strong Performance At The Spa

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Well-named Tough Catch (Complexity) could not be caught Saturday, leading every step of the way to capture the seventh race, a $100,000 5½-furlong maiden special weight contest for 2-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. Tough Catch's victory added to Complexity's (Maclean's Music) remarkable start with his first crop of runners. According to the TDN's Sire List, Complexity, who stands at Airdrie Stud, entered the day with 11 winners from 15 starters, 73.3 percent. The Tough Catch score for trainer Dallas Stewart made it an even dozen and...

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Cyberknife's First Foal a Filly

The first foal for GI Arkansas Derby and GI Haskell Invitational S. winner Cyberknife (Gun Runner) was reported Jan. 3 when a filly was born at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, New York. Bred by Clay Scherer, the bay is the first produce of the unraced Hildee John (Gormley), a half-sister to five-time stakes winner and GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint runner-up Chalon (Dialed In). "This filly has a good rear end and a nice round shoulder, a lot like Cyberknife," said Irish Hill Century Farm's Rick...

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Bidding Now Open for Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 145 entries for its October Digital Sale, which may be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is now open and closes Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. ET. The catalogue includes horses of racing age, breeding stock, and a stallion. Among those catalogued are 11 offerings from the Partial Stock Reduction of Machmer Hall, which will sell without reserve. "We have another strong group of entries for the October Digital Sale, particularly among the horses of racing age," said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales. "We are pleased...

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First Mares in Foal for Spendthrift's First-Year Stallions

Cyberknife, Greatest Honour, Jackie's Warrior, and Mo Donegal--the four first-season stallions standing at Spendthrift Farm for 2023--have all stopped their first mares, according to the Central Kentucky farm. The first mare reported in foal to GI Arkansas Derby and TVG.com Haskell S. winner Cyberknife, a son of sire sensation Gun Runner, is graded producer Afleet Lover (Northern Afleet), who is located at Wynnstay Farm. Likewise, the beautifully bred GII Fountain of Youth S. winner Greatest Honour, a son of Tapit, also had his first mare confirmed in foal. She is...

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Cyberknife Named 5-2 Favorite For Career Finale In Pegasus World Cup

Gold Square LLC's MGISW Cyberknife (Gun Runner), last seen finishing a narrow second to Cody's Wish (Curlin) in the GI Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, is scheduled to make the final start of his racing career Saturday at Gulfstream Park as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational. The Pegasus World Cup will headline a 13-race program also featuring the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, the GIII TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf, and four other graded-stakes races totaling $5.3 million...

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Instant Dividends From a Long Saga

It's not like you just add water. For the very possibility of reaping the ultimate harvest with Instant Coffee (Bolt d'Oro), on the first Saturday in May, has only been able to take root because the ending of even the longest stories, in this game, can always prove the start of a new chapter. Having already demonstrated an aptitude for the Churchill surface in winning the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., Instant Coffee resumes the Derby trail in the GIII Lecomte S. at the Fair Grounds on Saturday. And while...

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