Kerri Radcliffe

6th-SAR, 100K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 4:02 p.m. Bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe signed the ticket on SCHWARZENEGGER (Not This Time), a $950,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale grad one year ago who now races for a partnership which includes David Fennelly, Brook Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Resolution Road Stables. It was the colt's second time at auction having first sold for $410,000 as a weanling at KEENOV in 2023 to Violet Stables. His winning Lemon Drop Kid first dam just passed through the ring herself, realizing $350,000 from Gainesway at KEENOV...

There is nothing fast or precocious about developing a good wine, and certainly not for the Italian wine producer Ornellaia, one of the leading creators of Super Tuscan wine in the famous Bolgheri region. But when Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing teamed up with the Memo partnership to buy the sale-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale this May for $1.1 million, he was not looking to let her age quietly before popping the cork. Off slowly in Saturday's sixth race at Saratoga, Ornellaia (Girvin) the filly came with a late...

Kia Joorabchian's AMO Racing teamed up with the newly formed Memo Racing partnership to acquire a filly by Girvin (hip 368) for $1.1 million during the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium Tuesday. The filly was the third to reach seven figures at the auction and was the second on the day from the Wavertree Stables consignment. Kerri Radcliffe, bloodstock agent for Memo Racing, signed the ticket on the filly, who she said would be trained by Chad Brown. Out of Scarlet Dixie (Broken Vow), the dark...

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL - It was mid-morning Wednesday when Kerri Radcliffe made the first seven-figure purchase of the day, going to $1.05 million for a son of Nyquist, and, by the time the bloodstock agent made a session-topping bid of $1.45 million for a colt by Gun Runner just three hips from the end of the day, a total of six juveniles had sold for seven figures during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Wednesday. Through...

One of the last hips through the ring, a colt by leading sire Gun Runner (hip 601), consigned by S G V Thoroughbreds (Steven Venosa), went to Kerri Radcliffe as agent for Memo Racing on a final bid of $1,450,000 to top the second session of the OBS Spring Sale. A half-brother to MGSW Takeover Target (Harlan's Holiday) and to the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner More Than Looks (More Than Ready), the colt worked a furlong in a co-bullet :9 4/5. He RNA'd for $475,000 at Keeneland...

A colt by Nyquist (hip 378) was the second to bring seven figures at the OBS Spring sale when bringing a final bid of $1.05 million from bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe Wednesday in Ocala. Radcliffe was bidding on behalf of Memo Racing, a new American-based racing partnership. The juvenile was consigned by Harris Training Center and had been purchased by Robbie Harris and Eric Sparks for $135,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale. Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, the dark bay is out of Saucy Dame (Distorted Humor), a daughter...

5th-KEE, $110K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 3:08 p.m. ET. Sprinting over the main track is first timer MIDNIGHT MYTH (More Than Ready). The filly was taken home by Kerri Radcliffe for $550,000 at the Keeneland September Sale. Out of GII Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes heroine Fioretti (Bernardini), the Jose D'Angelo trainee hails from an extended female family which includes GISW Fault (Blame). TJCIS PPS 1st-KEE, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 4 1/2f, 1:00 p.m. ET. More first-crop sires will have their initial runners exit the Keeneland chute, as the 'baby races'...

11th-CD, $120k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, post time: 5:58 p.m. ET METHODOLOGY (Uncle Mo) is the latest foal to the races out of Grade III winner Innovative Idea (Bernardini), who took her career debut in 2014 who has since gone on to become the dam of Matareya (Pioneerof the Nile), victorious in the GI Acorn S. for the Brad Cox barn last season and a latest upset winner of the GI Derby City Distaff on the Kentucky Derby undercard May 6. Innovative Idea is a daughter of MGSW/GISP Golden Velvet...

TIMONIUM, MD - With a $1-million filly leading the way, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded its two-day run at the Maryland State Fairgrounds with statistics close to its record-setting 2022 renewal. "It was a great two days in Maryland," Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sales Director Paget Bennett said Tuesday evening. "There was plenty of competition for the horses people wanted. The ones they want, they all go to battle on." At the end of Tuesday's session, 375 head sold for $34,795,500. The average was $92,788--down just 2.7% from...

Lot 162, a bay filly by Night Of Thunder (Ire) consigned by Grove Stud, took the lead just after the halfway point of the second session of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale when selling for 600,000gns to bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe. A half-sister to G3 Molecomb S. winner, G1 Middle Park S. third, and sire Rumble Inthejungle (GB) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), the May-foaled current sale topper is also a half-sister to the Group 2-placed Great Prospector (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}). This is also the family of G2 Superlative S. hero and...

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis OCALA, FL - With plenty of activity at the top of the market, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training concluded its three-day run with increases in average and median over last year's two-session renewal and five juveniles selling for seven figures, led by a co-record $2-million son of Good Magic. "I thought it was a really good sale and it held strong all the way through," said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. "There were quality horses on each...

LEXINGTON, KY - The Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, which began sluggishly Monday morning, built up steam throughout the day and ended with a trio of firework offerings and figures largely in line with the auction's 2022 renewal. "The beginning of the day was definitely slower than we probably expected," said Keeneland's Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. "It was a little sluggish. But as the day went on, it became more promising." At the close of business Monday, 224 head had sold for $16,261,900. The average was...