There is no farm with a prouder, more dedicated or more proven sense of tradition than Runnymede Farm. The 365-acre nursery nestled sweetly in Bourbon County has produced winners for more than three centuries.
The transformation reached a critical stage when Lady Eli, the champion mare who heroically returned to Grade 1 glory after battling back from an attack of laminitis that could have killed her, lay down in her deeply bedded stall to give birth to her first foal on March 21.
Hill ‘n’ Dale owner John Sikura and farm manager John Rasmussen already had been experiencing waves of anxiety about this moment. As Rasmussen succinctly noted, “It’s always life and death when you have a foaling — ...
PRINCESA CAROLINE: Dark bay filly (March 24), a half-sister to champion and beloved laminitis beater Lady Eli, is with her trainer Brown at Saratoga. Dam Sacre Coeur, by Saint Ballado, has also produced multiple Grade 3 winner Bizzy Caroline. Second dam, Runnymede matriarch Kazadancoa, is the ancestress of such notables as Tejano Run, Spring in the Air, and Spiced ...
By Molly Rollins
4th-DEL, $34k, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m70yT, 2:36 EST Following three successive five-furlong bullet breezes over the Fair Hill Tapeta, the Arnold Delacour trainee CAMBELIZA (Curlin) appears primed for her debut effort at Delaware Wednesday afternoon. The most notable of these works was a five-panel move in 1:00 3/5 (1/7) May 13. Owned ...
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