Leroidesanimaux
Aquitania made her graded stakes debut in the prestigious, $200,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap on Feb. 18 at Laurel Park and finished fourth after being involved in a heated early battle up front in...
Badleroibrown made it a 2-for-2 day for sire Leroidesanimaux, owner Team Valor International, trainer Graham Motion and jockey John Velazquez at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 18, winning the first...
Animal Kingdom made a triumphant return to the races at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 18, winning a $49,200 allowance optional claimer on the turf with a display of style under John Velazquez. The...
Animal Kingdom's anxiously-awaited return to the races has been switched from a Feb. 25 race at Tampa Bay Downs to Gulfstream Park on Feb. 18. Trainer Graham Motion made the change when Gulfstream...
Rich Jewel gained his third victory in 10 starts at Sam Houston Race Park on Feb. 13, dueling for the lead on the inside and displaying gameness in the lane to win by 1 1/2 lengths....
Hankering rolled to a 6 1/2-length victory at Turfway Park on Feb. 11, breaking his maiden at the direct expense of 1/2 favorite Summer Sky. The 4-year-old filly by Leroidesanimaux drove to the lead...
Animal Kingdom continued on the road pointing to his first start since the Belmont Stakes with a five-furlong breeze in 1:01.05 over the turf course at Palm Meadows Training Center in...
Animal Kingdom posted his second straight 59-and-change workout on the turf at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach on Feb. 1 and trainer Grahma Motion immediately tweeted where the...
Princess Mara, who didn't race at two and three, made her first career start for trainer (and co-owner) Dale Romans at Aqueduct on Feb. 1, and powered to a three-quarters of a length victory in...
Trainer Graham Motion set Champion Animal Kingdom down for the first time today at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach.
Prepping for his long-awaited return, which is...
Gilmer, a 4-year-old by Leroidesanimaux, went wire-to-wire racing 5 1/2 furlongs at Turfway Park on Jan. 22, posting his second victory in his last three starts. The Florida-bred gelding took the...
Animal Kingdom, who thrilled the racing world with his overpowering victory in the 137th Kentucky Derby, was rewarded at Monday night's Eclipse Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills by being named...
After posting four seconds and three thirds in her first 11 races, it took veteran Shane Sellers to break the maiden of B. J.'s Leroi on Jan. 14. Sellers guided the 4-year-old filly into the...
Leroy's Dynameaux engaged Saratoga Boot in a long stretch battle and was outnodded at the wire in the $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile Handicap at Turf Paradise on Jan. 14. It was the fourth...
La Reine Lionne fell a nose short in a heart-breaking three-horse photo in the Gr. III Marshua's River Stakes on the Gulfstream Park grass on Jan. 7. With top rider John Velazquez in the...
There were no surprises in the 3-year-old colt division as the finalists for the Eclipse Awards were announced on Jan 5. Animal Kingdom, the son of Leroidesanimaux who won the Kentucky Derby and...
After breaking her maiden in her 6 1/2-furlong career debut over the main track at Hollywood Park on Dec. 8, Swirls came back on Jan. 5 and wasted no time in adding new dimensions to...
Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up, had his second timed workout as trainer Graham Motion prepares him for a return to the races as a 4-year-old, possibly during the...
Aquitania went into the $75,000 Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct on the first day of the New Year riding a four-race winning streak at Laurel and came out with the first stakes-placed...
Le King Beau, the 2-year-old colt by Leroidesanimaux who won at Kempton Park and Lingfield in Surrey, England, in the span of 48 hours two weeks ago, returned to Kempton and scored again on Dec. 29....
Animal Kingdom, winner of the Kentucky Derby, runner-up in the Preakness, and one of the leading contenders for 3-year-old championship honors in the upcoming Eclipse Award voting, had his first...
Le King Beau thumbed his nose at trainers who campaign their horses sparingly, winning a six-furlong race at Lingfield in Surrey, England, on Dec. 17 for his second score in a span of about 48...
Leroy's Pride returned to Tampa Bay Downs, the track where he has enjoyed the most success, and romped to a 6 1/4-length victory on Dec. 17. The 4-year-old gelding by Leroidesanimaux was ridden by...
Le King Beau won a seven-furlong race over the all-weather track at Kempton Park in Ireland on Dec. 15. The 2-year-old Kentucky-bred colt by Leroidesanimaux scored at the direct expense of 1/2...
La Reine Lionne, who hadn't started since winning her last at Saratoga on Aug. 20, made it two in a row with a one-length victory in a $32,600 starter allowance at Gulfstream Park on...
Made for a Mission, a Kentucky-bred son of Leroidesanimaux, broke his maiden racing a mile and 70 yards on Dec. 14. The 3-year-old gelding sat off the pace, then steadily wore down the...
Swirls made her career debut in a $40,000 maiden claimer over the synthetic track at Hollywood Park on Dec. 8 and went wire-to-wire, winning by 2 1/4 lengths in 1:16.95 for the 6 1/2 furlongs. The...
Considerate achieved one of the most difficult race feats in the sport on Dec. 1, battling head-and-head for the lead every step of the way in a one-mile test over a yielding...
Red-hot Aquitania ran her winning streak at Laurel Park to four on Dec. 1, proving to be much the best in a $40,180 allowance optional claimer at 5 1/2 furlongs over the main track. The...
Marfach handled the 'about' one mile and three-eighths of the $86,669 Shatin Pass Handicap with ease on Nov. 30 and scored a 1 3/4-length victory over the Happy Valley turf course in Japan. The...
In a current poll of readers on Equibase.com, the question is being asked: "Who would get your vote for champion 3-year-old?"
With 1,464 returns in, the unquestioned leader with 751...
Gilmer turned in a game wire-to-wire performance on Nov. 29, breaking on top in the six-furlong race and maintaining a one-length advantage all the way to the finish. It was the first career victory...
In a span of one week from Nov. 11 to Nov. 17, aside from the United States, stallions from Stonewall Farm sired winners in Italy, Chile, England and Canada. On Nov. 18, Ireland was added to the...
Le King Beau, a 2-year-old son of Leroidesanimaux, won the Christmas Parties Stakes over the all-weather track at Lingfield in Great Britain on Nov. 16. Legendary jockey Willie Carson was aboard the...
Guanabara Gal stalked the leaders in fourth place for three-quarters of a mile, then ran them down in the final furlong to capture a $30,000 allowance race over the Remington Park grass...
Donatella, a daughter of Leroidesanimaux, was much the best in a six-furlong allowance race at Mexico's Hipodromo de las Americas on Oct. 6. The 3-year-old Kentucky-bred filly drew off to score by 3...
Sarah's Secret, a 3-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux, helped send her sire over the $3.8 million mark in progeny earnings for 2011 with a third-place finish in the Gr. II Las Palmas Stakes over...
Surf King dueled for the lead early in the two path going a flat mile, put away the opposition after three-quarters, then kicked off to an easy score for his first victory on Nov. 5. The...
Leroy's Dynameaux lost all chance for victory in the $70,150 Lure Stakes at Santa Anita on Nov. 5 when he was put in tight quarters just an eighth of a mile from home. But the 4-year-old son of...
Graham Motion, trainer of Animal Kingdom, says that the Kentucky Derby winner will begin galloping at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland on Monday. The son of Leroidesanimaux has not raced...
Starinthemeadow, dam of Weemissfrankie, is in foal to Leroridesanimaux, Stonewall Farm's premier stallion. Weemissfrankie finished third behind favored My Miss Aurelia in Friday's Gr. I Grey Goose...
It's anybody's guess when ALL the bettors at Laurel Park are going to catch on to Aquitania. The 3-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux won her third straight race and fourth in her last five...
An unnamed colt by Leroidesanimaux sold for $70,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale on Oct. 24. The colt was purchased by Bradley Thoroughbreds.
Prince Cheval came from seventh place early to break his maiden at Hawthorne on Oct. 23 in a $33,040 maiden special at six furlongs. Jesse Lantz guided the 2-year-old to a 1...
In a maiden special weights test at a mile and 70 yards on the main track, Mostly Love came into the stretch with four lengths to make up, then blew by the leader inside the final...
The aptly-named Lewahdizaniwho scored his first career victory at Park Racing on Oct. 2, coming from near the back of the 8-horse field to get up by a neck under...
Aquitania made it two victories in a row and three of her last four by winning a $31,000 allowance race at Laurel Park on Oct. 14. The 3-year-old daughter of...
Great Warrior, winner of the Pomona Derby at Fairplex Park in his last start on Sept. 24, drew the rail for Saturday's Gr. II Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita. Omar Berrio is back...
Graham Motion had Animal Kingdom on the track under tack this morning at the trainer's Fair Hill base for the first time since the colt began rehab, Blood-Horse.com reported....
Great Warrior was a ton the best in the $50,000 Pomona Derby at Fairplex Park on Sept. 24. With Omar Berrio aboard, Great Warrior was three-wide early, but quickly advanced on the...
" . . . it seems the 3-year-old filly Sarah's Secret can do anything" - Steve Andersen, DRF 6/11/11
And rightly so. In her two-turn debut and first attempt in stakes company, the...
It was no wonder that emotions poured so freely following Animal
Kingdom’s rousing victory, in which he closed his final half-mile in a
spectacular :47 1/5, the second-fastest closing half ever in...
Before the largest crowd in the history of the Kentucky Derby, 164,858, packed Churchill Downs to watch as Animal Kingdom swept past the leaders and came flying home to win the first leg of the...
Animal Kingdom made the most of his first stakes start, rolling to a 2 3/4-length win in the $500,000 Spiral...
Always a Princess continued her roll at the Santa Anita winter meet, cruising to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 La Canada...
On Sunday, Always a Princess won the Grade 2 El Encino from newly minted Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old filly Blind Luck...
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert opines on Leroidesanimaux's multiple GSW Always a Princess...
Always a Princess upset heavily favored Blind Luck in the $150,000 El Encino S. (G2) on Jan. 16 at Santa Anita...
December started off good for Stonewall's Leroidesanimaux, with first time starter Toni's the Won getting a maiden victory on Dec. 2...
Animal Kingdom, a 2-year-old colt by Leroidesanimaux, proved much the best in a nine furlong contest for maidens at Keeneland on Oct. 23...
Sarah’s Secret made it two wins in as many starts when the 2-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux was victorious in a first-level allowance Oct. 7...
In a dominating performance that made her rivals look like commoners, Always a Princess remained undefeated in 2010...
Two-year-old Glor Na Mara (Ire) posted his fourth Group stakes performance of the year...
Fortunia, a 3-year-old, raised her game to a new level in the $200,000 Ouija Board H. (G3) at Lone Star Park on May 31...
Making just his third career start since debuting on Mar. 26, Leroy's Dynameaux was third, beaten less than one length, in the Alcatraz S. at Golden Gate Fields...
Offspring of Leroidesanimaux had a banner day at Lone Star Park on Apr. 23, with a pair of winners representing the Stonewall stallion...
Leroy's Dynameaux, a 3-year-old with a name that is a clever twist on his sire Leroidesanimaux, won at first asking in a maiden special weight race at Santa Anita Mar. 26...
In what turned into a one-horse race, Fortunia, a 3-year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux, romped home by 4 ¾ lengths in a maiden special weight race at Sam Houston on Mar. 18...
From Tampa Bay Downs to Santa Anita, a pair of maiden fillies by champion Leroidesanimaux scored the first victories of their careers in maiden special weight races on Feb. 21...
Starred, a 3-year-old colt, became champion Leroidesanimaux’s latest maiden special weight winner when he streaked to a 1 ¼-length win on Feb. 14 at Turfway Park...
Leading Freshman Sire Leroidesanimaux (Brz) got another 2-year-old winner from his promising first crop on Saturday, Dec. 12th when his daughter Mahindar broke her maiden by a decisive 5 ½ lengths at Tampa Bay Downs...
Thoroughbred breeding expert Bill Oppenheim wrote a column in the Dec. 10 issue of the Thoroughbred Daily News opining on his “Value Sires” that have runners in Kentucky for the upcoming 2010 breeding season...
A weanling filly from the first crop of the late champion Lawyer Ron proved to be popular at the Keeneland November Sale, selling for $275,000 as Hip No. 328 with Shadwell Estate Company Ltd. signing the ticket...
Eclipse Champion and Leading Freshman Sire Leroidesanimaux (Brz) got his seventh winner on Oct. 22nd when his 2-year-old filly Valsa rallied to defeat nine fillies in a $24,000 maiden special weight race at Laurel Park...
Champion racehorse Leroidesanimaux (Brz) has put himself in position to also have a chance to be a champion sire. Through Oct. 5th, the brilliant record-breaking miler is No. 2 on the North American Leading Freshman Sire List with progeny earnings of $681,859...
Leroidesanimaux’s 2-year-old filly Always a Princess showed her quality by finishing a game second in her stakes debut in the $300,000 Oak Leaf (G1)...
Stonewall Farm Stallions’ first-crop sires Leroidesanimaux (Brz) and Value Plus are both in the Top 10 on the Freshman Sires List in North America as of Oct. 1st...
Marfach, a 2-year-old colt from the first crop of champion Leroidesanimaux (Brz), missed by a short head following a dramatic stretch finish in the Goffs Million Mile S. worth 1,600,000 Euros on Sept. 27th at the Curragh in Ireland...
Champion Leroidesanimaux (Brz) picked up his third 2-year-old winner on Sept. 12th when his filly Leroi’s Warning broke her maiden by 2 ¾ lengths at Northlands Park in Canada...
Always a Princess, a 2-year-old filly from the first crop of champion Leroidesanimaux (Brz), made a triumphant start to her racing career on Sept. 5th, impressively defeating a field of 10 fillies in a $51,000 maiden special weight heat at Del Mar...
Marfach, champion Leroidesanimaux’s first winner, also became his sire’s first Group/graded stakes horse, as the 2-year-old colt finished second in the Group 3 KRA Tyro Stakes July 23 at Leopardstown in Ireland...
Eclipse champion Leroidesanimaux (Brz) got his first winner from his debut crop at stud on July 6th when his 2-year-old colt Marfach captured a maiden race at Roscommon racecourse in Ireland...
A 2-year-old colt from the first crop of Eclipse Champion Leroidesanimaux (Brz) made a splash during the second session of the Keeneland April Two-Year-Olds-In-Training Sale...
Stonewall Stallions’ Eclipse champion Leroidesanimaux had another six-figure yearling from his first crop sell at the Keeneland September Sale when a colt passed through the ring for $100,000 on Monday, September 15th, giving the young stallion his third six-figure yearling of the sale for a strong average of $126,250...
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