NEWS

May 2, 2008:
WANDERIN BOY, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD, finished third in the Grade 3, $166,050 Alysheba Stakes going a mile and one-sixteenth over the sloppy main track at Churchill Downs.

WANDERIN BOY pressed the pace and missed the second spot by a neck. He has won or placed in fifteen of his twenty-one career starts and he has earned $966,959.

April 19, 2008:
Courtesy of Hawthorne News:
GOLDEN VELVET WINS G3 SIXTY SAILS HANDICAP!
On paper it looked like it might be a two-horse race despite the presence of six other fillies and mares in the $200,000, Grade 3 Sixty Sails Handicap at Hawthorne Race Course Saturday afternoon. GOLDEN VELVET (SEEKING THE GOLD) and Tessa Blue were both coming out of the Grade 2 Rampart Handicap at Gulfstream Park, making them the only two runners exiting a graded event, and in the end, they indeed proved too tough for the others, with Golden Velvet grinding past front running Tessa Blue and eventually drawing clear for a  3 ½ length score.

Tessa Blue, under Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith set the pace after breaking sharply from the seven post and reached the quarter in a leisurely 23.97.  After getting to the half in an unpressured 48.31 it looked like the even-money favorite might be long gone. But Golden Velvet and jockey Eibar Coa, never more than a few lengths back, hooked Tessa Blue on the far turn and despite lugging through the stretch, GOLDEN VELVET proved to be much the best, in the mile and one-eighth event restricted to fillies and mares 3-years-old and up. The final time was 1:51.30

“I thought she had an excuse last time (The Rampart Handicap) and she really didn’t run her race,” said winning jockey Eibar Coa. “I was very confident today and I thought she was the horse to beat. My horse was sharp and I would say my horse was much the best even though she was playing around in the stretch.”

The winner was trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and saddled at Hawthorne by his brother Neil McLaughlin.

Kathleens Reel checked in third beaten more than six lengths by the winner, but more than eight lengths clear of fourth.

April 1, 2008:
SEEKING THE GOLD has two juveniles consigned to the Keeneland April 2008 Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale being held in two evening sessions on April 8 and 9, both beginning at 7:00PM. The preview will be held Monday, April 7 beginning at 10:30AM.

Hip 60 is a bay filly who is the property of Harley/De Renzo. Produced by the Shy Tom mare, Shy Eda (ARG), she is a half or three-quarters sister to three stakes horses, including G2 winners Duvets and Shy Legionario. Her dam is a half-sister to G1 winner Cruzan Gold and a full sister the stakes winner Edil Tom. She will sell on April 8.

Hip 162 is a chestnut filly named My Little Eskimo, consigned by Kirkwood Stables, Agent IV. Produced by the multiple graded stakes winner, Silent Eskimo, she is a half sister to two winners, including a stakes horse. This is also the family of G1 winner Skip Out Front. She sells on April 9.

March 22, 2008:
SWEEPING PROMISES, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD, came from just off the pace to win the 2nd race at Oaklawn Park, a mile and one-sixteenth allowance over the fast track.

SWEEPING PROMISES settled into a ground saving trip not far from the pacesetters for the first six furlongs.  Moving out for the drive, he grabbed the lead in midstretch and went on to a length and one-quarter victory.

A Pin Oak Stud homebred, he is trained by Donnie Von Hemel. He is out of the Nijinsky mare, Changing Tunes.

February 22, 2008:
Seeking the Gold Filly at Fasig-Tipton Calder Sale
SEEKING THE GOLD has one juvenile consigned to the Fasig-Tipton Calder Selected Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale on February 26.

HIP 139 is a bay filly who is property of Don R. Graham. Produced by the winning Wolf Power (SAf) mare, Angel Puss, she is a half-sister to eight winners, three of which are stakes winners, including U S S Tinosa and Hackendiffy. This is also the family of Grade 1 winner, Yankee Victor.

She previewed on February 22 going one furlong in :10 flat.

February 18, 2008:
LORD SNOWDON came flying through the stretch and was unlucky to just miss in the Grade II, $300,000 General George Handicap going seven furlongs over the main track rated good.

The son of SEEKING THE GOLD is a confirmed closer and sometimes things can happen. He was closing strongly and got bumped a furlong from home. He lost momentum briefly and came up a neck short of the winner at the line.

LORD SNOWDON has now earned $346,810.

February 17, 2008:
SLEWFOUNDMONEY scored a frontrunning victory in the 7th race at Fair Grounds, a maiden special weight going a mile and one-sixteenth over the main track rated good.

The second choice of the crowd, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD drew post one. She dashed away and immediately took control. She was never seriously challenge over the trip and she drew away through the stretch to win by four and one-half lengths.

SLEWFOUNDMONEY is a homebred racing for Live Oak Plantation and she is trained by Bill Mott. She is out of the multiple graded stakes winner and graded stakes producing Seattle Slew mare, Borodislew.

February 14, 2008:
GOLDUST MIRAGE, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD, made a winning debut, coming from off the pace to take the 6th race at Fair Grounds, a maiden special weight going five and one-half furlong over the fast main track.

GOLDUST MIRAGE was away cleanly, but was not up on the rapid early pace. Back in seventh down the backstretch and going into the turn, he began to close in with a clean run up the inside path. Moving past all but the pacesetter as he came to the eighth pole, he switched off to the outside and without losing a bit of momentum, he kept cutting into the leader's advantage, catching him nearing the wire and winning by nearly a length.

Produced by Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) winner Desert Stormer, he is a homebred racing for Live Oak Plantation and he is trained by Malcolm Pierce. He is full brother to graded stakes winner, Sahara Gold.

February 2, 2008:
Society Hostess Second in the G1 Santa Monica H.
SOCIETY HOSTESS just missed by a nose in the Grade 1, $250,000 Santa Monica Handicap going seven furlongs over the Cushion track at Santa Anita.

The daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD trailed the field for the first half-mile. She closed like a rocket through the stretch and the head bob didn't go her way at the wire. She takes her career earnings to $424,940.

January 26, 2008:
LORD SNOWDON WINS PAUMONOK HANDICAP!
Courtesy of NYRA

In four previous starts on Aqueduct’s inner dirt track, Michael Dubb and Sanford and Joscelyn Goldfarb’s LORD SNOWDON could do no better than three seconds from four starts.

Saturday afternoon, however, the 5-year-old gelded son of SEEKING THE GOLD made his 2008 debut a successful one by rallying from last on the Big A’s winter racing surface to win the 100th running of the $81,600 Paumonok Handicap for three-year-olds and up at six furlongs.

It was the eighth win in 26 starts for LORD SNOWDON, who had not raced since a lackluster fourth-place finish at foggy Philadelphia Park on November 26.

The layoff apparently did him good.

Man of Danger broke on top under jockey Stewart Elliott, setting a pace of :22.45 and :45.22 while pressed from the outside by Debussy and jockey Channing Hill on the fast track.

Meanwhile, LORD SNOWDON, his bay coat clipped for the winter, had jumped slightly when the gate opened, but quickly settled and steadily made up ground while running in the 2-path. When the front-runners hooked up in the stretch, jockey Ramon Dominguez hit his mount right-handed, and Lord Snowdon responded to deliver a one-length victory in 1:10.20.

The winner paid $10.20.

“If you didn’t know him, he seems to be going through the motions the first part of the race,” Dominguez said. “But when he gets to the three-eighths pole, he is absolutely ready to roll. He loves to win. He is smart enough to know what he has to do.” 

January 31, 2008:
OVER UNDER, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, came running through the long stretch at Fair Grounds to win the 7th race, a maiden special weight going a mile and one-sixteenth over the fast main track.

The race was originally scheduled for the turf but the surface switch was not problem for OVER UNDER. She rated off the early pacesetters and waited until midstretch to move out and challenge. She quickly caught the leader and went right on by to win by two lengths.

OVER UNDER is a homebred racing for WinStar Farm LLC and she is trained by Dallas Stewart. She is out of the stakes winning and Grade 1 stakes-placed Seattle Slew mare, Princess Mitterand.

January 6, 2008:
GOLDEN VELVET WINS G2 SABIN H. IN DEAD HEAT!
GOLDEN VELVET, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, rallied through the stretch to dead heat for the win in the $150,000 Grade 3 Sabin Handicap going one mile over the fast main track at Gulfstream Park.

GOLDEN VELVET stalked the pacesetters and was on the move when she had to steady midway around the final turn. She regained her momentum and closed through the stretch to share the victory with Lady Marlboro.

“I really thought when we   got around them that she was going to win easy, but that filly is really game and my filly never really exploded," say Golden Velvet's jockey Eibar Coa.  "When we got back I saw it was taking so long, and I started thinking ‘I’ll take a dead-heat right now.’ I thought we had lost for sure.”

“She ran all right in one try on dirt in Dubai and has done very well in her three starts here, winning her ‘a other than (allowance)’ in her first start and running third in the Top Flight," said trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. "Right after the finish I was on the phone to Jimmy Bell (Darley racing manager in Kentucky) and I frankly thought we got beat, so we’ll be glad to settle for the dead-heat. Her next race will probably be the Rampart Handicap (G2) (Mar. 9).”

January 6, 2008:
Miner's Lamp Second in G3 Hal's Hope H.!
MINER'S LAMP is the second graded stakes horse of the day for SEEKING THE GOLD! The 5-year-old horse came charging through the Gulfstream Park stretch to finish second in the one mile, $100,000 Hal's Hope Handicap over the fast main track.

A full or half-brother to three stakes horses, he was produced by the El Gran Senor mare, Bright Candles. He races for the partnership of The Big Stable and Armando Rodriguez and is trained by Guiseppe Iadisernia.

December 13, 2007:
GOLDEN SPIKES is now two-for-three lifetime! The 2-year-old SEEKING THE GOLD colt made a solid stretch run to win the 8th race at Calder Race Course, a six and one-half allowance over the fast main track.

GOLDEN SPIKES tracked the early pace from the four path down the backstretch and moved to take control with two furlongs to run. He took the lead and fought off the other hopefuls through the stretch, drawing away through the final furlong to win by more than three lengths.

GOLDEN SPIKES was bred by R. S. Evans and he races for the partnership of M375 Thoroughbreds Inc. and Suarez Racing. Produced by the A. P. Indy mare, A. P. Interest, he is trained by Martin Wolfson.

November 9, 2007:
HE'S SOLID GOLD, the 2-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD, found the winner's circle in his second start, a seven furlong maiden special weight over the fast main main track at Aqueduct.

HE'S SOLID GOLD settled in fifth for the run down the backstretch and he began to make his move as the field turned into the stretch. Digging in to make his run, he split horses and went on to win by one length.

A Live Oak Plantation homebred, he is trained by Nick Zito. He is out of the multiple graded stakes winner and producing Slewpy mare, Verbasle.

October 18, 2007:
GOLDEN VELVET made her United States debut and the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD easily won the 7th race at Belmont Park, a one mile allowance over the fast main track.

Tracking the pace till the top of the stretch, GOLDEN VELVET split rivals and dashed off with an eye-catching turn of foot to win by more than six lengths.

GOLDEN VELVET is a half-sister to G1 winner Sky Mesa. A Darley Stable homebred, she is out of the multiple graded stakes winning Storm Cat mare, Caress. She is trained by Kiaran McLaughlin.

October 14, 2007:
GRAND STRIKE made a strong inside move to win the opener on the Keeneland card, a maiden special weight going nine furlongs over the Polytrack.

Settling into stride in the early going, the 3-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD picked it up turning into the stretch. He closed strongly up the inside to catch the leader in the last few strides and win by a half-length.

GRAND STRIKE races for Tracy Farmer and he is trained by Graham Motion. Bred in Kentucky by Lordship Stud, he is out of the Group stakes winning and producing Nureyev mare, Hydro Calido.

September 19, 2007:
LORD SNOWDON, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD, could not have been more impressive earning the seventh victory of his career, taking the 8th race at Delaware Park, a six furlong allowance with a purse of $46,000.

Sitting at the back of the pack, he jumped in with a quarter-mile to run. With Ramon Dominguez sitting chilly, LORD SNOWDEN made a four wide move at the top of the stretch and under a hand ride, he blew past the leaders and won far easier than the two length margin would indicate.

LORD SNOWDEN has now earned $225,000 for owner Michael Dubb. He is trained by Anthony Dutrow.

September 16, 2007:
QUOTA, the 3-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, finished second in the Dream Supreme Stakes going six furlongs over the fast main track at Belmont Park.

Rating off the pace in the early going, she was forced six wide coming off the turn. She came running but winner had first run and she finished a length and one-half back.

QUOTA is a homebred racing for Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider and she is trained by Bill Mott. She is out of the Lord At War (ARG) mare, Cunning.

SEEKING THE GOLD YEARLINGS AT 2007 KEENELAND SEPTEMBER

SEEKING THE GOLD yearlings consigned to the 2007 Keeneland September Sale beginning Monday, September 10 and running through Tuesday, September 25 in Lexington.

COLTS:   HIP 23,  HIP 97,  HIP 120,  HIP 283,  HIP 333,  HIP 363,  HIP 651, 
HIP 903,  HIP 1235, HIP 1789, HIP 2228,  HIP 2786

FILLIES:   HIP 40,  HIP 119,  HIP 155,  HIP 188,  HIP 190,  HIP 286,  HIP 311, 
HIP 342,  HIP 508,  HIP 511, HIP 587, HIP 590, HIP 3917,  HIP 4086

September 10, 2007:
SEEKING THE GOLD FILLY TOPS ON DAY 1 AT KEENELAND

The top selling filly on the first day of the 2007 Keeneland September Yearling was a dark bay daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD who brought a final price of $1,600,000.

Consigned by Eaton Sales, Agent, she was purchased by Dr. Demi O'Byrne. Bred by Robert E. and Ben Sangster, she was produced by the stakes winning and producing Royal Academy mare, Crystal Crossing (IRE). The filly is a three-quarters sister to champion and English Classic winner, Rule of Law.

September 1, 2007:
SAM'S PASSION, the 2-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD, gained the first victory of his career in the 4th race at Saratoga, a six and one-half furlong maiden special weight over the fast main track.

SAM'S PASSIONS broke with the field and showed his quick early foot by going to the lead. He increased his advantage around the turn and into the stretch. The closers came calling, but he dug in and held his lead to the wire, winning by a neck.

SAM'S PASSION races for Jachlen Farm and he is trained by Nick Zito. Bred in Kentucky by Claiborne Farm, he is out of the winning The Prime Minister mare, Fob, a full or half-sister to six stakes horses.

August 29, 2007:
SEEKING AN ANGEL, the 4-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, took the field wire-to-wire to win the 8th race at Monmouth Park, a one mile allowance over the firm turf course.

SEEKING AN ANGEL was away quickly from her inside post and immediately went out to set the pace. Never seriously pressure, she opened up a clear advantage in the stretch and held off the closer to win by one length.

SEEKING AN ANGEL has won or placed in seven of her ten career starts for her owner/breeder Jayeff B Stables. Trained by Alan Goldberg, she is out of the stakes-producing Danzig mare, Jode, who is a half-sister to Kentucky Derby winner, Spend a Buck.

August 18, 2007:
CANNY, the 2-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD bred by the partnership of Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider, saved ground early and closed willingly to get up for second in the $72,825 Sunny's Halo Stakes going one mile over the firm turf course.

CANNY has finished in the top three in his three career outings. His full sister QUOTA won an allowance race at Saratoga Race Course on August 12.

August 12, 2007:
QUOTA made it two-in-a-row and two-for-three lifetime with her victory in the 8th race at Saratoga Race Course, a seven furlongs allowance over the fast main track.

Away sharply from post eight, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD settled into a stalking position for the run down the backstretch. Going into the far she was asked to pick it up and she responded with a burst of speed that carried her up the leaders in a matter of strides. She took over for good at the top of the stretch and she drew clear through the stretch to win by more than two lengths.

QUOTA is a homebred racing for Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm and she is trained by Bill Mott. A half-sister graded stakes performer Cunning Play, she is the third foal from the stakes-places Lord at War (ARG) mare, Cunning.

August 12, 2007:
ANASCAUL, the 3-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, took the 5th race at Monmouth Park, a maiden special weight going a mile and one-sixteenth over the fast main track.

The race was originally scheduled for the turf, but ANASCAUL was not bothered by the change in surface. Trailing the field for the first half-mile, she moved to within two lengths of the leader at the top of the stretch. She continued to close, caught the leader inside the eighth pole and went on to a one length victory.

ANASCAUL races for Waterville Lake Stable and she is trained by Christophe Clement. Bred in Kentucky by Northwest Farms, she is the second foal out of the graded stakes winning El Gran Senor mare, The Seven Seas.

August 7, 2007:
$675,000 SEEKING THE GOLD FILLY AT SARATOGA SELECTED!
The only SEEKING THE GOLD yearling offered in the 2007 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale brought a final price of $675,000! She was the third highest priced filly of the sale!

From the consignment of Three Chimneys Sales agent, she was purchased by Blandford Bloodstock Ltd. Produced by the multiple stakes winning Slew o' Gold mare, Autumn Slew, the bay filly is a half-sister to to a stakes horse and from the family of Grade 1 winner, First Approach.

August 5, 2007:
SWEET FERVOR, the 4-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, defeated all but one to finish second in the $100,000 Regret Stakes going six furlongs over the fast main track at Monmouth Park.

SWEET FERVOR has been first or second in seven of her ten career starts and she has earned $302,108.

July 28, 2007:
WANDERIN BOY, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD, set the pace and stayed on gamely to finish second in the $810,000 Whitney Handicap going a mile and one-eighth over the fast main track at Saratoga Race Course.

WANDERIN BOY has won or placed in fourteen of his eighteen career starts and he has earned $896,353 for his owner/breeder, Arthur Hancock's Stone Farm.

July 28, 2007:
The second stakes performer of the day for SEEKING THE GOLD was his 3-year-old filly ASPIRING, who dead heated for the show in the $50,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes going a mile and one-sixteenth over the Polytrack at Arlington Park.

ASPIRING has won or placed in five of her six career starts for owner G. Watts Humphrey. She is trained by Rusty Arnold.

July 25, 2007:
LORD SNOWDON, who was coming off an easy win at Delaware Park, had to work a little harder today but the results were the same as he found the winner's circle after the 2rd race at Saratoga Race Course, a six and one-half furlong allowance over the fast main track with a purse of $69,000.

The son of SEEKING THE GOLD raced well off the pace in the early going. He unleashed his closing kick coming off the turn and whereas last out he was on the lead by the eighth pole, this leader wasn't stopping. He kept narrowing the margin and at the finish, he prevailed by a neck.

LORD SNOWDON races for Michael Dubb, and he is trained by Anthony Dutrow. He has won or placed in fourteen races and he has now earned $197,400.

JULY 21, 2007:
DIAMOND FEVER WINS HIS STAKES DEBUT!
DIAMOND FEVER made his stakes debut a winning one, coming from off the pace to win the $59,850 Stanton Stakes going a mile and one-sixteenth over the firm turf course at Delaware Park.

The 3-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD is a versatile colt, owning victories on both dirt and turf. Rating kindly in fourth after a clean get away from the gate, DIAMOND FEVER waiting to make his move until the final quarter mile. He came with a strong run through the stretch to catch the frontrunner and hold the other closers safe to win by a half-length.

DIAMOND FEVER has won or placed in eight of his nine career starts and he had now earned $142,550. He is a full brother to champion Catch the Ring and multiple stakes winner Seeking the Ring.

July 21, 2007:
GOLDEN SPIKES overcame a rough start to win his first time out in the 3rd race at Calder Race Course, a four and one-furlong maiden special weight over the fast main track.

The 2-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD got a bumper car welcome to breaking from the gate with a group of juveniles. Bumped and joslted, he was allowed to relax and find his stride after the trouble. Moving out to the middle of the track for the drive, he closed strongly and got up to win by one length.

GOLDEN SPIKES races for the partnership of M375 Thoroughbreds Inc. and Suarez Racing Stable and he is trained by Marty Wolfson. Bred in Kentucky by Robert S. Evans, he is the second foal from the winning A. P. Indy mare, A. P. Interest, a full sister to Cash Run and a half-sister to Forestry.

July 15, 2007:
ALVENA SET TRACK RECORD IN SHADY WELLS VICTORY!

Courtesy of Woodbine Entertainment
ALVENA, sent off as the 1-5 favourite, set the Polytrack record for 5 ½ furlongs in the 52nd edition of the $150,000 Shady Well Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine.

The two-year-old filly trained by Josie Carroll, came into the race on the heels of an impressive six-length maiden-breaking score at 4 ½ furlongs on June 9, after a second-place finish in her career bow on May 12.

In the Shady Well, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD broke sharply, but was quickly overtaken to the inside by Executrix. After an opening quarter-mile in :22.29 and a half in :45.42, Alvena engaged the frontrunner to the outside at the quarter pole.

After driving clear in early stretch, the Jim and Alice Sapara homebred went on to a 2 1/4–length win in 1:04.09, besting the previous mark set by Crease Infraction, on April 21. First-time starter Mrs. Began rallied for third.

“She’s a lovely filly,” said Carroll, of the bay, who has gone postward as the favourite in all three of her lifetime starts. “We were delighted to see her relax today. That certainly bodes well for the future."

July 8, 2007:
SWEET FERVOR, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, earned more graded stakes black-type today with her second place finish in the Grade 2, $150,000 First Flight Handicap going seven furlongs over the fast main track at Belmont Park.

She has won or placed in six of her nine career starts and she has earned $282,108 for owner/breeder Kinsman Stable.

July 7, 2007:
QUOTA, who was third in her racing debut came flying through the Churchill Downs stretch to win second time out in the 5th race at Churchill Downs, a maiden special weight going six and one-half furlongs over the fast main track.

The daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD tracked the pacesetters from two lengths back. With the final two furlongs to run, jockey Mark Guidry angled her to the outside and asked her to close. She lengthened her stride, caught the leader passing the eighth pole and she went on to win by two lengths.

QUOTA is a homebred racing for the partnership of Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider and she is trained by Steve Penrod. She is the third foal from the stakes-placed, graded stakes producing Lord at War (ARG) mare, Cunning.

June 30, 2007:
LORD SNOWDEN could not have been move impressive with his victory in the 9th race at Delaware Park, a $42,000 allowance going six furlongs over the fast main track.

Favored by the crowd to easily handles his foes, he gave his backers a few anxious moments as he showed no speed down the back stretch, lagging many lengths back of the leaders. It was short-lived anxiety as he started closing midway around the turn and went from last to first in a furlong. He swept past the pacesetter in an instant and he was geared down in the final strides to win by more than two lengths.

LORD SNOWDEN races for Michael Dubb and he is trained by Anthony Dutrow. Bred in Kentucky by the W. S. Farish and Kilroy Thoroughbred Parntership, he is out of the stakes-producing Storm Bird mare, Weekend Storm, a daughter of Weekend Surprise.

June 24, 2007:
DIAMOND FEVER, who broke his maiden on the turf and won last time out over the sloppy main track, moved back to the grass and scored a length and one-quarter victory in the 7th race at Delaware Park, a $44,900 allowance going a mile and one-eighth.

The SEEKING THE GOLD colt sat off the pace and stalked until the top of the stretch. The frontrunner had set sail for the wire, but DIAMOND FEVER gamely gave chase, catching him inside the sixteenth pole and drawing away for the win.

DIAMOND FEVER has won or placed ins seven of his eight starts and he has earned $107,000 for his owner/breeders, Helen Alexander and Jon and Sarah Kelly.

June 19, 2007:
LONGLEY WINS HIS STAKES DEBUT AT DELAWARE PARK!

LONGLEY scored his first stakes victory and his third consecutive visit to the winner's circle in the $59,450 Floor Show Stakes going a mile and one-sixteenth over the fast main track at Delaware Park,

LONGLEY broke smoothly and settled into a stalking position around the first turn and down the backstretch. Jockey Jeremy Rose said go five-eighths from home and the SEEKING THE GOLD colt responded by taking the lead and drawing away around the turn and throught the stretch to win by four and one-half lengths.

LONGLEY was bred and races for Donald Adams' Courtland Farm. He is out of the stakes winning Personal Flag mare, Personal Girl.

June 17, 2007:
SEEKING AN ANGEL romped to victory in the 9th race at Philadelphia Park, a mile and one-sixteenth allowance over the fast main track.

The SEEKING THE GOLD filly was away quickly and zipped through fractions of :22 4/5 and :46 2/5. Sailing right along, no one got close and she galloped on in to win by nearly nine lengths in 1:41 3/5.

SEEKING AN ANGEL races as a homebred for Jayeff B Stables and she is trained by Alan Goldbert. Produced by the multiple stakes producing Danzig mare, Jode, she is a three-quarters sister to English Classic winner, Hula Angel.

June 10, 2007:
SWEET FERVOR SCORES BY A HEAD IN WEST LONG BRANCH STAKES

Courtesy of Monmouth Park
Oceanport, N.J. - Kinsman Stable's SWEET FERVOR rallied widest around the turn before closing strongly down the center of the track and posting a head victory in the $65,000 West Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday.

Trained by Bill Mott, SWEET FERVOR covered the six furlongs over a fast track in 1:09 2/5 and returned $3.40, $2.40 and $2.10.  Solarana completed a $13.40 exacta and paid $3.60 and $2.60.  It was another head back to Suzzane who returned $2.60 to show in the field of seven fillies and mares.

"I saw Bill Mott yesterday and he told me I'd really enjoy this filly today," said winning rider Joe Bravo.  "The one thing he told me was that she doesn't like the stick, so I didn't hit her once today.  She had to overcome a lot, losing ground going wide and closing today.  She showed a lot of class this afternoon."

The West Long Branch score was the fifth in eight starts for the 4-year-old filly by SEEKING THE GOLD by the In Reality mare Undeniably, who has now banked $252,108 for her connections.  Earlier this year she captured the Grade 2 Shirley Jones Breeders' Cup Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

June 10, 2007:
ALVENA was a very impressvie winner in the 3rd race at Woodbine Race Course, a maiden special weight going four and one-half furlongs over the Polytrack.

The 2-year-old SEEKING THE GOLD filly, who was second in her debut on May 12, broke sharply and engaged in the early pace battle. Taking the top spot coming off the turn, she cruised in under a hand ride to win by six lengths.

ALVENA races for James and Alice Spara, who bred her in the name of their Winsong Farms. Trained by Josie Carroll, she is the first foal from the multiple stakes winning Affirmed mare, Willow Bunch.

June 4, 2007:
DIAMOND FEVER, the 3-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD who broke his maiden last out on May 14, had no trouble with the sloppy going in the 7th race at Delaware Park, a $42,600, mile and one-sixteenth allowance.

DIAMOND FEVER rated off the pace in the early going but he revved up coming off the turn and into the stretch. He caught the stubborn leader, who was not done and the two battled until well inside the sixteenth pole when DIAMOND FEVER got the best of his rival and inched away to win by three-quarters of a length.

DIAMOND FEVER has won or placed in six of his seven career starts for his owner/breeders, the partnership of Helen C. Alexander and Jon and Sarah Kelly. Trained by Michael Matz, he is from the multiple stakes-producing Halo mare, Radiant Ring.

May 28, 2007:
BOB AND JOHN prevailed in a thrilling duel to defeat Sweetnorthernsaint by a quarter-length in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lone Star Park Handicap going a mile and one-sixteenth over the very sloppy main track at the Grand Prairie oval.

Sitting just off the leader's flank for the first half, Garrett Gomez asked BOB AND JOHN to commence his rally and had his head in front at the six furlong call. A stretch long battle loomed and the son of SEEKING THE GOLD would not let his challenger by, holding him at bay every step to win by a neck.

“My horse was doing it so easy and at the half-mile pole, I eased up to the leader, and then just before we turned for home I said, ‘Let’s go,’ and he ran well for us all the way down the lane,” said  Gomez. “Both horses were fighting really hard through the stretch and this little horse does everything so well. He’s got a big heart and he tries hard.”

BOB AND JOHN races for his breeder, Stonerside Farm and he is trained by Bob Baffert. He is the third foal and second stakes winner from the graded stakes winning Deputy Minister mare, Minister's Melody. Winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial last season at three, BOB AND JOHN has won or placed in eleven of his fourteen career starts and he has earned $996,330.

May 27, 2007:
GET RICH QUICK rallied late to capture the 4th race at Woodbine, a $71,500 allowance going a mile and one-sixteenth over the turf course rated good.

The son of SEEKING THE GOLD galloped along at the back of the field for the first six furlongs. He launched his bid but had eight lengths and eight other horses ahead of him. He weaved his way through the crowd, came between horses and got up in the final strides to win by a half length.

GET RICH QUICK is a homebred racing for Pin Oak Stud and he is trained by Malcolm Pierce. A half-brother to three stakes horses, he is out of the Strawberry Road (AUS) mare, Danka.

May 26, 2007:
CLAPHAM took the field wire-to-wire and was never seriously challenged to win the 1st race at Monmouth Park, a maiden special weight  going a mile and one-sixteenth over the fast main track.

Making his third career start, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD took the lead going into the clubhouse turn and was never headed. He opened up through the stretch and was an easy three and one-half length winner.

CLAPHAM is a homebred racing for Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. and he is trained by Todd Pletcher. He is the second foal from the Tabasco Cat mare, Chancery Lane, a half-sister to Breeders' Cup Sprint winner, Desert Stormer.

May 19, 2007:
Courtesy of Monmouth Park

Marie and Aaron Jones's MAIZELLE proved gamest in the stretch as she retook the lead after being headed and held off Prop Me Up to the wire for a neck victory in Saturday's $60,000 Monmouth Beach Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Promenade Girl made it a three-horse photo as she closed late to be just a neck behind Prop Me Up at the end of one mile run in 1:36 1/5 over the fast main track.

MAIZELLE, who gave jockey Chris DeCarlo his third straight winner on the card, paid $7, $3.60 and $2.80 across the board as second choice in the field of seven fillies and mares. Prop Me Up, who also went off at 5-2 but had a few dollars more bet to win on her, completed the $20.40 exacta. Promenade Girl, who won the Grade 2 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Handicap here last year, also went off at 5-2.

DeCarlo sent MAIZELLE up along the rail at the three-eighths pole and held the lead around the turn. Joe Bravo, however, got Prop Me Up rolling on the outside around the bend and took a short lead passing the quarter-pole.

MAIZELLE refused to give up in the stretch, and regained a short lead inside the eighth pole. She proved stubborn to the wire, never letting her rival gain another inch.

The winner, a 4-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD trained by Todd Pletcher, scored her fourth win in seven lifetime starts. She was coming off a victory in a similar stakes race at Aqueduct.

Coming into the stakes, DeCarlo had taken the eighth race on Chucker for trainer Richard Dutrow, and the seventh on Peerless for Pletcher.

"Down the lane I was riding her," DeCarlo said of MAIZELLE. "But she seemed to respond more to the filly on my outside (Prop Me Up) than to my urging. She was very game. She knew where the wire was." 

May 16, 2007:
LONGLEY made quick work of the field in the 8th race at Delaware Park, a mile and one-sixteenth allowance over the fast main track.

The 3-year-old son of SEEKING THE GOLD kept the pacesetter honest around the first turn and down the backstretch. He engaged the leader around the final turn, took over midway through and the race was over. He ran away through the lane and was more than nine lengths in front at the wire.

LONGLEY races as a homebred for Donald Adam's Courtlandt Farm and he is trained by Graham Motion. He is out of the stakes winning Personal Flag mare, Personal Girl.

May 14, 2007:
DIAMOND FEVER made his first start on the turf and the son of SEEKING THE GOLD responded with a nearly two length win in the 5th race at Delaware Park, a mile and one-sixteenth maiden special weight over the firmly rated course.

Tracking the pace for the first six furlongs, he took the lead and was never seriously threatened to the finish.

DIAMOND FEVER is trained by Michael Matz and he races for his breeders, the partnership of Helen Alexander and Jon and Sarah Kelly. He is out of the multiple stakes winning and producing Halo mare, Radiant Ring.

May 9, 2007:
LORD SNOWDEN, who was a winner on April 5 going a mile at Aqueduct, turned back to six furlongs with victorious results in the 7th race at Delaware Park over the fast main track.

LORD SNOWDEN sat four lengths away from the leader down the backstretch. He closed that gap with a strong move along the rail around the turn. Moving to the two path for the stretch run, he moved between horses, took the lead and went on to win by two lengths in a final time of 1:09 1/5.

LORD SNOWDEN had now won or placed in thirteen of his nineteen starts and he has earned $153,000.

May 4, 2007:
WANDERIN BOY, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD, made his 2007 debut and handed the previously unbeaten Half Ours is first career defeat with his four and one-quarter length victory in the $112,300 Alysheba Stakes going a mile and one-sixteenth over the sloppy main track at Churchill Downs.

Breaking sharply from post two, WANDERIN BOY went straight to the lead and was never seriously threatened. Galloping along under jockey Corey Nakatani, he left the field behind in the stretch under a hand ride to win easily.

“He’s a very athletic horse," said Nakatani. "He did it the right way. Nick (trainer Nick Zito) told me to put him on the lead. I said, ‘OK, that’s fine.” And that’s what we did. It’s a tribute to Nick and his team what they’ve done with the horse.”

“He ran a tremendous race," said Zito. "We were worried about Half Ours, obviously. Hopefully, that horse will stay in the sprint races.”

Asked about the next start on WANDERIN BOY's dance card for the year, Zito said,"“Well, naturally, the best thing to look at, if everything goes good, is the Stephen Foster right here. That would be great.”

WANDERIN BOY is a homebred racing for Arthur B. Hancock III. He has won or placed in thirteen of his sixteen lifetime starts and he has earned $722,215. He is the fourth stakes horse produced by the multiple stakes winning Pleasant Colony mare, Vid Kid.

May 4, 2007:
LUNA DORADA, the 3-year-old SEEKING THE GOLD filly, rallied through the stretch to finish second by a short head in the $171,500 Edgewood Stakes going a mile and one-sixteenth over the yielding turf course at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks undercard.

April 25, 2007:
MAIZELLE WINS HER STAKES DEBUT!
MAIZELLE, the 4-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, became his latest stakes winner with a spirited performance in the $64,950 Chieftan's Command Stakes going a mile and one-eighth over the fast main track at Aqueduct.

MAIZELLE was making her stakes debut after a win and a second in two allowance starts over the winter at Gulfstream Park. Away cleanly from post four, she settles nicely and tracked the pacesetter through the opening half-mile. She quickened on her own and took over turning for home. She dug in when the closers came calling and would not let her by, maintaining her half-length advantage to the wire.

MAIZELLE races for Aaron and Marie Jones and she is trained by Todd Pletcher. She has three wins and three seconds in her six career outings. A lovely chestnut with a bright white blaze, she is the second foal from the multiple stakes winning Storm Cat mare, Corona Lake. She was bred in Kentucky by Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moss and was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jones for $925,000 at the 2004 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

April 19, 2007:
PENSION, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, turned in a gritty performance to break her maiden in the 6th race at Aqueduct going one mile over the fast main track.

PENSION broke cleanly with the field and wanting the lead, dashed to the front and the battle was on. She went head and head with one challenger through the first six furlongs. Disposing of that rival, PENSION headed for home as a new challenger closed in. They hooked up for the length of the stretch but PENSION was not about to let her pass and she did not. Fighting all the way to the wire, PENSION won by a neck.

PENSION is a homebred racing for Phipps Stable and she is trained by Shug McGaughey. She is the second foal from the Grade 1-winning Easy Goer mare, Furlough.

April 5, 2007:
LORD SNOWDEN, who had been second twice while sprinting on the inner track this winter, stretched out to a mile over the recently opened Aqueduct main track and the son of SEEKING THE GOLD responded with an easy victory in the 2nd race, a $44,000 allowance.

Sitting just off the multi-horse speed duel for the first half, LORD SNOWDEN moved to challenge and the lead was his with a two furlongs to run. He kept right on going and was never seriously threatened, crossing under the wire nearly six lengths best.

LORD SNOWDEN has won or placed in twelve of his eighteen starts for the parnership of Dubb, Goldfarb, Joscelyn, Sanford H. Robbins LLC and P and D Kaplan Racing. He is trained by Anthony Dutrow. Produced by the Storm Bird mare, Weekend Storm, he was bred in Kentucky by W. S. Farish and Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership.

March 29, 2007:
LOCHINVAR'S GOLD, making her second lifetime start, became a winner, taking the 5th race at Santa Anita, a maiden special weight going six furlongs over the fast main track.

The daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD was away sharply and engaged in a three horse pace battle down the backstretch. It narrowed to two around the turn and into the stretch. They remained together until inside the eighth pole when LOCHINVAR's GOLD gained the advantage and steadily opened up to win by two lengths.

LOCHINVAR'S GOLD races as a homebred for Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams and she is trained by Clifford Sise. Produced by the winning Lord at War (ARG) mare, Lady Lochinvar, she is a half-sister to recent graded stakes winner Master Command and the stakes-placed Pulpit filly, X Star.

March 24, 2007:
ASPIRING, the 3-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, overcame being five wide around the first turn and four wide turning for home to finish third in the Grade 3 Bourbonette Breeders' Cup going one mile over the Polytrack at Turfway Park.

ASPIRING has now won or placed in three of her four career starts.

MARCH 17, 2007:
SWEET FERVOR, the daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, came flying through the stretch to win the $200,0000 Shirley Jones Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2) going seven furlongs over the fast main track at Gulfstream Park.

Away well from the inside post, there was a sextet of fillies who wanted the lead or to press the pace, so jockey Fernando Jara tucked SWEET FERVOR in behind that group for the first five furlongs. Midway around the final turn, he moved her off the rail and to the outside for the stretch run. She began to close the gap and when she switched leads passing the sixteenth pole, she uncorked a powerful turn of foot, flew past the leaders and had an open length on the field as she crossed the line. She stopped the clock in 1:22 3/5.

“She showed ability from the beginning and winning that little stake at Tampa Bay in her second start last year , but just didn’t go on in her training," said winning trainer Bill Mott. After the Fantasy, she just wasn’t traveling well and we decided to stop on her. She didn’t have any serious problems or need surgery. She just needed time. This was a big race for her today, but I’m not sure how far she wants to go. We’ll probably keep her in one-turn races up to maybe a mile for now, although that doesn’t mean she might not stretch out later."

SWEET FERVOR is a homebred racing for Kinsman Stable, for whom she has won four of her six career starts and has earned $209,700. Produced by the In Reality mare, Undeniably, she is a half-sister to the graded stakes horses Concerto, Wondertross, Granting and Illusioned.

March 14, 2007:
HAPPY HUNTING, the son of SEEKING THE GOLD showed incredible gameness today with his victory over multiple champion Judiths Wild Rush in the 3rd race at Aqueduct, a $55,100 allowance going a mile and seventy yards over the fast inner track.

HAPPY HUNTING stumbled badly at the start. He nimbly recovered and rushed up to join the leaders going into the clubhouse turn. Jockey Noberto Arroyo was able to get him to relax and let the pacesetters go on down the backstretch. He closed the gap around the final turn and was on even terms with a furlong to run. He continued on full of run and crossed under the wire a length and one-half best.

HAPPY HUNTING is a homebred racing for Phipps Stable and he is trained by Shug McGaughey. He is the first foal from the Grade 1 winning Easy Goer mare, Furlough. He has won or placed in twelve of his fourteen career starts and he has earned $274,504.

March 4, 2007:
TUMBAGA split horses and rallied up the inside to win the 3rd race at Santa Anita, an allowance going one mile over the firm turf course.

The son of SEEKING THE GOLD was unhurried in the early going. Moving into contention at the top of the stretch, he had to wait for racing room. A seam opened between horses and he dashed through, passing those opponents and finding a rail run to the wire. He kept coming and got up to win by a neck.

TUMBAGA races for the partnership of Clifford Sise, Jr. and George Speelman and he is trained by Sise.

March 3, 2007:
WITHOUT DELAY bravely split horses in deep stretch and went onto a thrilling victory in the opening race on the Santa Anita Handicap Day card, a maiden special weight coming down the hillside turf course going six and one-half furlongs.

The 3-year-old SEEKING THE GOLD filly was making her second career start and she showed great maturity while mired in traffic down on the inside. Placed midpack along the inside for the run down the hill, she was full of run, but stuck in tight as the field crossed over the main track and began the stretch run. She stayed bottled up until inside the sixteenth pole when she was able to find a way off the rail. One out, she closed like a rocket between horses and got up in the last jump to win by a nose.

WITHOUT DELAY races as a homebred for Wertheimer and Frere and she is trained by Richard Mandella. She is the second foal from the stakes winning Seattle Slew mare, Slow Down.

March 2, 2007:
GET RICH QUICK rallied from off the pace to win the 6th race at Fair Grounds, a mile and one-sixteenth maiden special weight over the firm turf course.

The son of SEEKING THE GOLD, rated kindly a half dozen lengths off the pace in the early going. He was asked to pick up horses around the final turn. Taken out to the four path, he rallied through the stretch to gain the lead inside the sixteen pole and he went on to win by a length and one-half.

GET RICH QUICK is a homebred racing for Pin Oak Stud LLC and he is trained by Malcolm Pierce. Produced by the winning Strawberry Road (AUS) mare, Danka, he is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner, Bendanken.

February 17, 2007:
ASPIRING, the 3-year-old SEEKING THE GOLD filly, making her seasonal and stakes debut, rallied from off the pace to finish second in the $69,875 Dearly Precious Stakes going six furlongs over fast inner track at Aqueduct.

ASPIRING races for W.S. Farish and G. Watts Humphrey and she is trained by George "Rusty" Arnold. Produced by the

January 13, 2007:
MAIZELLE, who broke her maiden last time out by nearly ten lengths at Churchill Downs, cleared her first allowance condition with a stylish performance in the 3rd race at Gulfstream Park, a $46,000 non-winners of one other than going one mile over the fast main track.

The 4-year-old SEEKING THE GOLD filly tracked the pace down the backstretch and around the far turn. She took over at the top of the stretch and pulled with authority to win by more than four lengths.

MAIZELLE races for Aaron and Marie Jones and she is trained by Anthony Sciametta, Jr. Bred in Kentucky by Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moss, she is the second foal from the multiple stakes winning Storm Cat mare, Corona Lake. She was purchased for $925,000 at the 2004 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

January 9, 2007:
Swan Nebula, a 5-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD, was purchased for $525,000 by John McCormack Bloodstock at the  2007 Keeneland Horses of All Ages Sale. It was the second highest price for the session. Consigned by Bluewater Sales LLC, Agent XXIX, she was a two-time winner in England at two. She is a full sister to Gold Tiara, winner of the Mile Championship in Japan and a half-sister to the stakes winning and producing Queen's Park.

January 1, 2007:
SOCIETY HOSTESS unleashed an astonishing turn of foot that carried her from last to first in the final eighth to win the Grade 3, $116,000 Monrovia Handicap going six and one-half furlongs down the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.

The newly turned 5-year-old daughter of SEEKING THE GOLD was a multiples stakes winner last season and started off 2007 with her first graded stakes victory. She trailed the field down the hill and across the main track. Moved to the far outside with a furlong left to run she exploded under jockey Garret Gomez. Gobbling up ground with every stride, she blew past the leaders with fifty yards to run and flew under the wire a length best.

"I've seen a lot of races on this course, and I've never seen a horse do that," said Ron Anderson, Gomez's agent, Ron Anderson.

“She’s got a lot of class," said Gomez." Everything I ask her to do, she does. Today, she broke good, but we weren’t in a hurry. She wasn’t pulling, so I knew they were going fast up front. She doesn’t do anything wrong and she just does everything I ask her to do. She’s just a nice filly.”

We thought she would be mid-flight," said Nicholas Bachalard, assistant to trainer Christophe Clement. "They went very fast if the fractions are right, and I think there’s a bit of give in the ground, too. That was a very good turn of foot. She’s a very good filly. She only lost twice this year (2006) and she never lost more than a length in the two races she lost.”

SOCIETY HOSTESS is a homebred racing for Moyglare Stud Farm LTD. She is the second foal from the undefeated Storm Cat mare, Touch of Truth, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner, Twilight Agenda. She has won or placed in eleven of her fifteen career starts and she has earned $354,797.

November 8, 2006:
SEEKING THE GOLD AVERAGES $950,000 as COVERING SIRE!
Four mares in foal to SEEKING THE GOLD averaged $950,000 at the 2006 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale!

TITLE SEEKER, a daughter of MONARCHOS and champion Personal Ensign, was purchased by R. J. Bennett, Agent for $1,700,000. SERVALINE, a daughter of Storm Cat from the family of Grade 1 winner Excellent Meeting, was purchased for $1,275,000 by Courtland Farm. FIRST QUARTER, a stakes winning daughter of Sky Classic, was purchased by Bevery Lewis for $450,000. QUEENSWAY, a daughter of Giant's Causeway was purchased for $375,000 by Tom Roach, Agent.

Seeking the Gold's SOCIETY HOSTESS wins Belmont's License Fee S. The 4-year-old filly out of the Storm Cat mare Touch of Truth increased her earnings to $217,488 for owner/breeder Moyglare Stud on September 30th. The $70,000 plus stakes was her 2nd black-type victory in 2006, having won the Elizabeth Bay S. at Belmont in June at the same distance of 6 furlong on the grass. Trained by Christopher Clement Society Hostess is 1 of 11 stakes winners for Seeking the Gold in 2006.

Seeking the Gold's WANDERIN BOY wins Brooklyn H.-G2. Graded stakes winner Wanderin Boy added the 9 furlong Brooklyn Breeders' Cup H.-G2 to his 7 victories, from 13 starts. Only out of the top 3 spots in 2 of his starts the 5-year-old horse is closing in on the $500,000 mark in career earnings.

GOLD STORM (by Seeking the Gold) wins Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint H.
In his 11th win in 19 starts the 6-year-old gelding set a stakes record of 1:08.39 for  6 furlongs on August 26th. He set a track record at Evangeline Downs in his first start back since May of 2005 on July 15th. Gold Storm is out of the Storm Bird mare Teal Storm and now has over $500,000 in career earnings.

76th Stakes winner for Seeking the Gold. SHARED DREAMS captured the 1 1/2 mile Waya S. on the turf at Saratoga for her first stakes win. Out of the Caerleon mare Coretta, the 4-yea-old filly was bred by Gerald Leigh and is owned by Sarah and Robin Leigh.

HIDE AND CHIC becomes Seeking the Gold's 43rd Graded SW. Winner of the Swept Away S. and runner up in the Grade 1 Test S. in 2005 the 4-year-old filly caught the front runner in the Royal North S.-G3 strides before the wire at Woodbine to finish in a time of 1:08.69 for the 6 furlongs on August 7th. Seeking the Gold's daughter Society Hostess was 1/2 length back in 3rd.