Kentucky Equine Research

August 2008 Archives

KER Team Member Hallway Feeds supplies feed products to many top Thoroughbred trainers, and these trainers saddle winning horses with dependable regularity. Consider the results of Hallway-fed horses in just one August weekend:

On Friday, August 22, Ginger Punch won the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga. Bobby Frankel trains Ginger Punch.

On Saturday, August 23, Michael Matz sent Visionaire to a win in the Grade 1 NetJets King's Bishop Stakes, and Colonel John brought the trophy home to trainer Eoin Harty in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes. Both races were run at Saratoga.

On Sunday, August 24, Bill Mott saddled Go Between for a victory in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes at Del Mar.

Tiller Honored

August 28, 2008

Robert Tiller, widely known as a leading Thoroughbred trainer, has been honored with induction into the 2008 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Tiller's career has produced countless winners, and his feed of choice has been supplied by KER Team Member Brooks Performance Horse Feeds. In tribute to Tiller, Dan Irwin of Brooks said, "When you mention Robert Tiller, there is immediate respect as a trainer and as a very genuine human being. This is a richly deserved honor."


Small Hunter winner Leslie Webb and Kilpatrick Lord

Bluegrass Horse Feeds and KER would like to congratulate Richard Iggulden and Leslie Webb of Orchard Cottage Stables in County Down for a fabulous result at the 2008 Dublin Horse Show. This pair of virtuoso producers took the Supreme Championship for the third year in a row, with registered Irish Draft Darragh Classic Prince. Fed Bluegrass Cool 'N' Condition, Darragh Classic Prince was on top form at the biggest show in Ireland and took the honours in the Heavyweight Hunter class and the Irish Draft Mare or Gelding class. The seven-year-old bay gelding loved the limelight and shimmered in tip-top condition for his Supreme Championship winning performance.

Darragh Classic Prince was not the only success story for the Orchard Cottage team. Despite heavy rain reducing rings one and two to quagmires, Leslie Webb took the Small Hunter class on Yvonne Pearson's Kilpatrick Lord and went on to lead the parade of champions prior to the Aga Khan Cup event. Also in the ribbons was Corrilea's Imp, owned by Joanne Hepburn of Co. Kildare and ridden by Claire McMahon. The pair put in a foot perfect performance to take the Large Riding Horse Class.

Surpreme Champion Darrigh Classic Prince ridden by Richard Iggulden

The Bluegrass-fuelled success continued in other showing classes too, with Cappa Cochise taking the Reserve Champion position in the Irish Draft Stallion section for owner James Quinn from Galway. With expert help from Richard Iggulden and Leslie Webb, Catherine McDowell's Splash Out won their Coloured Horse class in fine style, as did Seamus O'Rourke's Red Ruby Man who went on to take the reserve in the coloured horse championship.

Paraic Kenny riding Another Razcal in the 128cm National Championship

In between rain showers, the show jumping went ahead amongst the roar of the crowds. Once again Bluegrass Horse Feeds had an important role to play as it is fed to Capt. Shane Carey's Mullentine Parscourt One, who showed amazing potential in the Four Year Old Finals. From the younger generation, Paraic Kenny rode his mother's Another Razcal to success in the 128cm National Championship, showing superb flair and skill as his pony raced around the tricky course.

The Dublin Horse Show successes prove that Bluegrass Horse Feeds produces excellent results, whether fed to speedy 128cm ponies or impressive Irish Draught stallions. Bluegrass Horse Feeds and KER are immensely proud to play such an important role in producing champion horses today and into the future.

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