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WinStar Farm's David Hanley has been named 2025 Ted Bates Farm Manager of the Year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club (KTFMC). The award honors individuals 'who exemplify excellence in farm management and service to the community.”

Appointed to the role of farm manager at WinStar in 2013, Hanley has played a key role in the farm's acquisition of new fewer than 11 Grade I winners who have amassed a total of 23 elite-level victories, including Justify, Life Is Good, Improbable, Mullikin and Patch Adams.

“I am honored and grateful to the Kentucky Farm Managers' Club to be selected for this prestigious award,” Hanley said. “It's truly humbling to join the list of past honorees, many of whom are horsemen I have long admired and respected. This recognition reflects the collective hard work of the team at WinStar, and I'm privileged to work alongside Elliott Walden. Our collaborative efforts in selecting yearlings for WinStar's racing stable have been a major factor in the farm's success.”

Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager for WinStar Farm, praised Hanley's contributions and talents, saying: “It is a great honor to see David receive such a well-deserved award, and we are delighted for him and his wife, Ann. We are very blessed to have David as part of our team. He is a great friend, and his eye for a young horse is outstanding. He has been an instrumental part of our success for the last 12 years, and we are honored to share in his success. The KTFMC could not have made a better choice.”

A native of Co. Mayo, Ireland, Hanley got involved in the Thoroughbred business managing Murray McDonnell's Whitechurch Farm and later began a training career while with the operation. He trained the likes of champion sprinter Lidana and trained a co-bred Grade I winner Golden Apples (Ire).

The KTFMC will honor David Hanley at its annual Dinner Dance on Friday, Dec. 5, at The Carrick House in Lexington, Kentucky. Details for the 2025 KTFMC Dinner Dance will be announced at a later time.

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A Gun Runner son (hip 177) of 'TDN Rising Star' Thoughtfully (Tapit) set off late fireworks just four hips from the end of Monday's opening session at Keeneland September when Peter Brant, signing on behalf of M.V. Magnier & White Birch Farm, outlasted all comers to sign the ticket at $3,300,000.

Bred by Hill n Dale Equine Holdings, Inc & Determined Stud, the colt's dam brought $950,000 herself as a broodmare at FTKNOV in 2019.

M.V. Magnier and White Birch also bought her first foal, a now 2-year-old son of Curlin, for $1,300,000 just one year ago as a yearling at Keeneland.

The dam is a half to fellow 'Rising Stars' Signator (Tapit) and Bugle Notes (Ghostzapper).

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A colt by Not This Time was knocked down for $1.6 million a little less than two hours into the first session of Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 8.

Japan owner Naohiro Sakaguchi went to $1.7 million for a Flightline colt (Hip 45), making the colt the top seller during opening day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale among the first 50 hips through the ring.

The fourth of a five-week series recognizing Woodbine's most iconic stakes races, the latest "Woodbine Week" shines the spotlight on the Woodbine Mile (G1T), Natalma (G1T), and Summer (G1T) stakes which are among five graded stakes Sept. 13.

Half brother to turf star and dual Breeders' Cup winner Golden Pal is the first horse to bring seven figures during the Sept. 8 opening session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Atlantic Six Racing received an offer for Book'em Danno last season when he was a 3-year-old, a proposition so substantial it led each partner to take a deep breath and assess priorities.

Fred Mo quickly moved to the front of the field and won in his second career start, giving his sire Jess Mo his first winner Sept. 7 at Emerald Downs. 

Returning from a victory on the Aug. 28 opening day card at Kentucky Downs, Midway Racing's Street Beast pulled away to a seven-length victory in the $1 million Juvenile Mile Stakes Sept. 7.

In just his second outing, Brant turned in a professional victory in the Del Mar Futurity, beating stablemate Desert Gate, both trained by Bob Baffert.

Coming off a record 2024 auction that produced the highest grossing auction in history with total sales of $428,097,000, including private sales, the bar has been set high for this year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale that will run Sept. 8-20.

After upsetting the Prix du Moulin (G1) at Longchamp Sept. 7, trainer Francis Graffard said he's eyeing the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 1 with Sahlan.

The Donamire Farm broodmare band is a small one, but it was shown to pack a punch Sept. 6 when homebred Troubleshooting rallied down the Kentucky Downs stretch to earn a half-length victory in the Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G1T).

A year after bringing the $5 million sales-topping Curlin colt to the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the dynamic Stonestreet operation returns to the ring for Book 1 with a quartet of high-quality offerings.

Trainer Troy Corstens was moved to tears after injury-prone gelding Baraqiel overcame a career of setbacks to capture the Moir Stakes (G1) at The Valley Sept. 6, delivering one of the most emotional victories of his career.

The Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association teamed with Kentucky Downs to present $100,000 checks apiece to three industry non-profit organizations during the Sept. 6 showcase card.

With victories in the Korea Cup (G3) and Korea Sprint (G3), Diktaean and Self Improvement have clinched berths to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and Sprint (G1), respectively, through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.

Resolute Bloodstock and Philip Baron Von Ullmann's Goliath returned to winning ways at the group 1 level when landing the Grosser Preis von Baden (G1) in Germany Sept. 7.

Toronado, one of Victoria's leading stallions, will miss the 2025 breeding season as he battles a significant infection and lameness, Swettenham Stud confirmed Sept. 7.

Quadruple group 1 winner Porta Fortuna is set to be one of the stars of the glittering fourth edition of the Sceptre Session at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale held Dec. 1-4.