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First-time starter BLUEGRASS CHATTER overcame a slow break from the gate to power to an impressive second place finish in maiden special weight company on Saturday, June 26th at Pleasanton Race Track in California. The two-year-old Maryland-bred filly exploded past other eight rivals to narrowly miss crossing the wire first in this five furlong test.

Trained by top west coast conditioner Jerry Hollendorfer, BLUEGRASS CHATTER was bred by Dark Hollow Farm and Kildare Investments and is currently owned by a three-way partnership amongst Dark Hollow, Hollendorfer as well as long-time client Will DeBurgh.

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Safely Kept, a champion sprinter and Breeders’ Cup winner on the racetrack and later a multiple stakes producer, has been pensioned from broodmare duties. The 24-year-old mare, who resides at M. Lyn Burleson’s Burleson Farms near Midway, Ky., produced an Empire Maker filly May 17 for Richard Santulli’s Jayeff B Stables.
Safely Kept (Horatius--Safely Home, by Winning Hit) is the dam of 10 foals, including eight winners from nine starters. They include stakes winners Contrast (byUnbridled) and Peace Chant (by War Chant  ), both of whom were graded stakes-placed. Safely Kept is the granddam of stakes winner Welcome Home (by Dixieland Band).
As a racemare, Safely Kept won 24 races and placed in five others from 31 races and earned $2,194,206.  Remarkably, 22 of the wins came in stakes. She was trained most of the career by Alan Goldberg.
Safely Kept’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) triumph at Belmont Park in 1990 for Jayeff B and Barry Weisbord proved to be one for the ages. Battling with English invader Dayjur   in deep stretch, Safely Kept secured the victory after Dayjur tried to jump a shadow.
Safely Kept earned a sprint championship in 1989 when she won such New York added-money events as the Test Stakes (gr. I), the Prioress Stakes (gr. II), and the Genuine Risk Stakes (gr. II), and ran second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint to Dancing Spree.

Mr. and Mrs. David Hayden are the breeders of Maryland-bred Safely Kept, who initially raced for the couple’s Dark Hollow Farm. Safely Kept captured eight Maryland championships.

Safely Kept, a champion sprinter and Breeders’ Cup winner on the racetrack and later a multiple stakes producer, has been pensioned from broodmare duties. The 24-year-old mare, who resides at M. Lyn Burleson’s Burleson Farms near Midway, Ky., produced an Empire Maker filly May 17 for Richard Santulli’s Jayeff B Stables.

SafelyKept_WinnersCircleSafely Kept (Horatius--Safely Home, by Winning Hit) is the dam of 10 foals, including eight winners from nine starters. They include stakes winners Contrast (byUnbridled) and Peace Chant (by War Chant  ), both of whom were graded stakes-placed. Safely Kept is the granddam of stakes winner Welcome Home (by Dixieland Band).

As a racemare, Safely Kept won 24 races and placed in five others from 31 races and earned $2,194,206.  Remarkably, 22 of the wins came in stakes. She was trained most of the career by Alan Goldberg.

Safely Kept’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) triumph at Belmont Park in 1990 for Jayeff B and Barry Weisbord proved to be one for the ages. Battling with English invader Dayjur   in deep stretch, Safely Kept secured the victory after Dayjur tried to jump a shadow.

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Sunday night Royal Zena owned by Ellen foaled a colt by Not For Love. He is truly a fitting GRAND FINALE to the 2010 foaling season. We are so thankful for our 17 new future stars.

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GoldenEuro_Bacari Racing Stable LLC’s GOLDEN EURO, trained by Joe Petalino, was a gate-to-wire winner in the 14th Running of the $100,000 USA Stakes for three-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles over a firm turf course on Memorial Day at Lone Star Park.

Ridden by Bryan McNeil, GOLDEN EURO set the pace through fractions of 24.25, 49.37 and 1:12 and held on gamely to thwart the furious rush from the back of the pack by Shoot It’s War, who missed by a neck. B’wanagoldmine was third, another 1-1/4 lengths behind. The final time for the race was 1:42.35.

With the victory, the 3-year-old, bay son of Eurosilver who was bred in partnership with Happy Ours Stable recorded his third career win in his seventh start and increased his lifetime earnings to $88,950 with the $60,000 winner’s share.

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Dark Hollow runner ALL THE GLORY is entered in the 3rd race at Pimlico this Friday. The four-year-old chestnut gelding will be making his third career start for trainer Rodney Jenkins and will have Travis Dunkleberger in the irons. ALL THE GLORY by PURE PRIZE is out of the venerable SAFE AT THE PLATE, producer of graded stakes horses KETTLE WON and COGNAC KISSES.
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