News from the track

    Trainer Chad Brown has already proven adept at developing a top-flight turf filly. Maram, in 2008, and More Than Real, in 2010, each won her debut at Saratoga and went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies…

The Fasig-Tipton Sales in New York got off to a slow start on day one with 63 yearlings selling for an average of $236,349 and a median of $185,000. BT sat idle with no purchases the first night. The second…

The one-day Fasig-Tipton July Sale kicked off the yearling sales season for 2012 and Bradley Thoroughbreds started with a bang! BT purchased four yearlings to start this years Pinhook Venture. Last year's Venture purchased 18 yearlings and resold all of…

Last fall, Bradley Thoroughbreds’ Pete Bradley signed for a son of Hard Spun--Lucky Lavender Gal for $200,000 at Fasig’s Eastern Fall Yearling in Maryland. Five months later, he resold the colt to Darley’s John Ferguson for $870,000 at the sale…

On Tuesday June, 19th Bradley Thoroughbreds, LLC made their first purchase for the new Ladies First Racing Venture. Hip # 53 a filly by Flashy Bull out of Karaka in of the OBS June Sale for $28,000. She is a…

    Desert Blanc, winner of the Grade 1 Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park on June 9, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury, his connections announced Sunday. Trainer Chad Brown said he noticed some inflammation in…

Saturday, June 9th, 2012 is a day the co-owners of Desert Blanc (GB) will never forget. There are only 117 Grade 1 races run in the U.S. each year and to win one is to have reached the pinnacle of…

Making his second start in the U.S., Desert Blanc prevailed by a nose in a  deep stretch duel with Papaw Bodie to capture the Woodford Reserve Manhattan (gr. IT) on the June 9 Belmont Stakes card. In a race lacking any early…

Bradley Thoroughbreds' French import Desert Blanc (GB) will make his 2nd U.S. start on Saturday against some serious company in the G1 Manhattan Stakes. This 1 mile and 1/4 event will be the third time he has competed at this…

My name is Steve O Connor and I am currently a member of the 2011 – 2013 Darley Flying Start. Last week I was lucky enough to begin my US work placement with leading bloodstock sales agency Bradley Thoroughbreds, based…