In 2012 record breaking Grade 2 winner Lewis Michael proved he was Kentucky's sleeper stallion from the Freshman Sire crop when he finished the year as the Leading Freshman Sire by percentage of winners from starters.
Laurel Park's 7-furlong Barbara Fritchie Handicap (G2) on Saturday, February 16 looks to be a Three Chimneys family affair as two of the 10 entries are by Three Chimneys stallions.
Multiple Grade 1 winner Caleb's Posse, who is standing his inaugural season at Three Chimneys, was represented by his first several mares confirmed in foal this week.
In 2012, Big Brown had the highest 2-year-old sold at auction with Darwin. This year, the second year sire is off to a good start with an average price of $136,667 for four 2-year-olds sold.
Today Freshman Sire Lewis Michael was represented by his first stakes winner when DREAMING OF SOPHIA won the $100,000 Cassidy S. at Calder going 6 f. She was ahead by 2 lengths as she crossed the wire.
It was a colt by Big Brown that set off the fireworks during session three of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale when hip 645 sold to Irish agent Demi O'Byrne for $825,000.
It was a stellar week for Three Chimneys sire Yes It's True, with a $220,000 session topper at the Keeneland September Sale and a pair of stakes winners on the track.
Flower Alley's dominating Matt Winn Stakes (G3) winner and Jim Dandy (G2) runner-up NECK 'N NECK is one of the top contenders going into this weekend's Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
Brilliant Speed, a Grade 1-winning son of Dynaformer, will stand at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm upon retirement as a partnership between the farm and Charlotte Weber's Live Oak Plantation.
BIG BROWN Gets First Stakes Winner 08/04/2012 Big Brown was represented by his first stakes winner this afternoon when BROWN ALMIGHTY won the $50,000 Sunny's Halo S. at Louisiana Downs.
Three Chimneys Farm announced today that the first two mares confirmed in foal to Grade 1 winner Brilliant Speed are the Live Oak-owned stakes-winning mares Dreams Galore and Lacie Slew.
Three Chimneys Farm will hold their annual Derby Week Open House on Thursday, May 2 from 10:00am until 1:00pm at the farm's stallion complex, which is located off of Big Sink Pike in Versailles, Kentucky.
