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		<title>ENGLISH CHANNEL’S STRAIT OF DOVER IS ”MAGNIFICENT IN THE MARINE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Strait of Dover established himself as a contender for the June 24 Queen’s Plate with a decisive score Saturday at Woodbine in the $156,300 Marine Stakes.
In his first &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/05/english-channels-strait-of-dover-is-magnificent-in-the-marine.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Strait of Dover established himself as a contender for the June 24 Queen’s Plate with a decisive score Saturday at Woodbine in the $156,300 Marine Stakes.</p>
<p>In his first race around two turns, Strait of Dover tracked the leading Incredicat through moderate fractions in the 1 1/16-mile route for 3-year-olds. Strait of Dover assumed command exiting the far turn, and then drew off through the stretch to prevail by 6 1/2 lengths, in 1:43.44. Classic Bryce outran lukewarm favorite Holiday Promise by three-quarters of a length for third in the six-horse field. </p>
<p>Click here to read more:  <a href="http://www.drf.com/news/woodbine-strait-dover-handles-first-two-turn-assignment-marine">http://www.drf.com/news/woodbine-strait-dover-handles-first-two-turn-assignment-marine</a></p>
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		<title>FUTURE LE STALLION MORNING LINE IS IMPRESSIVE IN RETURN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;After taking his time getting to the start gate for Saturday’s $150,000 MervynLeRoy Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park, Morning Line left no doubt who was best in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/05/future-le-stallion-morning-line-is-impressive-in-return.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;After taking his time getting to the start gate for Saturday’s $150,000 MervynLeRoy Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park, Morning Line left no doubt who was best in the Grade 2 stakes.</p>
<p>Morning Line ($13.20) set early fractions of 23.57 and 47 seconds, leading by 1 1/2 lengths on the backstretch. He held off a late threat from 8-1 Prayer for Relief to win by a half-length, finishing 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.42. Kettle Corn, making his first start since December, finished third in the field of nine. Awesome Gem, the 9-year-old gelding and 5-2 favorite, finished eighth after racing in fourth on the turn.</p>
<p>Morning Line was ridden by Joe Talamo, his second stakes win of the day.  Talamo won the Cool Frenchy Stakes earlier on the card with Flightofalifetime.</p>
<p>The MervynLeRoy was Morning Line’s first start for trainer John Shirreffs. Previously trained by Nick Zito, Morning Line won the 2010 Pennsylvania Derby, finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile that year, and won the Grade 1 Carter Handicap in 2011. The Mervyn LeRoy was Morning Line’s first start since an 11th in the Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga last August.</p>
<p>Click here to read more:  <a href="http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-morning-line-fast-when-it-counts-mervin-leroy">http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-morning-line-fast-when-it-counts-mervin-leroy</a></p>
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		<title>AFTER MARKET &#8211; “A FAST HORSE” FOR $275K</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFTER MARKET had a $275,000 colt sell yesterday at the OBS 2YO sale in Florida. As the TDN reported today, “Robert and Mary Harris’s Harris Training Center purchased &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/after-market-a-fast-horse-for-275k.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/after-market">AFTER MARKET</a> had a $275,000 colt sell yesterday at the OBS 2YO sale in Florida. As the TDN reported today, “Robert and Mary Harris’s Harris Training Center purchased the colt out of the tough New York-bred mare Travelator (A.P. Jet) at Keeneland September, and resold him during April’s final session to Emmanual de Seroux’s Narvick International. De Seroux and a Japanese associate did their bidding from the back row of the sales pavilion. ‘He was a pretty horse and we liked him as a yearling,’ said Robert Harris. ‘At the breeze show, he went really good [in a co-bullet :9 4/5] and galloped out great, and he withstood all the rigors of people looking at him and all that. He’s just a fast horse. I had an <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/after-market">AFTER MARKET</a> the year before that I really liked, so I was kind of looking for one.’ ” </p>
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		<title>ROCKIN&#8217; YEAR FOR ROCK HARD TEN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently the leading NA fourth-crop sire of graded winners and 2012 leader by worldwide earnings, ROCK HARD TEN is having a huge year. On Apr. 21, last year&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/rockin-year-for-rock-hard-ten.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Currently the leading NA fourth-crop sire of graded winners and 2012 leader by worldwide earnings, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/rock-hard-ten">ROCK HARD TEN</a> is having a huge year. On Apr. 21, last year&#8217;s leading third-crop North American sire of graded winners boasted a one-three finish in the G2 Santa Barbara H. at Santa Anita. It was the great Dahlia&#8217;s granddaughter Capital Plan who won the 1 1/4-mile turf event, beating a salty field by 1 1/2 lengths. Capital Plan was bred by Madeleine Pickens and Diamond A Racing Corp. and is owned by trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and Mark DeDomenico. Fellow 4-year-old Hard Seven completed the trifecta and missed the place spot by a nose over the classy Cambina (Ire). </p>
<p>A week earlier, Grade 2 winner Doubles Partner nearly overcame a tough trip to finish a close-up third in the G1 Maker&#8217;s 46 Mile S. at Keeneland. According to the official chart, the 5-year-old WinStar colorbearer &#8220;shifted out to commence his advance on the second turn, was bottled up between horses into the stretch, steadied when Get Stormy drifted out…and finished well but was left with too much to do.&#8221; Doubles Partner won the G3 Canadian Turf S. at Gulfstream earlier in the year. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/rock-hard-ten">ROCK HARD TEN&#8217;s</a> 3-year-olds have been making noise, too. Lane&#8217;s End sales grad Mr. Handsome, a $110,000 KEESEP alum, placed second in the $260,500 Robert Hilton Memorial S. Apr. 14, finishing just a length off the well-regarded Flashy Dresser for the win. In Europe, the colt Abtaal, a $325,000 FTSAAUG yearling, was beaten just a neck when runner-up in the G3 Prix Djebel S. at Maisons-Laffitte. </p>
<p>In New York, the Lane&#8217;s End-sold Reserve Currency, another 3-year-old colt by <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/rock-hard-ten">ROCK HARD TEN</a>, made a huge impression winning a $65,000 maiden special by a resounding eight-length margin at Aqueduct Apr. 14. Ten Broeck Farm bred Reserve Currency, who was produced by the <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/lemon-drop-kid">LEMON DROP KID</a> mare Cute Cakes. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/rock-hard-ten">ROCK HARD TEN</a> is also the sire of the 2011 graded performer Utopian, a Lane&#8217;s End sales grad who was touched off a head when second in the G2 San Marcos S., and the 3-year-old stakes colt Frankie is Rock. </p>
<p>Along with his Lane&#8217;s End cohort <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/city-zip">CITY ZIP</a>, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/rock-hard-ten">ROCK HARD TEN</a> is the co-leading sire in the nation by turf stakes winners and is the fourth-leading sire by turf earnings.  Of his ten stakes winners, seven are graded, giving him a 70% GSWS/SWS ratio!</p>
<p>And with full books bred in 2009, 2010 and 2011, the best may be yet to come for <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/rock-hard-ten">ROCK HARD TEN</a>. </p>
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		<title>SMART STRIKE’S THIRD HORSE OF THE YEAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SMART STRIKE notched another milestone at the recent 37th annual Sovereign Awards in Toronto when his daughter Never Retreat was honored as Canada&#8217;s 2011 Horse of the Year. &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/smart-strikes-third-horse-of-the-year.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/smart-strike">SMART STRIKE</a> notched another milestone at the recent 37th annual Sovereign Awards in Toronto when his daughter Never Retreat was honored as Canada&#8217;s 2011 Horse of the Year. She becomes the third individual Horse of the Year for <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/smart-strike">SMART STRIKE</a>, following in the hoofsteps of two-time HOY Curlin and Canada&#8217;s 2004 HOY Soaring Free. Also named Canada&#8217;s 2011 Champion Turf Female, Never Retreat is <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/smart-strike">SMART STRIKE&#8217;s</a> 11th individual champion, joining the likes of <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL</a>, Lookin At Lucky, My Miss Aurelia, etc. </p>
<p>Sportingly kept in training at the age of six, Never Retreat put together an outstanding 2011 season, one that saw her win five graded events in a  busy 11-race campaign. She opened the year with victories in the G3 Honey Fox S. and G2 Jenny Wiley S. in the U.S. before annexing the G2 Dance Smartly S. and G2 Canadian S. over the summer at Woodbine. In her penultimate career start, she defeated a deep field in the G1 First Lady S. at Keeneland, a well-deserved first top-level score. Owned by Team Block and trained by Chris Block, Never Retreat was retired with a record of 31-11-7-7 and earnings of $1,298,76. Never Retreat was bred in Kentucky by Gerry O&#8217;meara and Stanley Inman. Congratulations to the connections of this wonderful race mare!</p>
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		<title>MINESHAFT’S IT’S TRICKY, A FORCE AT 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Godolphin&#8217;s It&#8217;s Tricky, the brilliant dual Grade1-winning daughter of MINESHAFT, was being asked to scale back to the tricky seven-furlong distance in Saturday&#8217;s G2 Distaff H. at Aqueduct, &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/mineshafts-its-tricky-a-force-at-4.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Godolphin&#8217;s It&#8217;s Tricky, the brilliant dual Grade1-winning daughter of <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/mineshaft">MINESHAFT</a>, was being asked to scale back to the tricky seven-furlong distance in Saturday&#8217;s G2 Distaff H. at Aqueduct, and the 4-year-old let her class shine through with an authoritative 3 1/2-length score. Winner of last year&#8217;s one-mile G1 Acorn S. and nine-furlong G1 CCA Oaks, It&#8217;s Tricky completed her year with runner-up finishes in the G1 Alabama S., G2 Cotillion S. and G1 Breeders&#8217; Cup Ladies&#8217; Classic. An Eclipse Award finalist, the Kiaran McLaughlin-trained filly aired by 2 3/4 lengths in her seasonal debut in the G2 Top Flight H. at Aqueduct in March and was odds-on for the second straight start in the Distaff. Never far back under Eddie Castro, she kicked into gear in earnest with a furlong to run and edged away impressively. The final time for the race was a crisp 1:22 1/5 over the Big A&#8217;s main track, earning her a 102 BRIS figure. It&#8217;s Tricky has now compiled a record of 11-7-3-0 and earned $1,286,500</p>
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		<title>DERBY CHALK A LANES END GRAD?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second straight year, favoritism in the Kentucky Derby might well fall to a Lane&#8217;s End sales graduate. In 2011, it was the brilliant G1 Florida Derby &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/derby-chalk-a-lanes-end-grad.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the second straight year, favoritism in the Kentucky Derby might well fall to a Lane&#8217;s End sales graduate. In 2011, it was the brilliant G1 Florida Derby hero Dialed In (<a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/mineshaft">MINESHAFT</a>) who was sent off the crowd&#8217;s choice. This time, the exciting, undefeated Gemologist, a $310,000 weanling grad from Lane&#8217;s End&#8217;s 2009 Keeneland November draft, could take the money on the first Saturday in May. And it would be hard to fault his backers. </p>
<p>A winner of all three of his juvenile starts, he concluded 2011 with a 1 3/4-length win in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club S. Gemologist took his seasonal bow, a one-mile Gulfstream allowance, by seven lengths over G1SW Currency Swap, then stepped up big time to defeat the well-regarded Alpha in the G1 Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct. &#8220;So far, it would be hard to be unhappy with anything he&#8217;s done so far in his whole career,&#8221; trainer Todd Pletcher said after the Wood. &#8220;It looked like he had something left after the wire. With this horse being 2-for-2 at Churchill Downs, I think he&#8217;s got as good chance as anybody [in the Derby].&#8221; Gemologist was bred by longtime Lane&#8217;s End clients G. Watts Jr. Humphrey and his mother, the late Louise Ireland Humphrey. Lane&#8217;s End wishes the connections of this talented horse the best of luck in the Derby!</p>
<p>Other 2012 stakes winners who were offered at public auction by Lane&#8217;s End include the top-shelf West Coast handicapper Mr. Commons. Third in the G1 Santa Anita Derby and a strong fifth in the G1 Breeders&#8217; Cup Mile last year, the St. George Farm homebred closed out his 3-year-old season with a first graded score in the G2 Sir Beaufort S. at Santa Anita. He made it two straight in the G2 Arcadia S. in February, and was beaten just a neck in the G1 Frank Kilroe Mile in March in his latest. Mr. Commons was offered by Lane&#8217;s End at the 2009 Fasig-Tipton July Sale. </p>
<p>The 3-year-old filly In Lingerie stamped herself as an intriguing player in her division with a dominating six-length win in the G3 Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway in March. It was the second win in three career starts for the filly, now owned by Eclipse Thoroughbreds and partners and trained by Todd Pletcher. In Lingerie was bred by Colts Neck Stables LLC in Kentucky and was offered by Lane&#8217;s End at Keeneland September in 2010. </p>
<p>At the same sale, Lane&#8217;s End also offered the 3-year-old colt Raconteur, by A.P. INDY, who recently picked up his first stakes win with a determined head victory in the Private Term S. at Laurel. </p>
<p>The always-tough Thiskyhasnolimit achieved the rare feat of winning a stakes races in each of his four seasons at the track after proving best in the $100,000 Louisiana H. at Fair Grounds. A $120,000 KEESEP graduate from Lane&#8217;s End&#8217;s 2008 draft, the 5-year-old MGSW was recently retired having finished first or second in 10 of 20 starts and earned over $775,000. Thiskyhasnolimit was bred by Stud TNT.  </p>
<p>In South America, the 3-year-old colt Gocek, from the first crop of the brilliant <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/after-market">AFTER MARKET</a>, became his sire&#8217;s second stakes winner after collecting the Clasico Aniversario de la Fundaaion del Jockey Club Peru in mid-March. Gocek, bred by G. Watts Humphrey Jr. and Oliver Racing Stable, was purchased by bloodstock agent Dante Zanelli, on behalf of Maria&#8217;s Stable, from Lane&#8217;s End&#8217;s 2010 September consignment. </p>
<p>Lane&#8217;s End thanks all the breeders and sellers who entrust their horses to us, and we wish continued luck to all the buyers who support us!</p>
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		<title>ENGLISH CHANNEL: FLYING UP THE SIRE LIST!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching as Strait of Dover lengthened away to a 6 1/2-length victory in the $156,300 Marine S., Woodbine’s Dan Loiselle declared the 3-year-old son of ENGLISH CHANNEL “magnificent &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/english-channel-flying-up-the-sire-list.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching as Strait of Dover lengthened away to a 6 1/2-length victory in the $156,300 Marine S., Woodbine’s Dan Loiselle declared the 3-year-old son of <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL</a> “magnificent in the Marine!”  It would be hard to argue with the long-time track announcer. Strait of Dover has now crossed the line first in four consecutive races (he was DQ&#8217;d from the win in the first), and according to The Blood-Horse, is an early favorite for the historic $1 million Queen’s Plate on June 24. Owned and bred by Wally Leong&#8217;s Canyon Farms in British Columbia, Strait of Dover was making his stakes and route debut. “He’s a really nice horse,” said jockey Justin Stein. “He’s got a ton of confidence. He loves being out here, and he loves his job. He wants to destroy everything in sight.&#8221;</p>
<p>Those are traits many horsemen are finding in the progeny of <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL</a>, who has picked up where he left off after concluding last year as Kentucky’s seventh-ranked active freshman sire and ranked co-fourth in the nation with four stakes horses. The son of <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/smart-strike">SMART STRIKE</a> is currently ranked # 4 in the nation on the second-crop sire list and, somewhat improbably for such a young sire, is ranked # 9 on the nation’s leading turf sires list, ahead of such veterans as War Front, Arch, More Than Ready, Speightstown, etc. More importantly to breeders, he is still available for your late-foaling mares!</p>
<p>A day after Strait of Dover&#8217;s Marine score, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL</a> registered his latest impressive maiden special weight winner when his son Sark, a homebred runner for Bluegrass Hall LLC and trainer D. Wayne Lukas, gamely prevailed in a one-mile test on the main track at Churchill Downs. That same pairing sent out Skyring to a victory under the Twin Spires on Kentucky Derby day, and of course campaign one of <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> best 3-year-olds, the Triple Crown hopeful Optimizer. After a tough trip in the G2 Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds, Optimizer rebounded in a big way in the G2 Rebel S. on the dirt at Oaklawn Mar. 17, rallying to finish second behind Secret Circle. Optimizer, who was produced by an A.P. INDY mare, was second in last year&#8217;s G2 With Anticipation S. at Saratoga and also placed in the G1 Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland in October. </p>
<p>The month of May has seen <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL&#8217;s</a> daughter Trois Aureole win a $55,000 one-mile allowance at Betfair Hollywood Park, and his son English Progress take a maiden special over the same course and distance. Over in Europe, the colt One Dream Ticket captured a conditions event at prestigious Longchamp racecourse near Paris. English Rhythm, a 3yo filly, broke her maiden by 2 1/4 lengths. </p>
<p>At Santa Anita in April, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL&#8217;s</a> Blueskiesnrainbows, a Bob Baffert-trained colt, made all the pace in the G1 Santa Anita Derby and battled bravely to the wire to finish third, beaten less than a length by eventual Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another and Derby fifth Creative Cause. Blueskiesnrainbows, bred by the late Ned Evans and sold as a yearling by Lane’s End, was making his stakes debut. </p>
<p>On the same day as the Santa Anita Derby, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> 3-year-old colt Star Channel lived up to 4-5 advanced billing with an initial stakes victory in the $75,000 Sophomore Turf S. at Tampa Bay. Coming off two straight impressive wins at Gulfstream, the bay was pinched back at the break, but came flying in the lane to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Star Channel was bred by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Rogers Jr. and is trained by Todd Pletcher.</p>
<p>At Keeneland, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL&#8217;s</a> son Potomac River put up what the TDN called a “stunning performance&#8221; in his second career start, making a huge move on the backstretch to challenge for the lead and motoring down the lane to win going away by three lengths. The colt is owned and trained by William Helmbrecht. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> 3-year-old daughter Seanchai, a $110,000 yearling and a half to the Group 1 performer Traffic Guard, registered the debut win facing Tampa Bay maiden special foes in March. She was bred by Frank and John R. Penn. That followed on the heels of a sharp maiden special victory by the colt Irish Sea at Gulfstream for owner/breeder Mount Joy Stables and trainer Chad Brown.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL</a> is also the sire of another promising colt in the form of James T. Scatuorchio’s homebred Captain Webb, a maiden special winner going two turns at Saratoga and later placed in the one-mile King Cugat S. at Aqueduct at two. He recently came back at three to win an optional claiming race as the favorite at Gulfstream Apr. 5 and looks headed for stakes company next.</p>
<p>Looking back at <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> top 2011 performers, his daughter Ann of the Dance was simply awesome the day she overcame a terrible start to win a 5 1/2-furlong maiden dash at Arlington over the summer. She stretched out to beat males in an allowance event at the track in August, then rallied from last to place in the G3 Arlington-Washington Lassie S. in September. In December, she closed out her year with a good third in the grassy Ginger S. at Gulfstream, when she clipped heels but still came flying to be beaten just 3/4 lengths. <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> son Channel Quest, meanwhile, ran second in the one-mile Continental S. at Monmouth while still a maiden.</p>
<p>At the sales, <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> yearlings brought up to $200,000, and mares selling in foal to <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL</a> included the stakes winners Storm Alert (Storm Cat), Laurafina (Cozenne), She’s a Mugs (Doneraile Court)), Bauhauser (Arg) (Numerous), and India Divina (Chi) (Roy), meaning there will be some nice <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNELs</a> in the pipeline.</p>
<p>Undoubtedly, we’ve just seen the tip of the iceberg from <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/stallion/english-channel">ENGLISH CHANNEL’s</a> runners. Considering what he’s already accomplished, that’s pretty exciting. Especially if you’ve got one in your barn.</p>
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		<title>2012 FOALS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the 2012 foals who were born at Lane&#8217;s End, our Oak Tree division, and Lane&#8217;s End Texas:
May 12. AMBASSADOR &#8211; THANKSGIVING c.
May 11. AFTER &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/2012-foals.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are some of the 2012 foals who were born at Lane&#8217;s End, our Oak Tree division, and Lane&#8217;s End Texas:</p>
<p>May 12. AMBASSADOR &#8211; THANKSGIVING c.<br />
May 11. AFTER MARKET &#8211; WINTER HOUSE c.<br />
May 11. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; DAILY SPECIAL f.<br />
May 10. ELUSIVE QUALITY &#8211; FELINE STORY c.<br />
May 08. BERNARDINI &#8211; LOVE TO DANCE c.<br />
May 08. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SILENT SIGHS c.<br />
May 06. MORE THAN READY &#8211; WINDS OF MARCH c.<br />
May 06. CANDY RIDE &#8211; TAKESMYBREATHAWAY c.<br />
May 04. UNBRIDLED&#8217;S SONG &#8211; PASSION f.<br />
May 03. CANDY RIDE &#8211; MINISTETTE c.<br />
May 02. BERNARDINI &#8211; OUR RITE OF SPRING c.<br />
Apr 29. CANDY RIDE &#8211; CAJUN FLASH c.<br />
Apr 28. SKY MESA &#8211; MOVIE SHOW f.<br />
Apr 27. BERNARDINI &#8211; EXCITING TIMES c.<br />
Apr 25. AFTER MARKET &#8211; KRIS STAR f.<br />
Apr 24. MALIBU MOON &#8211; MONA DE MOMMA c.<br />
Apr 23. CANDY RIDE &#8211; ALLURING f.<br />
Apr 23. MALIBU MOON &#8211; SWEET WAY c.<br />
Apr 23. TAPIT &#8211; TWO TRAIL SIOUX f.<br />
Apr 22. SMARTY JONES &#8211; BIKINI ATOLL c.<br />
Apr 22. CANDY RIDE &#8211; MAXINE HYMN c.<br />
Apr 21. CANDY RIDE &#8211; CAT CHAT f.<br />
Apr 21. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SECRET STATUS f.<br />
Apr 20. CURLIN &#8211; MRS. WILLIAMS c.<br />
Apr 20. ALUMNI HALL &#8211; MINE ALONE f.<br />
Apr 19. DISCREETLY MINE &#8211; TASHA&#8217;S DELIGHT c.<br />
Apr 19. BERNARDINI &#8211; DISCREETLY AWESOME c.<br />
Apr 18. MINESHAFT &#8211; WENDING c.<br />
Apr 17. MINESHAFT &#8211; CODETTA f.<br />
Apr 17. BERNARDINI &#8211; ONEOFACAT f.<br />
Apr 17. CANDY RIDE &#8211; FEVERISH c.<br />
Apr 17. CURLIN &#8211; SHAG f.<br />
Apr 16. EXCHANGE RATE &#8211; BEES c.<br />
Apr 11. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; DANCE TALE f.<br />
Apr 11. AFLEET ALEX &#8211; HIGHEST STANDARD c.<br />
Apr 10. SMART STRIKE &#8211; A.P. ADVENTURE c.<br />
Apr 10. CANDY RIDE &#8211; KEY PHRASE c.<br />
Apr 10. AFTER MARKET &#8211; WINTEROSE c.<br />
Apr 09. UNUSAL HEAT &#8211; LAST DANCE FOR ME c.<br />
Apr 08. GIANT&#8217;S CAUSEWAY &#8211; SPOKESWOMAN f.<br />
Apr 08. CANDY RIDE &#8211; DYNA DEL c.<br />
Apr 06. AUSSIE RULES &#8211; SULAMITH f.<br />
Apr 05. DISCREETLY MINE &#8211; COLLEGIATE c.<br />
Apr 04. AFTER MARKET &#8211; BOOTLEG ANNIE c.<br />
Apr 03. LANGFUHR &#8211; HULA SKIRT f.<br />
Apr 02. CANDY RIDE &#8211; EXOTIC WOOD c.<br />
Apr 01. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; CORAL SEA c.<br />
Apr 01. TAPIT &#8211; SWEET TALKER f.<br />
Mar 30. CANDY RIDE &#8211; FIELD OF VISION f.<br />
Mar 29. DISTORTED HUMOR &#8211; CHARMED GIFT c.<br />
Mar 29. TALE OF THE CAT &#8211; TALKIN AND SINGING c.<br />
Mar 29. BERNARDINI &#8211; LIFE IS SWEET f.<br />
Mar 28. CANDY RIDE &#8211; TARO f.<br />
Mar 28. MORE THAN READY &#8211; HOT TRIP f.<br />
Mar 27. MORE THAN READY &#8211; SHE&#8217;S A BEAUTY f.<br />
Mar 27. SPEIGHTSTOWN &#8211; REUNITED f.<br />
Mar 27. CANDY RIDE &#8211; TASTY TEMPTATION c.<br />
Mar 26. TAPIT &#8211; TAKE D&#8217;TOUR c.<br />
Mar 26. DISTORTED HUMOR &#8211; SOUL SEARCH c.<br />
Mar 25. CANDY RIDE &#8211; EBONY BREEZE c.<br />
Mar 23. ROCK HARD TEN &#8211; SILKY SMOOTH c.<br />
Mar 22. DISCREETLY MINE &#8211; SUMMER CRUISE f.<br />
Mar 22. MALIBU MOON &#8211; PERFECTLY PRETTY c.<br />
Mar 22. TIZNOW &#8211; JADE TREE c.<br />
Mar 21. DISCREETLY MINE &#8211; TAP YOUR FEET c.<br />
Mar 20. TAPIT &#8211; QUIET ROMANCE c.<br />
Mar 18 INDIAN CHARLIE &#8211; DISCREET EMPIRE c.<br />
Mar 18. LOOKIN AT LUCKY &#8211; CHIEF SECRETARY c.<br />
Mar 16. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; WARM SHOWER f.<br />
Mar 15. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SHIELD c.<br />
Mar 14. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SWEET SYMPHONY f.<br />
Mar 13. BIG BROWN &#8211; MISS NORMAN c.<br />
Mar 12. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; CODE BOOK c.<br />
Mar 12. CANDY RIDE &#8211; PROPOSED f.<br />
Mar 12. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; DREAM TIME f.<br />
Mar 09. CANDY RIDE &#8211; A.P. DREAM f.<br />
Mar 08. BERNARDINI &#8211; ZENYATTA c.<br />
Mar 08. STREET CRY &#8211; INDESCRIBABLE c.<br />
Mar 08. SMART STRIKE &#8211; PHILLY&#8217;S PHILLY c.<br />
Mar 08. CURLIN &#8211; EMBRACING c.<br />
Mar 08. CITY ZIP &#8211; SMOOTH PLAYER c.<br />
Mar 08. PULPIT &#8211; WIN McCOOL f.<br />
Mar 06. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SPOOKY MINSTER c.<br />
Mar 04. BERNARDINI &#8211; SWEET CATOMINE f.<br />
Mar 04. CURLIN &#8211; DULCET TONE f.<br />
Mar 01. MEDAGLIA D&#8217;ORO &#8211; WELCOME SURPRISE f.<br />
Mar 01. CANDY RIDE &#8211; CAT CHARMER f.<br />
Feb 29. STREET SENSE &#8211; MY LITTLE MARGIE f.<br />
Feb 27. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; PIRATE QUEEN c.<br />
Feb 26. CITY ZIP &#8211; SMOOTH PERFORMER f.<br />
Feb 22. ROCK HARD TEN &#8211; SWEET RIDER f.<br />
Feb 21. MORE THAN READY &#8211; LEO&#8217;S PEGASUS c.<br />
Feb 20. CANDY RIDE &#8211; HAND CRAFTED c.<br />
Feb 19. SMART STRIKE &#8211; NOBLE IDEA c.<br />
Feb 18. MEDAGLIA D&#8217;ORO &#8211; PYRAMID LOVE c.<br />
Feb 17. CANDY RIDE &#8211; TWIST FLEET c.<br />
Feb 13. CANDY RIDE &#8211; FAIR EXCHANGE f.<br />
Feb 12. AMBASSADOR &#8211; QUINTELA f.<br />
Feb 12. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SWEET THOUGHTS c.<br />
Feb 12. BERNSTEIN &#8211; SAPPHIRESNDIAMONDS c.<br />
Feb 11. TAPIT &#8211; REHEAR c.<br />
Feb 11. SMART STRIKE &#8211; FREEDOM FLAG f.<br />
Feb 09. MEDAGLIA D&#8217;ORO &#8211; DREAM SUPREME c.<br />
Feb 06. DISTORTED HUMOR &#8211; TEJAREB c.<br />
Feb 06. QUALITY ROAD &#8211; TOP VALUE f.<br />
Feb 06. MINESHAFT &#8211; SPECTACULAR DAY f.<br />
Feb 06. CITY ZIP &#8211; JODE f.<br />
Feb 05. CANDY RIDE &#8211; TRANQUILITY LAKE c.<br />
Feb 03. PULPIT &#8211; ISLAND SAND f.<br />
Feb 02. LEMON DROP KID &#8211; SECRET OF THE SEA f.<br />
Feb 02. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SERVALINE f.<br />
Jan 31. CORINTHIAN &#8211; IT&#8217;S OUR TIME c.<br />
Jan 30. BERNSTEIN &#8211; HOTTIE DANCER c.<br />
Jan 30. SMART STRIKE &#8211; MYSTERY TRIP f.<br />
Jan 28. TIZNOW &#8211; THEODORA f.<br />
Jan 28. CANDY RIDE &#8211; EL COYOTE c.<br />
Jan 28. CANDY RIDE -SILENT MOCCASINS c.<br />
Jan 28. CANDY RIDE &#8211; ROYAL CORONA c.<br />
Jan 27. SMART STRIKE &#8211; SWEET LIFE c.<br />
Jan 27. CANDY RIDE &#8211; SEA GULL c.<br />
Jan 27. CURLIN &#8211; BOCA BEAT f.<br />
Jan 26. MALIBU MOON &#8211; SWEET AND SAVORY c.<br />
Jan 23. UNBRIDLED&#8217;S SONG &#8211; DOUBLE CAT c.<br />
Jan 14. CANDY RIDE (ARG) &#8211; TRUSTEN f.<br />
Jan 08. CANDY RIDE (ARG) &#8211; BARBARIANSMILE c.</p>
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		<title>FARISH TO CONTRIBUTE TO EDUCATIONAL FUND</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;William S. Farish, who operates Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky and Texas, has pledged $150,000 to the Texas Thoroughbred Educational Fund.
The donation from Farish, vice chairman of The &#8230; <a href="http://www.lanesend.com/2012/04/farish-to-contribute-to-educational-fund.html"><span class="read_more">Must Read &#62;&#62;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;William S. Farish, who operates Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky and Texas, has pledged $150,000 to the Texas Thoroughbred Educational Fund.</p>
<p>The donation from Farish, vice chairman of The Jockey Club and a past president of the Texas Thoroughbred Association, will be made in $50,000 annual contributions over the next three years.</p>
<p>The Texas Thoroughbred Association established the TEF in 2005. The scholarship program provides qualified TTA members and their children with monetary assistance to help meet annual college education costs.</p>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/68601/farish-to-contribute-to-educational-fund">http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/68601/farish-to-contribute-to-educational-fund#ixzz1qzAcK96z</a></p>
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