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Count Again Nails Dramatic Finish In Frank E. ...

It would seem that the sunshine agrees with Canadian native Count Again.

Since the 7-year-old gelding transferred to Southern California trainer Phil D'Amato's barn near the end of 2020, Count Again has continued to step forward in the afternoons. This Saturday, the lightly-raced son of Awesome Again delivered the first Grade 1 victory of his career when he got up in the final strides in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.

Count Again and jockey Flavien Prat, the 2-1 favorites, came from near-last in the 11-strong field, riding the rail around the turn and flying down the center of the course to defeat Space Traveller and Subconscious by a head on the wire. The final time for a mile over the firm turf course was 1:33.24.

Count Again Nails Dramatic Finish In Frank E. Kilroe Mile
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Messier First to Spread Sam-Son Legacy

flourishing sapling Messier (Empire Maker) from the tentacles that may restrain him from a timely bloom on the first Saturday in May, and take a moment to celebrate not only the storied nursery that cultivated his family but also the alert grafting that now involves another farm in his future success.

For this horticultural analogy permits only one classification of the spectacular GIII Robert S. Lewis S. winner–as a young maple. Messier represents a fifth generation of breeding by Sam-Son, the iconic Canadian farm that began a poignant process of disbandment last winter, nearly half a century after its foundation by Ernie Samuel. With 84 Sovereign Awards, 14 Grade I winners and four Eclipse Awards, Samuel and his heirs–latterly with the skilled assistance of long-serving farm manager David Whitford–had by then created an indelible legacy in the North American Thoroughbred. This had been freshly condensed by the 2019 GI Kentucky Derby winner Country House (Lookin At Lucky), whose grandsire Smart Strike was out of a daughter of Samuel's foundation mare No Class (Nodouble); and whose second dam was by her son Sky Classic (Nijinsky).

Messier First to Spread Sam-Son Legacy
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Sam-Son Farm Announces Upcoming Dispersal of ...

Famed Sam-Son Farm, one of the most celebrated and successful Thoroughbred operations in North America, announced today that it will be dispersing its breeding and racing stock during the next 12-18 months. Sam-Son is partnering with the Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland organizations to present this rare opportunity for buyers to acquire world-class racing talent and breeding stock from one of the true breed-to-race operations in the business.

Sam-Son Farm Announces Upcoming Dispersal of Breeding and Racing Stock
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Say The Word Closes Late For Northern Dancer ...

Smooth sailing and a stellar steer from Emma-Jayne Wilson put the exclamation point on a primetime performance by Say the Word in the $340,200 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (G1), presented by Pattison, Sunday at Woodbine in Toronto, Ontario.

Say The Word Closes Late For Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Victory
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Sam-Son Farm, Cox Strike Again, Upsetting ...

For the second Saturday in a row, a Sam-Son Farm homebred trained by Gail Cox posted an upset of a graded stakes at Woodbine racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, this time winning the Grade 3 Singspiel Stakes with the 5-year-old Awesome Again gelding Count Again by about 1 3/4 lengths.

Sam-Son Farm, Cox Strike Again, Upsetting Singspiel Stakes With Count Again

Shared Account joined an elite club when Sharing won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

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Published by: drf.com
Written by: Nicole Russo

Shared Account joined an elite club as the fourth Breeders’ Cup winner to be the dam of a Breeders’ Cup winner when her daughter Sharing won the Juvenile Fillies Turf.

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Breeders’ Cup Presents Connections: ‘Different Balance’ Brings Trainer Gail Cox Full Circle

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Published by: paulickreport.com
Written by: Chelsea Hackbarth

Trainer Gail Cox has always loved horses, and her childhood memories are filled with images of riding for Sam-Son Farm back when the Canadian operation bred and raised hunter/jumper horses. Today, the farm is better known as a power-house Thoroughbred operation, for which Cox saddled the biggest winner of her career in last Saturday's Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, El Tormenta.

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Sam-Son Homebred El Tormenta Upsets Woodbine Mile

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Written by: Claire Crosby

Brilliant horses bred and owned by Sam-Son Farm have galloped their way to victory around Woodbine's sweeping turns since the iconic operation was founded in 1972.

As the third generation of Sam-Son owners watched from the stands Sept. 14, 44-1 shot El Tormenta added his name to that storied list with a win no one saw coming in the CA$1,121,100 million (US$843,703) Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1T). 

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El Tormenta Hopes To Avoid ‘Troubled Trip’ In Woodbine Mile

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Published by: paulickreport.com
Written by: Woodbine Communications
Image: Michael Burns

El Tormenta, whose name translates from Spanish as “The Storm,” has been the victim of poor racing luck in his last three starts after becoming a stakes winner in his local seasonal bow.

Now, trainer Gail Cox will be hoping the four-year-old Sam-Son Farm homebred can find smoother currents in next Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course.

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Sam-Son Farm Tests Commercial Yearling Market

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Published by: bloodhorse.com
Written by: Ron Mitchell
Image: Anne M. Eberhardt

For more than four decades, Sam-Son Farm has been one of the most successful breeding and racing operations in Canada, with 10 equine and two individual members of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Now, with an eye toward expanding its business model, Sam-Son will have its first public auction yearling consignment at the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

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Sam-Son Announces its Participation and the 2019 Keenland September Sale

Sam-Son Farm proudly announces that a limited number of our yearlings will be offered at the upcoming Keeneland September Sale.

This will be our most significant offering of yearlings in many years and will give buyers an opportunity to select from our most storied and exclusive families.  We are confident that this group will be very well received. 

For more information contact Farm Manager, Dave Whitford.

Desert Ride Wraps Up Triple Tiara With Win in Wonder Where Stakes

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Published by: horse-canada.com
Written by: Woodbine Communications
Image from: Mr. Will Wong

Sam-Son Farm’s Woodbine Oaks-winning filly Desert Ride closed out the Triple Tiara by taking the $225,000 Wonder Where Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.

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Desert Ride Adds to Family's Résumé in Woodbine Oaks

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Published by: bloodhorse.com
Written by: Christine Oser

Sam-Son Farm's lightly raced homebred Desert Ride, who hails from Canadian champions, kept the family's success rolling when she closed fast to take the US$377,504 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser June 8. The 1 1/8-mile test on Woodbine's Tapeta track for 3-year-old fillies bred in Canada was the first stakes attempt for the Candy Ride  filly.

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