Jerry Crawford - 2014 Archive - Page 4

Dear Partners and Friends, Lightening struck twice in the same place today as Donegal came away with Hip 568 by Harlan's Holiday (sire of Danny Boy) out of a Gone West mare. Diesis is the grand broodmare sire. This colt is a half to the million dollar winner, Wilcox Inn,...

Dear Partners and Friends, Finnegan's Wake was a homebred raised by Matt Gannon and myself. We sold him to Donegal Derby Dreams III for $30,000. Finnegan has earned a little over $635,000 and has been a very steady campaigner.Now we have sold 60% of Finnegan for $300,000, bringing his earnings...

Dear Partners and Friends, For ordinary partnerships, Saturday would have been a spectacular day. To have a horse like KEEN ICE make such an incredible finish to win (proving he is made for a mile and a quarter and LOVES Churchill Downs) would have most folks over the moon. And...

As my good friend and Donegal partner Fred Kammeier likes to say about antique sales, "You have to kiss a lot of toads to find a princess!" So goes the first two days of the Keeneland sale.We bid on three very nice horses today and each of them went past...

Dear Partners and Friends, Busy times indeed! This weekend could end up being the most important weekend of the year for Donegal Racing. First and foremost, Danny Boy, our first out Maiden winner, will take a huge step up and run in the Grade II (Win and You're In) Iroquois...

Dear Partners and Friends, So much action. First things first: The Iroquois is next Saturday, September 6. This is the first Kentucky Derby Point Race for the 2015 Kentucky Derby and we will be sending Danny Boy to the gate coming off his impressive first time starter victory. These are...

What a HUGE weekend of racing. LA MACCHINA. Our Kentucky blue blooded Malibu Moon colt with the South Side Italian name hopes to look more like "the machine" today in his second start. In his Maiden voyage he got banged and bottled four times and failed to menace. Today we...

THIS WEEKEND The action doesn't get any hotter than this weekend as Donegal runners go for two Grade I's.  Finnegan's Wake (who breezed well yesterday) goes Saturday in the million dollar Grade I Arlington Million. The next day O'Prado Ole goes in the Grade I Sword Dancer back here at...

ACTION Two Donegal runners go to post this Sunday. PUCA, our 2yo filly who is a half to Finnegan's Wake and Squall King, will begin her racing career against all the heavy heads here at Saratoga. PUCA goes in Race 7 and drew the #8 post for the race which...

Two items of positive Donegal news to share today. First, I am naming Conor Crawford Vice-President of Donegal Racing.  Conor just graduated with honors from Darley Flying Start, the world's premier graduate program in horse industry/racing management.  (The same program Conor Foley graduated from).Conor's duties will simply formalize what he...