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Audley Farm again in the VTA News 2007
NIGHT
FAX
Audley Farm's Night Fax, the winner of the 1995 Delaware Handicap Gr.
2, died 6th April 2007 from complications from foaling. Night
Fax won $242,486 win wins in the Delaware Handicap as well as the Nobiliary Stakes at Laurel. She was also second in the Lady
Dean Stakes at Pimlico and the Nellie Morse at Laurel.
Retried to the Audley nursery, Night Fax produced
eight foals, five starters and five winners including Virginia-bred
Champion Miss Goodnight. Miss Goodnight was a $56,000 auction yearling who
won just over $105,000 as a two-year-old in 2006 including the $100,000 Blue
Hen Stakes at Delaware.
Night Fax's second foal, Proven by Benny the Dip, sold at Tattersall's for $220,000 before posting earnings of
$74,199 which included a third place finish in the Prix Le Fabuleux. She is also the dam of the winners Carly's Cloud (Thunder Gulch), Forest Fawn (Miswaki) in South Africa, and Night Crecendo (Diesis (GB)). Her foals raced in the U.S., England,
France and the United Arab Emirates.
Miss Goodnight, (Johannesburg/Night Fax), bred
by Audley Farm became Champion Virginia Bred 2
year-old filly 2006.
Miss
Goodnight won the Blue Hen Stakes at Del
Mar on October 28th, 2006. She is owned by CJZ Racing Stable and
Rit, and trained by Timothy Ritchey. (7-2-2-1),
with lifetime earnings of $105,460.00
Miss Goodnight
was rated 104lbs. in the Experimental Free Handicap
Audley Farm in the VTA News 2007
Audley Farm c. in Berryville was second leading breeder of Virginia in 2006
behind Spring Hill Farm, owned by Edward P. Evans and before Lazy Lane
Farm. Audley Farm had $1,165,869 in earnings for
2006. Audley runners made 303 starts with 42
wins, 47 seconds and 27 thirds. Their top earner was Eishin
Boston who also raced in Japan.
Eishin Boston won races on both the flat and over
jumps while earning $164,330.
Audley also bred top earners Changeisgonnacome
who won $97,850 including the $70,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes at Saratoga, Miss
Goodnight, a winner of $96,160, including the $100,000 Blue Hen Stakes at
Delaware; Canadian graded stakes winner The Visualiser
who earned $78,868), Ceres Man, a winner in Japan of $68,862; and Silver
Flower, a winner of $63,700.
Most Recent Additions to the Audley Broodmare Band
All three mares were purchased
at the Keeneland-November-Sale 2006
DUNDRUMMIN,
Bay, Born 2001, By Gone
West out of Drums of Freedom
by Green Forest.
Unraced - full sister to Proud Citizen
(Sire).
In Foal to Forestry - last bred February 15, 2006. Booked to Henny Hughes in 2007.
GONE GOLFING,
Dkbr, Born 2001, By Gone West out of Damewood by Majesty’s Prince.
At 2,
once 3rd, at 3, one win, 4 times 2nd, at 4, placed - and total earnings $47,431
In foal to Vindication - last bred on March 9, 2006. Booked to
Yes It’s True in 2007.
NEVER FAIL,
Gr/Roan, Born 2000, By Holy Bull out of Peaceful Intention by Hold
Your Peace.
Stakes placed winner with 4 wins, 6 times 2nd and
total earnings $148,670.
In foal to Forestry - last bred April 7, 2006. Booked to Henny Hughes in 2007.
Breeding Quality
According to an in-depth
analysis of yearling sales from 1994-1998, published by the TBH MarketWatch in June 2001, Audley
Farm ranks with the best in the world in key benchmark areas.
In this time period, 23 yearlings were offered with 18 being sold at an
average sales price of $26,083. Of the 23 yearlings, all 23 were runners
with 22 (96%) as winners. Their average earnings were $68,949. 4 of the 23
(17%) were 2YO winners. 10 of the 23 (43%) were Stakes horses with 2 of
these as Stakes Winners. Of the 23 yearlings, 7 (30%) have earned more than
$100,000. The Average Earnings Index for the 23 yearlings was a respectable
1.82. The overall average starts were 21.
Since 1998, Audley Farm has bred multiple graded stakes winner, MANDY'S
GOLD and EAGLETON, and graded stakes place fillies, RARE
BEAUTY.
The numbers indicate
the success: 100% Runners
96% Winners
43% Stakes Horses
30% Earners of $100K+
17% 2YO Winners
9% Stakes Winners
1.82 AEI
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