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| WinStar Farm |
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
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| 2009 Stats: | | Starts | | 207 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 36-33-36 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $6,456,795 (1) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 17% (50%) |
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Top Associated Horses:
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Bluegrass Cat,
Ultimate Goal,
Fidrych |
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- Owner(s): Kenny Troutt and Bill Casner
- Born: Troutt, born Jan. 8, 1948, in Mount Vernon, Ill.; Casner, born on March 12, 1948, in El Paso, Texas
- Residence: The Troutts live in Dallas, Texas; the Casners reside in Flower Mound, Texas
- Family: Troutt: wife, Lisa; Casner: wife, Susan
- Professional Background: Troutt founded Excel Communications, a long-distance telephone service and communications company. Casner developed B & R Equipment, a heavy equipment company
- Web site: www.winstarfarm.com
- Racing Background: Troutt formerly owned Landview Farm, a Thoroughbred operation in Nebraska, which he sold in 1982 ... Casner started galloping horses at Sunland Park in 1963, at the age of 15. He later put himself through college at Tarleton State University by galloping Thoroughbreds at various tracks and later trained racehorses ... Troutt and Casner met in the late 1970s when they attempted to claim the same horse at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, Neb., and later campaigned a claiming stable together ... Both withdrew from active participation in racing during the 1980s and 1990s while pursuing other business interests ... Casner was a founding board member of The Race For Education Inc., a national scholarship foundation that provides educational opportunities to children of racing’s backside workers and farm workers ... Casner is vice chairman and co-founder of the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP); former chairman of the board of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association; and formerly was on the board of Breeders' Cup Ltd. ... 2007 recipient of the Thoroughbred Charities of America Charity Leadership Award ... With the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, Troutt created the White Horse Award, presented annually to a farm or racetrack worker who performs an unselfish heroic act for a horse or a human ... Troutt formerly served on the board of trustees of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), the Executive Committee of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, and the board of directors of Breeders' Cup Ltd. ... In 2003, the partners received the Service Industry Award from TOBA ... In 2005, Troutt and Casner agreed to match donations up to $1 million for Hurricane Katrina victims ... At the 2005 University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Symposium on Racing and Gaming, WinStar received the Clay Puett Award for its wide-ranging support of the racing industry
- Breeding/Racing Operation: After a 16-year hiatus from racing, Troutt and Casner partnered with Prestonwood Racing in 1998 Belmont Stakes winner Victory Gallop ... In early 2000, Casner and Troutt bought the 1,450-acre Prestonwood Farm property near Versailles, Ky., from brothers Art, Jack and J.R. Preston, also natives of Texas, and renamed it WinStar … The farm is now one of the most state-of-the-art operations in the industry with such features as a hyperbaric oxygen chamber ... In addition to a band of approximately 100 broodmares, the farm is home to six stallions: two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and 2000 Horse of the Year Tiznow; 2004 champion sprinter and Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Speightstown; Distorted Humor, one of the world’s leading sires; Kentucky Derby runner-up and Grade 1 winner Bluegrass Cat, Sharp Humor, a multiple stakes winning son of Distorted Humor, and Grade 1-winning millionaire Spring At Last. 1999 champion older horse Victory Gallop stood at WinStar until his purchase by the Turkish National Jockey Club in early 2008. .... Through Oct. 7, 2009, Distorted Humor and Tiznow ranked second and third on the nation's leading sire list ... Racehorse Management is the name of the breeding operation of WinStar ... Singly and in partnership, WinStar has approximately 70 horses in training with Bill Mott, Todd Pletcher, Eoin Harty, Dale Romans, Dallas Stewart and Shannon Ritter … Former trainer Elliott Walden, who conditioned Victory Gallop, became vice president of WinStar’s racing and bloodstock services in July 2005 … Highpointe Training Center near Louisville, Ky., is training base for the balance of WinStar horses. Richard Budge oversees day-to-day operations there ... The farm earned back-to-back victories in the G1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in 2006 and 2007 with Bluegrass Cat and Any Given Saturday, respectively ... They have had six starters as breeder in the Breeders' Cup ... Breeder of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide, who competed in the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2003 and 2004 … Other horses bred by WinStar (singly and partnerships) include One Cool Cat (Europe’s champion 2-year-old of 2003), Grade 1 winner Sharp Lisa, It's No Joke, English group winner Lucky Story, Pompeii and Minister's Bid … WinStar sponsors various stakes races, including the $600,000 WinStar Derby and $200,000 WinsStar Oaks at Sunland Park in New Mexico ... Sold first foal out of Grade 1 winner Awesome Humor, a colt by Storm Cat, for $8.2 million at the 2006 Keeneland September yearling sale ... Top horses of 2009 include homebred Well Armed, by Tiznow, winner of the 2009 Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) but found to have an ankle chip after finishing last in the San Diego Handicap (G2) Aug. 3 in his return to the races; homebred multiple G1 winner Colonel John, by Tiznow, the 2008 Travers Stakes winner who finished 6th in the 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic and was successfully switched to the turf in 2009 with a win in the Wickerr Stakes on July 31 before finishing fifth, beaten three lengths after having no room in the Pacific Classic (G1) on Sept. 6; and three chances in the 2009 Kentucky Derby with G1-placed homebred Mr. Hot Stuff, by Tiznow, who finished 15th in the Derby and 8th in the Belmont Stakes (G1), Lane's End Stakes (G2) winner Hold Me Back, bred in partnership with Haras Santa Maria de Araras, who finished 12th in the Derby, 5th in the Virginia Derby (G2) on turf, and second in the Travers (G1), and Lexington Stakes (G2) winner Advice, which they purchased for $170,000 through agent Tim Kegel at the 2008 OBS February 2yo sale. ... "They have a very patient approach, they're not afraid to give their horses plenty of time to develop," said Todd Pletcher, trainer of Advice, in the Lexington Herald-Leader. "Their success is probably a product of their entire program. Obviously they're breeding good horses, and they're buying good horses. I think they've identified what they're looking for and are very good at doing it." ... Finished 2008 ranked ninth nationally on owner standings with 44 wins and $3,851,304 in earnings. They were an Eclipse Award finalist as leading breeders. ... Tied for leading owner at 2009 Keeneland Spring Meeting with four wins ... Through Sept. 6, ranked 13th leading owners nationally by earnings, not counting Dubai, with 21 wins and $2,092,687. Factoring in Dubai, they are the leading owners with $5,692,687 and 22 wins ... Through Sept. 4, are the 11th leading breeders of yearlings in 2009 with a gross of $830,000.
Breeders' Cup Record| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| 2008 | Classic | Colonel John | 6th | | | Dirt Mile | Well Armed | 9th |
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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