Kip Elser's Kirkwood Equine Advisory

05/11/2024

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01/11/2024

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22/10/2024

The spectacular October Yearling pre-sale reception at the Deauville Museum. C'est magnifique! 🇫🇷

21/10/2024

Greetings from Deauville early on a rainy morning 🇫🇷

17/10/2024

What a spectacular morning with the moon over the Kentucky River.

06/10/2024

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30/09/2024

Laurel Futurity Winner Pascaline: 'This Is A Fun Horse'

Pascaline, a West Virginia-bred son of Upstart out of the Harlan’s Holiday mare Tres Chic, turned back a late bid from Grade 3-placed stakes winner and 2-1 favorite Studlydoright to register a two-length victory in the prestigious Laurel Futurity, which was rained off the turf and shortened from 1 1/16 miles to one mile. Pascaline was entered for main track only. “What a thrill,” West Point executive vice president Tom Bellhouse said. Pascaline sold for $40,000 as a Keeneland yearling last fall and then shipped to Europe, where he fetched $84,943 at the mid-April Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up sale in Newmarket, England. He was sent to Delacour, registering his first timed work in early June at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md.

“Arnaud (Delacour) has just done an amazing job,” Bellhouse said. “He’s been high on him all along. The fact that we bought a West Virginia-bred in Europe, a big shout out to Kip Elser who picked him out."

For the full report visit https://paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/laurel-futurity-winner-pascaline-this-is-a-fun-horse & view the race on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FanOKkxG24M .

Congratulations to all connections:
O: West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc. , and Edwin S. Barker
T: Arnaud Delacour
B: James Franklin Miller (WV)
J: Victor R. Carrasco

Paulick Report Maryland Jockey Club

29/09/2024

Truth!

14/09/2024

From South Africa's 4Racing "Off the Record with Charl Pretorious" #43, Sept 2024:

“South African horses are by nature very tough,” enthused trainer Graham Motion after Isivunguvungu had won the Listed Da Hoss Stakes over 1100m at Colonial Downs last Saturday.

US-based bloodstock adviser, Kip Elser, said that Isivunguvungu’s win could lead to bigger things. He described himself as “a believer” in SAF-breds and expects that Team Valor's Barry Irwin’s new runners will do well.

“The conversation started many years ago in the days of Hawaii, a terrific horse I actually saw in action, and Wolf Power, who was a superb runner. In 2000 I was also privileged to see Horse Chestnut in the US and Mike de K**k and I discussed quarantine issues and ways of making things easier. At that point we still had a quarantine facility in South Carolina that was used for exports to Europe.”

Elser said that Isivunguvungu and Beach Beauty represented a “triumph of persistence” for South African racing and breeding after many years of serious efforts to get our best racers to compete globally again. “I think they are good enough to compete at top levels and I’m hoping there will be more progress from the authorities.”

For the entire article please visit https://news.https://tinyurl.com/5n7jad7d or click through the link below.

The US success of Beach Bomb and Isivunguvungu has done wonders to raise the profile of SA racing and breeding, but there is still much work to be done.

13/09/2024

KIRKWOOD manages a number of active racing, pinhooking and broodmare partnerships at various levels. Each partner receives regular communications, including photos and videos, on each of their horses, and we're always available to answer questions.

For more information on our current offerings, email [email protected], and for more about our other services, which include Acquisitions & Sales and Portolio Management visit https://kirkwoodadvisory.com/  on our website.

02/09/2024

The Lord loves a trier 🙏

31/08/2024

TOP NOTCH equine program...check it out 🐴

25/08/2024

Pascaline, purchased by Kirkwood in the UK at the Craven Sale in April for , made his impressive first start Saturday at , winning Race 4. It was a breathtaking, dramatic finish with Pascaline seemingly having no place to go but found room near the 8th & pulled off the victory.

Pascaline reserved off the pace saving ground along the fence, tipped out to split rivals on the turn, waited behind rivals on the turn, searched for racing room in upper stretch, split rivals in the lane surging through a hole that presented itself three wide in mid-stretch & prevailed late in an outstanding performance. Source:

Pascaline is a Bay C**t, by Upstart out of Tres Chic, by Harlan’s Holiday. Bred by James Franklin Miller; Owned by West Point Thoroughbred, Jimmy Kahig Racing, CJ Stables & Edwin S. Barker; Trainer Arnaud Delacour.

Big congratulations to all connections! See the entire race at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qExZHHPvuYM .

24/08/2024

Happy Day & best of luck to everyone! 🏇🛶🚩 RG

21/08/2024

This is an informed & important read about horse racing from Racing Post. Click https://tinyurl.com/4x4kk22k for the entire article or click through the photo/link below.

As other equestrian sports have their moment in the spotlight at the Olympics, it’s worth reflecting on the role racing now plays in the lives of... Read More

15/08/2024

Happiest of birthdays to Frank Smith. Perennial South Carolina Breeder of the Year, developer of countless Graded Stakes horses through his , & Chairman and host of the Elloree Trials. An all-around example to us all! 🎂🎉🐎

12/08/2024

Thoroughbred Racehorse Auctions 101 🏇 We were delighted with the recent guest seminar all about the basics of thoroughbred auctions which covered pedigree analysis, auction etiquette & more, for a group of eager individuals who are interested in all things thoroughbred racing.

The purpose of the event was to take out any intimidation factors from those ready to take the leap into the world of thoroughbred racing and be as informed as possible. Our speaker guest list included an industry renowned consignment sales expert & two veterinarians, all tops in their profession, who gave the audience detailed explanations of the ins and outs of what they do. Huge thanks to SUNY - The State University of New York for your participation. Swipe ⬅️ for photo gallery.