Copyright 2012 Journeyman BloodstockJourneyman Stud's Cowtown Cat became the first Florida freshman to sire a winner when his two-year-old filly Richie'slilcowgirl scored a debut win in the first race at Arlington Park on May 11...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/multiple-gsw-cowtown-cat-sires-first-winner.htmlFri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT2012-05-11T00:00:00The first two-year-old to sell from the first crop of Cowtown Cat was popular in the sales ring, bringing $100,000 on Day One of the OBS March Select Sale...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/first-2yo-for-cowtown-cat-brings-100000-at-obs.htmlThu, 15 Mar 2012 12:02:49 GMT2012-03-15T12:02:49Multiple graded stakes winner and record setter Kiss the Kid sired his first reported foals recently in Florida when a filly and colt were both born within a few days of one another at Hardacre Farm...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/multiple-gsw-kiss-the-kid-sires-first-foals.htmlWed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:56 GMT2012-02-08T13:40:56Brent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud announced no increases to fees for its 14-stallion roster for 2012, headlined by Wildcat Heir, Florida's 2011 Leading General Sire, and Awesome of Course, Florida's 2011 Leading Juvenile Sire...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/2012-fees-unchanged-for-journeyman-studs-wildcat-heir-awesome-of-course.htmlWed, 23 Nov 2011 17:50:46 GMT2011-11-23T17:50:46Vineyard Haven, a three-time Grade 1 winner and leading 2-year-old of his generation, has been retired from racing and will stand his first season in 2012 at Brent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud in Ocala, FL...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/three-time-g1-winner-vineyard-haven-retires-to-journeyman-stud.htmlWed, 16 Nov 2011 15:47:03 GMT2011-11-16T15:47:03J P's Gusto, a Grade 1-winning juvenile and top 3-year-old sprinter, has retired to Brent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud in Ocala, FL and will stand his first season in 2012...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/g1-winner-j-ps-gusto-to-journeyman-stud.htmlFri, 11 Nov 2011 13:49:27 GMT2011-11-11T13:49:27Awesome of Course sired a first, a second and a third in two Florida Stallion Stakes races August 27, further expanding his lead as Florida’s #1 Juvenile Sire...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/another-awesome-day-at-the-races.htmlSun, 28 Aug 2011 11:47:28 GMT2011-08-28T11:47:28No one could have expected that a stallion standing in Oklahoma for $1,750 after failing to attract enough patronage to stay afloat in Florida would sire a Breeders' Cup winner and champion. But that was exactly what happened when Awesome Feather charged home first in the 2010 Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I)...http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/64480/awesome-of-course-back-in-the-headlinesFri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT2011-08-12T00:00:00While the heavy heads were trading blows and taking headlines at Saratoga, the quietly successful stallion Awesome of Course was racking up a pair of stakes winners in the Dr. Fager and Desert Vixen divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder...http://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/the-lane-s-end-weekender-pedigree-awesome-of-course/Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT2011-08-12T00:00:00Paulick ReportJoe Hollywood, bred by Journeyman's Brent and Crystal Fernung, ran off the screen with an amazing stretch run in a six furlong long first-level allowance race.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/joe-hollywood-romps-at-monmouth.htmlTue, 09 Aug 2011 17:10:03 GMT2011-08-09T17:10:03Journeyman Stud's Saint Anddan had his first winner June 26 at Hollywood Park when his 2-year-old filly Woebegon went gate-to-wire...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/saint-anddan-sire-first-winner.htmlSun, 26 Jun 2011 21:34:57 GMT2011-06-26T21:34:57Journeyman Stud’s Exclusive Quality sired his first winner on June 25, when Exclusively Maria won a $40,000 maiden special weight at Calder by six lengths.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/first-winner-for-exclusive-quality.htmlSat, 25 Jun 2011 19:13:29 GMT2011-06-25T19:13:29Journeyman Stud's Teuflesberg sired his first winner on May 21, when his 2-year-old son This One for Me broke his maiden by 3 1/4 lengths at Hipodromo de las Americas racetrack in Mexico...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/g2-winner-teuflesberg-sires-first-winner.htmlWed, 25 May 2011 18:07:01 GMT2011-05-25T18:07:01Three wins on May 21st, including a sterling victory in a $54,584 Hollywood Park allowance over 8 ½ furlongs, solidified Consolidator’s ranking as America’s Leading Third Crop Sire by winners and wins...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/consolidator-filly-impressive-at-hollywood.htmlMon, 23 May 2011 15:47:28 GMT2011-05-23T15:47:28Wildcat Marie was first at every call in the $150,000 Whimsical S. (G3) April 23 at Woodbine...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-marie-turns-back-challengers-in-g3-whimsical.htmlSat, 23 Apr 2011 19:45:23 GMT2011-04-23T19:45:23The very first Saint Anddan 2-year-old offered at auction got plenty of attention after she brought $125,000 at the OBS training sale...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/saint-anddans-first-2yo-sells-for-125k-at-obs.htmlWed, 20 Apr 2011 20:46:21 GMT2011-04-20T20:46:21Exclusive Quality had a colt from his first crop bring $100,000 during day 2 of the OBS 2-year-olds in training sale...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/exclusive-quality-2yo-hits-100k-mark-at-obs-auction.htmlWed, 20 Apr 2011 20:01:17 GMT2011-04-20T20:01:17Analyst Bill Oppenheim noted Wildcat Heir as one of the planet's top sires in 2010 in a recent article in the Thoroughbred Daily News...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/oppenheim-wildcat-heir-a-leading-sire-of-top-racehorses.htmlTue, 15 Feb 2011 14:32:14 GMT2011-02-15T14:32:14Journeyman stallion Hear No Evil leads all sires in the world by A-Runner Index, Bill Oppenheimh has reported in Thoroughbred Daily News...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/hear-no-evil-tops-all-sires-by-a-runner-index.htmlThu, 03 Feb 2011 15:51:40 GMT2011-02-03T15:51:40Wild About Marie repelled several challenges in the $60,000 Dr. A. B. Leggio Memorial...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wild-about-marie-courageous-in-leggio-memorial-at-fair-grounds.htmlSat, 22 Jan 2011 22:04:20 GMT2011-01-22T22:04:20All breeders are welcome. Lunch will be served, and drawings will be held for complimentary 2011 seasons...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-sets-open-house-for-jan.-22.htmlMon, 03 Jan 2011 17:52:05 GMT2011-01-03T17:52:05One of the first to set Indian Charlie's fee climbing was his son Bwana Charlie, who became Indian Charlie's first American graded stakes winner...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/bwana-charlie-featured-in-tdn-pedigree-insights-by-andrew-caulfield.htmlTue, 21 Dec 2010 10:41:26 GMT2010-12-21T10:41:26Brent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud announced its 14-stallion roster with fees for 2011...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-sets-2011-roster-fees.htmlWed, 01 Dec 2010 16:40:34 GMT2010-12-01T16:40:34Kiss the Kid, a multiple graded stakes winner and earner of $820,873, has been retired and will stand stud in 2011 at Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud in Ocala, FL...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/multiple-gsw-kiss-the-kid-retires-to-journeyman.htmlWed, 17 Nov 2010 16:31:12 GMT2010-11-17T16:31:12Awesome of Course, sire of undefeated Breeders’ Cup winner and Fasig-Tipton November Sale Topper Awesome Feather, will stand the 2011 season at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud, it was announced today. His stud fee will be $5,000, stands and nurses...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/breeders-cup-sire-awesome-of-course-to-journeyman-for-2011.htmlMon, 08 Nov 2010 17:46:04 GMT2010-11-08T17:46:04A colt by hot freshman sire Mass Media topped the second session of the Ocala Breeders’ August Yearling Sale on August 25...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/obs-session-topper-for-mass-media.htmlThu, 26 Aug 2010 16:01:54 GMT2010-08-26T16:01:54Mass Media became the first Florida Freshman this year to sire a stakes winner, when Alert the Press charged to a decisive victory in the Capitol City Futurity on July 18th...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/mass-media-first-florida-freshman-to-sire-a-sw.htmlMon, 19 Jul 2010 12:11:51 GMT2010-07-19T12:11:51Nationally-ranked freshman sire Mass Media moved up the sire ranks once again, when Alert the Press became his third first-crop winner on July 10...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/third-debut-2yo-mdspwt-winner-for-mass-media.htmlSun, 11 Jul 2010 14:28:34 GMT2010-07-11T14:28:34Consolidator, Florida's No. 2 Second-Crop Sire, picked up another stakes winner on June 26th when his 3-year-old colt Mr Consolidator scorched six furlongs in 1:09 and change to win the $72,000 Snack S. at Indiana Downs...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/another-stakes-winner-for-consolidator.htmlMon, 28 Jun 2010 17:10:48 GMT2010-06-28T17:10:48Jackson Bend, by Journeyman's Hear No Evil, was made the sixth choice on the morning line at 12-1 when he drew post No. 6 for Saturday's $1 million Preakness S. (G1)...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/jackson-bend-looks-to-rebound-in-preakness.htmlWed, 12 May 2010 17:15:01 GMT2010-05-12T17:15:01PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter - Brent Fernung stands to go down in history as a three-time purchaser of "Derby dams" if Backtalk's impressive style carries him to a win on the first Saturday in May.http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55699/backtalk-looks-to-follow-smartys-hoofprintsMon, 08 Mar 2010 15:13:25 GMT2010-03-08T15:13:25Blood HorseDances With Ashley captured the $50,000 OBS Fillies Sprint S. on Feb. 15 during OBS’s Day of Champions program to become Wildcat Heir’s fourth stakes winner from his record-setting first crop...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/dances-with-ashley-becomes-wildcat-heir’s-4th-stakes-winner.htmlTue, 16 Feb 2010 00:09:30 GMT2010-02-16T00:09:30Cowtown Cat, a Grade 2-winning son of Distorted Humor, sired his first foal on Jan. 27 when a chestnut colt was born in Ocala...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/cowtown-cat’s-first-foal-a-colt.htmlWed, 10 Feb 2010 11:03:59 GMT2010-02-10T11:03:59Hardly had the van door closed on the Storm Cat stallion (and former Kentucky resident) Consolidator than his runners began knocking over more victories... Frank Mitchell - Bloodstock in the Bluegrasshttp://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/regional-stallions-prospering/Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:30:37 GMT2010-02-06T15:30:37bloodstock in the bluegrassStar Crazy, a 3-year-old filly from the first crop of leading freshman sire Consolidator, scored an eye-catching victory on Feb. 3rd when she romped to a rarely-seen 26 ¾-length win...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/consolidator-filly-wins-by-26-¾-lengths.htmlFri, 05 Feb 2010 10:13:01 GMT2010-02-05T10:13:01Grade 1-winning juvenile and racing millionaire Circular Quay sired his first foal on Jan. 15 when a chestnut filly was born at Destiny Oaks Farm in Ocala, FL...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/g1-winner-circular-quay-sires-first-foal.htmlWed, 27 Jan 2010 16:29:08 GMT2010-01-27T16:29:08Hear No Evil’s exciting colt Jackson Bend made a solid 3-year-old debut on Jan. 23rd at Gulfstream Park, finishing a close second despite a wide trip in the $150,000 Holy Bull S. (G3)...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/jackson-bend-runs-well-in-g3-holy-bull-in-3yo-debut.htmlMon, 25 Jan 2010 12:41:58 GMT2010-01-25T12:41:58...time has begun to reveal quality among Wildcat Heir’s great quantity of winners. On November 13, Karmageddon took the Jersey Juvenile Stakes, and the very next day Wild Mia captured the John Franks Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes...http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/truenicks/archive/2010/01/13/and-now-for-the-stakes-winners.aspxMon, 18 Jan 2010 15:43:48 GMT2010-01-18T15:43:48TrueNicks...we spend a lot of time tracking young stallions, and to have five individual winners by mid-May is an obvious indication that a stallion is siring precocious stock and needs to be followed closely,” is what I wrote then...http://werk2.werkhorse.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/10/this-wildcatter-has-struck-oil/Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:26:32 GMT2010-01-12T14:26:32Who's Hot, Who's NotLast week, Florida’s Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir closed out 2009 by tying a world record with 39 2-year-old winners. On Saturday, Jan. 9th that momentum carried over to 2010, as the brilliant Grade 1-winning son of Forest Wildcat picked up his first graded stakes winner when his undefeated 3-year-old filly Richiegirlgonewild ran her record to three-for-three with an impressive front-running score in the $100,000 Old Hat S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-filly-wins-old-hat-s-(g3)-at-gulfstream.htmlSun, 10 Jan 2010 13:04:21 GMT2010-01-10T13:04:21Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir accomplished something from his debut crop that no other sire in the recorded history of Thoroughbred horse racing has – siring 39 juvenile winners in the Northern Hemisphere...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-gets-recordsetting-39th-winner.htmlFri, 18 Dec 2009 18:14:02 GMT2009-12-18T18:14:02A 15 ½-length debut winner is very rare – but not a world record. What is a world record are 38 2-year-old winners from the first crop of a Freshman Sire...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-ties-world-record-with-15-½length-debut-winner.htmlSat, 12 Dec 2009 23:03:26 GMT2009-12-12T23:03:26Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir got two more maiden winners from his near-record-setting first crop Saturday, Dec. 5th, running his total to 37 winners – just one off of Chapel Royal’s world record of 38 for a first-crop stallion...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-up-to-37.htmlSun, 06 Dec 2009 14:19:23 GMT2009-12-06T14:19:23Promising young allowance winners were revealed on Dec. 3rd for Journeyman Stud freshman sires Wildcat Heir and Bwana Charlie, as Dances With Ashley and B’wanagoldmine gained impressive second wins against top company at Calder and Fair Grounds, respectively...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-bwana-charlie-impressive-2yo-allowance-winners-on-dec-3.htmlFri, 04 Dec 2009 18:25:47 GMT2009-12-04T18:25:47Consolidator arrived at his new home of Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala, FL on Friday, Nov. 20th, where the Grade 1-winning son of Storm Cat will stand the 2010 breeding season...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/g1-winner-consolidator-arrives-at-journeyman-stud.htmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:54 GMT2009-11-20T16:28:54Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir is enjoying a stellar weekend. On Friday Nov. 13th, he picked up his 30th first-crop 2-year-old winner as well as his first stakes winner. That poured over into Saturday when he quickly received his second 2-year-old stakes winner in the form of his filly Wild Mia, who captured the $100,000 Franks Juvenile Fillies Turf S...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/2-days-2-stakes-winners-for-wildcat-heir.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2009 17:57:50 GMT2009-11-14T17:57:50Despite a small first crop of 11 2-year-olds, Hear No Evil is proving to be one of the best Freshman Sires in the country. On Saturday, Nov. 14th, he picked up his second stakes winner when his colt Hear Ye Hear Ye won the $150,000 Jack Price Juvenile S...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/hear-ye-hear-ye-becomes-2nd-stakes-winner-for-hear-no-evil.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2009 17:18:01 GMT2009-11-14T17:18:01Friday the 13th proved to be a lucky day for Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir, as his sensational first crop hit another level when he received his 30th winner and an impressive stakes winner in the same day...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-winner-no-30-and-stakes-winner-in-same-day.htmlSat, 14 Nov 2009 14:16:35 GMT2009-11-14T14:16:35Consolidator, a Grade 1-winning son of Storm Cat, will stand the 2010 breeding season at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Florida...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/consolidator-to-journeyman-stud.htmlWed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:47 GMT2009-11-11T16:21:47Dances With Ashley, a $125,000 purchase earlier this year as a 2-year-old in training at OBS, became Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir’s 29th winner from his first crop...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/125000-wildcat-heir-filly-dazzles-in-debut.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 15:01:35 GMT2009-11-09T15:01:35ReRun, a 501 (c)(3) Thoroughbred racehorse adoption program, announces that its annual holiday eBay auction of Moneigh® paintings, created by famous horses, will be held November 29 through December 6, 2009.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/rerun’s-moneigh®-auction-on-ebay-to-begin-nov-29.htmlWed, 04 Nov 2009 15:25:28 GMT2009-11-04T15:25:28A colt by Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir topped the first session at the three-day Fasig-Tipton October Yearling sale in Lexington, KY, when Hip No. 152 went through the ring for $85,000...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/85000-wildcat-heir-yearling-tops-day-1-at-ft-oct.htmlTue, 27 Oct 2009 18:10:59 GMT2009-10-27T18:10:59Jackson Bend, a 2-year-old colt from the first crop of Journeyman stallion Hear No Evil, turned in his best performance to date and showed that he is one of the top juveniles in the country, overcoming a poor start to impressively win the $400,000 In Reality S. and sweep the three-race FSS series on Oct. 17th at Calder...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/hear-no-evil-colt-sweeps-fss-series.htmlSun, 18 Oct 2009 12:31:04 GMT2009-10-18T12:31:04Wildcat Heir got his crop-high 24th winner the evening of Oct. 14th when his 2-year-old filly Wild Rainbow romped to a five-length victory in a $28,000 maiden special weight heat at Charles Town...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-24th-winner-romps-by-5.htmlThu, 15 Oct 2009 13:06:42 GMT2009-10-15T13:06:42Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir got his 22nd winner in dynamic fashion on Monday night, Oct. 5th, as his 2-year-old Banner Cat streaked to a fast maiden special weight victory at Remington Park – romping by seven lengths and earning a 90 Beyer Speed Figure...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-2yo-earns-90-beyer.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 09:53:04 GMT2009-10-06T09:53:04Wildcat Heir, Florida’s Leading Active Freshman Sire and a Top 5 National Freshman Sire, gained his crop-high 21st 2-year-old maiden winner from his debut crop on Oct. 5th when his filly Karmageddon proved best in a $47,000 maiden special weight heat at the Meadowlands...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/lucky-21-for-wildcat-heir.htmlTue, 06 Oct 2009 00:38:49 GMT2009-10-06T00:38:49Hear No Evil, a Leading Freshman Sire with such top 2-year-olds as three-time stakes winner Jackson Bend, has moved to Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala for the 2010 breeding season...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/hear-no-evil-to-journeyman-stud.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2009 14:35:37 GMT2009-10-02T14:35:37Florida’s Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir became the first freshman sire in North America to reach 20 winners from his debut crop on Sept. 24th when his 2-year-old colt Wild Dixie Cat won a maiden special weight race at first-asking...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-20-it-is.htmlFri, 25 Sep 2009 12:52:24 GMT2009-09-25T12:52:24Wildcat Heir, Florida’s Leading Freshman Sire, was well-represented at the annual Keeneland September yearling sale when a colt from his second crop brought $140,000 to be one of the highest individual lots sold during the session on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-colt-brings-140000-at-keesep.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 14:37:29 GMT2009-09-24T14:37:29Florida’s leading freshman sire Wildcat Heir got another impressive maiden special weight winner on Sept. 20th when his 2-year-old colt Simplifying streaked to 4 ½-length score at Calder...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/19-winners-now-for-wildcat-heir.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2009 09:49:46 GMT2009-09-21T09:49:46Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir picked up his crop-high seventeenth winner on Labor Day when his first-time starter My Good Friend keyed a Wildcat Heir exacta along with runner-up Wildcat’s Storm in a Calder maiden race...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/a-wildcat-heir-exacta-gives-sire-no-17.htmlTue, 08 Sep 2009 15:05:28 GMT2009-09-08T15:05:28Hip 259, an attractive filly by the nation’s Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir, was the first offering by her red-hot sire in the Open portion of the OBS August Yearling Sale August 24-27, and she showed the momentum created by Wildcat Heir by bringing $100,000 – the highest price fetched on Day 2 of the sale...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-filly-tops-day-2-at-obs-august.htmlThu, 27 Aug 2009 09:05:54 GMT2009-08-27T09:05:54Grade 2 stakes-winning sprinter Teuflesberg has settled into his new home at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala, FL, where the 5-year-old son of Johannesburg will stand the 2010 breeding season...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/teuflesberg-to-journeyman-stud.htmlMon, 24 Aug 2009 09:46:37 GMT2009-08-24T09:46:37Backtalk, an undefeated Grade 2 winner and the nation's leading juvenile, was a planned breeding by Brent Fernung...http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/backtalkin-all-the-way/Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:49:16 GMT2009-08-03T10:49:16bloodstock in the bluegrassLeading Freshman and Juvenile Sire Wildcat Heir is not only getting an abundance of early winners, he’s getting them at some of racing’s most prestigious venues and at the highest level...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/del-mar-sight-of-latest-impressive-msw-winner-for-wildcat-heir.htmlSun, 02 Aug 2009 10:26:55 GMT2009-08-02T10:26:55Journeyman Stud’s Top 5 Florida Freshman Sires Wildcat Heir and Bwana Charlie each added impressive maiden special weight winners on July 25th to their first crop of 2-year-old runners...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-freshman-sires-more-impressive-maiden-special-weight-winners.htmlSun, 26 Jul 2009 13:37:59 GMT2009-07-26T13:37:59Wildcat Heir, who was fast enough to win the six-furlong Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (G1) in 2004, is getting off to a fast start as a stallion in 2009...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/bloodhorse-wildcat-heir-off-to-fast-start.htmlSun, 19 Jul 2009 11:20:34 GMT2009-07-19T11:20:34Past the halfway point in July, Leading Freshman & Juvenile Sire Wildcat Heir now has 11 winners from 21 of his first-crop two-year-olds to start, remaining strongly on top of all North American stallions with juvenile progeny earnings of $307,984 to date...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/11-winners-for-leading-juvenile-sire-wildcat-heir.htmlFri, 17 Jul 2009 14:21:41 GMT2009-07-17T14:21:41Leading Freshman & Juvenile Sire Wildcat Heir recorded his eighth maiden special weight-winning 2-year-old of the season when a pair of his debutantes dominated a $47,000 five-furlong heat at Monmouth on July 3rd...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-debutantes-run-12-in-monmouth-maiden-special-weight.htmlSat, 04 Jul 2009 10:55:32 GMT2009-07-04T10:55:32Wildcat Heir, who tops the North American Freshman Sires List in runners, winners and progeny earnings, is an early product of Journeyman Stud...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-stud-one-of-floridas-leading-stallion-stations-bill-oppenheim.htmlThu, 02 Jul 2009 17:47:41 GMT2009-07-02T17:47:41Leading Freshman & First-Crop Sire Wildcat Heir not only got his seventh maiden special weight-winning 2-year-old of the season on June 20th, he also became the sire of another good-looking winner – perhaps the most impressive to date...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir’s-7th-winner-may-be-most-impressive-to-date.htmlSun, 21 Jun 2009 20:52:45 GMT2009-06-21T20:52:45Leading Freshman & Juvenile Sire Wildcat Heir got his sixth maiden special weight winner from his debut crop on June 11th when Always Wildcatin’ drew off to a 3 ¼-length score in a $69,000 heat at Woodbine...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/6-winners-now-for-leading-freshman-juvenile-sire-wildcat-heir.htmlThu, 11 Jun 2009 17:01:07 GMT2009-06-11T17:01:07Wildcat Heir has to be feeling a bit like Nuke LaLoosh, the pitcher in the classic baseball movie “Bull Durham” who famously told his catcher that he wanted to “announce his presence with authority.” Since joining Journeyman Stud in Ocala in 2006, the stallion has certainly done just that...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-stud’s-freshman-sires-top-the-charts.htmlFri, 05 Jun 2009 11:24:17 GMT2009-06-05T11:24:17Journeyman Stud’s freshman sire Wildcat Heir is not only the Leading Freshman Sire in North America, he is also the Leading Juvenile Sire among all stallions in North America.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-leading-juvenile-sire-in-north-america.htmlMon, 01 Jun 2009 14:37:09 GMT2009-06-01T14:37:09At WTC Inc., we spend a lot of time tracking young stallions, and to have five individual winners by mid-May is an obvious indication that a stallion is siring precocious stock and needs to be followed closely... Jack Werk is the President of Werk Thoroughbred Consultants, Inc.http://werk2.werkhorse.com/wordpress/index.php/2009/05/18/wildcat-heir-sprints-to-the-lead/Mon, 18 May 2009 16:57:10 GMT2009-05-18T16:57:10Who’s Hot, Who’s NotJourneyman Stud’s leading freshman sire Wildcat Heir is continuing to rack up early winners from his debut crop of 2-year-olds to hit the racetrack, as his daughter Wildcat Aly became the latest impressive first-out winner on May 17th, rallying to win a $62,000 maiden special weight heat going away at Woodbine. She was his fifth winner from seven starters...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/5-winners-from-7-starters-for-wildcat-heir.htmlMon, 18 May 2009 10:37:13 GMT2009-05-18T10:37:13Journeyman Stud’s freshman sires Wildcat Heir and Bwana Charlie have gotten off to a lightning-fast start with their respective debut crops to hit the racetrack, ranking nationally as the Leading Freshman Sires through May 12th with an impressive six combined winners from nine starters...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-stud-12-on-freshman-sires-list.htmlTue, 12 May 2009 16:22:59 GMT2009-05-12T16:22:59Leading Freshman Sire Wildcat Heir received another pair of debut winners on May 2nd from his fast-starting first crop, as Richiegirlgonewild and Wildcat Honor won at first-asking at Arlington Park and Calder, respectively, to give the brilliant Grade 1-winning sprinter four winners from six starters to date...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/two-more-debut-winners-for-wildcat-heir.htmlSun, 03 May 2009 21:03:05 GMT2009-05-03T21:03:05Journeyman Stud’s leading freshman sire Wildcat Heir has caught fire with his first crop of runners to hit the racetrack, as the Grade 1-winning son of Forest Wildcat has already been represented by a pair of first-out 2-year-old winners from his first two starters...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/two-runners-two-winners-for-wildcat-heir.htmlFri, 03 Apr 2009 16:09:17 GMT2009-04-03T16:09:17Grade 1 winner Wildcat Heir got off to a fast start at stud when his filly Kitty in the Bag, the first starter from his debut crop of 2-year-olds, cruised to an impressive 3 1/4-length win in a $36,000 maiden special weight heat on April 1st at Santa Anita...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/first-starter-by-wildcat-heir-wows-at-santa-anita.htmlWed, 01 Apr 2009 19:25:00 GMT2009-04-01T19:25:00Preparing for my trip to Ocala, I browsed farm information, looking for visitor-friendly sites, easy contact information, and stallions for whom, for one reason or another, I felt a particular affinity. In Journeyman Stud, I found all three...http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2009/03/morning-at-journeyman-stud.htmlMon, 23 Mar 2009 09:09:42 GMT2009-03-23T09:09:42Brooklyn BackstretchJourneyman Stud has revised the stud fees on a number of its stallions for the remainder of the 2009 breeding season, it was announced by the Florida-based farm Friday, March 20th...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-stud-announces-revised-fees.htmlFri, 20 Mar 2009 15:38:38 GMT2009-03-20T15:38:38The first 2-year-olds by Grade 1-winning sprinter Wildcat Heir represented well at the opening under tack show for the OBS March Select Two-Year-Olds Sale March 12th, as Hip 100, a Wildcat Heir colt, and Hip 172, a Wildcat Heir filly, zipped through the co-fastest eighth of a mile on the day in 9.80 over the local SafeTrack surface in Ocala...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-duo-breeze-cofastest-980-at-obs-march.htmlFri, 13 Mar 2009 12:36:16 GMT2009-03-13T12:36:16The excitement of Wildcat Heir’s first crop of 2-year-olds continued during the OBS February Select Sale on Feb. 17th, when a filly by the brilliant Grade 1-winning sprinter entered the ring as Hip No. 180 and sold for $125,000...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-filly-brings-125000-at-obs.htmlThu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-02-19T00:00:00Journeyman Stud’s Wildcat Heir saw several of his first Select 2-year-olds blaze the track at the OBS February Select Sale Under Tack Show Feb. 13th over the local SafeTrack surface...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir’s-first-2yos-breeze-fast-at-obs.htmlSun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-02-15T00:00:00Last year’s Southeastern stallion scene was dominated by the departure of Padua Stables, Cloverleaf Farms II, and Sequel Stallions from Florida, resulting in transfers of at least a dozen Florida stallions...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/domains/www.journeymanbloodstock.com/cmsfiles/docs/MarketWatch11-21-08.pdfMon, 09 Feb 2009 16:24:40 GMT2009-02-09T16:24:40Like many longtime New Jersey residents, Indy Wind is seeking a taste of the good life during his retirement in Florida, and after winning five stakes races during his career at the racetrack, he deserves it...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/indy-wind-brings-northeast-toughness-to-florida.htmlWed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-01-28T00:00:00Journeyman Stud’s Exclusive Quality sired his first foal, a colt, on Jan. 15th at Leprechaun Farm in Ocala, Florida...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/first-foal-for-journeyman’s-exclusive-quality.htmlFri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-01-16T00:00:00Saint Anddan, A.P. Indy’s Grade 2-winning son standing at Journeyman Stud, sired his first foal on Jan. 11th when a dark bay or brown filly was delivered at Equitor Farm in Ocala, Florida...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/saint-anddan-sires-first-foal.htmlThu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT2009-01-15T00:00:00Brent Fernung got a firsthand look at Deputy Glitters’ racing ability at the Tampa Bay Derby (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs in 2006, when the horse defeated Grade 1 winner and 2-5 favorite Bluegrass Cat by two lengths...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/deputy-glitters-looks-to-impress-florida-once-again.htmlMon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-12-29T00:00:00Big things have been expected from Cowtown Cat ever since he commanded a sale-topping $1.5 million at Barretts’ sale of 2-year-olds in training in March 2006. Now, Brent Fernung, the owner of Journeyman Stud in Ocala, is hoping the colt can continue to make his presence felt in the sales ring as he begins his stud career...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/cowtown-cat-brings-saletopping-frame-to-ocala.htmlTue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-12-23T00:00:00Stallions who want to stand at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala should follow the advice of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis and “just win, baby.” Brent Fernung said he uses four sets of criteria to evaluate potential stallions – race record, sire, female family and looks – but if a horse lacks accomplishments on the racetrack, it’s not necessary to look at the other three areas...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/circular-quay-aims-to-impress-florida-breeders.htmlFri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-12-05T00:00:00Indy Wind, a five-time stakes winner by leading sire A.P. Indy, has retired from racing and will join the stallion ranks at Brent & Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala, FL for the 2009 breeding season, it was announced Friday...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/indy-wind-5-time-stakes-winner-by-ap-indy-to-journeyman-stud.htmlFri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-11-21T00:00:00Brent & Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud has set stud fees for its expanded 11-horse roster for 2009, it was announced Tuesday, Nov 11th...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-stud-announces-‘09-stud-fees-for-expanded-roster.htmlTue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-11-11T00:00:00A colt from the first crop of Journeyman Stud’s Wildcat Heir topped the final session of the three-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearlings Sale on Oct. 23rd in Lexington, Ky., selling for $107,000...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/wildcat-heir-colt-tops-session-at-f-t-ky-fall.htmlSun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-10-26T00:00:00Three time Grade 1 winner Sweet Return has moved to Brent and Crystal Fernung s Journeyman Stud in Ocala FL for the 2009 breeding season Owned and campaigned by John Brunetti s Red Oak Stable ...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/sweet-return-to-journeyman-stud.htmlMon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-10-20T00:00:00Dual Derby-winning 3-year-old Deputy Glitters has retired from racing and will stand his first season in 2009 at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/deputy-glitters-to-journeyman-stud.htmlMon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-10-20T00:00:00The odds were pretty good that a horse sired by Repent and broken and trained by Brent Fernung would win the $77,500 Step Nicely Stakes at Belmont Park on Sunday. But few people other than Fernung thought that horse would be Famous Patriot and not Check It Twice...http://www.wiretowire.netWed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-09-24T00:00:00Wire to WireBrent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud announce the addition of Circular Quay for 2009 and their new breeding facility.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/circular-quay-to-stand-at-journeyman.htmlFri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-09-12T00:00:00Mamma Lina a recent purchase by Journeyman Bloodstock breaks maiden at Arlington in maiden spw by 14 lengths.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/mamma-lina-breaks-maiden-at-arlington-in-mdn-spw-by-14-lenghts.htmlSun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-08-03T00:00:00Brent and Crystal Fernung have announced that their Journeyman Stud division has started building a new 14 stall stallion complex...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/fernungs-announce-new-stallion-facility-to-be-built.htmlSun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-07-06T00:00:00A new 14 stall stallion facility and new office are in progress at Journeyman Stud...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-stud-to-build-new-facility.htmlSat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-07-05T00:00:00Mongoose Gold, the leading money-winner for Mongoose, added to her bank account with a game victory in a $45,630 allowance race at Arlington Park on June 27...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/front-running-victory-for-mongoose-gold.htmlSun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-06-29T00:00:00When Behindatthebar won the $250,000 Lexington Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on April 19, it marked another addition to the growing list of 3-year-old graded stakes performers of 2008 who received their early schooling under the guidance of Brent Fernung...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/another-journeyman-bloodstock-product-makes-headlines.htmlMon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-04-21T00:00:00Bsharpsonata makes it 6 for 9 winning the Davona Dale Stakes.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/bsharpsonata-strikes-again-winning-the-davona-dale-stakes.htmlThu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-03-13T00:00:00A colt out of Journeyman owned ONE TO FIVE brings $200,000 at OBS February sale.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/homebred-repent-colt-brings-200000-at-obs-february.htmlTue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-02-12T00:00:00When Journeyman Bloodstock’s Brent Fernung was in his final month as farm manager at CloverLeaf Farms, he advised owner John Sykes not to sell a Pulpit filly named Bsharpsonata...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/fernungs-advice-pays-off-with-bsharpsonata.htmlTue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-02-12T00:00:00After purchasing Repent privately, Fernung then buys Crowning Touch among other mares expressly to breed to Repent.. The success is obvioushttp://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/repent-and-journeyman-equals-success.htmlFri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-02-08T00:00:00Journeyman Bloodstock wound up as the leading consignor at the three-day OBS Winter Mixed Sale which concluded on Jan. 18...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-bloodstock-tops-at-obs-january.htmlTue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-01-22T00:00:00Crystal and Brent Fernung’s Journeyman Bloodstock had the day’s sales toppers in the consignor preferred session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2008 Winter Mixed Sale.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-sells-select-session-toppers.htmlMon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-01-21T00:00:00Smooth Air has a strong connection to the Fernung'shttp://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/smooth-air-has-strong-connection-to-fernungs.htmlFri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-01-11T00:00:00On December 30th at Santa Anita, Florida-bred Gorgeous Goose became the first stakes winner for Florida stallion Mongoose.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/mongoose-tallies-first-stakes-winner.htmlFri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT2008-01-11T00:00:00Bushwacker, mated for Starship Stables by Brent Fernung, has strong Florida ties.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/another-stakes-winner-from-journeyman-mating.htmlFri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-12-14T00:00:00Bushwacker’s strong Florida family ties Florida-bred Bushwacker, who won the Vernon O. Underwood Stakes (G3) on December 2 at Hollywood Park, has quite an extended Florida family.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/another-stakes-winner-from-journeyman-mating.htmlFri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-12-14T00:00:00Brent and Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud hosted the farm's first stallion show Saturday, Dec. 8 at the old Sez Who Thoroughbreds property in Ocala...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/inaugural-stallion-show-at-journeyman-stud-a-success.htmlMon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-12-10T00:00:00Gorgeous Goose, out of Gorgeous Me defeated a full field Wednesday Nov. 14th...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/mongoose-filly-defeats-full-field-at-hollywood-park.htmlFri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-11-16T00:00:00As agent for CloverLeaf Farms II, Brent Fernung purchased Apasionata Sonata infoal to Pulpit...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/bsharpsonata-wins-the-50000-irish-stakes.htmlMon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-09-24T00:00:00The saying goes that when one door closes, another opens. And in this case, the closing of...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/brent-and-crystal-fernung’s-journeyman-stud-becomes-the-latest-addition-to-the-ranks-of-florida-stallion-stations.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-08-15T00:00:00It's almost considered a running joke now, but it's certainly one Brent Fernung always enjoys hearing:http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/dam-right--a-history-of-success-for-journeyman-bloodstock.htmlWed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-04-18T00:00:00Woodford's Gal went on to break her maiden by five and 1/4 lengths at Turfway Park returning 36.40 to win.http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/mongoose-has-another-winner.htmlFri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT2007-01-26T00:00:00Sadie Sue Cat, a daughter of the Cloverleaf stallion Mongoose, became the sixth winner for her sire when she won the second race at Philadelphia Park, Dec. 11...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/sixth-winner-for-mongoose.htmlFri, 29 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT2006-12-29T00:00:00Mongoose, a son of Broad Brush standing at John Sykes’ Cloverleaf Farms II, gained his fifth winner from his first crop...http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/mongoose-gets-fifth-winner.htmlTue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT2006-11-28T00:00:00http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/journeyman-bloodstock-news.htmlTue, 23 Sep 2008 14:39:18 GMTen-us