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Wildcat Heir colt gets first stakes win in Japan

Shigeru Acerola, a 2-year-old son of Wildcat Heir, won his first career stakes, in just his fourth lifetime start, Dec. 17...

2012 fees unchanged for Journeyman Stud's Wildcat Heir, Awesome of Course

Brent & 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...

John Johny Jak wins third career stake

Wildcat Heir's John Johny Jak won his third careers stake on Nov. 5 with a nose victory in the $70,150 Lure S. at Santa Anita...

Wildcat Heir 2YO primed for $500,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint

Vexor, winner of the Grade 2 Nashua S. in his last start, will line up for Friday's inaugural Breeders' Cup Sprint as one of the top choices in the $500,000, six furlong race...

Wild About Marie locks up Keeneland's $100,000 Franklin County S.

With a big move at the top of the stretch, Wild About Marie rolled to a two length victory in the Buffalo Trace Franklin County S. Oct. 14 at Keeneland...

Wildcat Heir moves to the top of Florida's general sire list

Journeyman Stud's Wildcat Heir took over the top spot on the Florida's general sire list with a big Oct. 8-9 weekend...

Vexor, Trinniberg make for Journeyman stallion exacta in Grade 2 Nashua

Vexor and Trinniberg, both sons of Journeyman Stud stallions, were well clear of the field in their 1-2 finish in the Grade 2 Nashua S. Oct. 2 at Belmont Park...

Karmageddon gets 3rd stakes win in $60,000 Jersey Girl S

Karmageddon earned her first win of the year and third lifetime stakes in Saturday's $60,000 Jersey Girl S...

Wildcat Heir offerings popular at OBS sale

Going through the ring nearly back-to-back, a pair of Wildcat Heir yearlings fetched strong prices at OBS' select yearling sale...

John Johny Jak rallies to stakes win at Del Mar

John Johny Jak, a 4-year-old son of Wildcat Heir, made a late bid to win the $85,000 Harry F. Brubaker S. by a nose...

Wildcat Heir Juvenile Impresses at Saratoga

Champion Sire Wildcat Heir unleashed yet another eye-catching juvenile when Vexor took a top class field of maidens gate to wire at Saratoga on August 10th...

Black Diamond Cat dominates Calders' Major Moran S.

Wildcat Heir's Black Diamond Cat sprinted away from his competitors at the head of the stretch en route to a 4 1/2-length win in the $55,000 Major Moran S...

Wildcat Heir colt pops at first asking at Del Mar

The fittingly-named 2-year-old colt Sheer Talent showed he was worthy of his monicker in his debut...

Black Diamond Cat has winning hand in $75K Umphrey Sprint

Wildcat Heir's Black Diamond Cat got up in the shadow of the wire to grab the winner's share of the $75,000 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint...

Wildcat Heir 2YO filly romps in debut

First-time starter Greatful Heir rolled to a 3 3/4-length victory going five furlongs at Monmouth Park on June 26...

Wild Mia makes Hollywood trip worthwhile

Wild Mia made her first start in California a winning one, edging Andina by a neck to capture the $75,100 Redondo Beach S. June 5 at Hollywood...

Second stakes winner in 2 days for Wildcat Heir

John Johny Jak rallied to win the Carterista S. at Gulfstream Park, giving his sire Wildcat Heir his second new stakes winner in two days...

Wildcat Marie turns back challengers in G3 Whimsical

Wildcat Marie was first at every call in the $150,000 Whimsical S. (G3) April 23 at Woodbine...

Wild About Marie repeats over Fair Grounds' turf course

Wild About Marie won her second stakes of Fair Grounds’ winter/spring meet on March 19...

Oppenheim: Wildcat Heir a leading sire of top racehorses

Analyst Bill Oppenheim noted Wildcat Heir as one of the planet's top sires in 2010 in a recent article in the Thoroughbred Daily News...

Wild About Marie courageous in Leggio Memorial at Fair Grounds

Wild About Marie repelled several challenges in the $60,000 Dr. A. B. Leggio Memorial...

Wildcat Heir: 2010's leading second-crop sire

Wildcat Heir continued to show why he is one of the country's best young stallions, leading all second crop sires in progeny earnings...

2010 Champion second crop sire Wildcat Heir sires first stakes winner of 2011

Just two days into the new year and Wildcat Heir recorded his first stakes winner of 2011...

Wildcat Heiress goes gate to wire in Esplanade

Wildcat Heiress capped an excellent 2010 with a victory in the $60,000 Esplanade S. at Fair Grounds...

Capixaba: Wildcat Heir's winning machine

Capixaba looks unstoppable at Laurel Park, running his winning streak to six in a row at the Maryland track on Dec. 17...

Journeyman sets 2011 roster, fees

Brent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud announced its 14-stallion roster with fees for 2011...

Wildcat Heir fillies 1-2 in Churchill feature

A pair of 3-year-old fillies by Wildcat Heir filled out the exacta on a cold, wet day at Churchill Downs on Nov. 24...

Big weekend for Journeyman stallions

Horses by Wildcat Heir, Mass Media, and Hear No Evil all added black type to their resume on Nov. 13...

Wildcat Heir racks up sixth stakes winner of 2010

Karmageddon registered a 3 1/4-length win in the $75,000 Princeton S. to give her sire Wildcat Heir his sixth stakes winner on the year...

Derwin's Star tops huge week for Wildcat Heir

Wildcat Heir topped a red-hot week with Derwin Star taking the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks on Sept. 18...

Wildcat Heir filly dominates River Downs' Bassinet

Fiscal Policy became Wildcat Heir's latest stakes winner with a masterful 6 1/4-length triumph in the Coca-Cola Bassinet...

Wildcat Heir filly wins Hollywood's Cinderella Stakes

She'll Heir showed her fighting spirit, overcoming all types of trouble to win Hollywood Park's Cinderella S. on June 9...

Wildcat Heir gets first 2YO winner of 2010 at Keeneland

It didn't take long after 2-year-old racing began in 2010 for Wildcat Heir to get his first juvenile winner. It was the first race at Keeneland on Apr. 9 to be exact, when She'll Heir came home with a rush to capture the 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race for fillies...

Wildcat Heir offspring put him near top at Barretts 2YO sale

In a Barretts sale loaded with top-class sires, Wildcat Heir more than held his own, ranking second among all sires in terms of average price of all horses sold...

Wildcat Heir tops North American second-crop sire list

Journeyman stallion Wildcat Heir has risen to the top of the North American second-crop sire list, ranking above many more heralded rivals based in Kentucky...

Wildcat Heir filly still undefeated after Fair Grounds win

Paris Heiress, a 3-year-old filly by Journeyman stallion Wildcat Heir, ran her record to a perfect 2-for-2 after a sharp allowance score in a six-furlong sprint at Fair Grounds on Mar. 26...

FTBOA names Wildcat Heir Florida Freshman Stallion of the Year

The best Florida-bred thoroughbreds of 2009 were honored Mar. 15 during the 50th annual awards ceremony sponsored by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association...

$200K Wildcat Heir colt tops for sire at OBS March sale

As the first day of the Mar. 16-17 OBS Selected sale of 2-year-old wound down, a sturdy looking son of Wildcat Heir brought a price of $200,000, one of the top 10 sellers on the day.

Dances With Ashley becomes Wildcat Heir’s 4th stakes winner

Dances 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...

And Now For The Stakes Winners... TrueNicks on Wildcat Heir

...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...

This Wildcatter has Struck Oil! - Jack Werk on Wildcat Heir

...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...

Wildcat Heir filly wins Old Hat S. (G3) at Gulfstream

Last 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...

Wildcat Heir gets record-setting 39th winner

Leading 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...

Wildcat Heir ties world record with 15 ½-length debut winner

A 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...

Wildcat Heir up to 37

Leading 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...

Wildcat Heir & Bwana Charlie: Impressive 2yo allowance winners on Dec. 3

Promising 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...

2 days, 2 stakes winners for Wildcat Heir

Leading 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...

Wildcat Heir: Winner No. 30 and stakes winner in same day

Friday 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...

$125,000 Wildcat Heir filly dazzles in debut

Dances 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...

$85,000 Wildcat Heir yearling tops Day 1 at F-T OCT

A 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...

Wildcat Heir: 24th winner romps by 5

Wildcat 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...

Wildcat Heir 2yo earns 90 Beyer

Leading 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...

Lucky 21 for Wildcat Heir

Wildcat 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...

Wildcat Heir: 20 it is!

Florida’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...

Wildcat Heir colt brings $140,000 at KEESEP

Wildcat 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...

19 winners now for Wildcat Heir

Florida’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...

A Wildcat Heir exacta gives sire No. 17

Leading 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...

Wildcat Heir filly tops Day 2 at OBS August

Hip 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...

Del Mar: Sight of latest impressive MSW winner for Wildcat Heir

Leading 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...

Journeyman Freshman Sires: More impressive maiden special weight winners

Journeyman 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...

Blood-Horse: Wildcat Heir Off to Fast Start

Wildcat 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...

11 winners for Leading Juvenile Sire Wildcat Heir

Past 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...

Wildcat Heir debutantes run 1-2 in Monmouth maiden special weight

Leading 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...

Bill Oppenheim: Journeyman Stud "rapidly becoming one of Florida's leading stallion stations"

Wildcat Heir, who tops the North American Freshman Sires List in runners, winners and progeny earnings, is an early product of Journeyman Stud...

Wildcat Heir’s 7th winner may be most impressive to date

Leading 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...

6 winners now for Leading Freshman & Juvenile Sire Wildcat Heir

Leading 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...

Journeyman Stud’s freshman sires top the charts

Wildcat 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...

Wildcat Heir: Leading Freshman & Juvenile Sire In North America

Journeyman 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.

Wildcat Heir Sprints to the Lead!

At 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.

5 winners from 7 starters for Wildcat Heir

Journeyman 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...

Journeyman Stud 1-2 on Freshman Sires List

Journeyman 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...

Two more debut winners for Wildcat Heir

Leading 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...

Two runners, two winners for Wildcat Heir

Journeyman 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...

First starter by Wildcat Heir wows at Santa Anita

Grade 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...

Wildcat Heir duo breeze co-fastest 9.80 at OBS March

The 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...

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