There are many ownership opportunities for new owners in our stable, as partners with our existing owners, and through BUTTON DOWN RACING, an official thoroughbred partnership advisor of The Racing Game, which is a program of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, Keeneland Association and Blood-Horse Publications.


GROUPIE DOLL NEWS:
GROUPIE DOLL gives Boys At Tosconova all he can handle in a 2nd place finish at Gulfstream Park, see the results chart >> and Watch this race and more from the Daily Racing Form >>
GROUPIE DOLL challenges Boys At Tosconova in stakes-caliber feature >>
GROUPIE DOLL scores another WIN, December 22nd, 2011 at Gulfstream Park, 1:35.29 for the mile on dirt with Calvin Borel! see the results chart >>
GROUPIE DOLL finished in a crowd, 4 lengths back from the winner in the G2 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs, November 12th, 2011. See the results chart >>
From The Daily Racing Form, Churchill: Groupie Doll will try turf in Mrs. Revere >>
From Churchill Downs, Glen Hill, Proctor Take Two Shots at Mrs. Revere >>
From The Courier-Journal Blog, Churchill’s Mrs. Revere: A dandy dozen >>
GROUPIE DOLL finished 2nd by a head in the G2 $250,000 Lexus Raven Run S.,
Saturday October 22nd at Keeneland! Read about it in the Louisville Courier-Journal >> and see the results chart >>


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January 27, 2012 Nelson E. Clemmens BIG WHISKEY NO ICE Tampa Bay Downs 2 WINS TODAY AT TAMPA BAY!
January 27, 2012 Fred F. Bradley GOLD LOVE Tampa Bay Downs 2 WINS TODAY AT TAMPA BAY!
December 30, 2011 Roger A. Browning MISS RUMPUS & EENY MEENY MINY O Tampa Bay Downs EXACTA!
December 22, 2011 Fred and William Bradley GROUPIE DOLL Gulfstream Park WINNER!
November 2, 2011 Judy K. Clemmens, bred in KY by Nelson Clemmens JANOU Churchill Downs WINNER!
September 30, 2011 Judy K. Clemmens POSTIVELY PAIGE Turfway Park WINNER!
September 18, 2011 Judy K. Clemmens GLORIANA Turfway Park WINNER!

BRASS HAT has a job babysitting our weanlings - when he's not busy as Buff's Pony at Keeneland! He took a little time off from work to make a special appearance for his fans during the races at Keeneland, October 20, 2011. Keeneland posted some great photos from this event >> and visit Brass Hat's web site >>

Congratulations to Buff for winning theTrainer title at Ellis Park for 2011! Congratulations also to Calvin Borel for winning the Jockey title! Buff and Calvin accepted their awards together. What a great team! Buff also won the training title at Ellis Park in 2009. Official Equibase 2011 trainer standings for Ellis Park >>

"Calvin Borel named top jockey; Roberto Morales top apprentice jockey; Buff Bradley top trainer", read this article from the Evansville Courier & Press, September 5, 2011 >>



September 3, 2011 Jack P. Reisz, et al COURTLY FLYER Ellis Park WINNER!
August 19, 2010 Fred & William Bradley and Carl Hurst UP AND AWAY Ellis Park WINNER!
August 13, 2011 Fred and William Bradley (OWNER AND BREEDER!) GROUPIE DOLL Ellis Park WINNER! 1 mile G3 Gardenia Stakes  /  RACE REPLAY >>

"ELLIS PARK: GROUPIE DOLL HINTS SHE MAY BE NEXT STABLE STAR FOR BRADLEYS BY TAKING GARDENIA", read this article from Byron King at the Daily Racing Form >>

"HAVE THE BRADLEYS BEEN BLESSED WITH ANOTHER BRASS HAT?", read this article from John Asher and The Voice-Tribune >>

"GROUPIE DOLL GIVES BRADLEYS THEIR FIRST ELLIS STAKES SCORE", read this article from Jennie Rees and The Louisville Courier Journal >>

"GROUPIE DOLL TAKES GARDENIA", read this article from ESPN and The Daily Racing Form >>

"TRAINER BUFF BRADLEY ADDS GARDENIA STAKES TO HIS LIST OF ELLIS PARK VICTORIES", read this article from The Evansville Courier >>

"TRAINER BUFF BRADLEY OFF TO ONE OF HIS BEST STARTS AT ELLIS PARK", read this article from The Evansville Courier >>

July 31, 2011 Jack P. Reisz, et al COURTLY FLYER Ellis Park WINNER!
July 24, 2011 Robert Meyer, et al GRAND STAGE Ellis Park WINNER!
July 22, 2011 Fred and William Bradley and Brent Burns STRONG DREAM Ellis Park WINNER!
July 15, 2011 Mehran Motamedi TANAZ Ellis Park WINNER!
July 10, 2011 Roger D. Chapman PRONTO CABALLO Ellis Park WINNER!
July 10, 2011 Judy K. Clemmens LADY WYNNE Ellis Park WINNER!
July 4, 2011 Fred and William Bradley GROUPIE DOLL Ellis Park WINNER!
July 2, 2011 Roger A. Browning RY'S RYTHM Ellis Park WINNER!
June 17, 2011 Fred and William Bradley GROUPIE DOLL Churchill Downs WINNER!
May 26, 2011 Fred and William Bradley and Brent Burns STRONG DREAM Churchill Downs WINNER!
May 5, 2011 Fred and William Bradley and Carl Hurst QUEEN'S AWARD Churchill Downs WINNER!
January 26, 2011 Fred and William Bradley and Carl Hurst IN RHYTHM Gulfstream Park WINNER!
November 27, 2010 Roger D. Chapman BELLARIDGE Churchill Downs WINNER!
November 19, 2010 Band On The Run FLEUR DE LILLY Churchill Downs WINNER!
October 24, 2010 Fred & William Bradley and Carl Hurst UP AND AWAY Keeneland WINNER!
October 21, 2010 Fred F. Bradley BRASS HAT Keeneland WINNER! 1 mile 1/2 Turf. G3 Sycamore Stakes  /  ORDER A PHOTO >>
September 19, 2010 Judy K. Clemmens LADY WYNNE Turfway Park WINNER!
September 11, 2010 Robert Meyer, et al GRAND STAGE Hoosier Park WINNER! Don K. Memorial Starter Handicap Series, round 3
August 21, 2010 Robert Meyer, et al GRAND STAGE Hoosier Park WINNER! Don K. Memorial Starter Handicap Series, round 2
August 1, 2010 Roger D. Chapman BELLARIDGE Ellis Park WINNER!
July 25, 2010 Judy K. Clemmens, bred in NY by Nelson Clemmens LADY WYNNE Ellis Park WINNER!
July 25, 2010 Judy K. Clemmens, bred in KY by Nelson Clemmens JANOU Ellis Park WINNER!
July 1, 2010 Judy K. Clemmens JANOU Churchill Downs WINNER!
March 10, 2010 Nelson Clemmens & Jerry Campbell DONIPHON Gulfstream Park WINNER!
January 17, 2010 Diane M. Tieman ZEKE Gulfstream Park WINNER!

Racing results from 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.


UP AND AWAY

owned by Fred & William Bradley and Carl Hurst

jockey Jon Court

Ellis Park, August 2011

MARCO'S BON VIVANT

owned by Judy and Nelson Clemmens

jockey Jamie Theriot

Churchill Downs, June 2011




HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRASS HAT WHO TURNED 10 YEARS OLD
MAY 22nd, 2011 !!


TO ALL FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS: Brass Hat is now ten years old and in good health - Fred and I have decided the time has come for Brass Hat to retire - Please visit Brass Hat's web site for all the details >>



from The Louisville Courier-Journal October 23, 2010, "BRASS HAT GETS BRASS RING IN SYCAMORE " >>

There were two "winner's circle" presentations after Brass Hat won the Sycamore at Keeneland, the traditional one for stakes held on the turf course and an impromptu one in Keeneland's regular race grandstand winner's circle, where Calvin was aboard bareback because Brass Hat had been unsaddled. The 2nd photo included friends, family and fans who have followed Brass Hat for such a long time. Watch video from Keeneland >>

GRAND STAGE finished 2nd in the first and fourth rounds, and WON the second and third rounds of the - 2010 DON K. MEMORIAL STARTER HANDICAP SERIES at Hoosier Park!

Congratulations to owners Robert Meyer and Partners! More about Grand Stage from Hoosier Park >>

Thanks to everyone who came out for FAN APPRECIATION DAY, October 2nd, 2010 at Turfway Park. BRASS HAT enjoyed meeting the fans! More about Brass Hat's appearance from BloodHorse.com >>




BELLARIDGE

owned by Roger D. Chapman

jockey Tony Farina

Ellis Park 2010

Kathy Ritvo, trainer of Kentucky Derby placed Mucho Macho Man, promotes organ donation in this Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks' Trust For Life ad, filmed at Churchill Downs, Derby week 2011.

"I have been opting to be an organ donor when renewing my driver's license for the last 20 years, and when I met Kathy Ritvo last year, it meant a lot to me." - Buff Bradley


BUFF BRADLEY FINISHES AS LEADING TRAINER, ELLIS PARK 2009, & 2ND LEADING TRAINER AT KENTUCKY DOWNS 2009!

fall 2009 news:

September 21, 2009 - Louisville Courier-Journal article about jockey Leandro Goncalves >>

September 12, 2009 - Indian Charlie interviews Buff about finishing as leading trainer at Ellis Park >>

September 11, 2009 - Daily Racing Form report from Turfway Park, "Bradley heads for Richer Land" >>

September 10, 2009 - Buff Bradley, LEADING TRAINER at Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky! Final standings >>

September 9, 2009 - Read a wrap-up summary on the 2009 Ellis Park meet >>

Scenes from Kentucky Downs featuring winners Copper Bottom and Geri Road


October 21, 2010 - BRASS HAT & Calvin Borel won the G3 Sycamore S. at Keeneland - VIDEO!


April 23, 2010 - BRASS HAT & Calvin Borel made a heart stopping run from the quarter pole to get up for 2nd in the G2 Fifth Third Elkhorn Stakes!


September 7, 2009 - BRASS HAT, 2nd in the Stars and Stripes Turf Handicap, 1 mile 1/2 TURF.


August 15, 2009 - BRASS HAT, 3rd in the G1 $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational, 1 mile 1/2 TURF. BRASS HAT was a fast closing third in the G1 $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational, 1 mile 1/2 on the turf, putting him over $2 million in earnings!


4th of July 2009 - BRASS HAT, 3rd in the G1 $750,000 United Nations Stakes, 1 mile 3/8 TURF.


May 23, 2009 - BRASS HAT, WINNER of the Louisville Handicap, 1 mile 1/2 TURF! BRASS HAT added another highlight to a remarkable career that has seen him overcome a pair of serious injuries which forced him to miss more than two years of combined racing action. Fred Bradley's homebred notched his fifth graded stakes victory and upped his earnings to $1,892,360 in the Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs, 1 mile 1/2 on turf in 2:28.44!


For all the latest information about BRASS HAT, go to WWW.BRASSHAT.US >>



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photos by Doug Prather, 4/13/07
BRASS HAT set a NEW TRACK RECORD for 1 mile 1/16 at Churchill Downs, July 2007

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great performances winning the 2007 $500,000 Massachusetts Handicap and finishing 2nd in the 2007 Clark Handicap!

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bradley in the Winner's Circle at Churchill Downs, July 2007


CONGRATULATIONS to owner Fred Bradley on a big win in the $500,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs, September 22, 2007. With this win Brass Hat now owns a 19-8-4-0 career mark and has accumulated $1,582,451 in earnings.

BRASS HAT IS BACK after a sesamoid fracture suffered last summer 2006, with ANOTHER NEW TRACK RECORD, for 1 mile 1/16 on a fast track at Churchill Downs, July 2007! BRASS HAT is a MILLIONAIRE with earnings of $1,271,617.

CONGRATULATIONS to owner Fred Bradley on the NEW TRACK RECORD set by BRASS HAT in the $500,000 G1 DONN HANDICAP at Gulfstream Park, February 4, 2006. From Equibase, "BRASS HAT unhurried while wide around the first turn, circled rivals four wide on the far turn, moved to gain command approaching the eighth pole and drew away under urging."


TOWN QUEEN (stakes winner, earnings: $240,000)

$44,200 Alw at Churchill, ridden by Jon Court, Father's Day June 2001, following a $41,600 MdSpWt win at Churchill Downs, May 2001

TOWN QUEEN, by Williamstown out of Regal Export, is owned by William & Fred Bradley, & Carl Hurst, and was bred by Fred Bradley. Town Queen is a Stakes Winner and multiple Stakes Placed, with earnings topping $240,000. She has won on fast dirt, in the mud, and on turf, at distances from 7 furlongs to 1 mile 1/16 (also a close second at 6 furlongs to a winner in 1:08), all while racing with tough company in Kentucky.

Town Queen's first foal, "Hour Queen" by Gilded Time, broke her maiden on Father's Day 2007 at Churchill Downs, just as her mother did at Churchill Downs in 2001.







FAN'S CHOICE, won over $100,000 racing with Buff Bradley. He is now owned by jockey Rhonda Collins who shows him in the hunter ring.

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Copyright © Churchill & Ellis Park photos by Four Footed Fotos and Reed Palmer, Turfway and Keeneland photos by Pat Lang, LANG PHOTOS, Gulfstream Park photos by Bill Denver, Equiphoto