NEWS
IEAH buys interest in Court Vision
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:54 AM
COURT VISION
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by Jeff Lowe
IEAH Stables has joined WinStar Farm in the ownership of Remsen Stakes (G2) winner Court Vision.
The two parties did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, but two stipulations were that Court Vision would race in IEAH Stables’s silks and remain with Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. The Gulch colt is likely to make his three-year-old debut on February 24 in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park.
Court Vision is a full brother to Kipling, the sire of Kip Deville, who won the 2007 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) for IEAH Stables and was a finalist for champion turf male. Court Vision is out of Weekend Storm, by Storm Bird. Weekend Storm is a full sister to Summer Squall and half sister to A.P. Indy.
IEAH Stables and WinStar also are partners in Grade 2 winner Sharp Susan.
“I thank WinStar for giving us the opportunity to partner on such an outstanding horse and take part in such a successful operation,” said Michael Iavarone, co-president of IEAH Stables. “Court Vision has the pedigree, the class, and the ability to be a classic winner.”
WinStar sold an interest in Any Given Saturday to Padua Stables in February 2007. Any Given Saturday went on to win three graded stakes, including the Haskell Invitational Handicap (G1).
Court Vision won three of his four starts as a two-year-old. He scored by a half-length in the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs and defeated Atoned by a neck in the Remsen at Aqueduct.
“With Court Vision descending from the female line of A.P. Indy and being a top-five rated two-year-old on the Experimental Free Handicap, the decision to sell was difficult and came down to two things,” said Elliott Walden, vice president of WinStar. “Firstly, it is consistent with our business plan, and secondly, the relationship with IEAH has been a 'win-win' for all parties. We look forward to the prospects of adding Court Vision to our elite stallion roster at the conclusion of his successful racing career.”
Las Olas Racing bought Court Vision for $350,000 in the Fasig-Tipton Calder selected sale of two-year-olds in training.
Jeff Lowe is a Thoroughbred Times staff writer
