Bilbrey Farms Horse Racing Club

11/25/2023

Bizzee Channel drops down into $15,000 claiming race and wins at Fairgrounds on Thursday. Thus homebred had many friends and family involved. Sold him privately to Patricia’s Hope and trained by Larry Rivelli. With that win BC exceeds $500,000 in earnings.
Our first half million dollar earner. Thx to all involved
Mike/Linda.

07/08/2023

Great article about Rodney Prescott’s riding career as well as Shannon McGovern’s racing career and their relatively new South Point Farm. Link below https://paulickreport.com/news/people/life-on-the-farm-agrees-with-prescott-indianas-all-time-leading-jockey/?fbclid=IwAR1LPKHEFklRiQgrGHy3FMU9HhzWhEqOwlrQisnI85zFuNKpd_egNSeKBfM_aem_AXbzB5AGQm3EcklHCo70JanuwhJ14gGhZyHbiuS1pFYYwWspIGmVz8Z4jwrhXz3_b1k

Rodney Prescott, Indiana's all-time leading jockey, ponders the next stages of his life and career on the farm he owns with Shannon McGovern.

04/15/2023

Great evening at the Canadian Jockey Club Sovereign Awards Ceremony.
First photo is with Long time Fairmount Park Jockey Raphael Manual Hernandez nominated for Jockey of the Year. Says hello to all his Fairmount friends
Next is a selfie I took with Frank Stronach, an icon in horse racing. His Adena Springs farm won Breeder of the year.
Last two photos are connections of our homebred Hazelbrook who won the Sovereign Award for Best Female Sprinter!!This year the breeder also receives a Sovereign Award so this is our trophy.
Linda and I met some new wonderful friends including owners Keith and Colita Johns, Lorne Richards the trainer Jason Hoyte the jockey and Craig Smith also a trainer who purchased Hazelbrook for True North Stables. Wonderful people who love the sport. Special thanks to Harvey Clark for giving us the mare Zaphia and Sebastien Murat of Coldwater Farm for making that happen.
Zaphia just had her new foal, a filly by Unified. She has been bred back to Game Winner for 2023. Exciting times for Linda and me!

11/10/2022

Hazelbrook to compete in the Grade 2 Bessarabia stakes this Saturday. Story on Woodbine website follows.

TORONTO, November 9, 2022 – Hazelbrook, a 4-year-old daughter of Bayern, goes for another graded stakes crown, this time in Saturday’s Grade...

10/14/2022

Homebred Hazelbrook in Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes at Woodbine Saturday.
See link to story in the Daily Racing Form below.

Hazelbrook's loss to Lady Speightspeare in the Grade 3 Seaway may have cost her the Sovereign Award for Canadian champion female sprinter, but it didn't take away from her breakout season. Hazelbrook should be odds-on in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Ontario Fashion at Woodbine.

09/17/2022

Hazelbrook runs a very nice 2nd place in the Grade 3 Seaway Stakes at Woodbine today. Congrats to Trainer Lorne Richards, Jockey Jason Hoyte and owners True North Stables.
Record for this homebred now 8 races, 5 wins, 1 second and 1- 3rd including a Grade 3 win and place!

09/10/2022

Photo with former owners of Bizzee Channel who runs today in the $200,000
Grade 3 , 9th race at Pimlico today.

08/21/2022

Hazelbrook, a filly by our mare, Zaphia sired by Bayern wins her 2nd stakes race in a row, the Sweet Briar Too stakes at Woodbine today in race 3. This comes after her win in the Grade 3, Hendrie Stakes at Woodbine on 7/24. Hazelbrook now has 5 wins in 7 starts and continues to improve. Look for her in future Woodbine stakes races!!!

07/25/2022

Hazelbrook, a filly out our mare Zaphia , won the Grade 3 Hendrie Stake at Woodbine today! That is Zaphia’s second Grade 3 winner. Zuzanna was the first. Hazelbrook has now won 4 of her 6 starts!

05/03/2022

Bizzee Channel, Bilbrey Farms homebred, races Saturday at Churchill right before the Derby, Race 11. Grade 1 Turf race with a $1,000,000 purse. Long odds at 30-1 but be sure he will give it his all. Won his last race at Keeneland last month!!!

11/05/2021

Good luck to jockey, Alex Achard, and his agent, our niece, Shannon McGovern , in Turf Mile race tomorrow on horse "In Love".
Race 9 on Saturday's Breeder Cup card with a $2 million dollar purse!! Rooting for his 4th win in a row. ML odds of 8-1. !!!!!!