Ro Parra

Even the Score (Unbridled's Song--Ashtabula, by Rahy), a resident of Old Friends for the past year, has died at the age of 26 after colicking. He was euthanized at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital on Saturday, Apr. 13. A MSGW & GISP during his four-year racing career, Even the Score stood at Rosendo "Ro" Parra's Millennium Farms before he was pensioned in 2020. Among the 17 career black-type winners he sired from his 15 crops are multiple Grade I winners Dullahan and Take the Points. "Even the Score was a...

A visitation for Bobby Miller, the longtime manager and vice chairman at Ro Parra's Millennium Farm who passed away Thursday following a long battle with cancer, has been planned for Wednesday, Jan. 4 at Kerr Brothers, 463 E. Main St., Lexington, Ky. 40507 from 5-8 p.m. Miller's funeral service will be held the following day at 11 a.m. The family requests that donations be sent to Bluegrass Hospice Care.

Bobby Miller, who was the longtime manager at Ro Parra's Millennium Farm before being named the farm's vice chairman, passed away Thursday following a long battle with cancer. "Bobby made a huge difference in all of our lives," said Parra. "He was just a kind man and really one of a kind. When I hired him 20 years ago, I was an absentee owner and I think I had 200 head of horses at the time. And he really brought an incredible amount of professionalism and order to running the...

When Zach Madden announced Tuesday he is now the sole owner of Buckland Sales, as partner Ro Parra has decided to step back, we figured there might be more than the basic story put out to the public. Jen Roytz learned it's a feel-good story--someone using the success they've had to help others carve their path. JR: How did the idea of Buckland Sales come about? ZM: The idea came organically between myself and Millennium Farms back in the fall [of] 2015. I was doing a lot of different things...

Buckland Sales agency, which has been operating as a partnership between Ro Parra and Zach Madden, will now be run solely by the latter, as Parra will be stepping back from his role with the consignment company. The announcement comes the year after Parra consolidated his commercial breeding, boarding and stallion operations at Millennium Farms in Lexington to focus on his family and his own racing and breeding portfolio. "Ro has been a tremendous business partner and mentor to me over the years and I am thankful to also call...

Millennium Farms, located just outside of Lexington on Paris Pike, will transition from a boarding operation to a racing stable with a small broodmare band. Boarding services at the farm will cease before Keeneland's September sale. In addition to boarding, the 320-acre farm operation has also previously stood stallions and offered foaling, sales prep, and layups. The farm's consignment partnership with Zach Madden in Buckland Sales will continue. "While we have enjoyed the challenge of a full-service operation--including standing stallions a few years back--my real passion has been and will...