Steven Chumney

The catalogue for the inaugural Buckeye Classic Thoroughbred Sale, to be held Oct. 17 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, is now online at ohio-hbpa.com. Supported by the Ohio HBPA, the catalogue of 86 head includes 73 yearlings, as well as a selection of broodmares, weanlings and 2-year-olds. "From the beginning, this sale came together with people in the industry who volunteered on every level to make it work," said owner-breeder Steven Chumney, one of the principals coordinating on the auction. "It's reflected by the positive response we've had from the...

STORM RAVEN (m, 6, Bodemeister--Crystal Current, by A.P. Indy), to be bred to Justify Several days into the 2020 Keeneland November sale, I found Storm Raven. She was just what I was looking for, a 2-year-old winner from a deep dirt race family and in foal to my most sought-after covering sire, Vino Rosso. Fast forward to not quite a year later and I found myself at the Fasig Tipton Night of the Stars November Sale. Her beautiful scopey Vino Rosso Colt sold for $150,000, becoming my top sale, was...