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WinStar auctioning memorabilia on Ebay to benefit industry charities

WinStar Farm is auctioning off memorabilia on Ebay.com with 100% of the proceeds going to designated industry charities. The online auction, which includes four separate offerings, began late Tuesday...

WinStar-bred Fiftyshadesofhay weaves way to G2 Black-Eyed Susan win

WinStar-bred Fiftyshadesofhay closed with a rush in the final furlong for a rousing victory in the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) at Pimlico Race Course...

Bill Oppenheim: Take Charge Indy in run for Horse of the Year

"...polished off a pretty good field in the Alysheba S. (G2), clocking a Beyer of 109...If he comes back in the Stephen Foster, the winner could be frontrunner for Horse of the Year. It was that good a race..."

Spring in the Air bounds home in $150K Fury

Spring in the Air, Canada's reigning Champion Two-Year-Old filly, picked up her second stakes victory with a prolonged stretch run in Saturday's $150,000 Fury S...

Take Charge Indy rockets home to take the Grade 2 Alysheba S.

With an incredible move at the top of the stretch, WinStar Farm's Take Charge Indy crushed his competition by six lengths in Friday's $339,900 Alysheba S. (G2) at Churchill Downs...

Another banner day for Colonel John at OBS

Following up on the success of opening day of the OBS Spring 2-year-olds in training sale, Colonel John topped his auction-best result with a $300,000 filly selling on day 3...

WinStar Round Table: 2013 Stallions with First Foals

WinStar President & CEO Elliott Walden sits down with WinStar GM Chris Baker and WinStar Director of Bloodstock David Hanley for a round-table discussion on first foals from Drosselmeyer & Sidney's Candy...

Verrazano remains unbeaten after gallant Wood Memorial victory

More Than Ready's top 3-year-old Verrazano's victory in the $1 million Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct will send the star colt to Churchill Downs as one of the favorites for $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1)...

Jimmy Creed triumphs in Grade 2 Potrero Grande S.

Distorted Humor's top sprinter Jimmy Creed got his second straight graded stakes win in Saturday’s $150,000 Potrero Grande S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park...

Speightstown's Reynaldothewizard triumphs in Grade 1, $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen

Speightstown's veteran sprinter Reynaldothewizard held off the fast-closing Balmont Mast to win the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) by a quarter of a length on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse...

Revolutionary on his way to Kentucky after rousing Louisiana Derby victory

Revolutionary came from far back in the field of 14 to take the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), marking the WinStar Farm colt as one of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby (G1)...

Tiz Miz Sue wins second straight running of the Grade 3 Azeri S.

Tiznow's venerable mare Tiz Miz Sue defeated 2012 champion mare My Miss Aurelia by 1 1/4-lengths to win her second straight $150,000 Azeri S. (G3) Saturday at Oaklawn Park...

Baffert goes to $260,000 for Bellamy Road filly at OBS

A filly by Bellamy Road brought a top bid of $260,000 from trainer Bob Baffert during the second day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale...

Verrazano toys with competition in Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby

Verrazano's stakes debut in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby had his competition raving after the dominating win by the 3-year-old More Than Ready colt, who is undefeated in three starts...

Summer Applause rallies in G2 Top Flight

Summer Applause, a 4-year-old Harlan's Holiday filly, captured the second graded stakes of her career in Saturday's Grade 2 Top Flight H. at Aqueduct...

Roundtable shines spotlight on Freshmen Sires

WinStar President & CEO Elliott Walden leads a roundtable discussion on the farm's five exciting 2013 freshmen sires: Colonel John, Pioneerof the Nile, Kodiak Kowboy, U S Ranger and Maimonides...

15 breeders win seasons at WinStar's new stallion facility opening

Nearly 200 breeders, owners and WinStar Stablemates members gathered Saturday, Feb. 9 at the unveiling of the new state-of-the-art WinStar stallion facility located off Paynes Mill Road and Pisgah Pike in Versailles...

Dynamic stretch run puts Revolutionary in Grade 3 Withers S. winner's circle

WinStar Farm LLC's Revolutionary weaved his way through the field with a rousing stretch run to capture the $200,000 Withers S. (G3) on Saturday at Aqueduct...

Spring At Last fillies named finalists for 2012 Canadian Sovereign Awards

Spring At Last's graded stakes winners Spring in the Air and Spring Venture were recently named 2012 Sovereign Award Finalists in the 2-year-old filly division...

Shanghai Bobby wins 2YO Male Eclipse Award

Harlan's Holiday earned his first Eclipse Award as a sire on Jan. 19 when Shanghai Bobby was named the 2-year-old male Eclipse Award champion for 2012 in Saturday evening's ceremonies at Gulfstream Park.

Artie Schiller's Laser Hawk set for G1 Doncaster Mile after trial win

Australian Group 1 winner Laser Hawk (Aus) scored a smart 1 ¾-length victory in a 1,200-meter trial race on Jan. 17 at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, and is being pointed to the prestigious Group 1 Doncaster Mile...

Take Charge Indy to make 2013 debut February 9th in Grade 1 Donn Handicap

WinStar Farm's Take Charge Indy, winner of the year's Florida Derby (G1) and runner-up in the Clark H. (G1), will make his 2013 debut in the Feb. 9 Donn Handicap (G1) at Gulfstream Park...

WinStar to launch new stallion barn with drawings for stallion seasons

WinStar Farm announced it will conduct drawings for its “Breed to Win” promotion that will reward supportive breeders with a complimentary 2013 breeding...

Harlan's Holiday sires record juvenile earnings in North America

Champion juvenile sire Harlan's Holiday established a North American record for two-year-old earnings in a single year with $2,954,556 accounted for through Dec. 31, 2012 (Breeders' Cup Juvenile Champion Shanghai Bobby pictured)...

Spring At Last: 2012 Leading Freshman Sire standing in North America

Spring At Last finished a terrific 2012 as the leading freshman sire standing in North America with $1,181,230 in progeny earnings...

Jimmy Creed's G1 Malibu S. propels Distorted Humor over $8M in 2012 earnings

Jimmy Creed got a good trip and well-timed ride by Garrett Gomez to take the $300,000 Malibu S. (G1) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park to become Distorted Humor's newest Grade 1 winner...

Pioneerof the Nile, Maimonides to stand at WinStar

Pioneerof the Nile and Maimonides, two Kentucky-based stallions owned in majority by Zayat Stables, have been moved to WinStar Farm to stand the upcoming 2013 breeding season...

Take Charge Indy to remain in training for 2013

Take Charge Indy, winner of this year's Florida Derby (G1) and recent runner-up in the Clark H. (G1), will remain in training for 2013 and point for the Feb. 9 Donn H. (G1)...

Speightstown's Fast Bullet dazzles with 109 Beyer

Fast Bullet, by 2012 North American leading sire Speightstown, dazzled on Dec. 6 at Hollywood Park with a brilliant 7 1/4-length win in the Thursday feature at the Inglewood, Ca. racetrack...

MGSW millionaire Rule retires to Vinery New York

Rule, a multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire, has been retired from racing and will stand stud at Vinery New York for 2013. The WinStar homebred's introductory stud fee will be $6,500...

Spring at Last gets third graded stakes winner of 2012

Seaneen Girl rallied from mid-pack to win Saturday’s $167,550 Golden Rod S (G2) at Churchill Downs, giving freshman sire Spring at Last his third graded stakes winner...

New Stallion Barn Video and Photos

The new WinStar Stallion barn is going to be a tremendous facility encasing the growing stallion roster...

Shanghai Bobby still undefeated after rousing victory in $2M Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1)

Shanghai Bobby's gutsy victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) capped off a perfect 2-for-2 season, simultaneously proving the son of Harlan's Holiday the best 2-year-old colt of 2012...

WinStar grad Little Mike rallies to take $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1)

Little Mike came with a strong rally in the final quarter mile to give the WinStar Farm training graduate a half-length victory in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) Saturday at Santa Anita Park...

Multiple G1 producer Mining My Own booked to Bodemeister

Mining My Own, dam of 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mine That Bird and 2012 Kentucky Derby runner-up & 3-time Grade 1 winner Dullahan, will be bred to Bodemeister in 2013 after being recently acquired...

Delegation elects to go to the front early, wires field in Grade 3 Durham Cup

Delegation, a three-year-old bay son of Speightstown, became the latest stakes winner for his sire in Sunday's $150,300 Durham Cup S. (G3) at Woodbine...

Bridgetown shows his class in Grade 3 Woodford S.

Eugene Melnyk's homebred Bridgetown scored a come-from-behind victory in the $150,000 Woodford S. (G3) Saturday at Keeneland...

Harlan's Holiday's Shanghai Bobby stays undefeated with five-length stroll in Grade 1 Champagne S.

Shanghai Bobby strutted his stuff to the tune of a five-length victory in Saturday's $400,000 Champagne S. (G1) at Belmont Park...

No.1 Freshman sire Spring at Last continues roll with 1-2 finish in Grade 3 Marazine S.

Spring Venture stayed unbeaten while prevailing under a handride Saturday at Woodbine in the ...

Spring in the Air prevails in Keeneland's Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades

Spring in the Air rallied from far back to win the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) to give freshman sire Spring at Last his first Grade 1 winner...

Sum of the Parts goes gate to wire in $175,000, Grade 3 Phoenix S. at Keeneland

Julien Leparoux sent Sum of the Parts to the lead out of the gate and never looked back as the 3-year-old son of Speightstown led the entire six furlongs to take the Grade 3 Phoenix S...

G1 winner Gemologist retired to WinStar

Leading 3-year-old Gemologist, winner of this year's Wood Memorial (G1), has been retired and will enter stud at WinStar Farm for the 2013 breeding season...

More racing 'Stars' to be offered at Keeneland November

WinStar Farm will again offer up for sale many of the stable's racehorses at the annual Keeneland November sale. This year's preview day will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at WinStar's Versailles-based farm...

'Spring' exacta in Grade 2 Natalma S.

Spring Venture is on her way to the Breeders' Cup with an impressive score in Saturday’s $262,900 Natalma S. (G2) at Woodbine. The 2-year-old filly bested stablemate Spring in the Air by 1 3/4-lengths, keying a 1-2 finish for the fillies sired by Spring at Last...

Distorted Humor yearling tops session 1 with $1.65 million bid at Keeneland September

A pair of colts by Distorted Humor wrapped up the first session of the 2012 Keeneland September yearling sale with some rousing bidding at the Lexington auction, including the $1.65 million session topper...

Grade 2 Hopeful S. winner Shanghai Bobby vaults Harlan's Holiday to top of 2yo sire list

Shanghai Bobby's sprinted away powerfully in the stretch en route 3 3/4-length victory in the $400,000 Hopeful S...

Bear's Chill heats up Woodbine in the $125,000 Kenora S.

Bear's Chill took advantage of a quick early pace to win the $125,000 Kenora S. Monday at Woodbine, his second stakes win in his career...

Speightstown's Golden Ticket shares historic dead heat victory in Grade 1 Travers

Golden Ticket rode the inside rail to battle to finish on even terms with favorite Alpha in the Grade 1 Travers S. Saturday at Saratoga...

Tiznow's Let's Go Cheyenne leaves field in her wake in CCT and TCO Stakes at Del Mar

Let's Go Cheyenne romped by 5 3/4-lengths in the $88,500 CTT and Thoroughbred Owners of California H. Aug. 24 at Del Mar...

U S Ranger first-crop yearling popular in Japan

U S Ranger’s first crop of yearlings are proving popular internationally, as a colt topped a session of the Hokkaido Summer Sale in Japan on August 23 after selling for 8,375,000 yen, or $234,000 in U.S. dollars...

Colonel John yearling brings $220,000 to top OBS Select Sale

Hip No 114, a colt from the first crop of Colonel John consigned by Beth Bayer, Agent, went for $220,000 to top the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2012 Selected Yearling sale...

Bodemeister retired to WinStar

Leading 3-year-old Bodemeister was diagnosed with an injury to his left shoulder, and upon deliberation among veterinarians and the owners, the decision was made for him to retire to stud at WinStar...

Harlan's Holiday 2-year-olds score big in Ireland and California

Harlan's Holiday doubled his black-type winners over the second weekend of August, with stakes winners in Ireland and California, to vault the WinStar stallion to the top of the 2012 2-year-old Sire list...

Florida Derby (G1) winner Take Charge Indy to stand at WinStar

WinStar Farm has acquired the breeding rights to Florida Derby (G1) winner Take Charge Indy, and will stand the regally-bred colt at the Versailles-based farm following his racing career...

Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt S. goes to Speightstown's Poseidon's Warrior

Poseidon's Warrior found the sloppy going to his liking Sunday at Saratoga as the 4-year-old Speightstown colt claimed a hard-fought neck victory in the $400,000 Alfred Vanderbilt H. (G1)...

Rising Star for Distorted Humor at the Spa

Fortify rolled to a 5 1/2-length debut win Saturday at Saratoga, earning the 2-year-old son of Distorted Humor the TDN “Rising Star” tag...

Senator Beck first of two stakes winners for Artie Schiller on July 28

Senator Beck closed with a rush down the straight to give the 3-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller a half-length victory in the $75,200 Desert Vixen S. at Monmouth, one of two stakes winners for Artie Schiller Saturday...

Essence Hit Man goes gate to wire to win Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes

Essence Hit Man fired to the front as usual to capture Wednesday's $174,900 Bold Venture S. (G3)...

WinStar homebred Rule returns in style to take Grade 2 Monmouth Cup

Rule, making his first start of 2012, got back to his winning ways immediately with a gritty score in the $200,000 Monmouth Cup (G2)...

Teeth of the Dog grinds out victory G2 Dwyer

Bluegrass Cat's 3-year-old colt Teeth of the Dog dueled the entire way of the 1 1/16-mile, Grade 2 Dwyer S. to prevail by a neck in the $200,000 contest...

Kitty in a Tizzy best in G3 Chicago Handicap

Kitty in a Tizzy put in a late run to capture the $150,000 Chicago H. (G3) Saturday at Arlington Park, becoming the latest stakes winner for her sire Tiznow...

Leading 3yo Bodemeister will stand at WinStar

Top 3-year-old Bodemeister, the brilliant winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1) and a narrow runner-up in the Kentucky Derby (G1) & Preakness (G1), will stand at WinStar at the conclusion of his racing career...

Harlan's Holiday colt wins third straight in Tsunami S.

Boat Trip, a 3-year-old colt by Harlan's Holiday, became his sire's newest stakes winner after scoring his third straight victory on Saturday, June 23rd in the $90,650 Tsunami Slew S. at Hollywood Park...

Spring At Last sires $320,000 sale-topping filly at OBS

A flashy 2-year-old from the first crop of Spring At Last sold for $320,000 on June 20th, representing the top-priced filly at the OBS June Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training...

Bluegrass Cat colt shows big bite on Belmont Stakes Day

Teeth of the Dog tore through the field en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Easy Goer Stakes on June 9 at Belmont...

Stakes triple for Speightstown on June 2

Champion Speightstown sired three new stakes winners at three tracks and in two countries on June 2nd...

Distorted Humor's legacy in the American Classics

The influence of Distorted Humor's sire line on the 2012 Triple Crown series will be one of the headlines as I'll Have Another goes for immortality in the June 9 Belmont S. (G1)...

Alternation shows his gameness in Pimlico Special (G3) for fourth straight stakes win

Alternation chased down a loose on the lead Endorsement then held off the late charge of Nehro for a thrilling nose victory in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3)...

Morning Line wires field in G2 Mervyn LeRoy

Morning Line returned from an eight month layoff to charge to a front-running, half-length victory in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy H. (G2)...

Speightstown colt brings $560K at Keeneland

A dark bay colt by Speightstown was one of the Keeneland April 2yo auction highlights, selling for the $560,000, the second-highest price of the sale.

Artie Schiller offspring rack up Group stakes double in Australia

Top American third-crop sire Artie Schiller's reputation as an international stallion continues to grow with a Australian Group stakes double on the final day of March...

Gemologist scintillating in 2012 debut; on the road to the Triple Crown

WinStar Farm's Gemologist took his first step on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) March 16 at Gulfstream Park, winning with devastating ease by seven lengths over Grade 1 winner Currency Swap...

Summer Applause on Oaks trail after Silverbulletday triumph

Harlan's Holiday could have a filly on her way to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in the name of Summer Applause...

Ellafitz gets third straight stakes win in Grade 2 Santa Maria S.

Ellafitz continued on her stakes-winning tear with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Santa Maria S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park...

Mendip gets back-to-back wins in G2 Maktoum Challenge

Mendip came from the back of the pack to score an authoritative 1 1/2-length victory in the $250,000, Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Feb. 9...

Mr. Commons weaves his way to G2 Arcadia S. victory

Despite not getting an ideal trip, Mr. Commons showed his class in the final furlong of the $150,000 Arcadia S. (G2) to give the 4-year-old son of Artie Schiller his second straight stakes victory...

Super Saver's First Foals

2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver is siring SUPER FOALS. See them at www.superfoals.com.

Ellafitz dominates in Paseana Handicap

Ellafitz rolled to a 4 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Paseana H. Jan. 15 at Santa Anita Park...

Drosselmeyer's Breeders' Cup Classic win named NTRA “Moment of the Year”

The come-from-behind victory by WinStar Farm's Drosselmeyer over Game on Dude in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) was voted the 2011 National Thoroughbred Racing Association "Moment of the Year"...

Colonel John, U S Ranger shine with first yearlings at KEEJAN

WinStar's young stallions Colonel John and U S Ranger hit the bull's eye with their first short yearlings at the Keeneland January Sale...

A Look Back at 2011

We reflect on another wonderful year on the farm and for our fantastic breeders, check it out!

Artie Schiller exacta in G2 Sir Beaufort

Even-money favorite Mr. Commons and Irish Art wrapped up an Artie Schiller exact in the Grade 2 Sir Beaufort S. Dec. 26 on opening day of the Santa Anita Park winter meet...

Summer Bird - the Fastest 3YO at two turns to enter stud in 2011

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Sabercat Adds Fangs to Bluegrass Cat

After a 10-year wait, the grand opening of Aqueduct’s racetrack casino came in October. The impact on racing and breeding in New York has been immediate and dramatic...

Ellafitz wires field in Grade 2 Bayakoa Handicap

The 4-year-old Tiznow filly Ellafitz sprang right to the front out of the gate and cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Bayakoa H. Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park...

Gemologist stays perfect in G2 win at CD

WinStar Farm's Gemologist ran his record to a perfect 3-for-3 with a 1 3/4-length win in the $150,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs...

Drosselmeyer retired, to stand at WinStar for $17,500

Plans for recent Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) champion Drosselmeyer were finalized on Friday, and the 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor has been retired and will stand in 2012 at WinStar Farm for a fee of $17,500...

U S Ranger weanling hits $190,000 mark at Keeneland November sale

Two-time champion U S Ranger logged his first six-figure weanling at auction at Keeneland's November sale on Nov. 10 with hip No. 925, a bay colt, selling for $190,000...

Drosselmeyer wins BC Classic for WinStar

Drosselmeyer's win in the $5 million Breeder's Cup Classic (G1) on Nov. 5 was doubling pleasing for WinStar Farm, who owns the 4-year-old colt and also stands his sire Distorted Humor...

Colonel John First Recruits contest winner announced

Gary Smith of English Range Farm in Ocala, FL won the Colonel John First Recruits contest after his weanling colt – “Recruit No. 10” – had received the most votes at the close of the contest on Nov. 1...

Irish Art crafty in his stakes debut

Artie Schiller's 3-year-old colt Irish Art proved easily best with a 3 1/4-length win in his stakes debut in the $75,840 Uniformity S. at Santa Anita Park...

Harlan's Holiday 3yo routes in Hawthorne Derby (G3)

Willcox Inn got his third stakes win of 2011 in the $200,000 Hawthorne Derby (G3), dominating the 1 1/8 mile turf race by 4 1/2-lengths...

Bluegrass Cat to New York as Vinery/WinStar Venture

Vinery Ltd. partnered with WinStar Farm to stand leading second-crop sire Bluegrass Cat at its New York operation at Sugar Maple Farm in 2012...

WinStar offers Tiznow season to any filly or mare that wins BC Classic

On the 10-year anniversary of Tiznow becoming the only horse to win back-to-back Breeders' Cup Classics, WinStar is offering a complimentary season to Tiznow for any filly or mare that wins the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)...

Distorted Humor filly sells for $600,000 at KEE SEPT

Day two of the Keeneland September yearling sale saw a filly by Distorted Humor bring a final bid of $600,000...

Wine Police adds to Speightstown's SWs

Speightstown's eighth stakes winner of 2011 came at Saratoga on Sept. 2 when Wine Police made a last-to-first move to win the $75,000 Distorted Humor...

Zow zips to Saratoga stakes win for 'Cat'

Bluegrass Cat's 2-year-old colt Zow handled the jump from a maiden race to a stake with style to take the $75,000 Gold and Roses S...

Artie Schiller filly makes the grade in Colleen S. (G3)

Artie Schiller's Anne's Beauty won her second consecutive stakes at Woodbine on Aug. 27, taking the $152,805 Ontario Colleen S. (G3)...

Bridgetown all class in Saratoga's Troy S.

Bridgetown's emphatic 6 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 Troy S. Aug. 17 at Saratoga gave the 4-year-old son of Speightstown his second stakes win of 2011...

Savvy reigns ‘Supreme’ in Monmouth Oaks

Making her two-turn debut, WinStar color-bearer Savvy Supreme strode to a commanding victory in the 87th running of the Monmouth Oaks (G3) on August 12.

WinStar-bred colt is Saratoga Sale Topper

A half-brother to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver, already named Superfection, was the highest-priced yearling of the Saratoga Selected Sale, selling to Sheikh Mohammed for $1.2 million...

Tizway rolls to three length win in Grade 1 Whitney

Tizway took control coming into the stretch en route to a comfortable three length victory in the $750,000 Whitney H. (G1) Aug. 6 at Saratoga...

Rule outgames Sangaree in Birdstone S.

WinStar Farm LLC's homebred colt Rule proved best by a neck in the $75,000 Birdstone S. Aug. 4 at Saratoga...

Sidney's Candy finds Saratoga to his liking in G2 Fourstardave S.

Making his first start for WinStar Farm, Sidney's Candy gave his new owners plenty to smile about with a front-running, 1 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Fourstardave S. (G2)...

WinStar acquires interest in Pauls Mill stallions

WinStar Farm has acquired an interest in all four stallions – Bellamy Road, Summer Bird, Artie Schiller and U S Ranger – from Pauls Mill and will relocate them to WinStar for the 2012 breeding season...

Harlan's Holiday tops FT July with $310K, $225K colts

Harlan's Holiday sired the sale topper at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale with hip No. 168 going for $310,000...

Willcox Inn dominates G2 American Derby

Willcox Inn set a stakes record en route to his four-length in the $200,000 American Derby (G2) July 9 at Arlington Park, getting the 1 3/16 miles on the firm turf in 1:54.56...

Wine Police locks up Churchill allowance

Grade 1 two-year-old and TDN Rising Star Wine Police returned to action in fine form, putting the cuffs on the field in the $59,796 feature allowance at Churchill Downs on June 24.

Speightstown 2YO wins Norfolk (G2) at Ascot, stays undefeated

Bapak Chinta, a 2-year-old colt by Speightstown, remained undefeated with a smart victory in the Group 2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot...

WinStar acquires G1 winner Sidney's Candy

Grade 1 winner Sidney's Candy has been purchased by a partnership headed by WinStar Farm and turned over to trainer Todd Pletcher for the remainder of the colt's racing career...

Tizway earns 113 Beyer with dazzling Met Mile (G1) triumph

Tizway blazed his way to the second-fastest Met Mile H. (G1) in history May 30 at Belmont Park...

Cal Nation caps big day for Distorted Humor

WinStar's homebred Cal Nation rallied strongly in the stretch to cruise to a 5 1/2-length victory at Belmont May 26, capping a big day for his sire...

100th stakes winner for Distorted Humor

Champion Sire Distorted Humor joined Dynaformer as the only active stallions in North America to sire 100 career stakes winners...

Alternation flies late to win G2 Peter Pan

Alternation gave his sire Distorted Humor his second stakes winner at Belmont Park in two days with a thrilling come-from-behind win in the $200,000 Peter Pan S. (G2) on May 14. And like Much...

Uncle Mo working toward return at WinStar

The son of Indian Charlie was withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby (G1) the day before the race, due to unresolved gastro-intestinal issues. Uncle Mo was diagnosed with a G.I. tract infection following...

Machen gets up in time in G3 Derby Trial

Distorted Humor's Machen got up in the final strides to edge Dominus by a neck to win the $231,400 Derby Trial (G3) for 3-year-olds on April 30th, opening night of the Churchill Downs spring/summer...