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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...

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..."

Borel to ride Revolutionary in KY Derby

WinStar Farm has once again partnered with jockey Calvin Borel in the Kentucky Derby. On Monday, Borel committed to ride Louisiana Derby winner Revolutionary in this year’s Run for the Roses on May 4th. Borel has won the Kentucky Derby three times in the last six runnings of the storied race, including aboard WinStar’s Super Saver in 2010...

Who should ride Revolutionary in Derby?

WinStar Farm is looking to fans to help them decide who should ride Revolutionary in the Kentucky Derby (G1)...

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...

Doubles Partner triumphs in G3 Canadian

WinStar Farm's Doubles Partner returned to the races on Saturday with a win in the Grade 3 Canadian Turf at Gulfstream Park...

WinStar to auction racing memorabilia

This Christmas season, WinStar Farm has announced it will auction some of the farm's most historic racing memorabilia this Friday to benefit the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.

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...

Classic win opens options for Drosselmeyer

WinStar Farm will make a decision on the future of recent Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) hero Drosselmeyer some time next week, the farm reported on Wednesday...

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...

Baker accepts GM duties at WinStar

Chris Baker has accepted the position of General Manager at WinStar Farm, it was announced on Tuesday, Oct. 11th...

Grade 2 WinStar Kentucky Cup highlights Turfway Park's Day of Champions

The $200,000 WinStar Kentucky Cup (G2) is the marqee race on Turfway Park's rechristened Kentucky Cup Day of Champions on Sat., Sept. 24...

WinStar sponsorship returns Kentucky Cup to Turfway Park

The Kentucky Cup Day of Champions will return to the Turfway Park fall schedule this year and for the first time will run under sponsorship. WinStar Farm has assumed presenting sponsorship for the day...

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...

WinStar sells an interest in Sidney's Candy

WinStar Farm sold an interest in Sidney's Candy to Rubio B Stable, and plans to shuttle him to Haras La Pasion in Argentina for the 2012 Southern Hemisphere breeding season...

WinStar bred 2YO wins first out at CD

Givhans Ferry debuted a winner June 26 at Churchill Downs, closing strongly in the final strides...

Distorted Humor sires 12th SW of 2011

Distorted Humor, the nation's leading sire of stakes winners, sired his 12th stakes winner on June 9th, and has excellent chances to add at least three more Graded winners to his 2011 totals at Belmont this Friday and Saturday...

Rose Catherine prevails in Nonsuch Bay

Rose Catherine, a 4-year-old Speightstown filly, held off Sea Road by a half length in the $60,000 Nonsuch Bay...

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...

Distorted Humor pads stakes winner total

Ha Ha Tonka gave her sire Distorted Humor his 11th stakes winner of the year...

Harlan's Holiday tallies new stakes winner

Willcox Inn motored to a 2 ½-length victory in the $100,000 Arlington Classic May 28...

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...

Paddy O'Prado storms home in G2 Dixie

Paddy O'Prado made up nearly 10 lengths in the last three furlongs to capture the $200,000 Dixie S. (G2)

Drosselmeyer back to winning ways

WinStar's 2010 Belmont S. (G1) champion Drosselmeyer returned to the scene of his greatest triumph to win the $60,000 One Count S. on May 15, a little less than a year since the son of...

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...

Much Rejoicing triumphs Glia Stakes

Much Rejoicing became the newest stakes winner for Distorted Humor with a 1 1/4 length victory in the $60,000 Glia S. at Belmont Park on May 13. The champion sire is once again having an excellent...

Tiznow filly takes 'flight' in debut

Fantasy of Flight, Tiznow's most expensive yearling to sell at market in 2009, showed the potential that made her a $725,000 purchase two years ago, rolling to an eye-catching debut victory in the...

Distorted Humor filly cruises home by 12 1/2

Too Shy Shy, a 3-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor, galloped home a 12 1/2-length winner May 9 at Delaware Park to break her maiden in her second career start, covering the six furlongs in...

Doubles Partner in G1 Woodford Reserve

One year ago, WinStar Farm's Doubles Partner scored his first career stakes victory at Churchill Downs in the American Turf (G2) on the Kentucky Oaks undercard. This Saturday, May 7, he returns to...

Kathmanblu ready to roll in G1 KY Oaks

Bluegrass Cat's Kathmanblu has been favored in her last four starts, and could be once again when post time comes Friday for the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. The 3-year-old bay...

Speightstown colt sets new track record

It took Essence Hit Man just 1:08.16 to win the $175,000 Jacques Cartier S. April 17 at Woodbine, as the 4-year-old by Speightstown shaved 0.15 seconds off the existing six furlong track record.

Twinspired nearly perfect in G1 Blue Grass

Twinspired ran a flawless race in the G1 Toyota Blue Grass April 16 at Keeneland, only to be nipped by the narrowest of margin in the final stride of the nine furlongs.[watch race] It took the...

WinStar tees up three BC runners

A trio of WinStar Farm owned and bred starters will shoot for the stars on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs in 28th renewal of the Breeders' Cup championships...

Winstar Maidens Romp at Gulfstream, Sunland

A pair of WinStar-owned 3-year-old fillies strutted their stuff on April 2, rolling to easy victories at Gulfstream Park and Sunland Park. At Gulfstream, Savvy Supreme was on top for the entire...

Doubles Partner gets up in G3 Tampa Bay

Doubles Partner made up five lengths in the final furlong to score a thrilling neck victory in the $125,000 Tampa Bay S. (G3) on March 19 (WATCH VIDEO). It was the second career stakes victory for...

Distorted Humor colt debuts with 114 Beyer

In the lightning-quick 1:07.44 it took Maclean's Music to win his 6 ½ furlong debut, the 3-year-old son Distorted Humor wrote himself into the record books with a 114 Beyer Speed Figure. The number...

Dynamic Holiday Wins 4th Straight in 'Bride

Dynamic Holiday shifted off the rail in upper stretch and surged to her fourth consecutive victory in the $150,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Gulfstream Park turf March 13. George...

Sharp Humor 3YO romps in the Santa Paula

Mildly Offensive stamped herself as a 3-year-old filly with a big future when she dominated the $100,000 Santa Paula S. at Santa Anita on March 20th.Making her first start since...

Brethren draws post 10 in Tampa Bay Derby

Despite breaking from post 10 in his stakes debut, Brethren had no problem devouring his foes in the Feb. 12 Sam F. Davis (gr. III). If he is to keep his undefeated record intact, the WinStar Farm...

Tiznow Colt Graduates with Authority

AKKADIAN (c, 3, Tiznow--Papa Sids Girl {MSP, $135,086}, by Souvenir Copy) was away slowly but closed well late to be second in his 6 1/2-furlong debut down the hill turf course at Santa Anita Jan....

Brethren Dazzles in Sam F. Davis Romp

WinStar Farm’s homebred Brethren remained unbeaten in three starts and did so in scintillating fashion, drawing off to an easy four-length victory in the $207,500 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) to...

Harlan's Holiday filly wins Florida Oaks

Dynamic Holiday finished strongly down the center of the track to register a 1 3/4-length decision over a fast-closing Holidaysatthefarm to capture the Florida Oaks. Niji’s Grand Girl, the 5-2...

Cal Nation impresses in debut

About 4:30 p.m. est last Saturday, Cal Nation (basketball version) were busy rustling up a pre-game meal prior to the always important match up against their conference rival Florida Gators in...

Brethren to start Derby trail with Sam Davis

TAMPA, Fla. - Brethren, a half-brother to 2010 Kentucky Deby winner Super Saver, is being pointed for Saturday’s Grade 3, $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes for his 2011 debut, according to trainer Todd...

Rule to make 2011 debut in Hal's Hope

Morning Line, who last came into his own during the second half of his 3-year-old campaign and is expected to be one of the top older horses in 2011, makes his season debut in the $100,000 Hal’s...

Brethren looking to follow brother's footsteps

Uncle Mo stated his case as the top two-year-old male in the country with an emphatic 4¼-length win in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on November 6 at Churchill Downs, but another colt...

Endorsement close to coming back

Endorsement, won the first graded running of the $800,000 Sunland Park Derby in March then was forced to miss the Kentucky Derby because of an injury, is about a week from having his first work...

WinStar looking strong for 2010

After winning a pair of Triple Crown races and sitting atop the owner standings with more than $5.1 million in earnings, besting this year will be quite a challenge for WinStar Farm. But if 2010 was...

Super Saver's brother, Brethren, wins again

The hype around Brethren kicked up another notch as the 2-year-old colt ran his record to 2 for 2 after taking a mile allowance race by 1-3/4 lengths over 33-1 El Grayling on Churchill Downs’ “Stars...

Blue Laser starts on Derby trail with Jackpot

Blue Laser’s connections passed on the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and targeted Saturday’s Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot. The move is looking like a good one on paper as the horse was made the...

Hold Me Back retired to stud

Grade II winner and multiple grade I-placed Hold Me Back will enter stud in 2011 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. “Unfortunately, a strained tendon has compromised Hold Me Back’s chances of...

Blue Laser wins Gr.3 Grey Cup

Blue Laser, in his stakes debut for trainer Mark Casse, outlasted Rockin Heat and Classic Legacy over the long Woodbine stretch to win the $250,441 Grey Stakes (Can-III) by a half-length Oct....

Sharp Humor gets first stakes winner

First-crop sire Sharp Humor got his first black-type winner Sept. 15 when his son Glint won the $100,000 Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile Stakes at Presque Isle Downs. Glint is a homebred...

Bluegrass Cat keeps rolling

When WinStar Farm’s Blue Laser crossed the finish line a comfortable length in front of seven other MdSpWt juveniles at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack this past weekend, it marked the 13th winner for...

Hold Me Back ships in for Pacific Classic

Hold Me Back, 4, is a son of Giant’s Causeway who was bred in partnership, and is owned, by the WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt. Though he won the first two starts of his career,...

Super Saver draws post 11 for Travers

WinStar Farm’s Super Saver is looking to recapture the magic he had when winning the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) on May 1 in the slop at Churchill. The Maria’s Mon colt has tired...

View larger photo Rule Buries Rivals in Sam Davis

WinStar Farm’s Rule led at every call and further cemented himself as a legitimate Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) contender with a convincing three-length win in the $225,000 Sam F....

Sam Davis Stakes Headlined by Rule

A solid group of 3-year-olds, led by Delta Jackpot (gr. III) winner Rule, is set to clash at Tampa Bay Downs in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 13. The 1 1/16-mile Sam Davis, a...

Well Armed “Breesed” in San Diego Handicap

It’s no secret that the New York Yankees hold a special place in trainer Eoin Harty’s heart. The conditioner has been spotted countless times wearing his beloved pinstripes, and not just on trips to...

American Lion Roars Into Lewis Stakes

Hot Triple Crown prospects American Lion and Tiz Chrome are among seven 3-year-olds ready to line up for the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Feb. 6, a key prep for the Santa...

Drosselmeyer Impressive in Comeback

As the Kentucky Derby trail heads into February, the WinStar team has been as giddy as young Clara receiving the nutcracker from Uncle Drosselmeyer in the opening party scene of “The...

Drosselmeyer has the Look of Good One

WinStar Farm looks very strong at the moment going into the Triple Crown events of 2010 with the likes of accomplished stakes winners Super Saver (Kentucky Jockey Club), Rule (Delta Jackpot) and...

View larger photo Rule Wins Delta Jackpot

WinStar Farm won its third graded 2-year-old stakes in three weeks on Friday night, when Rule drove to a gutty neck win over Uh Oh Bango in the Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs. It was...

Super Saver takes KY Jockey Club

WinStar Farm strengthened its position for the 2010 classics and Calvin Borel salvaged a tie for the jockey crown at the Churchill Downs fall meet when Super Saver rolled to a front-running romp...

American Lion Wins Hollywood Prevue

The highly touted American Lion (by Tiznow) made the successful jump from the maiden ranks to stakes competition when he scored a half-length victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Hollywood Prevue Stakes...

Well Armed Back: San Diego First

Winning a $6 million race would make you fat and happy. Trainer Eoin Harty, one of the wittiest guys on the backstretch, is happy. Well Armed, whom Harty trained to win the Dubai World Cup four...

Colonel John to Try Turf

Colonel John and Well Armed are the two best horses in trainer Eoin Harty's barn. Both have been off for several months, but both are now ready to run. Harty nominated both to the Grade 2, $250,000...

View larger photo Hold Me Back tries turf in Virginia Derby

Hold Me Back, winner of the Lane’s End Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway Park in mid-March, is the third choice at 5-1. Trainer Bill Mott, who conditions the Giant's Causeway colt, has three Virginia Derby...

Advice to Ships to Hollywood for Swaps

Coolmore Lexington Stakes (gr. II) winner Advice will be shipped from Kentucky to California for the $300,000 Swaps Stakes (gr. II) at Hollywood Park July 18, according to the Inglewood track's...

View larger photo Advice to Try Turf

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Advice had barely cooled out after finishing 13th in the May 2 Kentucky Derby when his connections said they planned to switch the colt to turf the next time he raced. That plan...

View larger photo History Favors Mr. Hot Stuff

Twice in the last three years, the Belmont Stakes was won by a horse who was still eligible to a first-level allowance race. Neither Jazil in 2006, nor Da' Tara in 2008 had won anything other than a...

View larger photo WinStar Rolls on as Advice Wins Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Advice rallied from last under Garrett Gomez to post a 15-1 upset Saturday in the final prep on the Kentucky Derby trail, the Grade 2 Coolmore Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, but...

Hold Me Back Favored in Bluegrass Stakes

Every so often, a serious horse comes along late to crash the Kentucky Derby party. He's the horse that some futures bettors can't precisely pinpoint but are relying on as their "all others" pick...

No Stopping Hold Me Back in Lane's End

WinStar Farm's homebred Hold Me Back overcame a poor break to win the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) (VIDEO) at Turfway Park in his first start of 2009 for trainer Bill Mott March 21. The...

Mr. Hot Stuff Serves Notice

If he is not the top 3-year-old in California, he is the top one missing from the Kentucky Derby early nominations list. Mr. Hot Stuff's convincing maiden win Sunday in his fifth start catapulted...