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Speightstown sires 30th stakes winner!

Speightstown sired his third stakes winner in 10 days, when Sum of the Parts earned a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Tom Ridge S...

Speightstown filly wins stakes debut

Going to Kukaro battled her way to a nose victory in the $85,000 Genuine Devotion S. May 12 at Belmont Park

Multiple GSW Cowtown Cat sires first winner

Cowtown Cat became the first Florida freshman to sire a winner when his two-year-old filly Richie'slilcowgirl scored a debut win in the first race at Arlington Park on May 11...

Essence Hit Man strikes again in G3 Vigil S.

Essence Hit Man's front-running style proved too much once again for his foes as he rolled to a 3/4-length victory in Woodbine's $168,000 Vigil S. (G3)...

Pretension prevails in Canonero II S. battle

Pretension came out on top in a three-way photo to collar the $75,000 Canonero II S. May 5 at Pimlico...

Boisterous annexes G3 Fort Marcy S.

Boisterous made it four career stakes wins for the 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor with a one-length score in the $150,000 Fort Marcy...

Tiznow filly rolls by 6 ½ in Heatheren S.

In her stakes debut, Cash for Clunkers splashed to a 6 3/4-length victory in the $90,000 Heatherten S...

Endorsement tops in G3 Texas Mile

Despite a less than ideal trip, Casner Racing LP's Endorsement scored a come-from-behind victory in the $200,000 Texas Mile (G3) on April 28 at Lone Star Park. The 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor,...

Harlan's Holiday colts top OBS Day 1

WinStar Farm stallion Harlan's Holiday had two of the top five priced horses sold at the first day of the OBS April Select 2-year-old sale...

Blingo shines in Santa Anita's La Puente S.

Three-year-old Blingo became Artie Schiller's newest stakes winner on April 20 with a half-length score in the $76,500 La Puente S. on the turf course at Santa Anita Park...

Harlan's Holiday 2yo rolls at Big A

The first 2-year-old race of 2012 in New York went to a sharp-looking Harlan's Holiday colt April 19 at Aqueduct...

Town Prize crushes field in $150K Woodstock

Town Prize dismissed his foes with a runaway 5 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Woodstock S. April 15 at Woodbine...

Artie Schiller adds to growing black-type list

Sadir, a 4-year-old colt by Artie Schiller, emerged victorious in the Classic Augusto Maggiolo Cavenecia S. at Peru's leading racetrack...

Gavel falls at Kee for $270K Tiznow juvenile

A Tiznow colt went for $270,000 at the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds, one of the top 12 sale prices...

Essence Hit Man repeats in Cartier S.

Essence Hit Man, fresh off being named Canada's 2011 champion sprinter earlier in the week, captured the $168,300 Jacques Cartier S. for the second year in a row...

Laurie's Rocket takes off in $75K Bachelor S.

Bluegrass Cat's 3-year-old colt Laurie's Rocket kicked into high gear in the Oaklawn Park stretch to win the $75,000 Bachelor S...

Canadian champion for Speightstown

Essence Hit Man, a 5-year-old son of Speightstown, was recently named Canada's 2011 Sovereign Award winner for the male sprinter category...

Bluegrass Cat colt gets stakes win in Peru

Bluegrass Indy got his first career stakes win recently in Peru, taking the 1,200 meter Clasico Junta Ejecutora at Monterrico racetrack...

Distorted Humor colts sells for $1.2 million

A chestnut son of Distorted Humor hammered for $1.2 million at the March 26 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of 2-year-olds...

Advice retired to New Vocations

Kentucky Derby starter Advice, winner of the 2009 Lexington S. (G2), has been retired. The six-year-old gelding was purchased privately by WinStar Farm and Barry & Shari Eisaman of Eisaman Equine Services...

Tiz Miz Sue all business in G3 Azeri S.

Tiz Miz Sue's powerful stretch run carried the 5-year-old daughter of Tiznow to a three length victory in the $150,000 Azeri S...

Artie Schiller sires top filly at Magic Millions

A yearling daughter of Artie Schiller from the immediate family of dual Classic winner Little Current topped the second session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Wednesday, March 14 in Adelaide, South Australia...

1st mares in foal for Drosselmeyer, 'Sidney's'

Drosselmeyer and Sidney's Candy, a pair of Grade 1-winning millionaires new to the WinStar Farm stallion ranks for 2012, each had their first respective mares pronounced in foal...

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...

Do It All garners G2 Zabeel Mile

Do It All became Distorted Humor's 109th career stakes winner on March 1 with a front-running victory in the $250,000 Zabeel Mile...

Country Day best in $75K Colonel Power

Country Day sauntered to a one-length victory in Fair Grounds' $75,000 Colonel Power S. on Feb. 25...

VIDEO: Foal standing for first time

It's easy to point out negatives in our industry, but moments such as the one recently captured on video at WinStar Farm remind us of why we love this game...

Bluegrass Cat colt get first stakes win

Pretension forged to the lead a furlong from the wire to go on to a 1 1/4-length win $75,000 Sweet Envoy S. Feb. 11...

Dance to Bristol waltzes at Laurel Park

Copperville Farm's Dance to Bristol scored an easy win in Laurel Park's $100,000 Marshua S. for 3-year-old fillies...

Alternation tops big day for Distorted Humor

Alternation, making his first start since October, returned to the races with a easy-as-it-looked 3 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Essex H. at Oaklawn Park...

Endorsement 'stakes ready' after GP alw win

Distorted Humor's Endorsement continued his comeback with a track record-setting performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park...

First foal arrives for MGSW Hold Me Back

Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal on Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY...

Riley Tucker reigns in King Cotton S.

Veteran sprinter Riley Tucker won a spirited duel to take the $50,000 King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Park by 1 1/4-lengths on Jan. 28...

Champion Summer Bird sires first foal

Three-time Grade 1 winner and Champion 3-year-old Summer Bird sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a colt was born at Fred Hertrich's Watercress Farm in Paris, KY...

KY Derby winner Super Saver sires first foal

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver sired his first reported foal over the weekend when a chestnut filly was born at the Versailles-based WinStar Farm – also the home of Super Saver...

Drosselmeyer ranked 1st in world on dirt

When the final 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings were released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on Jan. 10, Drosselmeyer was the top ranked dirt horse at 124 pounds...

Half-sis to Super Saver delivers Big A

WinStar Farm's homebred 2-year-old filly Lisa T., a half-sister to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) champ Super Saver, joined the winners' ranks with a game head victory Dec. 30...

Now 19 SWs for Distorted Humor in '11

Al Muhtasib scored a 3 1/4-length, gate to wire victory in the $75,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial H...

Toby's Corner on comeback trail

Toby's Corner, the 3-year-old son of Bellamy Road who won the Grade 1 Wood Memorial this spring, had his first workout in several months as he prepares to return to the races...

Speightstown filly wins $75K Sandpiper S.

Quick Flip, a 2-year-old filly by Speightstown, got her first career stakes win Dec. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs...

Hammers Terror nails FG allowance

Hammers Terror made it two in a row with a sharp-looking allowance win Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds...

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.

Speightstown juvy wins Pandera S. at Aqu

Dance to Bristol became Speightstown's latest stakes winner on Dec. 7 with a hard-fought nose victory...

A Shin Cool D gets fourth SW of 2011

A Shin Cool D, Distorted Humor's second leading earner of 2011, racked up her fourth added money score this year in Japan on Nov. 25...

Distorted Humor tops $10M mark in '11

Distorted Humor, the nation's leading sire in terms of progeny earnings with over $10 million, added to his impressive total on Dec. 3...

Artie Schiller 2yo rolls in turf debut

Blingo looked like another Artie Schiller runner with a promising turf future after flying home late to win his career bow...

Lovely Lil best in G2 Go for Wand H.

Tiznow's 4-year-old daughter Lovely Lil got her first career graded stakes win Nov. 25 in Aqueduct's Grade 2, $150,000 Go for Wand H...

Speightstown colt wins second straight stakes

Poseidon's Warrior coasted to a 3 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Le Bagoter S. at Penn National on Nov. 23...

Essence Hit Man continues Woodbine roll

Essence Hit Man got his fifth career stakes win and first graded victory in the Nov. 19 Kennedy Road S. (G3) at Woodbine Racecourse...

Sabercat strikes gold in $1M Delta Jackpot (G3)

Making his graded stakes debut, Sabercat rolled to a four-length victory in the $1 million Delta Jackpot S. (G3) on Nov. 19...

First Down Under SW for Artie Schiller

Artie Schiller was represented by his first Australian bred stakes-winner on Nov. 12...

Gerry Duffy named stallion seasons director

Gerry Duffy has been named stallion seasons director at WinStar Farm, it was announced by the farm Saturday. Duffy comes to WinStar after working on the stallion nominations team at Darley America for the last five years...

WinStar Farm sets 2012 stud fees

WinStar Farm announced 2012 fees for its expanded roster of stallions, led by North America's Leading Sire Distorted Humor who will stand for $100,000 stands and nurses and will breed an exclusive book of only 100 mares this upcoming season...

Tiznow mare tops Kee day 3 at $1.85M

The broodmare Quiet Now was easily the highest price of the third session of the Keeneland 2011 breeding stock sale...

Colonel John six figure Keeneland weanlings

A pair of weanlings colts from the first crop of WinStar stallion Colonel John topped the six figure mark during day 3 of the Nov. 7-17 Keeneland November sale...

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...

$400K mare in foal to Summer Bird at Kee

The first mare in foal to Summer Bird offered at auction brought welcome price of $400,000 at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale...

G2 Red Smith goes to Boisterous

Boisterous, a 4-year-old Distorted Humor colt, came with a strong stretch drive to close out his 2011 campaign with an emphatic two-length victory in the $150,000 Red Smith H. (G2)...

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...

Mr. Commons tries G1 Breeders' Cup Mile

Artie Schiller won the 2005 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1), and now six years later a colt from his first crop, Mr. Commons, will try to duplicate his sire's feat...

Breeders' Cup Preview: Speightstown

Speightstown, sire of four previous Breeder's Cup starters, will double that total during the 28th renewal of this year's championships...

My Bellamy earns first career stakes win

Three-year-old My Bellamy won the the $88,750 Frances Slocum S. Oct. 23 at Hoosier Park for her first career stakes win...

Haynesfield takes $200K Empire Classic

Haynesfield made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Oct.22...

Hammers Terror strikes in Keeneland maiden

Artie Schiller added Keeneland maiden special weight Hammers Terror to the growing list of winners for the top-10 second crop sire...

Princess Cecilia gets third career stakes win

Sharp Humor's Princess Cecilia, a two-times stakes winner in 2010 as a juvenile, got her first added money win of this year...

Boisterous triumphs in G3 Knickerbocker

Boisterous picked up his second stakes win of 2011 on Oct. 15 at Belmont Park in the $100,000 Knickerbocker S. (G3)...

Poseidon's Warrior rules $75K New Castle S.

Poseidon's Warrior, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, controlled the pace throughout the six furlong, $75,000 New Castle S...

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...

Speightstown filly wins rough Stormy West S.

Exchange Funds avoided the trouble in deep stretch and was rewarded with a victory in the $60,000 Stormy West S...

Leave of Absence comes home first

Harlan's Holiday got his third winner of the weekend when Leave of Absence fought his way to a neck victory in a three-horse photo finish...

Bellamy Brew conjures up Belmont win

Bellamy Brew dug deep in the final furlong to win his career debut at Belmont Park on Oct. 7...

Harlan's Holiday colt gavels for $180K

A yearling by Harlan's Holiday brought $180,000 at the Oct. 4-5 Fasig-Tipton Fall Yearlings sale at Timonium, Md...

Cissell leaves WinStar

Tony Cissell is leaving his post as General Manager of WinStar Farm, it was announced late Thursday...

Speightstown gets SW #10 of 2011

Indian Pond emerged from a tight pack at the head of the stretch to win the $150,000 Carotene S. on Oct. 2 at Woodbine Racecourse...

Sabercat rolls by 6 in Garden State S.

Sabercat kicked clear in the final furlong to lock up a six length victory in the $75,000 Garden State S. Oct. 2 at Monmouth Park...

Artie Schiller firster rolls at Woodbine

Actionontwo got it right on her first take, as the 2-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller drew off to a 2 3/4-length win in her debut...

Drosselmeyer tops $1M in earnings

WinStar Farm's Drosselmeyer, winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes, finished a fast-closing second in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Oct 1. at Belmont Park...

Bellamy Jones best in $87k Hoosier S.

Bellamy Jones locked up his second career stakes win at Hoosier Park with a handy 3 3/4-length score in the $87,850 Hoosier Breeders' Sophomore...

Katy Now captures first stakes win

Katy Now broke into the ranks of stakes winners with a 2 3/4-length victory in the $60,000 Dispute S. Sept. 30 at Belmont Park...

Distorted Humor WinStar KY Cup Distaff (G3) top 3 finishers select stallion seasons

In addition to earning black type, the top three finishers in the $100,000 Distorted Humor WinStar Kentucky Cup Distaff were awarded a stallion season each to one of three WinStar stallions: Colonel John, Hold Me Back, and Super Saver...

Unbridled Humor tops G3 Noble Damsel

Stalking a fast pace suited Unbridled Humor to a tee as the 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor tallied her first graded stakes win in the $100,000 Noble Damsel S...

WinStar named TOBA owner of the year

WinStar Farm has been named 2010 national owner of the year by the Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association...

Shot Gun Pennie triumphs in Lady Finger S.

Shot Gun Pennie blew right out of the gate and never looked back as the 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown cruised to a 1 1/2-length win $135,325 Lady Finger S...

Sabercat all heart in maiden score

Bluegrass Cat's Sabercat dueled the entire way through a one mile maiden race to prevail by a half length for a well-deserved victory...

Debut win for Distorted Humor $2M sale grad

Distorted Humor's 2-year-old colt Forward March , a $2.05 million Keeneland September yearling sales grad, debuted with an eye-catching five length win...

Norm's Passion turns up heat at Del Mar

Norm's Passion, a 2-year-old Artie Schiller colt, cruised to a sharp-looking 4 1/4-length victory at Del Mar...

Bellamy Road colt graduates at Del Mar

Hurry Home Clover was a smart looking 1 1/4-length winner in a Del Mar maiden 2-year-old race...

Distorted Humor 2YO tops British Group 3

Distorted Humor's 2-year-old daughter Shumoos finished with a determined run to annex her first stakes win in the Group 3 Sirenia S...

'Artie' runners go the distance on turf

Champion grass horse and Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) winner Artie Schiller was a natural on the turf, and many of his offspring are proving just as adept on the green...

Artie's Love shows style in maiden romp

Artie Schiller, a top-10 second crop sire in Kentucky, had a good-looking maiden winner Sept. 1 at Hoosier Park...

Distorted Humor mare keeps rolling in Japan

A Shin Cool D, the eighth million dollar earner for Distorted Humor, won her third stakes in her last four starts...

Speightstown's Japanese star wins again

Do Slice won his second stakes in two weeks in Japan on Aug. 15 when the 5-year-old romped by six lengths...

SW #7 of 2011 for Tiznow

Lovely Lil got her first career stakes win in the $75,000 Union Avenue S. Aug. 22 at Saratoga to become the seventh stakes winner of the year for her sire Tiznow...

Colonel John's first foals contest launched

WinStar Farm has launched a campaign to promote the first crop of foals from their multiple Grade 1-winning stallion Colonel John. The campaign, dubbed “First Recruits”, features a contest using Facebook where the general public can cast votes – by clicking the “Like” button – on photos of 32 Colonel John foals that were selected by an expert panel...

Fairy tale debut for $540,000 2-year-old

Tales of Grimm, a Distorted Humor colt who was the sale topper at the 2011 Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale, broke his maiden in his career bow today at Newbury, England.

Distorted Humor sires eighth millionaire

A Shin Cool D became the eighth career millionaire for Distorted Humor, when she won a Listed race in Japan on August 4th...

Harlan's Holiday filly romps in Iowa Oaks

Someplace Else took off in the lane and galloped home to a 5 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Iowa Breeders' Oaks...

Modern Cowboy best in $125K WV Gov S.

Tiznow's Modern Cowboy finished strongly in the final quarter mile to win the $125,000 West Virginia Governor's S. at Mountaineer Park...

Bellamy Road arrives at WinStar

WinStar Farm welcomed three of its four newly acquired stallions Tuesday, as Bellamy Road, Summer Bird and U S Ranger arrived at their new residence at the Versailles-based farm...

Anne's Beauty reigns in $157K Duchess S.

Anne's Beauty overcame a rough trip to score by two lengths in the $157,363 Duchess S. July 30 at Woodbine...

Zayda notches second straight stakes

Bluegrass Cat's Zayda proved best in the $50,000 Seattle Slew H. July 17 at Emerald Downs...

Banker's Buy cashes in Miss South Shore

Banker's Buy, a 5-year-old mare by Distorted Humor, won the $60,000 Miss South Shore S. July 17 at Belmont Park...

Speightstown filly goes for $150K at Fasig

Speightstown's sole offering at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale brought a hammer price of $150,000...

SW #14 for leading sire Distorted Humor

Infinite Resource became the 14th stakes winner for Distorted Humor, tops among all North American stallions...

Bluegrass Cat colt graduates in debut at CD

Two-year-old Big Blue Nation wore down a stubborn rival to prevail in his racing debut July 3 at Churchill Downs...

Distorted Legacy triumphant in Sky Beauty

Distorted Legacy's victory in the $60,000 Sky Beauty S. gave her sire Distorted Humor his 13th stakes winner of 2011...

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...

Zayda is Bluegrass Cat's newest SW

Bluegrass Cat's 3-year-old colt Zayda won a wild running of the $50,000 Pepsi-Cola H. at Emerald Downs...

WinStar sales grads notch 2 stakes wins

Pool Play and J P's Gusto, both WinStar Farm sales graduates as yearlings, racked up added money wins on June 18...

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...

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...

Bluegrass Cat 2yo impresses in debut

Plus One, a 2-year-old filly from the second crop of Bluegrass Cat, made a sharp debut at the races on May 25, rolling to a 4 3/4-length victory in a $39,000 maiden special weight at Presque Isle Downs...

$250,000 colt for Harlan’s Holiday at F-T

A dark bay/brown son of Harlan’s Holiday sold for $250,000 at the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, highest price for a colt during the sale...

Boisterous makes noise in Three Coins Up

Boisterous became stakes winner number 101 for Distorted Humor with a three-quarter length victory in the $60,000 Three Coins Up at Belmont Park...

Rush Now speeds home in Spend A Buck

Tiznow's 3-year-old son Rush Now controlled the pace from the outset on the way to a 4 1/4-length win in the $75,900 Spend A Buck S.

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...

Tiz Miz Sue tops in Winter Melody stakes

Tiz Miz Sue registered a 1 1/4-length win in the $50,000 Winter Melody S. at Delaware Park on May 14, the second stakes win in the career of the 4-year-old daughter of Tiznow. She won the Polly's...

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...

3/4 brother to Well Armed born at WinStar

A three-quarter brother to Grade 1 multimillionaire Well Armed was born at WinStar Farm on April 14th. The bay colt is from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John – Tiznow's top...

Haynesfield once again NY Horse of the Year

For the second consecutive year, Speightstown’s Grade I millionaire Haynesfield has been voted New York-bred Horse of the Year. This is just the third time in history a horse has won the top...

Morning Line is Tiznow's newest G1 winner

Morning Line overcame a three-wide trip with a determined stretch run to win the $250,000 Carter H. (G1) by 1 1/2-lengths April 9 at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old won last year's...

WinStar launches Stablemates

StableMates is a fantastic way for horse lovers to enjoy an insider's experience in the entire thoroughbred business. You get to pick the level of experience that fits you the best via three...

Speightstown Colt Romps in Whirlaway

Gotham Next for Romping Haynesfield by Jack Shinar February 8, 2009 Bigger things await Haynesfield after the 3-year-old colt outclassed five rivals in the $107,600 Whirlaway...

Court Vision Returns to Synthetic

At long last, Court Vision returns to synthetic By Byron King LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Since Oct. 6, 2007, the day Court Vision powered his way to a 1 3/4-length maiden score over Keeneland's Polytrack,...

Al Khali Impresses in U.S. Debut

Al Khali Gives Pletcher Another Weapon WinStar Farm’s 3-year-old Al Khali rallied through the stretch for a three-quarter length victory under John Velazquez in a 1 1/8 mile allowance test March...

Well Armed Wins Dubai World Cup

Front-running Well Armed, under a snug hold by jockey Aaron Gryder, cut loose at the head of the straight and romped to a record 14-length victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) March 28,...

Hold Me Back 2nd in Bluegrass Stakes

The connections of favored Hold Me Back were gracious in defeat following the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland April 11 and looking forward to running their colt next in the...

Colonel John Conquers Turf

The issue of what to do with Colonel John for the rest of this summer went largely ignored between Bill Casner of WinStar Farm and trainer Eoin Harty on Saturday morning, a day after the colt's...

Justenuffhumor takes Fourstardave

Justenuffhumor (by Distorted Humor) served notice he should be a force to be reckon with in the turf division during the second half of the season after surging through the final furlong to an...

Coach Calipari visits WinStar

UK basketball coach John Calipari, with his wife Ellen, along with UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart, visited WinStar Farm last night for dinner and a tour. "You can't imagine how clean and...

Justenuffhumor takes Bernard Baruch

"He's one of those special horses who when you put them in the starting gate, you're know they'll find a way to get to the wire first." That's how trainer Kiaran McLaughlin described...

Distorted Humor Colt Wins Super Derby

Sometimes, the class of a race is the horse who has earned the most money. Other times, it might be the horse that has simply kept the best company. By either of those two evaluations, the class...

Z Humor Wins Ralph M Hinds Handicap

Longshot front-runner Z Humor (by Distorted Humor) raced wire to wire in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap at Fairplex Park on Sunday, final weekend of the Los Angeles County Fair meet. The...

7th Annual Race for Education 5K/10K Run

The Race for Education is taking to the streets of downtown Midway, Kentucky, on Saturday, October 10th at 8:30am. Serious runners and weekend joggers alike are invited to enter the starting gates...

Court Vision Prevails in Shadwell Turf Mile

Court Vision, racing for the first time since recovering from surgery for an ascended testicle, outfought Karelian to win $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile for WinStar Farm and IEAH Stables. Court...

Speightstown Colt wins Empire Classic

Saturday was billed as New York Showcase Day. It turned into Ramon Dominguez Showcase Day. Dominguez, the dominant rider on this circuit all year long, turned in another brilliant performance,...

Speightstown Colt Wins Discovery Handicap

Haynesfield (by Speightstown), who four weeks earlier scored his richest victory in the $250,000 Empire Classic against older New York-bred rivals, captured his first graded stakes victory in...

WinStar goes for 2-year-old triple in Jackpot

WinStar Farm will be seeking its third 2-year-old graded stakes win in three weeks on Friday night, when Rule starts as the possible favorite in the Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot at Delta...

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...

WinStar Dominates "Early Derby Dozen"

Who cares if it’s only December? You can still pretend eggnog is really a mint julep or that Santa means Santa Anita Derby or that poinsettias smell like roses or that “Jingle Bells” sounds like “My...

Distorted Humor/Tiznow 2nd/3rd on Sire List

2009 Leading Sires As of December 14, 2009 Stallion ...

Spring at Last Sires First Foal

The first reported offspring by grade I winner Spring At Last is a filly born Jan. 19 at Thomas Young’s Sandringham Farm near Georgetown, Ky. The newborn is out of the Gold Fever mare Havana Gold,...

WinStar Launches Derby Fantasy Game

http://derby.winstarfarm.com With only thirteen weeks left until the first Saturday in May, WinStar Farm is hosting a Fantasy contest for the 2010 Derby Trail, a free game that gives...

$2.3M Distorted Humor colt sold at F-T Calder

Fasig-Tipton's Calder select 2-year-old sale opened Tuesday with a $2.3 million session leader, returning some sizzle and excitement to the select juvenile market. The sale leader was Hip No....

Super Saver Starts Back in Tampa Bay Derby

Todd Pletcher may be saving his best for last. The four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer, who has already dominated 3-year-old stakes action in 2010, has waited nearly two and a half months to...

Super Saver game in Tampa Bay Derby

At the quarter pole, Odysseus appeared to have no chance to win Saturday's $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby. Even at the wire, it looked like his frantic final surge had fallen short of catching Schoolyard...

Rule still gives Pletcher a strong hand

Trainer Todd Pletcher showed off the strength of his Kentucky Derby hand in the days leading up to Saturday's $750,000 Florida Derby when he reshuffled the deck and withdrew one of his aces yet...

Rule runs determined 3rd in Florida Derby

Trainer Nick Zito knew Ice Box was a much better horse than his fifth-place finish in the Fountain of Youth indicated. He proved that point Saturday at Gulfstream Park when Ice Box rallied from last...

Endorsement Shines at Sunland

Facing winners for the first time, WinStar Farm's Endorsement shipped to Sunland Park and Casino from Louisiana and handed Triple Crown contender Conveyance his first defeat in the $800,000 Sunland...

Drosselmeyer Could Get One More Chance

WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer, who ran a solid third in the $750,000 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) March 27 at Fair Grounds but is likely still short on graded earnings to get into the Kentucky Derby...

Peppers Pride Bred to Distorted Humor

Peppers Pride, who holds the modern-day American record for consecutive wins, was bred March 27 to WinStar stallion Distorted Humor . She is boarded for owner Joe Allen at the Taylor family’s Taylor...

American Lion wires Illinois Derby field

American Lion ran the race his connections have been waiting for all season April 3, taking the field in the $500,000 Illinois Derby (gr. III) all the way around the Hawthorne Race Course oval to...

Race for Grace dinner to be held at Churchill

kychaplaincy.org Please support "Race for Grace" - a Derby-time fundraising dinner for the Kentucky Race Track Chaplaincy - on Monday, April 26 at Churchill Downs. For more information,...

Super Saver game in Arkansas Derby

Red-hot trainer John Sadler captured the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. I) with front-running upsetter Line of David at Oaklawn Park April 10, just a week after Sadler took the Santa Anita Derby...

Albarado Will Ride Endorsement in Derby

Robby Albarado, who rode Endorsement to an upset win in the Sunland Derby (gr. III) March 28 and is also the regular jockey for Noble's Promise, has committed to riding Endorsement for the May 1...

WinStar launches online store

WinStar Farm would like to announce the launch of their new online store that will feature items made by Under Armour. The store will feature shirts, hats and jackets with more items to be added in...

Bluegrass Cat gets first winner

Bluegrass Phenom won the fourth race on Friday at Keeneland Race Course in her career debut and became the first winner for Grade 1 winner and dual classic-placed Bluegrass Cat. Trained by Tom...

WinStar Daily Pick 5 contest starts May 1

Test your horse racing knowledge and try and win tickets to the 2010 Breeder's Cup at Churchill Downs among other prizes! Each day you will pick five horse racing events and accumulate points...

WinStar has 2 for Derby

Anybody who has been involved in this glorious game for an extended period of time quickly comes to realize that things never go too well for very long. Thankfully, things also never go badly for...

Super Saver wins Kentucky Derby!!

The week had been emotionally draining for both trainer Todd Pletcher and the WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt. Both had multiple entries for the 136th Kentucky Derby on Saturday at...

WinStar's "Super Name Sweepstakes"

WinStar’s Super Name Sweepstakes Ever wanted to name a thoroughbred? How about a brother to a Kentucky Derby winner? WinStar Farm has launched a “Super Name Sweepstakes” where participants will...

Super Saver's juicy price drops

BALTIMORE - Super Saver, the Kentucky Derby winner, drew post 8 when a field of 12 was entered on Wednesday for the 135th Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, which will be run...

This week, all eyes on just one horse

By Marty McGee BALTIMORE - Say anything you want about the Kentucky Derby having more to offer than the Preakness, but, going in, here's something the Preakness has that the Derby doesn't: the...

Super Name Sweepstakes winner....Superfection!

WinStar Farm Announces Winner of Super Name Sweepstakes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2010. Lexington, KY. WinStar Farm is excited to announce the winner of its unique "Super Name...

Drosselmeyer Wins Belmont Stakes

WinStar Farm’s Drosselmeyer gave Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first win in a Triple Crown race, wearing down pacesetter First Dude and holding off a late charge from Fly Down for a 13-1 upset...

Win Drosselmeyer's Shoes

Feelin’ lucky? If so, then here’s your chance to win one of Drosselmeyer’s winning shoes, mounted and authenticated in a special commemorative frame. This unique and valuable piece of thoroughbred...

Superfection contest winner visits farm

WinStar Farm's Super Name Game Contest Winner, Carroll Mayfield, visited the farm today to meet Kentucky Derby Winner Super Saver's half brother, Superfection, and their dam Supercharger. "I feel...

WinStar Duo Head First-Crop Sire List

WinStar Farm finds themselves in the enviable position of standing the two leading first-crop sires in Bluegrass Cat and Sharp Humor. The regally bred Bluegrass Cat tops the list in both earnings...

Derby Winner Super Saver to Start in Haskell

WinStar Farm’s Super Saver, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will make his next start in the Izod Haskell Invitational (gr. I) at Monmouth Park Aug. 1, trainer Todd...

Hold Me Back wins G3 Dominion Day Stakes

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The Bill Mott-trained Hold Me Back ($9.20) turned back a stern challenge from 11-1 shot Pool Play to take the Grade 3, $216,400 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine Thursday. Hold...

WinStar buys Any Given Saturday colt for $225,000

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum made WinStar Farm and partners an offer they could not refuse when he bought Grade 1 winner Any Given Saturday from them for stud duty. On Tuesday during the...

Bluegrass Cat Jumps Out Early

The grade I-winning Bluegrass Cat is off and running with his first crop of 2-year-olds in 2010. He is the leading first-crop sire with more than $220,000 in progeny earnings and seven winners so...

Drosselmeyer "Lucky Shoes" winner announced

WinStar Farm is pleased to announce the winner of its unique "Shoes Contest" in honor of 2010 Belmont Stakes Winner and WinStar Farm’s DROSSELMEYER. The winning contestant was randomly selected out...

Super Saver halter being auctioned for charity

A stallion halter from 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver is being auctioned to benefit the Halo House Foundation. Included with the halter is a wonderful 8" x 10" photo of Super Saver racing to...

Super Saver returns in Haskell

Led by Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Super Saver and Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Lookin At Lucky, one of the deepest fields in the 43-year history of the IZOD Haskell...

WinStar sells session-topper at Fasig-Tipton

“They don’t come much better looking than this fellow,” said Fasig-Tipton announcer Terence Collier of a Street Cry colt that brought $800,000 just before the midway point of the Saratoga select...

Travers next for Super Saver

Super Saver – the Kentucky Derby winner who finished fourth in yesterday’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, missing third by just a nose – will make his next appearance in the 141st running of the...

Hysterical Cat impresses in debut at Saratoga

Talk about a catalogue update. Hysterical Cat, a full-brother to a colt who sells tonight in the second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga NY Bred Preferred Yearling sale, ran away to an...

Super Saver's brother comes home to WinStar

WinStar Farm is very pleased to announce the “homecoming” of Hedge Fund, the full brother to the 2010 Kentucky Derby winner, Super Saver. Here is a touching video showing the arrival of Hedge Fund...

Pathfork Determined Winner of National Stakes

Pathfork (by Distorted Humor) kept his unblemished record intact with a hard-fought victory over Casamento in the boylesports.com Vincent O’Brien National Stakes (Ire-I) at the Curragh Sept....

Derby winner Super Saver retired to WinStar

2010 Kentucky Derby Winner Super Saver has been retired from racing and will come home to stand stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. “The final decision to retire Super Saver was a difficult...

Distorted Humor Colt Brings $2.050 Million

A strapping son of Distorted Humor was hammered down for $2,050,000 during the Sept. 13 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Bought by agent Mike Ryan on behalf of a new, undisclosed...

Taking after Tiznow

On Nov. 4, 2000, a 3-year-old who was only five months removed from his first career victory won the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. A decade later, a son of Tiznow will attempt to pull...

Speightstown's son impressive in Jockey Club

ELMONT, N.Y. – The connections of Haynesfield (Speightstown) found out Saturday what they were hoping to learn eight months earlier – that their New York-bred colt is indeed Grade 1...

Brickyard Fast to go in Breeder's Futurity

Distorted Humor’s son Sharp Humor has figured prominently among the First-Crop Sire leaders all season long. Currently, the WinStar stallion sits in 3rd place with 13 winners and nearly $570,000 in...

WinStar Trophy Tailgate Saturday (9th) @ Keeneland

Saturday, Oct 9 from 10am-1pm, WinStar Farm will be having a Derby Trophy Tailgate at Keeneland near the Keene Barn - find the WinStar Farm horse van & tent. Get your photo with the 2010 KY...

Bluegrass Cat gets stakes winner with Kathmanblu

Kathmanblu earned a berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) when she came from off the pace to post a decisive four-length victory in the $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine...

Play WinStar's World Championship Challenge!

Test your handicapping skill and just plain old luck by playing the WinStar World Championship Challenge. This unique contest will be based on the two-day Breeders' Cup races at Churchill Downs on...

WinStar hosts Breeze Show

Below is a video of the breeze show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khikG9JhPo WinStar Farm announced today it will hold a Breeze Show on Tuesday Nov. 2nd in advance of their...

Distorted Humor is leading stallion for 2010

As we head into the final 9 weeks of what has been a rather uncertain 2010 racing season, WinStar’s unwavering stallion Distorted Humor finds himself atop the General Sire List with progeny earnings...

Bluegrass Cat Filly Rolls in Golden Rod

Kathmanblu, a close third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) earlier this month, proved her versatility by defeating six rivals on the main track in the $163,800 Golden Rod (gr....

Speightstowns finish 1st & 2nd in Cigar Mlle

When trainer Barclay Tagg talked owner Charles Fipke out of running Jersey Town in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, it was with the idea that the Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile would come up an easier...

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...

Harlan's Holiday comes to WinStar

WinStar Farm has acquired a significant interest in prominent sire Harlan's Holiday, and the Versailles, Kentucky farm will stand the 11-year-old stallion during 2011 breeding season for an...

WinStar Stallions Have Great Year

WinStar stallions had a great 2010. Distorted Humor finished second in the General Sire standings with earnings of $8,719,841 losing to Giant's Causeway by less than $90,000. This is his...

Drosselmeyer back in training

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Drosselmeyer, unraced since winning the Belmont Stakes last June, has had two easy three-furlong breezes at Payson Park and could make his return to racing within a couple...

WinStar wins Eclipse for Outstanding Owner

WinStar Farm, which triumphed in two of the three legs of the 2010 Triple Crown, was rewarded with the Eclipse Award for outstanding owner of the year when they were announced Jan. 17. Then owned...

Hold Me Back Dream Big Program

The WinStar Farm "Dream Big" program. Click here to see the brochure and read more about the program.

WinStar launches 2011 Fantasy Derby contest

*WinStar Farm’s Fantasy Derby Back by Popular Demand* It’s time to play Fantasy Derby again! Get your Fantasy Thoroughbred Stable up and running again now – Fantasy Derby 2011 starts...

Sharp Humor filly wins in a laugher

FUNNY SUNNY (f, 3, Sharp Humor--Sunny Laugh, by Relaunch), a smart debut winner for WinStar Farm and trainer Richard Budge at Hoosier Oct. 13, brought $380,000 from Amanda Pope at last year's KEENOV...

Bluegrass Cat to shuttle to So. Hemisphere

Bluegrass Cat, a leading freshman sire of 2010 and leading second-crop sire of 2011, will shuttle to Liliana Solari’s Haras Don Alberto in Chile for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season,...