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Under a heady ride from John Velazquez, Summer Applause cleared off in the final furlong to win the $150,000 Allaire Dupont Distaff (G3) by a widening two lengths...

Pianist captured her first graded stakes in Saturday's $150,000 Gallorette H. (G3) at Pimlico Race Course...

Speightstown's speedy 4-year-old filly Dance to Bristol was an easy winner in Friday's $100,000 Skipat S. at Pimlico Race Course...

More Than Ready now has graded stakes winners on three continents after Dalwari scored in the Group 3 Prix de Guiche...

Bluegrass Cat got his ninth stakes horse and third stakes winner of 2013 on Sunday with Percussion battling his way to a nose victory in the $90,000 Albert the Great S...

More Than Beauty made short work of a field of maiden special weight 2-year-old fillies Thursday at Churchill Downs...

Speightstown's Grade 1 winner Golden Ticket scored a sharp victory in the May 2 feature race at Churchill Downs...

Speightstown's venerable sprinter Essence Hit Man won the $169,200 Jacques Cartier S. for the third straight year Saturday at Woodbine...

American Sugar, a 3-year-old Harlan's Holiday filly, boosted her bankroll past the $200,000 mark with a nifty win in the $60,000 Goldfinch S...

Munnings Sister gave Speightstown his second stakes winner in as many days with a half-length victory in Sunday's $85,000 Gold Princess S...

Led by a pair of colts that sold for more than $300,000 on closing day of the April 22-25 OBS 2-year-olds in Training sale...

Freshman sire Kodiak Kowboy, a three-time G1 winner and Eclipse Champion, sired his first winner from his first starter when his 2-year-old filly Bear Facts captured her debut in a Trial race at Turf Paradise on April 19...

A juvenile from the first crop by Colonel John was the top-selling colt during the first day of the April 22-25 OBS 2-year-olds in Training Sale...

Pure Prize's latest stakes winner Pure Soul set a track record of 1:08 4/5 for 1,200 meters in the April 21 San Luis Classic...

Dance to Bristol was in top form Saturday night at Charles Town Races, running away to a facile nine length victory in the $200,000 Sugar Maple S...

Spring at Last's Grade 1 winning 2-year-old filly Spring in the Air was named the 2012 Canadian Sovereign Award winner in her division...

For the second straight year Speightstown's Canadian sprint star Essence Hit Man was named the Sovereign Award winner...

Fearsome's three-length win in the $50,000 Charles Town Dash H. on Saturday night kicked off a stakes daily double for his sire Speightstown...

A More Than Ready colt for the highest price of 320,000 guineas (US$516,129) at the first session...

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...

Rontos Racing Stable Corp.’s Street Girl won the first stakes race of her career in thrilling fashion with a nose victory in the off-the-turf, $100,000 Calder Oaks...

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

WinStar Farm's More Than Ready appeal on the international realm was on display at Australia's prestigious Inglis Bloodstock Easter Yearling sale...

A colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Kodiak Kowboy brought $140,000 at the April Keeneland 2-year-olds in Training sale...

A colt from the first crop of WinStar Farm stallion Pioneerof the Nile offered at the Keeneland April 2-year-old sale brought an impressive winning bid of $340,000...

Speightstown, America's second-leading sire of 2013, got another stakes winner on Thursday at Aqueduct...

Pure Prize scored a rare 1-2-3 sweep in a graded stakes race when his offspring captured the top 3 spots in the Grade 1 Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena...

More Than Ready's all-time leading earner More Joyous turned in another top-notch performance Saturday in the Grade 1 Canterbury S. at Rosehill Racecourse in Australia...

Laurie’s Rocket became the latest stakes winner this year by New York’s Leading Sire Bluegrass Cat, as the 4-year-old colt proved fastest in the $75,000 Hot Springs S. on March 23rd at Oaklawn...

Lady Stonewall, by Harlan's Holiday, looks like a filly on the rise with a sharp 1 1/2-length victory in a six furlong allowance for 3-year-old fillies...

Bellamy Road's Legal Mind became the latest stakes winner for her sire with a 2 1/2-length victory in the $50,000 Auto Nation Spring S...

Zaikov, by Distorted Humor and out of Eclipse champion Wait a While, ran to his pedigree in his debut at Gulfstream Park Friday, winning by 14 1/4 lengths

A dark bay filly by Artie Schiller brought a top bid of $240,000 during the second day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale...

Congrats, who joined WinStar Farm's stallion roster this year, had a top-10 seller during the second day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale...

A filly from the first crop of Pioneerof the Nile was the top-selling distaffer during the first day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale...

A bay colt from the first crop of Colonel John brought a top bid of $200,000 during the first day of the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale...

The daughters of Spring At Last ran one-two in the $100,000 OBS Championship S. for 3-year-old fillies...

Michael With Us, bred by WinStar Farm and sired by Bluegrass Cat, was a maiden going into the 100,000 OBS Championship S...

Red Rifle fired off a winning salvo in his career debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park...

Speightstown's brilliant 3-year-old filly Calistoga turned in another stellar performance Thursday at Gulfstream Park...

A pair of fillies by WinStar first-crop stallions Colonel John and Pioneerof the Nile breezed an eighth of a mile in :09 4/5 March 7, the fastest time of the day...

The March 4 Barretts Select 2-year-old sale started off strong for WinStar stallion U S Ranger when hip No. 2, a bay colt, brought a winning bid of $160,000...

Harlan's Holiday got a strong reception from buyers at the March 4 Barretts Select Sale of 2-year-olds, with a pair of juveniles bringing a winning bid of a quarter million dollars...

Gemologist, last year’s winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, recently had his first mare confirmed in foal when Merry Me in Spring, a stakes winner of over $130,000 and dam of Grade 3-winning juvenile So Brilliant, recently scanned in foal at 15 days...

WinStar Farm's General Election gave his sire Harlan's Holiday his second stakes winner of the day in the $75,000 John Battaglia Memorial S...

Rhetorical, bred and prepped for racing by WinStar Farm, dueled his way to a half-length victory in the feature race on the Feb. 28 card at Oaklawn Park...

Fillies by WinStar stallions Colonel John and Harlan's Holiday turned in two of the fastest times at the Barretts 2-year-old auction under tack preview show...

Koh I Noor, a 4-year-old Harlan's Holiday colt, strolled to his fourth straight victory Thursday at Laurel Park...

G1-winning millionaire Careless Jewel became the first mare to check in foal from the debut book of Grade 1 winner Bodemeister, who’s standing his first season at stud at WinStar Farm...

With three straight wins, Stopshoppingmaria has found her niche as a turf sprint specialist, capping her recent run on Sunday with a 1 3/4-length score in the $60,000 Ladies Turf Sprint S...

The 4-year-old filly Guanay (ARG) gave WinStar stallion Pure Prize his third stakes horse of February...

WinStar training and sales grad Pinball made it two straight at Aqueduct on Sunday with a runaway 7 1/4-length victory at one mile and 70 over the inner dirt track...

Transylvania Flash took to going two turns for the first time with gusto as the 3-year-old by More Than Ready exploded to an 8 1/2-length maiden special weight score...

Abraham, owned by WinStar Farm LLC and Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC, scooted to a one-length victory going 1 1/8-miles Saturday at Gulfstream Park...

More than Ready's 3-year-old colt Verrazano turned in the most impressive performance of 2013 with a spectacular 16 ¼ -length victory at Gulfstream Park...

With a huge turn of foot in the stretch, Tiz the Truth ran away from the field to break his maiden by 7 3/4-lengths Feb. 2 at Santa Anita...

WinStar Farm bred and sold Canticle rolled to a 4 1/2-length maiden score Jan. 31 at Oaklawn Park...

WinStar Farm is pleased to announce the highly anticipated return of its very popular Fantasy Derby contest. Fantasy Derby 2013 is free for racing fans, easy to play, and offers the very best in possible prizes...

Shanghai Bobby, by Harlan's Holiday, received the high weight assignment of 126 pounds on The Jockey Club's 2012 Experimental Free Handicap...

WinStar Farm has added newly-acquired stallions Pure Prize, Kodiak Kowboy and Street Hero to its “Breed to Win” promotion, which will reward supportive breeders with a chance to win a complimentary 2013 breeding season WinStar’s now-15 participating stallions...

A pair of Speightstown's best Canadian runners of 2012 were announced as Sovereign Award finalists by the Jockey Club of Canada...

Harlan's Holiday got his second stakes winner of 2013 on Jan. 20 when American Sugar scored a dominating seven-length victory in the $60,000 Dixie Belle S...

Distorted Humor's Cheery got her first career stakes win Sunday in the $60,000 American Beauty S. at Oaklawn Park...

WinStar training and sales grad Pinball drew off to a sharp-looking 3 1/2-length victory Thursday at Aqueduct in his 2013 debut...

Sidney's Candy, the Grade 1-winning and two-time track record-setting son of Candy Ride (Arg), sired his first foal Friday, Jan. 11 when a dark bay or brown colt was born at Brandywine Farm in Paris, KY. ...

Unbeaten Sisterly Love, a perfect 3-for-3, has been privately purchased by Gary Barber and turned over to trainer Mark Casse following her impressive allowance victory on Dec. 30 at Gulfstream...

Calistoga rocketed to a 5 1/2-length victory in her career debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park

Zeewat, a 3-year-old Harlan's Holiday colt, overcame a rough start and a wide trip to score in the $100,000 California Derby...

Drosselmeyer, the Belmont S. (G1) and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) champ, sired his first foal on Tuesday when a colt was born at Craig and Holly Bandoroff's Denali Stud in Paris, KY...

Bellamy Road's leading earner of 2012, Grade 3 winner All Squared Away, proved best in a thrilling stretch duel Jan. 6 at Santa Anita...

Shanghai Bobby's victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) capped off a perfect year for the son of Harlan's Holiday...

Bodemeister, WinStar Farm's newest addition to the stallion roster, was recently announced as a finalist for the 2012 Eclipse Award in the 3-year-old male category...

WinStar Farm announced Saturday that Tony Cissell has rejoined the farm in the role of Director of Stallion Operations. Cissell returns to WinStar to facilitate stallion operations for the farm’s new state-of-the-art stallion complex and expanded stallion roster...

Sisterly Love, a 4-year-old Bellamy Road filly, is perfect after three starts following a front-runnning, 2 1/2-length score Sunday at Gulfstream Park...

With 2012 drawing to a close, WinStar Farm's young stallion Spring at Last has had a stellar year with his first crop of runners, led by a trio of graded stakes winners...

WinStar Farm has named David Hanley as the Director of Development for the Versailles-based operation. Hanley will primarily work in the areas of client development and bloodstock development, both for the farm and racing stable...

Zeewat ran away from his rivals down the stretch for a 3 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Gold Rush S. at Golden Gate Fields...

Chatfield Road took the field gate-to-wire in the $125,000 Illinois Futurity Saturday at Hawthorne for his first stakes win...

Spring at Last's winners list now stands at an even dozen after Swear Me In broke her maiden going six furlongs...

Notacatbutallama showed his affinity for the turf yet again on Nov. 23 as the 2-year-old Harlan's Holiday colt drew off to a 3 1/2-length victory

A weanling colt by 2012 leading juvenile sire Harlan's Holiday was purchased for $400,000 by Shadwell during the second session of the Keeneland November sale on Nov. 7...

WinStar Farm announced fees for its 2013 stallion roster, led by leading sire Distorted Humor, who will stand for $100,000 S&N, as well as new Grade 1-winning additions for 2013: Bodemeister and Gemologist...

Leading sire Speightstown is recovering well after undergoing colic surgery for a nephrosplenic entrapment Saturday morning at Hagyard’s in Lexington...

Boisterous scored an easy victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Red Smith H. at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday...

Lighthouse Bay, a 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown, got up jut in time to win the $100,000 Smart Halo S. at Laurel Park...

Artie Schiller's leading lifetime earner Mr. Commons will try to duplicate his sire's feat when he goes postward Saturday in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (G1)...

Speightstown will have six runners in this year's Breeders' Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park...

Shanghai Bobby will go postward as one of the favorites in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1)...

Spring at Last, the leading first-crop sire in North America in 2012, will have two of his best progeny in this year's Breeders' Cup...

Distorted Humor will have four chances to add to his Breeder's Cup winners' resume when this year's event is contested at Santa Anita Park...

WinStar Farm is pleased to announce the return of its hugely popular interactive contest centered on the two top class days of racing offered by this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park, Nov. 2 and 3. The WinStar World Championship Challenge promises once again to be the most fun, challenging and interactive contest in Thoroughbred racing...

WinStar Farm canceled Wednesday's preview show that was to be held at the farm for its annual horses in training that will be sold at the upcoming Keeneland November sale. Weather concerns is the reason for the cancellation, and WinStar will instead host an inspection period at the farm on Thursday between 10 am and 12 pm. There will be no training preview...

Notacatbutallama rallied in the stretch of the Belmont Park turf to tally a length and a quarter victory in the $85,000 Incurable Optimist S...

Speightstown and Distorted Humor lead all sires by number of pre-entries for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup World Championship races on November 2nd and 3rd...

Four-year-old Rush Now outgamed Ponzi scheme in Saturday's $75,000 First Responder S. at Parx Racing to give the son Tiznow his third career stakes win...

Lunar Victory outgamed Saratoga Snacks to take Saturday's $250,000 Empire Classic, the centerpiece of New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park...

Winner of the 2011 Knickerbocker H. (G3), Distorted Humor's 5-year-old son Boisterous repeated his feat with a two-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile contest Oct. 13...

WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables' could have a star in the making with their 2-year-old colt Delhomme...

Fury Kapcori pulled away to a 1 1/4-length win in Fresno's $75,000 Charlie Palmer Futurity S. on Saturday...

Munnings Sister took the $80,000 Dream Supreme S. Sunday at Belmont Park for her second stakes win of 2012...

Someplace Else shipped to New Mexico to score a 3 3/4-length victory Sunday in the $60,000 Chaves County S. at Zia Park...

Jersey Town stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a come-from-behind, 3 ½-length victory in...

Speightstown now has a remarkable 17 stakes winners in 2012 after Cougarstown came through with a three-quarter length victory in the $50,000 Harvest S...

Guam Typhoon stretched his winning streak to eight races Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the $100,000 Changing Times S...

Artie Schiller's yearlings at the Keeneland September sale are getting strong interest by bidders through the first week of the auction...

A yearling colt sired by U S Ranger brought a winning bid of $180,000 at the Keeneland September sale...

Early results from the Keeneland September yearling sale show buyers continue to show plenty of interest in the WinStar's offerings...

The first Colonel John yearling to sell at the Keeneland September sale brought a healthy winning bid of $250,000...

A half-brother to Grade 1 winner Winter Memories, by Tiznow, brought $500,000 during day 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale,

Tizracer ran away from the field to the tune of a 10 1/2-length maiden special weight win on Sept. 8...

With a big last-to-first move, Second City rolled down the stretch to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 British Columbia Derby (G3)...

Weekend Hideaway's victory in the $100,000 David S. on Aug. 29 at Saratoga put Speightstown atop the 2012 General Sire list...

Timefadesthepages scored a 5 1/2-length victory Aug. 28 in her debut to become the seventh winner for first-crop sire Spring At Last...

WinStar Farm announced Monday two new additions to their stallion and WinStar Stablemates divisions, both with extensive international experience. Effective September 3rd 2012, Chance Timm will assume the role of Stallion Season Sales and Leanna Packard as StableMates Coordinator and Bloodstock Assistant....

Lunar Victory continued his torrid streak with his fifth consecutive win this year Aug. 23 at Saratoga...

Harlan's Holiday tallied his tenth 2-year-old winner of 2012 on Monday at Saratoga...

WinStar Farm's first-crop sire Spring at Last moved to second on the 2012 Freshman Sire list with Spring Venture's powerful first-time-out victory...

Bridgetown led at every stride to win the $100,000 Troy S. by a half-length Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course.

Alternation won a prolonged stretch battle to score by a nose in Saturday $200,000 Governor’s Cup S. at Remington Park...

Someplace Else scored a handy 1 1/2-length win in the $93,925 Donna Reed S. at Prairie Meadows Saturday night to give the 4-year-old daughter of Harlan's Holiday her second black type victory...

Guam Typhoon zipped six furlongs in 1:08.59 in the $100,000 Robert C. Byrd Memorial S. Saturday at Mountaineer Park...

Spring in the Air looked like a star with her 10 1/4-length score to break her maiden Saturday at Woodbine...

The 4-year-old Bellamy Road colt Toby’s Corner scored his first victory in his comeback with a track record in the $175,000 Mountainview H...

Spring at Last got his first stakes winner from his initial crop on July 27 at Colonial Downs when the filly A Lover's Question took on the boys...

The 2-year-old winners by Harlan's Holiday keep coming, with a pair of juvenile colts breaking their maidens at first asking on July 27...

Lunar Victory galloped to a 2 1/2-length score in the $100,000 Evan Shipman S. Monday at Saratoga to become the 12th stakes winner of the year for Speightstown...

Harlan's Holiday's ascent up the stallion ranks continues with his latest 2012 crop of 2-year-olds, which added another stakes winner on July 21st when 2-year-old filly American Sugar cruised to a decisive two-length win in the $75,000 Prairie Gold Lassie...

The lone Artie Schiller offering at the recently held Fasig-Tipton yearling sale in Lexington, Ky. caught the eye of bidders...

A total of four horses from the first crop of WinStar stallion Colonel John sold for an average price of $141,250, more than nine times his 2012 stud fee of $15,000...

A filly from the first crop of WinStar stallion U S Ranger commanded a winning bid of $170,000 at the July 10 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale...

A yearling filly by Bellamy Road brought $200,000 at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale, one of the top 12 prices at the select July 10 auction...

The early runners from the first crop of Spring at Last have their sire tied for the top spot on the Freshman Sire list with four winners...

Motion to Appeal sauntered to a half-length victory in the $77,500 Leemat S. at Presque Isle Downs to become the latest stakes winner for his sire Bellamy Road...

With four winners already from his first crop, WinStar Farm's freshman sire Spring at Last is tied for the top spot on the 2012 Freshman Sire list...

Bluegrass Cat's 2-year-old filly Cayllano rolled to an eye-catching 8 1/2-length in the $50,000 White Creek S. July 4 at Delaware Park...

Guam Typhoon's track record setting performance in Saturday's $50,000 Chesapeake S. July 4 Colonial Downs made the 6-year-old the seventh stakes winner of 2012 for Distorted Humor...

Champion Sire Distorted Humor added to his lore as a Great International Sire, siring his 110th career stakes winner, 12th G1 winner on Sunday, July 1, Prix Jean Prat (G1) victor Aesop's Fables...

Sum of the Parts led every step of the way to take the rich $400,000 Red Legend S. at West Virginia's Charles Town Races on June 30...

Shanghai Bobby cruised to a one-length victory in the $85,000 Track Barron S. for 2-year-olds June 27 at Belmont Park...

Leading sire Speightstown continues to enjoy a fantastic year, as Munnings Sister – a full sister to the brilliant sprinter Munnings, as her name suggests – became her sire's 11th stakes winner already this season...

Hammers Terror drew off to a 3 3/4-length victory in the $103,600 Charlie Barley S. on June 23 at Woodbine, giving his sire Artie Schiller his fourth stakes winner of 2012...

Grade 1 winner Spring At Last has already sired two winners from his first crop of two-year-olds to race, including the impressive filly Seaneen Girl who won handily by 5 ¾ lengths at first asking...

Artie Schiller sired the 11th stakes winner from his first two crops, when Schillerthekiller slew...

A first-crop daughter of Spring At Last has sped the fastest quarter-mile of any juvenile working for the OBS June Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training...

The 2012 juveniles by Harlan's Holiday continue to bolster his well-earned reputation of "run big - sell big"...

Bella Road took the fast lane to the winner's circle, speeding along the rail en route to victory in the $75,000 Hawkeyes H. on June 8 at Prairie Meadows...

Bluegrass Cat's runners represented their sire in fine style the first weekend in June, winning six races over a three-day period...

Speightstown added Island Bound to his impressive roster of stakes winners when the 5-year-old mare rallied late to win the Grade 3, $110,100 Winning Colors S...

WinStar Farm's top 3-year-old Gemologist, winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, has returned to trainer Todd Pletcher's primary stable at Belmont Park to prepare for a return to the races...

A filly by Distorted Humor brought plenty of interest at the May 21-22 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training...

Spirited bidding drove a Tiznow colt up to a final price of $470,000 during day 2 of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds...

A filly by Harlan's Holiday brought $200,000 during day 1 of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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)...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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, 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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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 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...

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

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...

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...

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

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)...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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, a 2-year-old Artie Schiller colt, cruised to a sharp-looking 4 1/4-length victory 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's 2-year-old daughter Shumoos finished with a determined run to annex her first stakes win in the Group 3 Sirenia S...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

*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...

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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

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 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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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 (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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...