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Summer Applause earns 2nd GSW of 2013

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 strikes winning note in G3 Gallorette

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

Dance to Bristol easily in $100K Skipat S.

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...

Percussion snaps up Albert the Great S.

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...

Golden Ticket takes Churchill feature

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

Essence Hit Man treble in Cartier S.

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

American Sugar tastes victory in Goldfinch S.

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 triumphs in Gold Princess 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...

Harlan's Holiday: Big numbers at OBS sale

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...

First starter is a winner for Kodiak Kowboy

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...

Colonel John colt sells for $290K at OBS

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 Soul sets track record in stakes win

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...

Stakes double for Speightstown

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 in the Air wins 2yo Sovereign Award

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...

Essence Hit Man repeats as Canadian champ

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

Fearsome steps clear in Charles Town Dash

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...

Borel to ride Revolutionary in KY Derby

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

Street Girl gets nod in $100K Calder Oaks

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...

Who should ride Revolutionary in Derby?

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

Kodiak Kowboy colt sells for $140K at Kee

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...

$340K for Pioneerof the Nile Keeneland 2YO

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...

Burban stirs up stakes win at Aqueduct

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

Grade 1 trifecta for Pure Prize

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 Joyous gives her all in G1 Canterbury

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...

Bluegrass Cat colt fastest in Hot Springs S.

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 captures Oaklawn feature

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 filly wins stakes debut

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...

Regally-bred Zaikov shines in GP debut

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

OBS Day 2: Artie Schiller 2YO brings $240K

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...

Top-10 seller for Congrats at OBS

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...

Pioneerof the Nile filly tops OBS 2YO 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...

$200K for Colonel John colt at OBS 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...

Spring At Last exacta in OBS filly stakes

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

WinStar bred breaks maiden in OBS stakes

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

WinStar colt zips to win in career bow

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

Calistoga cruises again at Gulfstream Park

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

OBS March Select 2YO sale breeze show report

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...

U S Ranger colt rings up at Barretts 2yo sale

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...

Strong Barretts numbers for Harlan's Holiday

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...

1st mare in foal to Gemologist

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...

Stakes double for Harlan's Holiday

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...

WinStar-bred triumphs in Oaklawn feature

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...

Barretts March 2YO Sale under tack preview

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 rolls to fourth straight

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

Bodemeister: G1 Careless Jewel is 1st in foal

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...

'Maria is More Than Ready's newest SW

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...

Stakes momentum continues for Pure Prize

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

Pinball wins second straight at Big A

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...

Abraham goes long for maiden victory

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...

Verrazano incredible in GP allowance

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...

Tiznow colt rolls at Santa Anita in route debut

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 grad Canticle sings winning tune

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

StableMates '13 Fantasy Derby contest opens

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 tops Experimental Free 'Cap

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

New stallions eligible for Breed to Win promo

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...

Speightstown duo up for Sovereign Awards

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

American Sugar wins Dixie Belle

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 adds new SW at Oaklawn

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

WinStar grad Pinball scores at Aqueduct

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

First foal arrives for Sidney's Candy

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. ...

Perfect Bellamy Road mare bought privately

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...

Rising Star for Speightstown at Gulfstream

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

Zeewat triumphs in $100K California Derby

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's first foal is a colt

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...

All Squared Away wins '13 debut at SA

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 finalist for 2yo male Eclipse

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 named Eclipse Award Finalist

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...

Cissell named Director of Stallion Operations

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...

Bellamy Road filly continues winning ways

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...

Spring at Last tops KY freshman sire list

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...

Hanley named Director of Development

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 rolls to second SW of 2012

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...

Bellamy Road 2yo takes Illinois Futurity

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

Swear Me In tops at Tampa for Spring at Last

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

Another 2YO stakes win for Harlan's Holiday

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

$400K Harlan's Holiday weanling at KEENOV

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 sets 2013 stud fees

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...

Speightstown doing well after colic surgery

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

Boisterous repeats in G2 Red Smith H.

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

Speightstown '12 stakes winners now total 20

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...

Mr. Commons draws rail for G1 BC Mile

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)...

Breeders' Cup Preview: Speightstown

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

Harlan's Holiday figures big in BC Juvenile

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

'Spring' time in BC 2-year-old filly races

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...

Four in '12 BC for Distorted Humor

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...

Play the '12 World Championship Challenge!

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 cancels KEENOV preview show

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...

Five 2yo SW's for Harlan's Holiday in '12

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, Distorted Humor lead G1 Breeders' Cup Pre-Noms

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...

Rush Now has answer in First Responder S.

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 rules in Empire Classic

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

Boisterous doubles up in G3 Knickerbocker H.

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...

Delhomme scores at Belmont

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

Tiznow 2yo takes $75K Palmer Futurity

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

Speightstown tops $8 million mark in 2012

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

Harlan's Holiday gets 2nd SW in two days

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 cruises in G2 Kelso H.

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

Cougarstown reaps bounty in Harvest S.

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 runs streak to eight straight

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 filly sells for $250K at Kee

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

$180K for U S Ranger Keeneland yearling

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

Keeneland yearling sales report: first 4 days

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

Colonel John Kee offering brings $250K

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

Tiznow Keeneland Sept early report

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

Tiznow 2yo romps at Belmont

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

Second City first in G3 BC Derby

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)...

Speightstown leads way with 16 SW

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

Seventh winner for freshman Spring At Last

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 adds to stallions, Stablemates teams

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 wins fifth straight

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

Another sharp 2yo Harlan's Holiday winner

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

Spring Venture blossoms in debut

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 adds $100K Troy S. to resume

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

Alternation reaches $1 million mark

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

Harlan's Holiday filly gets 2nd career SW

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 storms home in Byrd Memorial

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

Spring at Last filly breaks maiden by 10

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

Track record at Penn Nat'l for Toby's Corner

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...

First stakes winner for Spring at Last

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...

Harlan's Holiday 2yos keep winning

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...

Speightstown: 12 SWs in 2012

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...

2-year-olds starting fast for Harlan's Holiday

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...

F-T: $190K for Artie Schiller yearling

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

Colonel John: #1 Freshman at F-T July

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...

$170K for U S Ranger filly at F-T July

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...

Bellamy Road yearling goes to $200K

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...

Spring at Last 2YOs 1-2 at Colonial Downs

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 latest SW for Bellamy Road

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...

Spring at Last tops juvy sire winners list

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...

Cayllano still undefeated after stakes debut

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 sets track record at Colonial

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...

Distorted Humor sires 12th G1 winner

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...

Speightstown 3yo controls $400K Red Legend

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 slays 'em in Track Barron S.

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

Speightstown gets 11th stakes winner in 2012

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...

Hammer strikes in Woodbine stakes

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...

Two winners already for Spring At Last

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...

Schillerthekiller slays stakes field

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

Spring At Last filly breezes bullet :20.80

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...

Harlan's Holiday 2yos running big

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

Bella Road is 10th SW for Bellamy Road

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...

Weekend Report: Bluegrass Cat

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

Island Bound claims G3 Winning Colors S.

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...

Gemologist returns to Pletcher

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...

FT sale: Top 5 seller for Distorted Humor

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

Tiznow sires session topper at FTM

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...

Top filly for Harlan's Holiday at FT sale

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 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...