Full Flat took over the lead at the quarter-pole en route to a 2 1/2-length win in Saturday’s inaugural Saudi Derby Cup Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The 3-year-old son of Speightstown broke his maiden in his home base of Japan before finishing a credible fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Bred in Kentucky by […]
[ Read More ]Laura’s Light won her first graded stakes in her young career Feb. 16 at Santa Anita Park with a three-quarter length victory in the $100,000 Sweet Life S. (G3). The 3-year-old Constitution filly won the Blue Norther S. in late December and ran second in the Jimmy Durante S. (G3) last November. Owned by Gary […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Good Samaritan, a versatile millionaire son of Harlan’s Holiday and a Graded stakes winner on dirt and turf, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 15 when a filly was born at Windmill Farm in Versailles. Bred by Ellen Kill Kelley, the filly is produced from the Graded stakes-placed and stakes-producing Vicar mare […]
[ Read More ]Commissioner’s first stakes winner of 2020 came Jan. 4 at Gulfstream Park when the 3-year-old colt Island Commish bested Get Smokin by a half-length in the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy S. (G3). Island Commish, who was stakes placed at two, is also the first graded winner for Commissioner and was one of his five stakes horses […]
[ Read More ]Independence Hall, runaway winner of the Nashua S. (G3) in November, remained undefeated in three starts with a four-length victory in the $150,000 Jerome S. Jan. 1 at Aqueduct. Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables and Robert and Kathleen Verratti, Independence Hall was bred in Kentucky by Woodford Thoroughbreds. He banked $82,500 […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s 3-year-old colt Performer joined the ranks of graded stakes winners Saturday with a hard-fought victory over multiple graded winner Tax in the $200,000 Discovery S. (G3) at Aqueduct. Performer is Speightstown’s seventh graded stakes winner this year and his 52nd lifetime graded stakes winner. Performer’s win pushed his sire’s lifetime progeny earnings past the […]
[ Read More ]Yoshida (JPN), a Grade 1 winner on dirt and turf, has been retired and will stand the upcoming breeding season at WinStar Farm. He will stand for $20,000 S&N. Owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, and Head of Plains Partners and trained by Bill Mott, Yoshida earned $2,505,770 in a sensational racing career. A […]
[ Read More ]Uni (GB) stormed down the stretch to win Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), defeating rival Got Stormy by two lengths in 1:32.45 on the firm turf. Uni’s win made More Than Ready the first sire in the 36-year history of the Breeders’ Cup to sire the winners of seven Breeders’ Cup races, putting […]
[ Read More ]No. 1-ranked Third-Crop Sire Take Charge Indy, the regally-bred son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner, Graded stakes producer, and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady, has arrived at WinStar Farm for the 2020 breeding season and will be available for inspection beginning at Monday’s Open House, from 11 a.m. to […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm will host their 2019 open house and stallion show Monday through Friday, Nov. 4-11, daily from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All of the farm’s stallions will be available for viewing, from stalwarts such as Distorted Humor and Tiznow, to Audible and Take Charge Indy, the latest to join the impressive lineup. WinStar […]
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