Grade 1 winner Audible won the $200,000 Cherokee Run S. Saturday at Churchill Downs by two lengths in his first start since finishing third in the Kentucky Derby (G1). The 3-year-old colt, owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing, has now won five of seven starts and has […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing teamed up to win the first running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint with the brilliant colt Bulletin, who led the 5 1/2-furlong race from gate-to-wire, winning by 2 3/4-lengths. Obviously highly-regarded from the outset, Bulletin broke his maiden by seven lengths in his […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing could have a future star in the 2-year-old colt Improbable, who is 2-for-2 following his 7 1/4-length romp in Friday’s $100,000 Street Sense S. at Churchill Downs [WATCH RACE]. The Bob Baffert trainee kicked off a Friday double for WinStar, who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf […]
[ Read More ]WinStar stallions Distorted Humor, Paynter and Pioneerof the Nile all will be represented during Friday’s all-juvenile Breeders’ Cup day at Churchill Downs. Kicking off the trio will be Distorted Humors brilliant Restless Rider in the Juvenile Fillies (G1), race 7 at 4:40 p.m. Undefeated in two starts at Churchill, the gray/roan filly won at first […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm will shoot for their second Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on Saturday at Churchill Downs when the multiple Grade 1 winner Yoshida goes postward in the $6 million championship. WinStar, who won the 2011 Classic at Churchill with Drosselmeyer, co-owns Yoshida with China Horse Club, SF Racing LLC and Head of Plains Partners. Yoshida’s […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm announced 2019 stud fees for its 22-stallion roster today, again headed by Pioneerof the Nile who will stand for a fee of $110,000 S&N this upcoming breeding season. WinStar also welcomes two new stallions to its roster in Always Dreaming, winner of the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1), and Jim […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm announced today the promotion of Liam O’Rourke as its new Director of Stallion Sales, and the hiring of Chris Knehr to the Stallion Season Sales team. “I am really excited about our Bloodstock Team,” said Elliott Walden, president and CEO of WinStar Farm. “Liam deserves the opportunity, and as our clients have gotten […]
[ Read More ]Knicks Go earned a ticket to next month’s Breeders’ Cup with a dominant victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Futurity S. (G1) at Keeneland, leading all the way to score by 5 1/2-lengths. The stylish gray colt is the first Grade 1 winner for Paynter, who is a top-five Second-Crop sire by earnings and black type […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s 2017 Eclipse Award-winning Sprinter Roy H scored his second consecutive victory in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1) on Saturday, setting himself up for a possible repeat in next month’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Churchill Downs. Roy H is the third Grade 1 winner this year for More Than Ready, […]
[ Read More ]Restless Rider solidified herself as a favorite for next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) with a superlative performance in Friday’s $400,000 Alcibiades S. (G1) at Keeneland. The 2-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor was lavished with praise by her trainer Ken McPeek following the win. “She has taken us everywhere. She is really, really, special. […]
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