One Liner came to Oaklawn Park for his first stakes outing in the $500,000 Southwest S., and the 3-year-old colt thrust himself squarely into the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) discussion with a 3 1/2-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile contest. Owned by WinStar Farm in partnership with China Horse Club and SF Racing LLC, One […]
[ Read More ]Hedge Fund, a 3-year-old Super Saver colt, kicked off 2017 with a rousing maiden special weight score Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The colt, bred by WinStar Farm and owned in partnership with China Horse Club and SF Racing LLC, was making his first start around two turns following a six-furlong debut in December, also at […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s 2-year-old Champion Male of 2016 Classic Empire was assigned the top weight on The Jockey Club Experimental Free Handicap, which was released Thursday morning. The Jockey Club Experimental Free Handicap, published each year since 1935, is a weight-based assessment of the previous year’s leading 2-year-olds, with the weights compiled for a hypothetical […]
[ Read More ]Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm was recognized at Saturday night’s Eclipse Award ceremony with their first Outstanding Breeder Award, realizing a dream that began when the farm was established in 2000. WinStar led all breeders in earnings last year with their 237 starters earning $10,516,427, with 239 wins, 184 seconds and 184 thirds in 1,417 starts. […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s newly-turned 3-year-old Made You Look began 2017 on a high note with a very sharp-looking performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Dania Beach S. (G3) over the Gulfstream Park turf course. Made You Look, who is owned by Let’s Go Stable and Three Chimneys Farm, won the With Anticipation S. (G2) last year at […]
[ Read More ]Tourist, brilliant winner of the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and recent addition to the 2017 WinStar Farm stallion roster, was named as a finalist in the Male Turf category. Tourist, who was bred by WinStar and is by their champion sire Tiznow, was campaigned by WinStar in partnership with Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber. […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s brilliant and versatile Midnight Storm started off 2016 in style with a front-running victory in the $200,000 San Pasqual S. (G2) on New Year’s Day at Santa Anita Park. The newly-turned 6-year-old has now won seven graded stakes in his career and has earned $1,461,110 for co-owners Little Red Feather Racing and […]
[ Read More ]The following article by Eric Mitchell is courtesy of the Blood-Horse Six years ago Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm began implementing a plan to purposefully increase the scope and quality of both its broodmare band and its stallion roster. The 2,400-acre farm near Versailles, Ky., grew its stallion roster from seven to 22 and expanded the […]
[ Read More ]The brilliant 2-year-old filly Bode’s Dream ran her record to 3-for-3 on Saturday with commanding performance in the House Party S. at Gulfstream Park. Previous winner of the $200,000 Astoria S. over the summer at Belmont Park, Bode’s Dream is now the top earner for her sire Bodemeister, who now ranks third on the 2016 […]
[ Read More ]Term of Art forged to the lead in the final sixteenth of a mile en route to his 1 1/4-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille S. (G3) at Del Mar. The 2-year-old colt is the 72nd lifetime graded stakes winner for Tiznow after taking the one-mile contest. His progeny have earned over $5.7 […]
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