Multiple Grade 1-winning miler Tourist, recent winner of the fastest Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) in history, has been retired from racing and will stand stud at his birthplace of WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. Owners WinStar, Gary Barber, and Adam Wacthel have partnered with Don Alberto Corporation on the stallion career of the grand-looking son […]
[ Read More ]A dark bay colt from the first crop of track record-setter Fed Biz sold for $230,000 to K. D. Bloodstock during Friday’s session of the Keeneland November sale. The weanling colt, hip No. 1180, was consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent. The Kentucky-bred is out of the four-time stakes-winning Northern Afleet mare Cash’s Girl, whose […]
[ Read More ]Constitution, the brilliant multiple Grade 1-winning son of Tapit, is connected to three mares that fetched seven figures in the last three days at prominent breeding stock sales in Lexington, KY, including his first in-foal mare to sell on Wednesday at Keeneland November for $2,200,000. Cataloged as Hip 447 at KEENOV, Ithinkisawapudycat proved to be […]
[ Read More ]One year after American Pharoah was named Horse of the Year, Pioneerof the Nile could have his second champion in as many years after Classic Empire triumphed in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Classic Empire’s win made him racing’s newest millionaire, and also the third horse by Pioneerof the […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s millionaire world traveler Tamarkuz secured his status as one of the best milers in training Friday, zooming past Grade 1 winners Dortmund and Runhappy at the eighth pole before drawing off to a 3 ½-length victory going away in the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Santa Anita [VIDEO]. Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller’s brilliant 3-year-old colt Flying Artie, already a two-time graded winner in 2016, scaled new heights on Saturday when he captured the A$500,000 Coolmore Stud S. (G1) at Flemington Raceourse in incredible fashion. Going 1,200 meters (about 6 furlongs) over a straight turf course, Flying Artie was in last until getting the signal from […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile has a pair of division leaders set to contest the Nov. 4-5 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park, with Midnight Storm slated for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and Classic Empire in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Pioneerof the Nile, with eight black type winners and five Graded Stakes winners this year, […]
[ Read More ]In her first graded stakes start, Southern Ring came away with a well-earned three-quarter length victory in the $150,000 Ontario Fashion S. (G3) Sunday at Woodbine. Southern Ring is Speightstown’s 75th lifetime stakes winner and his 35th lifetime graded stakes winner. When Green Doctor and Veaisha sprinted to the front out of the gate, Southern […]
[ Read More ]China Horse Club’s and WinStar Farm’s 2-year-old colt Theory was much the best in Saturday’s Futurity S. (G3) at Belmont Park, setting the Gemologist colt up for a possible start in next month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita Park. “Today, with the way he ran, the way he galloped out and came back, […]
[ Read More ]Classic winner and leading sophomore Exaggerator, the only 3-year-old colt with three Grade 1 wins in 2016, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky. “We could not be more excited to add another classic winner of the caliber of Exaggerator to the WinStar stallion roster,” said […]
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