Top-10 Second Crop sire Super Saver’s Competitive Edge scored an easy victory in the $200,000 Pat Day Mile (G3) on Derby Day at Churchill Downs. The victory in the renamed Derby Trial comes five years after his sire won the 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1). Competitive Edge, who is undefeated in four starts, won the Hopeful […]
[ Read More ]In the weeks leading up to Kentucky Derby 141, Audrina Patridge revisits WinStar Farm to meet 2010 Derby winner, Super Saver and Breeder’s Cup Champion, Tiznow. Watch the video here. At Turfway Park, Audrina Patridge joins NBC analyst Mike Battaglia to get a behind the scenes look at the Spiral Stakes, featuring WinStar Farm’s 3-year-old colt Royal […]
[ Read More ]After drawing post position 2 for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), WinStar Farm and Stonestreet Stable’s Carpe Diem was made the 8-1 third choice by veteran linesmaker Mike Battaglia. Though trainer Todd Pletcher was hoping for something a little further from the rail, the veteran trainer was still upbeat, “In a perfect world, I would have […]
[ Read More ]Ralph Evans and WinStar Farm’s Upstart may have not drawn the best spot when he was assigned post 19 for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), but that doesn’t mean that the graded stakes-winning colt has an impossible task. Trainer Rick Violette, who is seeking his first Derby victory, put a positive spin on the lead-up to […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has acquired a minority interest in Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Upstart, winner of the Holy Bull S. (G2) and runner-up in the Florida Derby (G1) and Fountain of Youth S. (G2) this winter at Gulfstream. “Upstart has been on our radar since the Breeders’ Cup,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar President & CEO. “Jerry […]
[ Read More ]Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables and Kenny & Lisa Troutt’s WinStar Farm have launched the official website for their Kentucky Derby contender Carpe Diem. The responsive site can be found at www.SeizeTheDerby.com, and it currently features a two-minute video about Carpe Diem’s quest from over a year ago when he topped the OBS March sale at […]
[ Read More ]The superlatives flowed following American Pharoah’s incredible win in Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) as the son of Pioneerof the Nile rolled by some eight lengths in his final test before the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1). American Pharoah, who had been on the lead at every call in his previous three wins, showed […]
[ Read More ]House Rules, a 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor, prevailed in a three-horse photo to score victory in the $200,000 Top Flight H. (G3) Saturday at Aqueduct. The filly is one of six stakes horses, four of them graded stakes winners, this year by her sire House Rules broke smartly and then settled into fourth, less […]
[ Read More ]Stonestreet Stables and WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem rolled to a three-length victory Saturday in the $1 million Blue Grass S. (G1) at Keeneland, assuring the colt a spot in the starting gate and stamping himself as one of the favorites for the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1). With a powerful win in last autumn’s Breeders’ […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s multiple graded stakes performing homebred Commissioner battled his way to his first stakes victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Skip Away S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. In what ultimately turned out to be a very thrilling race, Commissioner broke on top but acquiesced to Sr. Quisqueyano going into the first turn. After the pacesetter carving […]
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