Sisterly Love showed no love to her six rivals, drawing off to an 8 1/2 length victory in the $130,735 Trillium Stakes at Woodbine on June 8th. With her inaugural added-money victory, she became the 15th stakes winner from the first three crops by Bellamy Road. Sisterly Love led at every call, and increased her […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has appointed Darren Fox as the new Stallion Seasons Director. Fox comes to WinStar after working on the stallion nominations team at Darley America for the last four years. “I am really looking forward to bringing Darren’s energy, horsemanship and passion to our team at WinStar,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar President & CEO. […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s Laugh Track became his sire’s 105th black-type winner and 48th Graded stakes winner by winning Sunday’s $156,000 Vigil S. (G3) at Woodbine. The 105 black-type winners for Distorted Humor ranks him tops in North America among active, non-shuttling sires. Bred by WinStar Farm, and co-owned along with Gary Barber, Laugh Track is also one […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow hit another milestone as a sire on Memorial Day when Tiz Miz Sue earned her first Grade 1 victory and became a millionaire Monday afternoon at Belmont Park with a half-length victory in the $400,000 Ogden Phipps H. (G1). A perennial leading sire, Tiznow is once again in the top 20 on this year’s […]
[ Read More ]WinStar-bred Fiftyshadesofhay closed with a rush in the final furlong for a rousing victory in the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) at Pimlico Race Course on Friday (VIDEO). The win was the second graded stakes score for the 3-year-old daughter of Pulpit out of the Grade 1-placed mare Quiet Kim. Trained by Bob Baffert, Fiftyshadesofhay […]
[ Read More ]With an incredible move at the top of the stretch, WinStar Farm’s Take Charge Indy crushed his competition by six lengths in Friday’s $339,900 Alysheba S. (G2) at Churchill Downs. Take Charge Indy broke very alertly and was on top for the first 100 yards, but longshot Right to Vote was intent on getting the […]
[ Read More ]A cheer went up from the crowd when Revolutionary’s name was called for post 3 at Wednesday afternoon’s draw for Saturday’s $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1). WinStar Farm is looking for a repeat of the 2010 Derby, when they won the 136th renewal of the Run for the Roses with Super Saver and Revolutionary’s trainer/jockey […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s undefeated Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Verrazano will break from post 14, the outermost stall in the main gate, in Saturday’s 139th Run for the Roses. With some less than desirable slots still left, trainer Todd Pletcher was hoping for the best during the pill pull. “We hadn’t gotten a spot for Verrazano […]
[ Read More ]Pure Prize’s star 3-year-old filly Pure Fun drew post 7 of 11 3-year-old fillies entered in Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks. Pure Fun is one of ten stakes horses this year for her sire, who is Storm Cat’s leading active sire of 2-year-olds for the past two years. He stands this year at WinStar Farm […]
[ Read More ]Following up on the success of opening day of the OBS Spring 2-year-olds in training sale, Colonel John topped his auction-best result with a $300,000 filly selling on day 3 of the April 22-25 auction. The sale price is one of the top 10 highest paid through the first three days of the auction On […]
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