Buoyed by a colt that brought an even $1 million during Monday’s session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale, Life Is Good closed the session with a robust average of $617,000 from five lots sold. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency for breeder Mt. Joy Stables, the winning bidder for hip No. 70 was Japanese […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm homebred Kentucky Belle captured her stakes debut in Friday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Saratoga Oaks at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Brad Cox, the daughter of WinStar-campaigned Triple Crown winner Justify entered from a four-month layoff after winning a first-level allowance on April 18 at Keeneland, defeating next-out winner Bless Her by a nose. […]
[ Read More ]Surveillance chalked up his sixth career stakes win on Memorial Day with a stalking victory in the $100,000 Chamberlain Bridge S. at Lone Star Park. The veteran performer broke from the inside post in the five furlong race that was moved to the main track. He settled in fourth while a trio of front-runners battled […]
[ Read More ]Parchment Party has become the premier marathon horse in the country over the last 12 months, winning all four of his U. S. stakes starts. The latest came Wednesday at Churchill Downs when the 5-year-old son of Constitution got a hard-fought win in the $200,000 Isaac Murphy Marathon. Parchment Party’s only defeat over that span […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s freshman 2-year-old sire Nashville had a successful showing of his first crop at this past week’s OBS March Sale, which included Day 1’s session-topping filly that brought $550,000, and a Day 3 colt that commanded $525,000. Purchased by William K. Werner from the RM Stables consignment, the session-topping filly was listed as Hip […]
[ Read More ]In a plan to transition for the future, WinStar Farm announced today that Gerry Duffy will return to become President on April 1, 2026. Elliott Walden will remain CEO until Oct. 1, with Duffy taking over as CEO and President effective Oct. 1. “I have been blessed to work for Kenny Troutt for the last […]
[ Read More ]Splendora, who won her last three starts of 2025 by a combined 14 lengths, was named one of three finalists for the Eclipse Award in the Filly & Mare Sprinter category. The newly-turned 5-year-old , who has returned to training for 2026, capped off her year with a 4 ¾-length romp in the Breeders’ Cup […]
[ Read More ]The highly-consistent WinStar Farm-bred Bishops Bay secured his fourth Graded stakes conquest in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Brad Cox, the 5-year-old son of Uncle Mo entered the historic one-turn mile event from a victory in the Grade 3 Forty Niner over the same track and distance. Just over […]
[ Read More ]The offspring of WinStar Farm’s highly-regarded freshman sire of yearlings Life Is Good continued to turn heads at the Fasig-Tiption October Sale. He had the highest-priced first-crop yearling throughout the entire four-day sale, when his dark bay colt out the Graded stakes-placed Shippy was bought for $500,000 on Day 2 of the sale. Consigned by […]
[ Read More ]Mullikin, a Grade 1-winning son of Violence and a leading contender for this year’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar, will stand the 2026 breeding season at WinStar Farm, it was announced today. A stud fee will be announced after the Breeders’ Cup. Mullikin will participate in WinStar’s Dream Big Program, which […]
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