Tiznow’s Grade 1 winner Strong Mandate was weighted at 122 pounds, just four from the highweight, on The Jockey Club’s 2013 Experimental Free Handicap, released Jan. 29 by The Jockey Club. The Free Handicap, published annually since 1935, is a weight-based assessment of the previous year’s leading 2-year-olds. Strong Mandate, trained by D. Wayne Lukas […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Gemologist, Tiznow’s Grade 1-winning 3-year-old and undefeated Grade 2-winning 2-year-old, was represented by his first foals when three colts were reported born. A bay colt out of multiple stakes winner Master Link was the first reported foal for Gemologist on Jan. 15. Foaled at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, LA, the colt was […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s veteran sprinter Sum of the Parts kicked off his 2014 campaign with a track record performance in Saturday night’s $75,000 Champion Energy Services S. at Sam Houston Race Park (VIDEO). Five-year-old Sum of the Parts now has six stakes wins to his credit, including back-to-back victories in the Grade 3 Phoenix S. at Keeneland […]
[ Read More ]With a 1-3 finish in the $100,000 Sweetest Chant S. Sunday at Gulfstream Park, Ready to Act and Room Service gave More Than Ready his first stakes winner of 2014 and added two new black-type performers to the impressive list of the international champion sire. The new stakes winner is career #128 and the stakes-placed […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm is pleased to announce the highly-anticipated return of its very popular Fantasy Derby contest. Fantasy Derby 2014 is free for racing fans, easy to play, and offers the very best in possible prizes. Fantasy Derby 2014, part of WinStar StableMates, allows each fan to name his or her own Fantasy Stable, and then […]
[ Read More ]For the second straight year, WinStar Farm will hold drawings to give away 13 free 2014 stallion seasons through the farm’s “Breed To Win” promotion. This year’s drawings will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8th, and breeders who have signed and returned a 2014 live foal contract to one of WinStar’s participating 13 stallions by […]
[ Read More ]Colonel John’s Here’s Johnny won a three-way stretch battle to collar the top prize in Tuesday’s $100,000 OBS Championship S. for 3-year-old colts and geldings, prevailing by a nose and neck in the tight finish. Colonel John finished 2013 in the third spot on the Freshman Sire list, with Grade 2 Sorrento S. winner Concave […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s Fire With Fire found the Turf Paradise grass course to his liking on Saturday, scoring a game neck victory in a three-way photo in the $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile H., the third stakes win for the newly turned 5-year-old. Trained by Neil Drysdale for long-time client David Heerensperger, Fire With Fire is a […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm announced Friday the addition of Kyle Wilson to the farm’s Sales and Nominations team. “I’ve been impressed with Kyle’s professionalism, energy, and expertise, all of which will serve him well when working with breeders and our shareholders,” said WinStar President & CEO Elliott Walden. “He will be a fine representative of our stallions […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Bodemeister, the brilliant Grade 1-winning millionaire by Empire Maker, recently sired three bay fillies as his first reported foals to arrive from his introductory crop at stud. One of the bay fillies is out of the multiple stakes-winning Speightstown mare Mother Ruth and was born at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, KY. Another […]
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