Category: General News

With a 2013 covering sire average of $255,625, WinStar Farm’s first-year sire Bodemeister topped all North American freshman sires ranked by average. Bodemeister also had the only seven-figure mare in foal to a first-year sire when Careless Jewel brought a winning bid of $1,850,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale. Bodemeister had a total of 16 […]

Elusive Blueboy dominated the $50,000 Excellent Luck S. Saturday at Calder to become the ninth stakes winner of the year for Bluegrass Cat (VIDEO). The WinStar stallion tops the New York sires list in several categories, including winners, stakes winners, and progeny earnings of nearly $5.1 million. Two-year-old Elusive Blueboy, bred and owned by David […]

Jerry Bozzo’s homebred 2-year-old filly Flutterby cruised to victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Cut the Charm S. at Calder to give her sire Congrats his third juvenile stakes winner of the year, which is among the top 10 for all 2-year-old sires. Racing in blinkers for the first time in four starts, Flutterby stalked the early […]

Prominent freshman sire Kodiak Kowboy continued his impressive first-year run on Wednesday with another pair of winners, including his first repeater Cool Cowboy, who captured an allowance event at Hawthorne. Kodiak Kowboy now has a dozen winners to his credit, second-most on the 2013 Freshman Sire list. He will stand at WinStar for $5,000 LFS&N […]

Courtesy Glenye Cain Oakford, BloodHorse.com WinStar Farm has taken an unusual approach in promoting its new stallion Paynter. The popular colt joined WinStar’s roster after the Breeders’ Cup World Championships and will stand his first year at stud for a $25,000 fee. To celebrate the start of his stud career, WinStar commissioned Louisville artist Braylyn […]

Kodiak Kowboy added to his collection of winners on Monday when Hy Kodiak Warrior gave the freshman sire his 11th winner. Hy Kodiak Cowboy was impressive in the Maiden Special Weight at Gulfstream Park, easily cruising to a 7 ¼ length victory as the favorite. Kodiak Kowboy, who will stand for $5,000 LFS&N in 2014, […]

Artie Schiller added his tenth stakes winner of 2013 on Saturday when Slip and Drive captured a thrilling rendition of the $100,000 Japan Racing Association S. at Laurel Park (VIDEO). The victory was the first stakes win for the 4-year-old. Artie Schiller, who is currently the leading sire of 2-year-old stakes winners in 2013 with […]

Speightstown’s up-and-coming 2-year-old filly Bajan registered her second straight stakes win on Saturday with a widening 2 1/4-length win in the $100,000 Moccasin S. at Hollywood Park (VIDEO). The bay filly trained by Simon Callaghan took the $75,000 Anoakia S. last month at Santa Anita Park. Speightstown’s 21 stakes winners have accounted for 32 stakes […]

WinStar Farm announced 2014 stud fees for its expanded 23-stallion roster, led again by leading sire Distorted Humor who stands for $100,000 S&N, and emerging top sire Speightstown, whose fee will be $80,000 S&N following another stellar year that saw the son of Gone West move towards the top of the General Sires list again […]

Stallion Stands & Nurses Fee Artie Schiller $15,000 Bellamy Road $17,500 Bodemeister $30,000 Colonel John $17,500 Congrats $35,000 Distorted Humor $100,000 Drosselmeyer $15,000 Gemologist $15,000 Hold Me Back $6,000 Kodiak Kowboy $5,000 Maimonides $2,500 More Than Ready $50,000 Overanalyze – NEW $10,000 Paynter – NEW $25,000 Pioneerof the Nile $20,000 Sidney’s Candy $15,000 Speightstown $80,000 Spring At […]