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Captainofindustry’s valiant nose victory in a one-mile maiden race Saturday at Laurel Park gave first-year sire Pioneerof the Nile his 13th winner on the year, second-most on the 2013 Freshman Sire list. Pioneerof the Nile’s Saturday results also saw Cairo Prince, who took the Nashua S. (G2) on Nov. 3, battle to a head-bob defeat […]

Dear Breeder, As I reflect on 2013, I see a year filled with positive trends in so many areas of the Thoroughbred industry. WinStar was fortunate to share in a banner year, and I’m proud of how well our expanded stallion roster was received. We remain humbled and thankful by your continued support, and we […]

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 […]