Category: General News

U S Ranger filly wires field on Delaware turf

Sea Bubble took the field gate to wire in a maiden special weight contest Saturday at Delaware Park, winning by a length over a firm turf. The filly is part of the first crop of U S Ranger, who is in the top 20 on the First Crop Sire list. Sea Bubble was bred in […]

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Pure Prize import dominates Del Mar feature

Winning Prize (ARG), a multiple Group 1 winner in his homeland, took to the Del Mar turf in his first U. S. start, zipping through the one-mile allowance test in 1:32.96, less than a second off the track record (VIDEO). The 4-year-old by Pure Prize was a four-length winner in gate-to-wire fashion, setting a pressured […]

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Dance to Bristol takes G1 Ballerina S. to put Speightstown atop General Sire List

Dance to Bristol earned her seventh straight victory on Friday and first in a Grade 1, winning the $500,000 Ballerina S. by a head at Saratoga. The winner’s purse of $300,000 put Speightstown at nearly $7.8 million in progeny earnings in 2013, tops among all North American sires. His 12 stakes winners have now won […]

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Kodiak Kowboy firster romps by 7

WinStar Farm freshman sire Kodiak Kowboy got his fourth winner on August 22, when Kelly’s Endeavour rolled to a seven-length victory going five furlongs against maiden special weight company at Penn National. With four total winners to date, all in special weight affairs, Kodiak Kowboy is fifth on the Kentucky First-Crop sire list. He stood […]

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Third MSW winner for Kodiak Kowboy

WinStar Farm freshman sire Kodiak Kowboy got his third winner on August 18, when Drop In cruised to an easy 2 1/2-length victory going 5 1/2-furlongs against maiden special weight company. Coming off a runner-up finish in her July 24 debut, the 2-year-old filly went gate to wire on Sunday, to score a handy win […]

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New stakes winner for Bluegrass Cat

Bluegrass Pride just missed the track record in Sunday’s $50,000 Richmond Derby Trial at Hastings Park en route to becoming the latest stakes winner for his sire Bluegrass Cat (VIDEO). Bluegrass Cat, New York’s leading sire of 2013 and Storm Cat’s top son standing outside of Kentucky. His progeny have bankrolled $3.7 million and won […]

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Tiznow juvenile scores at the Spa

Strong Mandate, a well-bred $200,000 Keeneland September Yearling sale grad by Tiznow, rolled to an authoritative 4 1/2-length victory Saturday in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight contest at Saratoga (VIDEO). The bay colt, owned by Robert Baker and William Mack, completed a 1-3 finish for Tiznow 2-year-olds in the main track affair. Strong Mandate […]

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Captainof the Nile sails home in Ellis MSW

With a resolute stretch drive Saturday at Ellis Park, Captainof the Nile gave top-10 freshman sire Pioneerof the Nile his fifth winner from his first crop, the most of any first-year sire standing in Kentucky. Pioneerof the Nile, a Grade 1 winner at two and three, stood the 2013 season at WinStar for $15,000, stands […]

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Southern Hemisphere seasons now available

WinStar Farm is now offering Southern Hemisphere fees for the 2013 season. Breed to 2011 Champion Sire Distorted Humor, 2013 Leading Sire Speightstown, Kentucky’s leading first-crop sire Colonel John, and others on Southern Hemisphere time and save. Breedings are available immediately at the following fees: Distorted Humor $40,000 Tiznow $30,000 Speightstown $30,000 Bodemeister $15,000 Bellamy […]

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