Category: General News

WinStar continues to offer some of their best yearlings at auction, and early results from the Keeneland September sale show buyers continue to show plenty of interest in the farm’s offerings. Through the first four days of the sale, 14 WinStar yearlings sold for an average price of $257,860. Leading the way was hip No. […]

The first Colonel John yearling to sell at the Keeneland September sale brought a healthy winning bid of $250,000, more than 16 times his 2012 stud fee. The bay colt sold during session 3, on Sept. 12, with Wayne Lobdell signing the ticket for the Woods Edge Farm offering. Cataloged as hip No. 669, the […]

A half-brother to Grade 1 winner Winter Memories by Tiznow brought $500,000 during day 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale, with K. K. Eishindo placing the winning bid for the regally-bred colt out of millionaire Memories of Silver. Selling as hip No. 123, the Kentucky-bred bay colt will try to follow in the footsteps […]

A pair of colts by Distorted Humor wrapped up the first session of the 2012 Keeneland September yearling sale with some rousing bidding at the Lexington auction, including the $1.65 million session topper. Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Estate Company, Ltd. found hip No. 131 much to their liking, as they outlasted several bidders to take home […]

Tizracer ran away from the field to the tune of a 10 1/2-length maiden special weight win on Sept. 8, going a mile at Belmont Park. The dark bay colt is by Tiznow, a perennial top-10 sire who is once again firmly entrenched in that group this year, with just shy of $5.2 million in […]

With a big last-to-first move, Second City rolled down the stretch to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 British Columbia Derby (G3) Sunday at Hastings Park. The bay 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor was making his stakes debut and is the sixth graded stakes winner of 2012 by his sire. As a testament to […]

Weekend Hideaway’s victory in the $100,000 David S. [VIDEO] on Aug. 29 at Saratoga put Speightstown atop the 2012 General Sire list with 16 stakes winners this year. Speightstown’s black-type winners have accounted for 19 stakes wins in 2012, including Grade 1 winners Golden Ticket (last weekend’s Travers S.) and Poseidon’s Warrior (Aug. 5 Alfred […]

Timefadesthepages scored a 5 1/2-length victory Aug. 28 in her debut to become the seventh winner for  first-crop sire Spring At Last. The WinStar Farm stallion ranks second on the Freshman Sire list by stakes horses (3) and winners (7) and fifth in progeny earnings with $251,214. Owned by Robert Hampton, Timefadesthepages got the five […]

WinStar Farm announced Monday two new additions to their stallion and WinStar Stablemates divisions, both with extensive international experience. Effective September 3rd 2012, Chance Timm will assume the role of Stallion Season Sales and Leanna Packard as StableMates Coordinator and Bloodstock Assistant. Chance Timm, the son of a jockey, is a graduate of the University […]

Let’s Go Cheyenne romped by 5 3/4-lengths in the $88,500 CTT and Thoroughbred Owners of California H. [VIDEO]Aug. 24 at Del Mar. The 4-year-old daughter of Tiznow led by as many as 12 lengths and was never really threatened at any point during the 11 furlongs. A top-10 sire in three of the past five […]