Category: General News

With four winners already from his first crop, WinStar Farm’s freshman sire Spring at Last is tied for the top spot on the 2012 Freshman Sire list. He also ranks sixth among the group in terms of progeny earnings. Spring at Last’s latest winner came on July 4th, when Just Gone won a 5 1/2-length […]

Guam Typhoon’s track record-setting performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Chesapeake S. July 4 Colonial Downs made the 6-year-old the seventh stakes winner of 2012, and 105th overall stakes winner for champion sire Distorted Humor.  Distorted Humor, the reigning leading sire in North America, has now eclipsed the $4 million mark in progeny earnings this year, led by […]

Bluegrass Cat’s 2-year-old filly Cayllano rolled to an eye-catching 8 1/2-length in the $50,000 White Creek S. [VIDEO] July 4 at Delaware Park. With more than $2 million in progeny earnings, Bluegrass Cat ranks fourth on the 2012 Third-crop sire list. His 53 winners this year also rank him in the top 10. Bred in […]

Champion Sire Distorted Humor added to his lore as a Great International Sire, siring his 110th career stakes winner, 12th G1 winner on Sunday, July 1, Prix Jean Prat (G1) victor Aesop’s Fables.   With the triumph in the prestigious one-mile event, Aesop’s Fables became the first French G1 winner for Distorted Humor, who has […]

Bluegrass Cat’s 3-year-old colt Teeth of the Dog dueled the entire way of the 1 1/16-mile, Grade 2 Dwyer S. to prevail by a neck in the $200,000 contest June 30 at Belmont Park. The victory marked the second consecutive stakes win for the bay colt, following his 3 3/4-length score in the $100,000 Easy […]

Sum of the Parts led every step of the way to take the rich $400,000 Red Legend S. (VIDEO) at West Virginia’s Charles Town Races on June 30, the second straight black-type win for the 3-year-old son of Speightstown. With progeny earnings of more than $4 million in 2012, Speightstown is in the top 5 […]

Kitty in a Tizzy put in a late run to capture the $150,000 Chicago H. (G3) Saturday at Arlington Park (VIDEO), becoming the latest stakes winner for her sire Tiznow. The venerable WinStar Farm stallion is once again in the top 10 on the General Sire List, with graded stakes winners such as Gemologist, Ellafitz, […]

Leading three-year-old Bodemeister, this year’s brilliant winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1) and a narrow runner-up in the Kentucky Derby (G1) & Preakness (G1), will stand stud at WinStar Farm at the conclusion of his racing career. A partnership was formed between WinStar and the colt’s owners, Ahmed Zayat and Michel & Tiffany Moreno, who […]

Shanghai Bobby cruised to a one-length victory in the $85,000 Track Barron S. [VIDEO] for 2-year-olds June 27 at Belmont Park, continuing the hot streak for his sire Harlan’s Holiday, becoming the third stakes horse in five days for the WinStar stallion. Harlan’s Holiday is the fourth-leading juvenile sire of 2012, with an excellent record […]

Leading sire Speightstown continues to enjoy a fantastic year, as Munnings Sister – a full sister to the brilliant sprinter Munnings, as her name suggests – became her sire’s 11th stakes winner already this season. The 3-year-old filly captured the $55,000 California Wine S. at Pleasanton Saturday, June 23rd. Munnings Sister now owns three wins […]