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Distorted Humor’s Endorsement continued his comeback with a track record-setting performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park. The 5-year-old horse, owned by Bill Casner, won the 1 1/16 mile contest by a comfortable 2 1/4-lengths in 1:42.35 to earn a 96 Beyer Speed Figure, his best number since registering a 101 in the 2010 Sunland Derby […]

Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal on Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. WinStar, which stands Hold Me Back, bred the filly from the A.P. Indy mare All Sevens, a daughter of a stakes-winning sister to Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando. […]

Veteran sprinter Riley Tucker won a spirited duel to take the $50,000 King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Park by 1 1/4-lengths on Jan. 28. The 7-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday was a $375,000 purchase by Zayat Stables at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton summer yearling sale for $375,000. Riley Tucker broke sharply from post 1, but locked […]

Three-time Grade 1 winner and Champion 3-year-old Summer Bird sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a colt was born at Fred Hertrich’s Watercress Farm in Paris, KY. The dark bay or brown colt is out of the Bluegrass Cat mare She Cat, a half-sister to multiple stakes winners including Grade 3 winner […]

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver sired his first reported foal over the weekend when a chestnut filly was born at the Versailles-based WinStar Farm – also the home of Super Saver. Bred in partnership by WinStar Farm LLC and MR Capital, the filly is out of the High Yield mare Yield to Faith. The […]

When the final 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings were released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on Jan. 10, Drosselmeyer was the top ranked dirt horse at 124 pounds. Drosselmeyer carried the colors of WinStar Farm to victory in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in Nov. at Churchill Downs. The victory propelled his […]

Tizway was named a finalist for the 2011 Eclipse Award in the older male category on the strength of his Grade 1 wins in the $750,000 Whitney H. and $500,000 Metropolitan H. over two of the better stakes fields assembled in the entire year. The now 7-year-old was the leading earner of 2011 for his […]

Distorted Humor, the nation’s leading sire in terms of progeny earnings with over $10 million, added to his impressive total on Dec. 3 with Pedrolino’s victory in the $50,000 Claiming Crown Iron Horse S. at Fair Grounds. Pedrolino is the 18th stakes winner of 2011 for his sire, which also puts the WinStar Farm stallion […]

WinStar Farm’s homebred 2-year-old filly Lisa T., a half-sister to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) champ Super Saver, joined the winners’ ranks with a game head victory Dec. 30 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Super Saver stood his first season at WinStar in 2011, with a book of 145 mares. He will stand the 2012 season for $20,000, […]