Category: General News

Hip 174, a striking weanling colt by Pioneerof the Nile, fetched $600,000 from buyer R.C. Thoroughbreds on Day 1 of the annual Keeneland November sale in Lexington, KY, making him the highest-priced weanling of the session. “The sire doesn’t hurt, and all the things you want to see are there physically: his scope, presence, athleticism, […]

First-year sire Gemologist racked up his 12th winner of 2016 on Nov. 7 when first-time starter Tighten Up broke his maiden by 1 1/4-lengths at Parx. Gemologist’s dozen winners include Yellow Agate, winner of the Frizette S. (G1) and Futurity S. (G3) winner Theory. Gemologist will stand at WinStar Farm in 2017 for $25,000 stands […]

Zindaya added herself to More Than Ready’s illustrious list of Graded Stakes Winners on Nov. 6 with a half-length score in the $200,000 Goldikova S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park.   The 5-year-old mare is the 74th graded winner for More Than Ready, whose progeny have racked up more than 20 stakes wins and $6.6 […]

Tiznow’s incomparable turf specialist Tourist blazed the way in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) to set a new stakes record of 1:31.71, breaking Wise Dan’s record of 1:31.78 set over the same track in 2013. Tourist is Tiznow’s second Breeders’ Cup winner, joining Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Folklore. With his second Grade 1 win on […]

A total of 13 runners by current WinStar stallions will contest this year’s Breeders’ Cup over the next two days. Tiznow will be represented by Tourist in the Mile (G1) and Term of Art in the Juvenile (G1). Tourist, bred by WinStar Farm and campaigned by WinStar in partnership with Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber, […]

WinStar Farm announced the launch of the WinStar Incentive Network – or WIN for short, a new rewards program for breeders of WinStar-sired racehorses that immediately goes into effect in time for this week’s Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita. “Quality and customer satisfaction. Those are the single biggest drivers for everything we do at WinStar, […]

Frostmourne was much the best in the $100,000 Awad S. over the Belmont Park lawn on Saturday despite the 2-year-old Speightstown colt repeatedly having to steady before shaking clear in upper stretch to register his first stakes win. After easily winning his debut on Sept. 3 at Saratoga, Frostmourne had an eventful trip in the […]

Grade 1-winning millionaire Sidney’s Candy will remain at Ricardo Benedicto’s Haras La Pasion in Argentina to take up permanent residence and stand stud during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.   The 9-year-old son of Candy Ride (Arg) had been shuttling to Haras La Pasion, which is located in the Providence of Buenos Aires, the last […]

Tiznow’s Grade 1-winning millionaire Tourist has been pre-entered in the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park, his third consecutive start in the $2 million contest. Tourist is the latest Grade 1 winner and millionaire for Tiznow, who is still the only two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). He has […]