Category: Racing News

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming to race on in 2018

Always Dreaming, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1), will return to training in November and be pointed for a 4-year-old racing campaign in 2018, it was announced Monday. The 3-year-old colt from the first crop of Bodemeister was found to have stomach ulcers after the Travers Stakes, and was recently […]

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Battle of Midway outclasses field in Shared Belief S.

Graded stakes winner Battle of Midway was much the best in Saturday’s $100,000 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar, rolling to a 6 1/4-length victory for his second career stakes win and fourth victory in eight lifetime starts. The 3-year-old colt owned by Don Alberto Stable and WinStar Farm LLC, who won the Affirmed S. […]

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American Patriot confirmed for Royal Ascot’s Queen Anne (G1)

WinStar Farm’s leading 4-year-old colt American Patriot, winner of Keeneland’s Maker’s 46 Mile S. (G1) in his last start, has been confirmed for the £600,000 Queen Anne S. (G1) on June 20th at the Royal Ascot meeting, and the son of War Front will travel to England on June 13th. “American Patriot breezed exceptionally well […]

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WinStar promotes Tugel, hires O’Rourke

WinStar Farm has announced the promotion of Sean Tugel as its new Director of Bloodstock Services, and the hiring of Liam O’Rourke to the Stallion Season Sales team. “Sean has been an integral part of our team, and his path in this business is indicative of what characteristics we look for in our team: hard […]

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Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Creator retires, sold to JBBA

Creator, the 3-year-old colt by Tapit who captured this year’s Belmont Stakes (G1) and Arkansas Derby (G1), has been sold by WinStar Farm and Bobby Flay to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association (JBBA), which intends to retire him from racing to stand stud at Shizunai Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan for 2017. “The JBBA approached […]

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Well Dressed, dam of multiple G1 winner Well Armed, euthanized at 19

Bill and Susan Casner’s Well Dressed, the dam of Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Well Armed, had to be euthanized Monday due to complications from foaling. She was 19. “Well Dressed had a beautiful Medaglia d’Oro colt on March 2nd, and had complications from foaling. Like her son Well Armed, she fought to the bitter […]

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Closing Bell rings up first stakes win in $300,000 Dueling Grounds Derby

WinStar Farm’s Closing Bell got his first stakes win in the $300,000 Dueling Grounds Derby, gamely prevailing after a stretch-long duel. Going 1 5/16-miles on the undulating southern Kentucky turf course, Closing Bell tracked in fourth for the first six furlongs and then began to inch closer as the field straightened for the long stretch […]

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Carpe Diem, G1 winner at two and three, retires to WinStar

Stonestreet Stables’ & WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem, Giant’s Causeway’s Grade 1-winning son at two and three, has been retired from racing due to a knee chip, and will stand stud in 2016 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. “Carpe Diem was a standout physical at the 2-year-olds-in-training sales, and quickly demonstrated his precocious speed, breaking […]

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Multiple G1 winner Constitution to miss Dubai World Cup

Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Constitution, recent winner of the Donn H. (G1), will not travel to Dubai for the March 28th Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan Racecourse. Owned by WinStar Farm & Twin Creeks Racing, the 4-year-old son of Tapit was discovered to have a little heat and soreness in his left shin following […]

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Carpe Diem seizes top spot in debut

WinStar Farm LLC and Stonestreet Stable’s Carpe Diem took control in mid-stretch en route to a 2 ½-length score in his career debut Monday at Saratoga. The 2-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway got plenty of fanfare when he was the $1.6 million sales topper at the OBS March Select Sale, and got plenty of backing […]

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