The Kentucky Cup Day of Champions will return to the Turfway Park fall schedule this year and for the first time will run under sponsorship. WinStar Farm has assumed presenting sponsorship for the day, to be known as the WinStar Kentucky Cup Day of Champions. The races are scheduled for September 24. “We deeply appreciate […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm LLC’s homebred colt Rule proved best by a neck in the $75,000 Birdstone S. Aug. 4 at Saratoga after a head-to-head duel with Sangaree that lasted virtually the entire nine furlongs of the race. Rule broke on top going into the first turn, but then settled just off Sangaree for the run up […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has sold an interest in Grade 1 winner Sidney’s Candy to the Argentina-based Rubio B Stable, and plans to shuttle him to Ricardo Benedicto’s Haras La Pasion in Argentina for the 2012 Southern Hemisphere breeding season following Sidney’s Candy’s introductory season at stud in North America at WinStar. Plans call for the brilliant […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor, the nation’s leading sire of stakes winners, sired his 12th stakes winner on June 9th, and has excellent chances to add at least three more Graded winners to his 2011 totals at Belmont this Friday and Saturday. Distorted Humor’s 12th stakes winner and fourth Group/Graded winner of the season is Radharcnafarraige (Ire), […]
[ Read More ]Willcox Inn motored to a 2 ½-length victory in the $100,000 Arlington Classic May 28 to give the son of Harlan’s Holiday his second win at the Chicago track. The Mike Stidham-trained 3-year-old covered the mile and a sixteenth over yielding turf in 1:49.51. Harlan’s Holiday has eight stakes winners in 2011, second among all […]
[ Read More ]WinStar’s homebred Cal Nation rallied strongly in the stretch to cruise to a 5 1/2-length victory at Belmont May 26, rebounding from an off the board finish over the sloppy going in the Jerome (G2) last month. Cal Nation is one of four winners, with three of them coming at Belmont, for his sire Distorted […]
[ Read More ]Fantasy of Flight, Tiznow’s most expensive yearling to sell at market in 2009, showed the potential that made her a $725,000 purchase two years ago, rolling to an eye-catching debut victory in the finale on Kentucky Oaks Day at Churchill (VIDEO). The grand-looking bay filly broke sharply and immediately gave an indication of her quality, […]
[ Read More ]Much Rejoicing became the newest stakes winner for Distorted Humor with a 1 1/4 length victory in the $60,000 Glia S. at Belmont Park on May 13. The champion sire is once again having an excellent year for WinStar Farm; he currently ranks sixth nationally in earnings, with six stakes winners, led by Machen, recent […]
[ Read More ]One year ago, WinStar Farm’s Doubles Partner scored his first career stakes victory at Churchill Downs in the American Turf (G2) on the Kentucky Oaks undercard. This Saturday, May 7, he returns to the Louisville track in search of a Grade 1 score in an incredibly tough renewal of the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, […]
[ Read More ]It took Essence Hit Man just 1:08.16 to win the $175,000 Jacques Cartier S. April 17 at Woodbine, as the 4-year-old by Speightstown shaved 0.15 seconds off the existing six furlong track record. The Cartier marked the chestnut’s 2011 debut and third career stakes win at Woodbine; he added Queenston S. and Achievement S. last […]
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