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WinStar Farm has entered into an agreement to acquire the breeding rights to 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming.  “We are excited to add another potentially breed-shaping stallion from the dominant Unbridled line, which has proven to be today’s preeminent classic sire line,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar President & CEO. […]

The 2017 Barretts Select Yearling sale on Aug. 29 in southern California was led by a $300,000 yearling filly by Bodemeister that was purchased by Jay Em Ess Stable.  The price was the highest ever paid for a yearling at Barretts. “She’s like a family member,” said Tom Bachman of Fairview Farm, who bred the […]

Bodemeister, the leading Second-Crop Sire of 2017, had four yearlings sell during Monday evening’s session of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale for an average of $243,750, more than eight times his 2015 bred-on stud fee. Topping the list was hip No. 40, consigned by Warrendale Sales for Tall Oaks. Centennial Farms was […]

Bodemeister’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming will make his first start since the May 20 Preakness S. (G1) in the $600,000 Jim Dandy S. (G2) Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Always Dreaming’s meteoric rise in the first half of the year culminated with his historic Derby victory. After breaking his maiden by a dozen […]

Bodemeister’s 2-year-old colt Zulfikhar flashed signs of a great future with his debut win on July 7 at Los Alamitos Race Course, rolling to a 3 3/4-length win for his high-profile connections of owner Sheikh Maktoum and trainer Bob Baffert. Zulfikhar had a tussle on his hands early with Almeria, but after a swift half-mile […]

Kenda was making her stakes debut in Sunday’s $75,000 Special Goddess S. at Santa Anita, but was unfazed by the step up in class as the 3-year-old Bodemeister filly came away a convincing winner in the 6 1/2-furlong contest on the turf. After trying the main track in her first three starts, trainer Phil D’Amato […]

WinStar Farm’s et al. American Anthem got his second straight graded stakes win on Saturday with a commanding 3 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 Woody Stephens S. (G2) at Belmont Park. Bodemeister, also the sire of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming, is by far and away the leading Second-Crop Sire of 2017.  Breaking fairly […]

Bodemeister’s Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Always Dreaming was assigned gate 4 for Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness S. (G1) and will face four foes he defeated in the May 6 Run for the Roses. Trainer Todd Pletcher was content with Wednesday’s draw and planned to employ similar tactics that carried his colt to victory at Churchill […]

Waitingforaspark graduated from the maiden ranks in her second lifetime start Sunday at Monmouth Park, taking the six-furlong maiden special weight contest for 3-year-old fillies by 2 1/4-lengths. The bay Bodemeister filly waiting for the final quarter-mile to do her best running, circling from sixth and going four wide out of the turn and rolling […]

One week after Always Dreaming captured the Kentucky Derby (G1), Bodemeister chalked up another graded stakes-winning 3-year-old colt when American Anthem won the $100,000 Lazaro Barrera S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park. After spending most of the spring on the Triple Crown trail, trainer Bob Baffert cut American Anthem back to seven furlongs for the […]