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Monforte 8 1/4-length maiden win on Aug. 9 over the Gulfstream Park turf course came despite a driving rainstorm and made him Carpe Diem’s fourth First-Crop winner. Monforte and Chads Choice were right together for the first half-mile, when Monforte subsequently opened up on the final turn and drew off in the stretch to win […]

A Thousand Dreams stretched out to a mile on the turf after a pair of dirt sprints and came away a convincing winner in a one-mile maiden special weight Saturday at Del Mar. The 2-year-old Carpe Diem filly is the third winner for her top-10 First-Crop sire, following Saratoga maiden special winner Sweet Kisses and […]

Sweet Kisses became the second winner for First-Crop sire Carpe Diem with a 2 1/4-length victory on July 19 in a six-furlong maiden special weight affair at Saratoga (VIDEO). Tracking the pace set by Kiawah Sunset through the first half-mile, the eventual winner came three-wide into the stretch, rallied to the lead shortly thereafter, then […]

First-Crop sire Carpe Diem’s OBS June Sale of 2-year-old in Training results were topped by a filly that went for $200,000 during Thursday’s session of the June 12-14 central Florida auction. The filly, cataloged as hip No. 634 and consigned by Mayberry Farm, agent, went to Batchelor Family Trust. The chestnut juvenile is out of […]

Fresh off getting his first winner from his initial crop, Carpe Diem has a had an excellent first two days of the April 23-26 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, led by a $475,000 filly during Wednesday’s session. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., hip No. 532, went to Phoenix Thoroughbred III, Ltd. The chestnut […]

The following article by Frances J. Karon appeared on April 17, 2019 on www.werkhorse.com One day after the first anniversary of the death of Giant’s Causeway, that stallion’s multiple G1-winning son Carpe Diem was represented by his first winner, Nayibeth, from his first starter, one of 124 registered 2yos from Carpe Diem’s first crop. Already […]

Nayibeth, a 2-year-old filly by WinStar Farm stallion Carpe Diem, won at first asking at Keeneland on Wednesday, becoming her sire’s first starter and first winner and also a TDN Rising Star. Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and owned by Ramon Tallaj, Nayibeth raced to the lead at the start of the 4 […]

The fireworks started early for Carpe Diem at Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale of 2-year-olds  when hip No. 5 sold for $650,000 to Katsumi Yoshida after a spirited bidding battle. The muscular chestnut had worked a lively eighth-mile in :10 1/5 seconds during last week’s Under Tack show. Consigned by Cary Frommer, agent and bred by […]

A pair of juveniles by First-Crop sire Carpe Diem were among the top sellers for Freshman sires during Tuesday’s session of the March 12-13 OBS 2-year-olds in Training sale in Ocala. Topping the day was the stallion’s very first lot to go through the ring: Hip No. 68, consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent, was secured […]

First-Crop sire Carpe Diem’s Keeneland September Yearling sale returns continued their strong returns on Saturday when hip No. 1092 brought a winning bid of $460,000. Gainesway sales, agent, was the consignor of the chestnut colt, who went to Phoenix Thoroughbreds. The colt is out of the top-class producer Mon Venus, whose foals include Stephen Foster […]