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WinStar Farm’s Harlan’s Holiday, North America’s reigning champion juvenile sire, had to be euthanized late Friday at Haras Firmamento Farm in Mar de Plata, Argentina, where he was standing for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. He was 14. After a normal day and an uneventful cover this afternoon, Harlan’s Holiday suddenly collapsed when returning to […]

Harlan’s Holiday will have a trio of starters in the Nov. 1-2 Breeders’ Cup Championships, trying to build on his resume after getting his first Cup winner last year with eventual 2-year-old champion colt Shanghai Bobby in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Harlan’s Holiday, currently the leading North American sire of 2-year-olds, has Poker Player […]

Ami’s Holiday battled the length of the stretch to collar Big Bazinga in the final strides in Sunday’s $174,700, Grade 3 Grey S. at Woodbine. The bay 2-year-old by Harlan’s Holiday is the 16th stakes winner of 2013 by his sire. The group has accounted for 23 stakes victories, third-most on the North American Sire […]

Poker Player rallied from tenth after six furlongs to capture Grade 3, $150,000 Bourbon S. Sunday at Keeneland, a 1 1/16-mile race transferred from the grass to the main Polytrack surface because of the weather. Along with Ami’s Holiday in the Grade 3 Grey Cup at Woodbine, Harlan’s Holiday took over the top spot on […]

Shanghai Bobby, the Harlan’s Holiday 2-year-old champion colt of 2012, returned from a six-month layoff on Friday at Belmont Park to win the $100,000 Aljamin S. in a swift 1:15.79 for 6 1/2-furlongs (VIDEO). With his 132 winners accounting for 21 stakes wins this year, Harlan’s Holiday ranks in the top 5 in both categories […]

A smashing 6 1/4-length maiden special weight debut win Wednesday at Belmont Park earned the 2-year-old Harlan’s Holiday colt Shadow Banking the TDN Rising Star tag for his impressive performance (VIDEO). Patiently handled by Jose Ortiz, Shadow Banking came from last of five to roll by all his foes with ease, drawing off powerfully in […]

Grand Arrival splashed to a 6 1/4-length maiden special weight score Saturday at Saratoga with an emphatic move in midstretch to draw away powerfully from his seven 2-year-old foes (VIDEO). Grand Arrival is one of eight juvenile winners in 2013 by Harlan’s Holiday, who is in the top 10 on the 2-year-old Sire List. Breaking […]

Harlan’s Holiday’s Willcox Inn collected his third graded stakes victory with a thrilling nose victory over Gallant Eagle in Saturday’s $150,000 Washington Park H. (G3) at Arlington Park (VIDEO). Harlan’s Holiday, who stood the 2013 season at WinStar Farm for $35,000, has had another banner year with his progeny on the racetrack. With 18 stakes […]

Summer Applause, Harlan’s Holiday’s leading earner of 2013, earned her third stakes win of the year with a powerful victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Lady’s Secret S. at Monmouth Park (VIDEO). With wins earlier in the year in the Grade 2 Top Flight H. and Grade 3 Allaire Dupont Distaff S., Summer Applause is one of […]

Cat’s Holiday romped to a 4 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Malvern Rose S. at Presque Isle Downs (VIDEO), giving Harlan’s Holiday his second stakes winner of the weekend, coming on the heels of Notacatbutallama’s win in the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. Saturday at Saratoga. Harlan’s Holiday now has […]