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St. Elias Stable extended to $650,000 to secure the bid on a colt from the highly anticipated first-crop of Improbable in Book 2 of the Keeneland September Sale on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Bred and consigned by Rosilyn Polan, the colt is out of the winning Union Rags mare Kitty Union. The colt descends from the […]

WinStar Farm’s multiple Grade 1 winner Improbable, the 2020 Eclipse Champion Older Male, sired his first reported foal when a colt was born at Bluewater Farm on Monday night, Jan. 10. Bred by CHC Inc., the colt, who hails from a family replete with black-type, is out of the winning Into Mischief mare Dark Corner, […]

WinStar Farm has set 2022 stud fees for its 18-stallion roster, headed by Speightstown who will once again stand for $90,000 S&N, and Constitution, who will remain at $85,000 S&N for the upcoming breeding season. Stallions will be available for inspection by appointment from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. during the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, Oct. 25-28. […]

Country Grammer and Royal Ship (BRZ) staged a terrific stretch-long duel in the $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) on Memorial Day at Santa Anita Park, with Country Grammer battling back to prevail by a head after giving up the lead in mid-stretch. The win was the second straight Gold Cup victory for WinStar Farm and […]

Recognized for their excellent 2020 results that saw four WinStar Farm-bred horses win five Grade 1 races, the farm was named Eclipse Award winner as Breeder of the Year during Thursday evening’s ceremony. It was the farm’s third overall Eclipse Award and its second for outstanding breeder, the first for breeder in 2016. WinStar’s Grade […]

Improbable’s brilliant 2020 campaign earned the WinStar colorbearer the Eclipse Award as the Champion Older Male during Thursday evening’s virtual award ceremony. A three-time Grade 1 winner last year, Improbable captured the Awesome Again S. (G1), Whitney S. (G1), and Gold Cup (G1) for WinStar and co-owners CHC Inc., and SF Racing LLC. Following his […]

When the 2020 Eclipse Award finalists were announced Saturday on TVG, multiple Grade 1 winner Improbable was nominated in both the Horse of the Year and Older Dirt Male categories. Improbable, who campaigned for the partnership of WinStar Farm, CHC Inc. and SF Racing, was retired at the end of last year and will begin […]

In what may be an unprecedented occurrence for a farm, three horses that will join WinStar Farm’s stallion roster in 2021 will make their final start in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Saturday at Keeneland. Global Campaign, Improbable and Tom’s d’Etat are all part of the Classic’s 10-horse field. The last race of […]

WinStar Farm has set 2021 stud fees for its 22-stallion roster, headed by Speightstown who will stand for $90,000 S&N and leading Second-Crop Sire Constitution who will stand for $85,000 S&N. WinStar will further bolster its roster for the upcoming breeding season by welcoming new stallions Improbable, Laoban, Tom’s d’Etat, Global Campaign, and Promises Fulfilled. […]

Improbable, who will enter stud at WinStar Farm in 2021, continued his march to the Breeders’ Cup with a 4 1/2-length win in the $300,000 Awesome Again S. (G1) Saturday at Santa Anita Park. The dominant victory earned the colt owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International and SF Racing his second win in […]