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Indy Lyon won for the fourth time in five 2021 starts Sunday at Tampa Bay Downs in the $110,000 Sophomore Turf S., the first stakes start for the 3-year-old son of Congrats. Indy Lyon led all the way in the 1 1/16-mile event, but had to withstand dramatic stretch run with Chess’s Dream and the […]

The first two foals by Take Charge Indy have been born since he returned home to stand the 2020 breeding season at WinStar Farm. The first foal born was a colt out of the multiple stakes-placed mare Northern Smile foaled in Kentucky on Jan. 4 and bred by Jim Ballinger. The second foal was born […]

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. […]

An excerpt of Bill Oppenheim’s “In My Opinion” column in BloodHorse Daily, posted on March 22. — Under the RADAR: Fourth-Crop Sire Paynter It’s not easy for sires to keep their spots on the Kentucky stallion roster. The top 10 North American sires who went to stud in 2014 (first foals in 2015, first 5-year-olds […]

Flagstaff struck the front in the final furlong of Saturday’s $200,000 San Carlos S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park en route to a 1 1/4-length victory in the seven furlong contest. Second in the Palos Verdes S. (G2) in late January, Flagstaff is Speightstown’s 52nd lifetime graded stakes winner. The venerable WinStar stallion is once […]

Motion Emotion held off Calf Moon Bay by a half-length to earn her first stakes victory in the Zia Park Oaks on Nov. 27 (VIDEO).  The 3-year-old daughter of Take Charge Indy was runner-up in both the Honeybee S. (G3) and Fantasy S. (G3) earlier this year. She is the fifth stakes winner and one […]

No. 1-ranked Third-Crop Sire Take Charge Indy, the regally-bred son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner, Graded stakes producer, and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady, has arrived at WinStar Farm for the 2020 breeding season and will be available for inspection beginning at Monday’s Open House, from 11 a.m. to […]

WinStar Farm will host their 2019 open house and stallion show Monday through Friday, Nov. 4-11, daily from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All of the farm’s stallions will be available for viewing, from stalwarts such as Distorted Humor and Tiznow, to Audible and Take Charge Indy, the latest to join the impressive lineup. WinStar […]

WinStar Farm has set 2020 stud fees for its 21-stallion roster, headed by perennial leading sire More Than Ready who will stand for an unchanged fee of $80,000 S&N this upcoming breeding season. WinStar also welcomes new stallions to its roster in Florida Derby (G1) winner Audible who will stand his initial season at stud […]

WinStar Farm has initiated the process to return Take Charge Indy to the United States for the 2020 breeding season. The 10-year-old regally-bred son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner, Graded stakes producer, and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady is the No. 1-ranked Third-Crop Sire with more than $4.4 million […]