Breeding Farm News
Alternation back with $100K Essex win
Alternation, making his first start since October, returned to the races with a easy-as-it-looked 3 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Essex H. at Oaklawn Park...
Alternation tops big day for Distorted Humor
Alternation, making his first start since October, returned to the races with a easy-as-it-looked 3 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Essex H. at Oaklawn Park...
Mr. Commons weaves his way to G2 Arcadia S. victory
Despite not getting an ideal trip, Mr. Commons showed his class in the final furlong of the $150,000 Arcadia S. (G2) to give the 4-year-old son of Artie Schiller his second straight stakes victory...
Dance to Bristol waltzes at Laurel Park
Copperville Farm's Dance to Bristol scored an easy win in Laurel Park's $100,000 Marshua S. for 3-year-old fillies...
Gulfstream Park double for Unbridled’s Song
A pair of potential stars by Unbridled's Song were on display Feb. 3 at Gulfstream Park, both winning with ease in very fast times...
Big start in 2012 for Exclusive Quality
With a great first month of the year, Journeyman Stud's young stallion Exclusive Quality sits atop Florida's second-crop sire list...
Small Kitchen heats up Fair Grounds in debut
Small Kitchen's emphatic debut maiden win Feb. 2 at Fair Grounds was a big victory in many ways for Gainesway...
Currency Swap in Top 5 on Experimental Handicap
High Cotton's Grade 1 winner Currency Swap was given a weight of 120 pounds on the recently released. Experimental Handicap, fith best among all 2-year-olds of 2011...
Hansen atop 2011 JC Experimental Handicap
Tapit's 2-year-old champion of 2011, Hansen, topped the recently-released Experimental Free Handicap with a weight of 126 pounds...
Multiple G1 winner Tale of Ekati sires first three foals on same day
Multiple Grade 1 winner Tale of Ekati sired his first three reported foals in a matter of hours on the same morning, as two fillies and a colt were all born on Feb. 1...
Endorsement ‘stakes ready’ after GP alw win
Distorted Humor's Endorsement continued his comeback with a track record-setting performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park...
Veteran stallion Repriced dies of heart attack
Repriced, one of the last remaining sons of Roberto, died on Friday, January 27 at Darby Dan Farm of an apparent heart attack. He was 24...
All American sires first foal in the States
Record-setting Group 1 winner All American sired his first reported foal from his North American crop on Jan. 30 when a filly was born at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, KY...
G1 winner Warrior’s Reward sires first foal
Grade 1 winner Warrior's Reward sired his first reported foal on Jan. 18 when a filly was born at Cobra Farms in Lexington, KY...
First foal arrives for MGSW Hold Me Back
Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal on Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY...
Riley Tucker reigns in King Cotton S.
Veteran sprinter Riley Tucker won a spirited duel to take the $50,000 King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Park by 1 1/4-lengths on Jan. 28...
Gainesway grad Redding Colliery gets SW at Aqueduct
Redding Colliery went gate to wire in the $75,000 Evening Attire S. at Aqueduct on Jan. 28...
Awesome Feather stays perfect in $300K Sunshine Millions Distaff
Champion Awesome Feather turned in yet another scintillating performance in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff S...
Champion Summer Bird sires first foal
Three-time Grade 1 winner and Champion 3-year-old Summer Bird sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a colt was born at Fred Hertrich's Watercress Farm in Paris, KY...
Tapit sires top filly at Cape Premier Sale
A yearling by Champion Sire Tapit was the highest-priced filly sold during the opening session of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town, South Africa.
The lone offering by Tapit in the venue,...
Super Saver’s First Foals
2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver is siring SUPER FOALS. See them at www.superfoals.com.
Hansen kicks off 2012 in $400K Holy Bull S.
Hansen, last year's 2-year-old Eclipse Award winning male, will kick off his 3-year-old campaign Jan. 29 in the Holy Bull S. (G3)...
Sun King filly strikes paydirt in 2012 debut
Shoshana broke her maiden in fine fashion recently as the 3-year-old daughter of Sun King rolled home a 3 1/4-length winner at Gulfstream Park...
First reported foal by Afleet Express is a filly
Grade 1 winner Afleet Express sired his first reported foal on January 16, a
filly born at Dr. Chuck Kidder, Dr. Nancy Cole, and Ben Kidder’s Corner Woods Farm
near Lexington.
Bred by Drs....
Christopher’s Joy 2-for-2 after win at Parx
Budding star Christopher's Joy remained undefeated as the 3-year-old son of Exclusive Quality scored by a comfortable length in his first start against winners...
G1 winner Eskendereya sires first foal
Grade 1 winner Eskendereya sired his first reported foal on Jan. 20 when a filly was born around 8 pm at Mr. Lynn Alexander's Alastar in Nicholasville, KY...
Inspired performance in $75,000 Pan Zareta S.
Inspired sprinted to a 1 1/2-length victory Jan. 21 in Fair Grounds' $75,000 Pan Zareta S. for older fillies and mares...
Howe Great all the way in $100K Kitten’s Joy
Hat Trick's 3-year-old colt Howe Great made his stakes debut a winning one Jan. 21 at Gulfstream Park with a front-running, 2 1/2-length victory...
OBS January sales report: High Cotton and In Summation
The January 17-18 OBS 2012 Winter Mixed Sale wrapped up recently with highlights for High Cotton and In Summation...
Temple City sires first foal
Temple City, a graded stakes winner and track record-setter by Dynaformer, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 13 when a bay filly was born at Anderson Farms in Ontario, Canada...
KY Derby winner Super Saver sires first foal
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver sired his first reported foal over the weekend when a chestnut filly was born at the Versailles-based WinStar Farm – also the home of Super Saver...
Ocala Stud bred Musical Romance takes Eclipse for champion female sprinter
The Ocala Stud bred Musical Romance was rewarded for her stellar year with the 2011 Eclipse Award for Champion Female Sprinter...
Junebugred grinds out win in Smarty Jones S.
Corinthian's 3-year-old colt Junebugred worked his way past the front-runners in the stretch to capture the $100,000 Smarty Jones S...
Hansen wins 2YO Male Eclipse Award
Hansen, the undefeated 2-year-old son of Tapit, was named 2-year-old male champion Eclipse Award winner at the 41st Eclipse Awards...
Amazombie named 2011 Sprint Eclipse Award winner
Amazombie's come-from-behind victory in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) earned the son of Northern Afleet the 2011 Eclipse Award for best sprinter...
Ellafitz dominates in Paseana Handicap
Ellafitz rolled to a 4 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Paseana H. Jan. 15 at Santa Anita Park...
Dominating performance in G2 San Fernando S. for Tapizar
Tapizar drew away to an easy 3 1/2-length victory in the $150,000 San Fernando S. (G2) Jan. 14 at Santa Anita Park...
Malibu Moon’s Prospective hits Derby trail in Tampa
Prospective's victory in the $100,000, seven-furlong Pasco S. for 3-year-olds at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 14 will likely put the dark bay son of Malibu Moon on the Derby trail...
Jackson Bend serves notice in G3 Hal’s Hope S.
A troubled start and twice altering course in the stretch couldn't stop 4-5 favorite Jackson Bend from claiming victory in the $100,000 Hal's Hope S...
Smoke Glacken colt graduates at Gulfstream
Ecabroni ran to his 2-5 odds with a smart looking two length victory Jan. 14 at Gulfstream Park...
Drosselmeyer’s Breeders’ Cup Classic win named NTRA “Moment of the Year”
The come-from-behind victory by WinStar Farm's Drosselmeyer over Game on Dude in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) was voted the 2011 National Thoroughbred Racing Association "Moment of the Year"...
On Fire Baby takes on males in 3YO debut
On Fire Baby, a daughter of Smoke Glacken, will make her 2012 debut against males in the $100,000 Smarty Jones S. Jan. 16 at Oaklawn...
Ocala Stud finishes 2011 ranked fifth among North American breeders
Ocala Stud finished an amazing 2011 ranked fifth among all breeders in North America, with earnings of $4,069,944...
Cowtown Cat’s first weanling of 2012 sells at Keeneland
The first weanling by Cowtown Cat offered at auction in 2012 brought $30,000, more than 7x his stud fee, during day 3 of the Keeneland January sale...
Cowtown Cat’s first yearling of 2012 sells at Keeneland
The first weanling by Cowtown Cat offered at auction in 2012 brought $30,000, more than 7x his stud fee, during day 3 of the Keeneland January sale...
Dreaming of Neno debuts a winner at Gulfstream Park
Exclusive Quality's Dreaming of Neno got home a three-quarter length winner in his career debut at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 11...
Drosselmeyer ranked 1st in world on dirt
When the final 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings were released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on Jan. 10, Drosselmeyer was the top ranked dirt horse at 124 pounds...
Gainesway leads way on day 2 at Keeneland
Gainesway consigned seven of the top 11 broodmare prices during the second day of the Keeneland January sale...
Colonel John, U S Ranger shine with first yearlings at KEEJAN
WinStar's young stallions Colonel John and U S Ranger hit the bull's eye with their first short yearlings at the Keeneland January Sale...
Tapit: Keeneland January sales report
A mare in foal to Tapit proved very popular during day 1 of the Keeneland January sale...