Darby Dan Farm

Tapiture chalks up two MdSpWt winners in 2020 debuts

Steph'sfullasugar and Miss Tap Dance both won their first starts of the year in 3-year-old maiden special weight races on Saturday to kick off 2020 on a high note... Read More...

Undefeated Tapiture colt headed to Florida Derby (G1)

Premier Star made it 2-for-2 with a very impressive allowance victory Jan. 15 at Gulfstream Park, winning the seven furlong contest by 5 1/4-lengths... Read More...

Beautiful Trauma rolls to 16-length allowance win

Tapiture's dynamic 2-year-old filly Beautiful Trauma could likely be headed to stakes competition following her 16-length blowout allowance win... Read More...

Undefeated Tapiture filly wins stakes debut

Vacherie Girl lived up to her billing with a solid score in Saturday's $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie S. at Fair Grounds... Read More...

Copper Bullet retiring to Darby Dan Farm

Copper Bullet, a Graded stakes-winning juvenile and multiple Graded stakes-placed son of More Than Ready has been retired and will take up stud duty at Darby Dan Farm... Read More...

Premier Star the latest debut winner for Tapiture

Tapiture is now tied atop the First-Crop Sire list with 24 winners after Premier Star won his Dec. 8 debut at Gulfstream Park by 1 3/4-lengths... Read More...

Mugaritz keeps rolling, wins $100,000 Berkeley H. (G3)

Dialed In's Mugaritz won his third straight stakes in Saturday's Berkeley H. (G3), the first graded win for the 4-year-old... Read More...

Incorruptible keeps Tapiture’s hot streak rolling

Tapiture's latest winner Incorruptible marked his third winner of the week and tied him for the top spot on the 2019 First-Crop sire list... Read More...

Tapiture filly rolls by six in career debut

Vacherie Girl came from well off the pace to capture her debut by a widening six lengths Nov. 28 at Fair Grounds... Read More...

Tapiture colt gets third win of the year

Axiomo earned his third career win Saturday at Churchill Downs, getting up in the final furlong of a $105,000 allowance race... Read More...

In The Stud Feature: Klimt

Darby Dan stallion Klimt is featured in the latest installment of Paulick Report’s "In the Stud,"... Read More...

Darby Dan Farm sets 2020 stallion roster and fees

Darby Dan Farm has set 2020 stud fees for its roster of nine stallions that will stand the upcoming breeding season, led by Dialed In... Read More...

Run Away and Hide is relocating to Turkey

Darby Dan Farm announced today that Run Away and Hide is relocating to Turkey to continue his stud career... Read More...

Darby Dan Farm’s Perfect Soul pensioned

Perfect Soul has been pensioned from stallion duty at Darby Dan Farm and will reside at owner Charles Fipke’s farm... Read More...

Three new winners put Tapiture atop First-Crop Sire list

Tapiture added three more maiden winners this week to move him to the top of the First-Crop Sire list with 21... Read More...

Mugaritz runs winning streak to five

Dailed In's 4-year-old son Mugaritz won his second straight stakes in Saturday's Joseph T. Grace S. at Golden Gate Fields... Read More...

Poseidon’s Warrior colt in Breeders’ Cup for third time

Firenze Fire will start in his third different Breeders' Cup race in as many years in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1)... Read More...

Danuska’s My Girl draws post 2 in BC Filly & Mare Sprint (G1)

Shackleford's Danuska's My Girl will try to become the first Breeders' Cup winner for her sire in Saturday's $1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1)... Read More...

Seeking the Soul searches for Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) glory

Seeking the Soul will try to give Perfect Soul his second Breeders' Cup winner when the Grade 1 winner goes postward in Saturday's $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)... Read More...

Wrecking Crew first Breeders’ Cup starter for Sky Kingdom

First-Crop sire Sky Kingdom will have his first runner in the Breeders' Cup on Friday when multiple graded stakes-placed Wrecking Crew... Read More...

Beautiful Trauma finds a way in Churchill maiden win

Tapiture's latest winner Beautiful Trauma overcame a very difficult trip to come away a with a three length win in a seven-furlong maiden special weight... Read More...

American Tap dazzles in Woodbine MdSpWt

American Tap gave Tapiture his 17th First-Crop winner on Oct. 26 with a very impressive score at Woodbine, exploding in the stretch to break her maiden by 4 1/4-lengths... Read More...

Red-hot Moonlit Mission rolls in $150,000 John Galbreath S.

Shackleford's 2-year-old filly Moonlit Mission won her fourth straight start on Oct. 26 in the $150,000 John W. Galbreath S... Read More...

Flameaway, a multiple GSW by Scat Daddy, retires to Darby Dan Farm

Flameaway, a multiple Graded stakes-winning son of Scat Daddy, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2020 breeding season at Darby Dan Farm... Read More...

Sky Kingdom filly rallies to win Woodbine MdSpWt

Vana Grand weaved her way between horses in upper stretch en route to a half-length victory in a $71,4000 maiden special weight contest Oct. 19 at Woodbine... Read More...

Dialed In’s Mugaritz wins first stakes by 6 1/2-lengths

Mugaritz ran his winning streak to four straight with a victory in the $50,000 Bull Dog H. on Oct. 13, making him Dialed In's 16th stakes horse of 2019... Read More...

Specially, Tapiture’s 15th first-crop winner, named TDN Rising Star

Two-year-old filly Specially made short work of 11 rivals in a Keeneland maiden special weight event at six furlongs on Oct. 5, running away to an impressive 5 ¼-length score in her unveiling. The eye-catching victory, accomplished in 1:10.45 under joc... Read More...

Dialed In filly ups win streak to three

Onyx scored for the third time in a row with her scintillating three-length win in the $75,000 Our Dear Peggy S. at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Sky Kingdom filly draws off to break maiden by six

Duniverse used a sudden burst coming out of the turn to assert herself en route to a 6 1/4-length maiden win on Sept. 18 at Delaware Park... Read More...

Dialed In filly hammers for $290K Monday at Keeneland

Dialed In kicked off the second week of the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland Yearling sale with a $290,000 filly that sold during the Sept. 16 session of the auction... Read More...

Ready to Tap scores MdSpWt win in front-running style

Tapiture's hold on the top spot of the First-Crop Sires winners' list got a little stronger on Sept. 16 when Ready to Tap broke her maiden... Read More...

Magine moves Tapiture to top of First-Crop winner’s list

Magine's 4 3/4-length maiden win on Sept. 13 gave Tapiture a total of 13 winners, making him the leading First-Crop Sire of 2019 by winners... Read More...

Winners keep coming for Tapiture

Tapiture is now tied atop the First-Crop Sires list with 12 individual winners following a maiden special weight score by Heckler's Veto on Sept. 7... Read More...

Tapiture filly keeps record perfect with allowance win

Gone Glimmering overcame a rough trip in a six-furlong allowance Sept. 6 at Indiana Downs to win her second straight start... Read More...

Chalon racks up fifth career stakes win

Dialed In's top-class distaffer Chalon scored a 1 1/4-length victory in Monday's $100,000 Roamin Rachel S. at Parx to give the five-year-old daughter of Dialed In her fifth black type win... Read More...

Dialed In filly wins stakes debut in thrilling style

Onyx finished with an incredible flourish to win the $100,000 Sharp Susan S. over the Gulfstream Park turf course on Aug. 31... Read More...

Tapiture filly speeds to TDN Rising Stardom at Saratoga

Remain Anonymous rolled to a 3 1/4-length debut victory Friday afternoon at Saratoga to give Tapiture his 11th overall first crop winner... Read More...

Moonlit Mission latest stakes winner for Shackleford

Moonlit Mission scored by 1 1/4-lengths in Sunday's Tah Dah S. at Belterra Park to become Shackleford's seventh stakes winner of 2019... Read More...

Tapiture filly gate-to-wire in second career victory

Leading First-Crop sire Tapiture got his third multiple winner on Sunday when Kay Bee Gee scored a two-length allowance win... Read More...

Shackleford mare gets third graded stakes win of 2019

Danuska's My Girl wired the field in Sunday's $100,000 Rancho Bernardo H. (G3) to pick up her third graded stakes win of the year... Read More...

Tapiture first Freshman Sire with double-digit winners

Lotta Ott's gallant victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight race Sunday at Saratoga made her Tapiture's 10th winner... Read More...

Mayan Sky wins spirited maiden battle

Sky Kingdom got his latest First-Crop winner on Aug. 7 when Mayan Sky battled her way to a one-length victory in a five-furlong maiden race... Read More...

Tapiture doubles up with Friday maiden winners

Gone Glimmering and Tap That Spot both rolled to open length victories in Friday maiden races... Read More...

Tale of Ekati filly earns second stakes win of ’19

Totally Obsessed held off the late challenge of H. F. Carmel to win Sunday's $75,000 Queen City Oaks by three-quarters of a length to give the 3-year-old Tale of Ekati filly her fifth win in six outings this year... Read More...

Wrecking Crew is the first winner for Darby Dan Farm’s Sky Kingdom

Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen’s Wrecking Crew made his career debut a winning one at Del Mar on Saturday with a facile victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight... Read More...

Ms Meshak takes Added Elegance for first stakes win

Shackleford got his latest stakes winner on Saturday when Ms Meshak rallied for a 2 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 Added Elegance S. at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Tapiture colt steps up in allowance win

Axiomo became Taptiture's second repeat winner in the past week when the 2-year-old colt scored by 4 1/2-lengths in an Indiana Downs allowance... Read More...

Sky of Hook first stakes winner for Tapiture

Sky of Hook, who was Tapiture's first-ever winner when he broke his maiden on May 10, became his sire's first stakes winner on Wednesday... Read More...

Tapiture juveniles riding hot streak

Tapiture upped his First-Crop win total to seven on Saturday at Arlington Park... Read More...