Breeding Farm News

Mares in foal to Gainesway’s freshman stallions

To Honor and Serve & Tapizar, Gainesway's Grade 1-winning freshman stallions, both had their first mares pronounced in foal... Read More...

Tapit: Horseracing’s top bachelor

Could Tapit become the most coveted breeding stallion of his generation... Read More...

Spendthrift expands Breed Secure Program to Canada

Spendthrift Farm is introducing its popular “Breed Secure” program to Canadian breeders in 2013 through its Canada-based, Grade 1-winning stallions Court Vision and Victor’s Cry... Read More...

Bodemeister: G1 Careless Jewel is 1st in foal

G1-winning millionaire Careless Jewel became the first mare to check in foal from the debut book of Grade 1 winner Bodemeister, who’s standing his first season at stud at WinStar Farm... Read More...

Unbridled’s Note best in Santa Anita’s Joe Hernandez H.

Unbridled’s Note, runner-up in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), emerged victorious as the favorite in the $76,900 Joe Hernandez H. over the Santa Anita downhill turf course Saturday... Read More...

Spendthrift offers “Breed Secure” program on 10 Kentucky stallions

B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm will now be offering the “Breed Secure” program for nearly its entire roster of Kentucky-based stallions, effective immediately... Read More...

‘Maria is More Than Ready’s newest SW

With three straight wins, Stopshoppingmaria has found her niche as a turf sprint specialist, capping her recent run on Sunday with a 1 3/4-length score in the $60,000 Ladies Turf Sprint S... Read More...

‘Maria is More Than Ready’s newest SW

With three straight wins, Stopshoppingmaria has found her niche as a turf sprint specialist, capping her recent run on Sunday with a 1 3/4-length score in the $60,000 Ladies Turf Sprint S... Read More...

Unbridled’s Note best in Santa Anita’s Joe Hernandez H.

Unbridled’s Note, runner-up in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), emerged victorious as the favorite in the $76,900 Joe Hernandez H. over the Santa Anita downhill turf course Saturday... Read More...

Spendthrift offers "Breed Secure" program on 10 Kentucky stallions

B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm will now be offering the “Breed Secure” program for nearly its entire roster of Kentucky-based stallions, effective immediately... Read More...

Stakes momentum continues for Pure Prize

The 4-year-old filly Guanay (ARG) gave WinStar stallion Pure Prize his third stakes horse of February... Read More...

Malibu Moon colt launches into ‘Orb’-it with Fountain of Youth (G2) win

Malibu Moon’s rising 3-year-old colt Orb stamped himself as a major contender on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday by rolling past the previously unbeaten Violence in the stretch to win the $400,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream... Read More...

Big Saturday for Spendthrift Sophomore Sires

Spendthrift’s second-crop sire Notional received another winner when 3-year-old filly Jennie Says So scored a 1 ¼-length victory in a $45,000 maiden special weight Saturday, Feb. 23 at Parx Racing... Read More...

Called to Serve posts bullet Big ‘Cap move

Called to Serve, a 4-year-old colt by Afleet Alex, registered his third straight bullet work in preparation for the Santa Anita H. (G1)... Read More...

Malibu Moon colt launches into ‘Orb’-it with Fountain of Youth (G2) win

Malibu Moon’s rising 3-year-old colt Orb stamped himself as a major contender on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday by rolling past the previously unbeaten Violence in the stretch to win the $400,000 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) at Gulfstream... Read More...

Hat Trick colt impressive again at Santa Anita

Bright Thought, a 4-year old colt by Hat Trick, scored a runaway 5 ¼-length victory in a $58,000 allowance race over the Santa Anita turf course... Read More...

TCI: Fountain of Youth and Risen Star preview

Jon & Joel analyze the first pair of "Second Round" prep races Saturday, with 85 Kentucky... Read More...

Pinball wins second straight at Big A

WinStar training and sales grad Pinball made it two straight at Aqueduct on Sunday with a runaway 7 1/4-length victory at one mile and 70 over the inner dirt track... Read More...

More Than Ready 3YO rules at Oaklawn

Transylvania Flash took to going two turns for the first time with gusto as the 3-year-old by More Than Ready exploded to an 8 1/2-length maiden special weight score... Read More...

More Than Ready filly rules at Oaklawn

Transylvania Flash took to going two turns for the first time with gusto as the 3-year-old More Than Ready filly exploded to an 8 1/2-length maiden special weight score... Read More...

Roundtable shines spotlight on Freshmen Sires

WinStar President & CEO Elliott Walden leads a roundtable discussion on the farm's five exciting 2013 freshmen sires: Colonel John, Pioneerof the Nile, Kodiak Kowboy, U S Ranger and Maimonides... Read More...

Abraham goes long for maiden victory

Abraham, owned by WinStar Farm LLC and Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC, scooted to a one-length victory going 1 1/8-miles Saturday at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

WinStar Roundtable Shines Spotlight on Freshmen Sires

WinStar President and CEO Elliott Walden leads a roundtable discussion on the farm's five exciting freshmen sires Colonel John, Pioneerof the Nile, Kodiak Kowboy, US Ranger and Maimonides... Read More...

Fiscal Cliff Legislation Reinstates and Increases Investment Incentives for Horse Owners

The fiscal cliff tax legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Obama earlier this week reinstated an important business investment incentive and substantially increased another incentive program. Read More...

FISCAL CLIFF LEGISLATION REINSTATES AND INCREASES INVESTMENT INCENTIVES FOR HORSE OWNERS

The fiscal cliff tax legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Obama earlier this week reinstated an important business investment incentive and substantially increased another incentive program. Read More...

TCI: Southwest Stakes preview

After a week off, Jon & Joel return from South Florida to unveil the first TCI Top 10 of the... Read More...

G1 winner Victor’s Cry sires first foal

Victor’s Cry, the Grade 1-winning miler by leading sire Street Cry (Ire), sired his first foal when a bay colt was born on Feb. 8 at Park Stud in Ontario... Read More...

G1 winner Victor’s Cry sires first foal

Victor’s Cry, the Grade 1-winning miler by leading sire Street Cry (Ire), sired his first foal when a bay colt was born on Feb. 8 at Park Stud in Ontario... Read More...

Graydar’s G1 Donn triumph gives Unbridled’s Song 100 SWs

Unbridled’s Song joined the century club in a big way Saturday when Graydar scored an electrifying win in the $500,000 Donn H. (G1) at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Fort Loudon scores gutsy win in G3 Gulfstream Sprint Championship

Awesome of Course's multiple stakes winner Fort Loudon collected his seventh career black-type win in Saturday's Gulfstream Sprint Championship (G3)... Read More...

15 breeders win seasons at WinStar’s new stallion facility opening

Nearly 200 breeders, owners and WinStar Stablemates members gathered Saturday, Feb. 9 at the unveiling of the new state-of-the-art WinStar stallion facility located off Paynes Mill Road and Pisgah Pike in Versailles... Read More...

Graydar’s G1 Donn triumph gives Unbridled’s Song 100 SWs

Unbridled’s Song joined the century club in a big way Saturday when Graydar scored an electrifying win in the $500,000 Donn H. (G1) at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Hemingway tabbed as Senior Bloodstock Associate

Michelle Hemingway has been named Senior Bloodstock Associate at Brent & Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud, where she will primarily be responsible for stallion season sales and marketing at the Ocala-based farm... Read More...

Darby Dan February 2013 Newsletter

Darby Dan has a long and rich history of raising top Thoroughbreds, including the six Kentucky Derby champions – It is the only farm in the world to have bred, raised and campaigned a Kentucky Derby winner, an English Derby winner (Roberto), and a Breeders’ Cup Classic winner (Proud Truth). Read More...

Saint Anddan G3 winner Another Romance to sell Feb. 11

Saint Anddan's multiple stakes winner Another Romance will sell as a broodmare prospect at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale... Read More...

Unrivaled Honor rolls by nearly a dozen in maiden score

Unrivaled Honor left the field in her wake with a rollicking 11 3/4-length maiden score by the 3-year-old daughter of Unbridled's Song... Read More...

Notional colt zips to victory in 2013 debut

Malachite's 2013 debut on Feb. 3 at Aqueduct resulted in the 3-year-old Notional colt stepping out to a two length victory at six furlongs... Read More...

Verrazano incredible in GP allowance

More than Ready's 3-year-old colt Verrazano turned in the most impressive performance of 2013 with a spectacular 16 ¼ -length victory at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Multiple GSW American Lion sires first foal

Darby Dan Farm’s American Lion, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tiznow, sired his first foal when a bay filly was born on Jan. 31 at Red Riding Hood Stables... Read More...

Multiple GSW American Lion sires first foal

Darby Dan Farm’s American Lion, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tiznow, sired his first foal when a bay filly was born on Jan. 31 at Red Riding Hood Stables... Read More...

Tapicat wires field in G3 Florida Oaks

Tapicat started off a huge Feb. 2 for her sire Tapit with a 2 3/4-length, gate-to-wire score in the $200,000 Florida Oaks (G3)... Read More...

Flashback dominates in G2 Robert B. Lewis S.

Flashback rolled to a deceptively easy 6 1/4-length score in Saturday's $200,000 Robert B. Lewis S. at Santa Anita Park... Read More...

Honorable Dillon completes Tapit stakes trifecta

Honorable Dillon capped off a remarkable Saturday for his sire Tapit with a thrilling win in the Grade 2 Hutcheson S. at Gulfstream Park... Read More...

Victory for Cor Cor in $75K Battle of New Orleans

Smoke Glacken's 3-year-old filly Cor Cor racked up her second career stakes win Saturday with a stylish 4 1/4-length score in the inaugural Battle of New Orleans S... Read More...

Tiznow colt rolls at Santa Anita in route debut

With a huge turn of foot in the stretch, Tiz the Truth ran away from the field to break his maiden by 7 3/4-lengths Feb. 2 at Santa Anita... Read More...

Dynamic stretch run puts Revolutionary in Grade 3 Withers S. winner’s circle

WinStar Farm LLC's Revolutionary weaved his way through the field with a rousing stretch run to capture the $200,000 Withers S. (G3) on Saturday at Aqueduct... Read More...

WinStar grad Canticle sings winning tune

WinStar Farm bred and sold Canticle rolled to a 4 1/2-length maiden score Jan. 31 at Oaklawn Park... Read More...

TCI: Robert Lewis, Sam Davis and Withers preview

The TCI boys preview Saturday's Robert Lewis (G2), Sam Davis (G3) & Withers (G3), and tell... Read More...

Tapit place 4 juveniles on 2012 Experimental Free ‘Cap

Top-5 sire Tapit had four juveniles weighted on The Jockey Club's 2012 Experimental Free Handicaps for colt and fillies... Read More...

Beholder tops 2012 Filly Experimental Free ‘Cap

B. Wayne Hughes' Beholder received the high weight assignment of 123 pounds on The Jockey Club's 2012 Experimental Free Handicap... Read More...