Tags ‘Quality Road’

Keeneland January sale: Pioneerof the Nile mare Evocative tops opening session at $550K

DRF | 1 year ago
The young broodmare Evocative sold for $550,000 to lead the session as the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale opened its run on Monday. Keeneland reported that 224 horses changed hands for gross receipts of $16,261,900 on Monday, the first of tw... Read More...

Keeneland January sale: Pioneerof the Nile mare Evocative tops opening session at $550K

DRF | 1 year ago
The young broodmare Evocative sold for $550,000 to lead the session as the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale opened its run on Monday. Keeneland reported that 224 horses changed hands for gross receipts of $16,261,900 on Monday, the first of tw... Read More...

Season to Flightline to be sold at charity auction

DRF | 1 year ago
A season to unbeaten Flightline, among the most valuable stallion prospects in recent history, is likely to be a major financial draw at the Thoroughbred Charities of America's annual stallion seasons auction in the coming week. Read More...

Into Mischief breaks own record again leading general sire list

DRF | 1 year ago
Into Mischief claimed his fourth consecutive North American leading sire title in 2022 and again broke his own single-season earnings record while doing so. Read More...

Sons, grandsons adding to Into Mischief’s reputation

DRF | 1 year ago
Into Mischief, the nation's three-time reigning leading sire, is entering the major November races and auctions with a head of steam. Not only has the stallion taken over on the North American earnings list, he has the potential to again break his own single-season earnings record. Read More...

Keeneland September: Record gross set, last year’s average, median passed

DRF | 2 years ago
Early in the Keeneland September yearling sale, with seven-figure horses flying out of the barns left and right, Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura made an early assessment. “It’s a very strong market. It feels like the best sale in a decade," Sikura said. "There are a lot of people giving a lot of money for a lot of good horses.” That would prove not to be hyperbole. Read More...

Keeneland September: Book 3 horses to watch on Saturday

DRF | 2 years ago
Following its dark day Friday, the Keeneland September yearling sale resumes Saturday morning with the opening session of Book 3, the fifth of 12 sessions overall. Here are some of the horses to watch in the Saturday session. Read More...

Keeneland September: Book 2 continues momentum with six seven-figure yearlings in first session

DRF | 2 years ago
A bullish marketplace continued to power along as the Keeneland September yearling sale moved into its Book 2 portion with a Wednesday session led by a $1.4 million Into Mischief colt. Read More...

Keeneland September: Book 2 continues momentum with six seven-figure yearlings in first session

DRF | 2 years ago
A bullish marketplace continued to power along as the Keeneland September yearling sale moved into its Book 2 portion with a Wednesday session led by a $1.4 million Into Mischief colt. Read More...

Keeneland September sale: Book 1 closes with double-digit gains across the board

DRF | 2 years ago
The tone was set early in Tuesday's session of the Keeneland September yearling sale as the second horse in the ring broke through the seven-figure barrier. The pace never slowed as four of the final 15 horses through the ring reached that threshold. When the dizzying activity concluded, the auction's elite Book 1 portion had produced 22 seven-figure yearlings. Read More...

Keeneland September sale: Book 1 closes with double-digit gains across the board

DRF | 2 years ago
The tone was set early in Tuesday's session of the Keeneland September yearling sale as the second horse in the ring broke through the seven-figure barrier. The pace never slowed as four of the final 15 horses through the ring reached that threshold. When the dizzying activity concluded, the auction's elite Book 1 portion had produced 22 seven-figure yearlings. Read More...

Keeneland September: Horses to watch during Wednesday’s Book 2 session

DRF | 2 years ago
The Keeneland September yearling sale opens its two-session Book 2 portion Wednesday – but don’t assume that the fireworks have all been left in the rearview mirror with Book 1. Last year’s second book produced four seven-figure horses, including the s... Read More...

Keeneland September: Horses to watch during Wednesday’s Book 2 session

DRF | 2 years ago
The Keeneland September yearling sale opens its two-session Book 2 portion Wednesday – but don’t assume that the fireworks have all been left in the rearview mirror with Book 1. Last year’s second book produced four seven-figure horses, including the s... Read More...

Keeneland September: $2.5 million Quality Road colt tops strong first session at sale

DRF | 2 years ago
A $2.5 million Quality Road colt led group of nine seven-figure horses as the Keeneland September yearling sale, considered the bellwether for the North American marketplace, opened its 12-session run Monday with gains across the board. Read More...

Keeneland September: $2.5 million Quality Road colt tops strong first session at sale

DRF | 2 years ago
A $2.5 million Quality Road colt led group of nine seven-figure horses as the Keeneland September yearling sale, considered the bellwether for the North American marketplace, opened its 12-session run Monday with gains across the board. Read More...

Keeneland September: Horses to watch during Tuesday’s Book 1 session

DRF | 2 years ago
The Keeneland September yearling sale set the table Monday with nine seven-figure horses, led by a $2.5 million Quality Road colt, in its opening session. With the buying bench thus warmed up, the sale’s Book 1 portion concludes with its second session... Read More...

Keeneland September: Horses to watch during Tuesday’s Book 1 session

DRF | 2 years ago
The Keeneland September yearling sale set the table Monday with nine seven-figure horses, led by a $2.5 million Quality Road colt, in its opening session. With the buying bench thus warmed up, the sale’s Book 1 portion concludes with its second session... Read More...

Lane’s End hits it out of the park in Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale

DRF | 2 years ago
The Lane's End Farm consignment had a magical 48 hours at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale to begin this month, and now looks to keep the momentum going through the rest of this summer and fall's auctions. Read More...

Royal Ascot: Godolphin repeats as leading owner thanks to Dubawi

DRF | 2 years ago
Dubawi, Europe's leading sire, recorded five winners at last week's Royal Ascot meeting to help power Godolphin to the leading owner title for the second year in a row. Read More...

Flightline’s dam, Feathered, queen bee at Summer Wind Farm

DRF | 2 years ago
Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm has assembled a top-notch broodmare band, including Littlemissemma, the dam of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. But the most exciting mare on the property at the moment may be Feathered, the dam of Flightline. Read More...

Flightline’s dam, Feathered, queen bee at Summer Wind Farm

DRF | 2 years ago
Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm has assembled a top-notch broodmare band, including Littlemissemma, the dam of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. But the most exciting mare on the property at the moment may be Feathered, the dam of Flightline. Read More...

Quality Road one to catch in race for leading sire

DRF | 2 years ago
Just one-quarter of the way into 2022, there is plenty of road still to cover in the race for this year's leading sire title. But at this early stage, the path runs through Quality Road. By virtue of an international performer and several American classic contenders, Quality Road leads his Lane's End Farm stablemate Tonalist on the overall earnings list. Read More...

Keeneland January sale: $750,000 2-year-old filly PrincesseLele tops strong Day 1

DRF | 2 years ago
The 2-year-old filly PrincesseLele sold for $750,000 as the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale began its four-day run with gains on Tuesday. Read More...

Keeneland January sale: $750,000 2-year-old filly PrincesseLele tops strong Day 1

DRF | 2 years ago
The 2-year-old filly PrincesseLele sold for $750,000 as the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale began its four-day run with gains on Tuesday. Read More...

Into Mischief, Quality Road, War Front hit milestones

DRF | 2 years ago
With a bevy of stakes races for juveniles around the country over the weekend, three prominent sires each recorded a milestone victory. Read More...

Quality Road, City Light, Into Mischief shine during Keeneland September yearling sale

DRF | 3 years ago
Quality Road, his son City of Light, and two-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief were among the leading sires of the Keeneland September yearling sale, which ended Friday. Read More...

Dixiana sells its first seven-figure horse

DRF | 3 years ago
The team behind the historic Dixiana Farms sold its first million-dollar horse last week at the Keeneland September yearling sale – and, to make the experience even more memorable, did so with a yearling out of a sentimentally named mare sold to a long... Read More...

2021 Keeneland September sale: $1.6 million Quality Road tops Book 1

DRF | 3 years ago
A $1.6 million Quality Road colt led energetic trade in the Keeneland sale pavilion Tuesday afternoon as a number of high-ticket offerings pushed the Keeneland September yearling sale's marquee Book 1 portion across the finish line with gains. Read More...

Rachel Alexandra, Hot Dixie Chick bring down the house again

DRF | 3 years ago
On closing weekend of the summer meeting at Saratoga Race Course in 2009, Rachel Alexandra brought the house down on the meet by winning the Woodward. That same weekend, her stablemate Hot Dixie Chick won the Spinaway. This summer, half-siblings to tho... Read More...

Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale sets records

DRF | 3 years ago
There was cautious optimism as the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale returned to its traditional place on the calendar this week to continue what has been a solid comeback for the juvenile sales marketplace following the upheaval of 2020. The reality surpassed those hopes. Not only did the two-day auction at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium finish with major gains over the displaced 2020 edition, it smashed the sale's all-time records for gross, average, and median. Read More...

Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale sets records

DRF | 3 years ago
There was cautious optimism as the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale returned to its traditional place on the calendar this week to continue what has been a solid comeback for the juvenile sales marketplace following the upheaval of 2020. The reality surpassed those hopes. Not only did the two-day auction at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium finish with major gains over the displaced 2020 edition, it smashed the sale's all-time records for gross, average, and median. Read More...

Gross and average down at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale but median, buyback rate improve

DRF | 3 years ago
The four-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, the final major-market North American yearling auction of the season, concluded a solid run in a turbulent marketplace on Thursday evening, posting an improved median and buyback rate. Read More...

Gross and average down at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale but median, buyback rate improve

DRF | 3 years ago
The four-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, the final major-market North American yearling auction of the season, concluded a solid run in a turbulent marketplace on Thursday evening, posting an improved median and buyback rate. Read More...

Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale: $560,000 Quality Road colt top price after two days

DRF | 3 years ago
A Quality Road colt sold for $560,000 as the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, the final major-market North American yearling auction of the season, continued to post solid figures as it reached its midway point. Read More...

$1.5 million Quality Road filly tops opening session of Fasig-Tipton yearling sale

DRF | 4 years ago
A filly by Quality Road sold for $1.5 million to lead the opening session of the one-off Fasig-Tipton selected yearling showcase Wednesday in Lexington, Ky., which also represented the belated start to the major-market North American yearling sale season. Read More...

$1.5 million Quality Road filly tops opening session of Fasig-Tipton yearling sale

DRF | 4 years ago
A filly by Quality Road sold for $1.5 million to lead the opening session of the one-off Fasig-Tipton selected yearling showcase Wednesday in Lexington, Ky., which also represented the belated start to the major-market North American yearling sale season. Read More...

Horses to watch at Fasig-Tipton select yearlings showcase

DRF | 4 years ago
The following are horses to watch, based on pedigree alone, at the Fasig-Tipton select yearlings showcase on Sept. 9-10 in Lexington, Ky. Read More...

Kentucky stallions: Quality Road on top with four Grade 1 winners

DRF | 4 years ago
City of Light kicked off the year in style for his sire, Quality Road, by winning the Pegasus World Cup Invitational by 5 3/4 lengths, continuing the momentum from his win in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile the previous fall. However, the Pegasus was the career finale for City of Light, as he immediately shipped to Lane's End Farm in Kentucky to join his sire in time for the 2019 breeding season. There were still more than 11 months remaining in the racing season. Read More...

Keeneland January: Opener sees solid middle market despite declines at the top

DRF | 4 years ago
While a softer upper market led to declines in the figures during the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale’s opening session on Monday, five horses sold for prices in excess of $300,000 to lead a relatively solid middle market. Read More...

Keeneland January: Opener sees solid middle market despite declines at the top

DRF | 4 years ago
While a softer upper market led to declines in the figures during the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale’s opening session on Monday, five horses sold for prices in excess of $300,000 to lead a relatively solid middle market. Read More...

Marley’s Freedom to be bred to Quality Road

DRF | 4 years ago
The six-time graded stakes winner Marley's Freedom will be bred to Quality Road this year, owner Ron Perry said on Sunday. Read More...

Quality Road takes another price jump in 2020; will stand for $200,000

DRF | 4 years ago
Quality Road, a rising star in the stallion ranks for Lane’s End Farm over the last several years, will again see his stud fee spike in 2020, with his advertised fee of $200,000 placing him among the most expensive sires in North America. Read More...

Derby Sire Future Wager seems to have provided betting value

DRF | 5 years ago
The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which ran concurrently with the first Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool from Nov. 22- 25, may have provided an opportunity for pedigree-savvy handicappers to cash in. Read More...

Quality Road looking to fatten progeny earnings in Derby, Oaks

DRF | 5 years ago
Quality Road made a statement in April when he sired the winners of the Santa Anita Derby and Santa Anita Oaks on the same day. Currently the nation's leading sire by earnings, he'll get a chance to widen his margin in emphatic fashion when Roadster is among the favorites in the Kentucky Derby and Bellafina starts as the heavy choice in the Kentucky Oaks. Read More...

Quality Road filly brings $1 million at OBS; sale showing impressive gains

DRF | 5 years ago
A filly by Quality Road sold for $1 million to power the action as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training reached its midway point with gains. Read More...

Quality Road filly brings $1 million at OBS; sale showing impressive gains

DRF | 5 years ago
A filly by Quality Road sold for $1 million to power the action as the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training reached its midway point with gains. Read More...

Quality Road’s offspring piling up big wins and cash

DRF | 5 years ago
Quality Road got a head start in this year's sire race when his son City of Light won North America's richest race, the Pegasus World Cup. But despite City of Light's immediate retirement to Lane's End Farm, where he stands alongside his sire, Quality Road has continued to strengthen his hand for the season. Read More...

Lane’s End boosts Quality Road’s stud fee to $150,000 for 2019

DRF | 5 years ago
Quality Road's stud fee will more than double for the 2019 season, Lane's End Farm has announced. Quality Road will stand for an advertised fee of $150,000. He stood for $70,000 in 2018. Read More...

Quality Road’s juveniles making their mark

DRF | 6 years ago
Quality Road had a career year in 2017, siring Eclipse Award champions Abel Tasman and Caledonia Road. The stallion indicated during the boutique meetings at Del Mar and Saratoga that his momentum would continue, as his strong summer with his 2-year-olds was capped by Bellafina's victory in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante. Read More...

Ghostzapper, Quality Road have presence at Met Mile

DRF | 6 years ago
The Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap has a history of being a stallion-making race because it showcases the brilliance that is so desired in the American market. Solid sires have continued to emerge from the historic race in recent years – including Ghostzapper and Quality Road, who are positioned to showcase themselves on Belmont's major weekend of racing. Read More...