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Goldikova's First Foal Is a Colt

Goldikova's First Foal Is a Colt

Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's homebred champion Goldikova, the sole three-time Breeders' Cup winner, produced her first foal, a colt by leading sire Galileo.

 Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Heading in the Right 'Direction'

Heading in the Right 'Direction'

by Ann Peters
The gritty grey filly Mizdirection won last November's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), and she put in another remarkably game performance to win 'in her comeback Jan. 6 in the Monrovia H. (gr. IIT).

 Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Grade II Winner Soldat Retired

Grade II Winner Soldat Retired

Soldat, a dual graded stakes winner by War Front, finished in the top two in eight of 12 starts and earned $622,760.

 Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Tapit Hits Graded Stakes Trifecta

Tapit Hits Graded Stakes Trifecta

Gainesway Farm's Tapit has three graded stakes winners in the span of about two hours Feb. 2. His winners, all 3-year-olds, came at Tampa Bay Downs, Santa Anita, and Gulfstream.

 Sunday, February 03, 2013

Graded Winner American Lion Sires First Foal

American Lion, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tiznow, sired his first reported foal when a bay filly was born Jan. 31 at Red Riding Hood Stables near Holly, Mich.

 Sunday, February 03, 2013

Champion Orientate Relocated to Northview

Champion Orientate, who has sired 35 stakes winners from seven crops, has been relocated to Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for the 2013 breeding season.

 Saturday, February 02, 2013
Marquetry Dies After Accident at Old Friends

Marquetry Dies After Accident at Old Friends

Three-time grade I winner Marquetry, whose 1991 upset of Farma Way at 27-1 odds ranks as the largest in Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I) history, died Feb. 1 at Old Friends in Georgetown, KY.

 Friday, February 01, 2013
Atta Boy Roy Finishes Second in Final Start

Atta Boy Roy Finishes Second in Final Start

Grade II winner Atta Boy Roy, one of the fastest Thoroughbreds in Washington state history, capped a brilliant career with a runner-up finish Feb. 1 in the Swift Stakes at Turf Paradise in Phoenix.

 Friday, February 01, 2013

GI Winner Here Comes Ben's First Foal a Filly

Grade I winner Here Comes Ben and the Forestry mare Double Dinghy Day produced the first foal by the son of Street Cry, Joe and Anne McMahon announced Feb. 1.

 Friday, February 01, 2013

First Foal Reported for Causeway's Kin

Stakes winner Causeway's Kin was represented by his first reported foal when a filly was born Jan. 30 at Stonewall Farm Ocala in Ocala, Fla.

 Friday, February 01, 2013
Oxbow's Decisive First Steps

Oxbow's Decisive First Steps

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Oxbow took decisive first steps on the road to the Kentucky Derby with an 11 1/2-length victory in the Lecomte Stakes.

 Friday, February 01, 2013

KTA/KTOB Makes Changes to Champion Voting

The new rules expand Kentucky-bred champions and KTOB Broodmare of the Year voting opportunities to additional eligible KTA/KTOB members.

 Thursday, January 31, 2013

Galileo's Son Midas Touch to War Horse Place

Midas Touch, a son of prominent international sire Galileo, will enter stud at Gerry and Dana Aschinger's War Horse Place near Lexington.

 Thursday, January 31, 2013
Major California Runner Variety Road Dies

Major California Runner Variety Road Dies

Variety Road, a California grade I winner who battled such stars as Broad Brush, Snow Chief, and Ferdinand, was euthanized Jan. 14 at age 30 because of the infirmities of old age.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013

WinStar Fantasy Derby Returns for 2013

WinStar Farm has announced the return of its very popular Fantasy Derby contest. Fantasy Derby 2013 is free for racing fans, easy to play, and offers the very best in possible prizes.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Crossbow to Stand at Valor Farm in Texas

Crossbow to Stand at Valor Farm in Texas

Crossbow, a graded stakes-placed son of Bernardini, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Clarence Scharbauer Jr.'s Valor Farm near Pilot Point, Texas.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
California HOF to Induct Denman, Windy Sands

California HOF to Induct Denman, Windy Sands

Legendary race caller Trevor Denman and champion stallion Windy Sands will be inducted in the California Hall of Fame at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, to be held Feb. 11.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Rockamundo, Upset Arkansas Derby, Dies

Rockamundo, Upset Arkansas Derby, Dies

Rockamundo, who won the 1993 Arkansas Derby (gr. II) at 108-1 for owners Gary and Mary West, died Jan. 18 at age 23 because of complications from colic.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Champions Top Experimental Free Handicap

Champions Top Experimental Free Handicap

Shanghai Bobby and Beholder, the 2012 champion 2-year-old male and female, respectively, are the highweights on The Jockey Club's 2012 Experimental Free Handicap released Jan. 30.

 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Midday Delivers Colt, Booked to Frankel

Midday Delivers Colt, Booked to Frankel

Juddmonte on Jan. 29 announced the arrival of the first foal out of 2009 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) winner Midday. The six-time group I-winning mare will form part of Frankel's first book in 2013.

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Speightstown Fulfills His Promise

Speightstown Fulfills His Promise

by John P. Sparkman
It took five years for that hope to be fulfilled.

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013
WinStar Expands 'Breed to Win' Program

WinStar Expands 'Breed to Win' Program

Recently-acquired stallions Pure Prize, Kodiak Kowboy, and Street Hero have been added to WinStar Farm's "Breed to Win" promotion.

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013

First Friesan Fire Foal Born in West Virginia

The first reported foal for 2009 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) winner Friesan Fire is a filly born January 22 at Maple Valley Farm in West Virginia for breeder Ken Lowe Jr.

 Monday, January 28, 2013
Jackson Bend Won't Stand in 2013

Jackson Bend Won't Stand in 2013

Jackson Bend, a multiple grade I winner who was retired from racing in October, will not stand his first season at stud in 2013 after it was determined that he would require more time to recover from a training accident.

 Monday, January 28, 2013

War Emblem Represented by Champion in Japan

War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner who has had a limited number of foals due to his selectivity in the breeding shed, has been represented by a champion in Japan.

 Monday, January 28, 2013
First Foal by Custom for Carlos Born

First Foal by Custom for Carlos Born

The first reported foal by multiple graded stakes winner Custom for Carlos is a colt.

 Monday, January 28, 2013

Fastnet Rock Colt Sets Off Karaka Fireworks

Total revenues and average price shows gains at the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock's premier yearling sale at Karaka Jan. 28, which was led by a Fastnet Rock colt bought for $1,975,500 ($1,637,550 U.S.).

 Monday, January 28, 2013
Grade II Winner Arena Elvira Retired

Grade II Winner Arena Elvira Retired

Arena Elvira, a grade II winner by Ghostzapper, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare for owner Carolyn Wilson.

 Monday, January 28, 2013

GI Winner General Quarters Sires First Foal

Two-time grade I winner General Quarters had his first reported foal, a filly out of Hannah's Ink, by Pentilicus born at Jim Loebig's Red Sunset Farm near Ocala, Fla., in early January.

 Friday, January 25, 2013

Questroyal North Open House in February

The event will introduce first-year stallion Boys At Tosconova, a grade I-winning juvenile, along with New York newcomers Courageous Cat and El Corredor.

 Friday, January 25, 2013
Calibrachoa, Redding Colliery to Red River

Calibrachoa, Redding Colliery to Red River

Multiple graded stakes winners Calibrachoa and Redding Colliery have been purchased by Jay and Terry Adcock's Red River Farms and will stand near Coushatta, La., in 2013.

 Friday, January 25, 2013
Elnaawi - A New Face for a New Year

Elnaawi - A New Face for a New Year

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Pedigrees don't win races, but on paper, none of the new faces to emerge so far in 2013 looks better than Elnaawi.

 Friday, January 25, 2013

Dublin's First Foal Arrives in New York

Dublin, winner of the 2009 Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) as a 2-year-old at Saratoga Race Course, sired his first reported foal, a filly born Jan. 18 at Newtown Anner Stud Farm in Millbrook, N.Y.

 Thursday, January 24, 2013

Stallions to be on Display at Northview PA

A "Parade of Stallions" that will include classic winner Smarty Jones will highlight the Jan. 27 open house at Northview PA Stallion Station in Peach Bottom, Pa.

 Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Name Game: Deadline Set to Name for Free

The Name Game: Deadline Set to Name for Free

The Jockey Club has issued a reminder to owners and breeders that a valid attempt to name foals of 2011 must be made by Feb. 1 to avoid a $100 late fee.

 Thursday, January 24, 2013

Action This Day Going to Peru

The 2-year-old male champion of 2003 will stand the 2013 North Hemisphere season at Indiana Stallion Station before heading to Peru.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Grade II Winner Informed Sires First Foal

The first reported foal by multiple grade II winner Informed is a filly born Jan. 18 at Pat Thompson's Ridgeley Farm.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2013
BC Winner Court Vision Sires First Foal

BC Winner Court Vision Sires First Foal

Five-time grade I winner Court Vision had his first reported foal arrive when a filly was born Jan. 20 at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Canada.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2013
IEAH Sells Its Shares in Big Brown

IEAH Sells Its Shares in Big Brown

International Equine Acquisitions Holdings has sold all 11 of its shares in champion and dual classic winner Big Brown to a group that includes Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm.

 Wednesday, January 23, 2013

NTRA Advantage Adds SimplexGrinnell

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Jan. 22 that SimplexGrinnell has become a safety partner with NTRA Advantage, the NTRA's group purchasing program.

 Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Multiple Graded Winner Dominus to Spendthrift

Multiple Graded Winner Dominus to Spendthrift

Multiple grade II winner Dominus has been retired from racing and will enter stud this year at B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm.

 Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Mad Flatter to Diamond B Farm

Dual graded stakes winner Mad Flatter will stand at Glen and Becky Brok's Diamond B Farm near Mohrsville, Pa.

 Monday, January 21, 2013
PHBA to Hold Stallion Season Auction

PHBA to Hold Stallion Season Auction

The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association Political Action Committee will hold its third annual online stallion season auction Jan. 24, 25, and 26 to benefit the PAC and the racehorse retirement program Turning For Home.

 Monday, January 21, 2013

First Foal by Slew's Tiznow Is a Colt

The first reported foal sired by multiple stakes winner Slew's Tiznow was born Jan. 18 at Tom and Nancy Clark's Rancho San Miguel near San Miguel, Calif.

 Monday, January 21, 2013

Poplar Creek in Ohio to Hold Open House

Poplar Creek Horse Center in Ohio has scheduled its stallion open house Jan. 26.

 Monday, January 21, 2013

Quarter Given to Indiana Stallion Station

Quarter Given, a winning half brother to 2003 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) and 2004 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) winner Pleasantly Perfect, will enter stud in 2013 at Indiana Stallion Station in Anderson, Ind.

 Sunday, January 20, 2013

Don't Cross Me to At Liberty Farms

New York winner Don't Cross Me has been retired from racing to stand the 2013 season at At Liberty Farms near Fort Salonga, N.Y.

 Sunday, January 20, 2013

Outstanding Breeder: Darley

Sheikh Mohammed's Eclipse Award as outstanding breeder was due to an overabundance of quality rather than quantity.

 Saturday, January 19, 2013

Blind Luck Delivers First Foal by Bernardini

At one minute past the stroke of midnight on Jan. 19, 2010 3-year-old champion filly Blind Luck delivered her first foal, a filly by Bernardini, at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Lexington, Ky.

 Saturday, January 19, 2013

K One King to Margaux Farm

The grade I-winning son of Apalachee moves from Louisiana to Kentucky for 2013 breeding season.

 Saturday, January 19, 2013
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