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Fort Wise Treaty is First Winner for Fort Larned

• By Claire Novak
• July 4, 2017
• Thoroughbred Racing, Thoroughbred Breeding, Kentucky

Mark Breen's Fort Wise Treaty became the first winner for freshman sire Fort Larned July 4 with a neck victory in a mile turf race at Ellis Park.

Astrology Filly Closes Out Strong OBS Sale

• By Ron Mitchell
• June 14, 2017
• Thoroughbred Sales, Southeast Region

After a session topped by an Astrology filly bought by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm for $300,000, the Ocala Breeders' Sales' 2-year-olds in training sale ended June 14 with double-digit increases in average and median prices.

Flat Drunk is First Starter, Winner for Flat Out

• By Alicia Wincze Hughes
• April 13, 2017
• Thoroughbred Racing, Thoroughbred Breeding, Kentucky, Bloodstock & Markets

Spendthrift Farm stallion Flat Out is batting 1.000 in his young career in the breeding shed after his daughter, the aptly named Flat Drunk, became his first starter and first winner when she captured the first race on the card at Keeneland April 13.

Flat Out Colt Most Profitable Fasig-Tipton Pinhook

• By Ron Mitchell
• March 5, 2017
• Thoroughbred Sales, Southeast Region

When trainer Mark Casse signed the sale ticket for a Flat Out colt on behalf of John Oxley at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2-year-olds in training sale, the purchase price of $400,000 represented a profit of $310,000 for Q Bar J Thoroughbreds.

TOBA March Member of the Month

• By Carly Silver
• March 3, 2017
• Triple Crown, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

Until now, the Whithams' best runners have primarily been older horses, but 2016 marked a change. In addition to McCraken, they own Linda, a four-year-old filly who captured the Mrs. Revere (Gr. II) at Churchill Downs last year.

Hernandez Has Momentum, Confidence on His Side

• By Alicia Wincze Hughes
• February 10, 2017
• Thoroughbred Racing, Triple Crown, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, Kentucky

As the regular rider for McCraken, the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. could find his current groundswell of momentum dwarfed by what could come his way should his mount prevail.

Adena Springs Relocates Three Stallions

• By BloodHorse Staff
• November 8, 2016
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Southeast Region, Kentucky

Multiple grade I winner Fort Larned will relocate from Florida back to Adena Springs Kentucky near Paris, Ky., along with King's Bishop (gr. I) winner Capo Bastone and City Wolf, the graded stakes-winning half brother to Ghostzapper and City Zip.

Spendthrift Farm Sets 2017 Fees

• By Eric Mitchell
• November 1, 2016
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Kentucky

Into Mischief's fee rises, while Malibu Moon's drops

Flat Out Colt Tops Indiana Mixed Sale

• By Ron Mitchell
• October 31, 2016
• Thoroughbred Sales, Midwest Region

A colt from the first crop of grade I winner Flat Out was sold for $20,000 to top the Oct. 30 mixed sale conducted at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis by the Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Hunters Bay to Adena Springs North

• By BloodHorse Staff
• October 5, 2016
• Thoroughbred Breeding, International

Former Florida sire Hunters Bay will be introduced to Ontario breeders during an Adena Springs North open house being held Oct. 8 from noon to 3 p.m. EDT.

Here Come the Freshmen - Part 2

• By Robert D. Fierro
• August 5, 2016
• Thoroughbred Breeding

In our first installment we focused on the new stallions with a half-dozen or more yearlings in the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sale. Here we will look at 11 other stallions—those that had 50 or more foals in their first crop.

Belmont Adds Three Marathon Stakes for 2016

• By BloodHorse Staff
• February 3, 2016
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

A trio of new marathons, two of them for fillies and mares, will offer horsemen and fans at Belmont Park an exclusive opportunity to experience some of the longest stakes races available in American racing.

Claiborne Stallion Arch Dies at Age 21

• By Ron Mitchell
• January 21, 2016
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Kentucky

Arch, the sire of 11 grade I winners, died Jan. 20 of an apparent heart attack, according to Bernie Sams, representative of Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., where the 21-year-old son of Kris S. stood at stud.

Lea Tunes Up for Whitney in Workout

• By BloodHorse Staff
• August 3, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region

Grade I winner Lea worked four furlongs in :49 3/5 on the main track at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 2 in preparation for the Aug. 8, $1.25 million Whitney Stakes (gr. I) that will be televised on NBC.

Upgrades, New Fees for Seating at Saratoga

• By Teresa Genaro
• June 22, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region, Mid-Atlantic Region

Customers at Saratoga Race Course this summer will find the signature of its current leadership boldly on the historic track's 147th race meet, which begins July 24.

Slideshow: Training Offspring of Ghostzapper

• April 7, 2015
• Triple Crown

Judy the Beauty, Contested, Hunters Bay, Za Approval, Moreno, Better Lucky & More! view slideshow

Training Offspring of Ghostzapper

• April 7, 2015

Judy the Beauty, Contested, Hunters Bay, Za Approval, Moreno, Better Lucky & More

Ron the Greek to Miss Dubai World Cup

• By BloodHorse Staff
• March 22, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, International

Ron the Greek, a multiple grade I winner in the U.S. who now races in Saudi Arabia, will miss the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) March 28 because of an unspecified injury.

Ron the Greek Romps to Win in Saudi Arabia

• By Myra Lewyn
• February 14, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, International

Iron horse Ron the Greek, a former multiple grade I winner in the U.S., notched a fourth consecutive win Feb. 14 in Saudi Arabia as he romped to a seven-length triumph in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup.

Trickmeister to Tomorrow Bloodstock in NY

• By Myra Lewyn
• January 27, 2015
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Northeast Region

Trickmeister, a grade II-placed multiple stakes winner, has been retired and will take up stud duties in 2015 at Tomorrow Bloodstock near Thompson Ridge, N.Y.

First Foal Reported for Fort Larned

• By BloodHorse Staff
• January 27, 2015
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Southeast Region, Kentucky

Fort Larned, a three-time grade I winner, including the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic, was represented by his first foal Jan. 26. Fort Larned will stand in 2015 at Adena Springs South near Williston, Fla.

Todd Pletcher Is Funny...No, Really

• By Karen Johnson
• January 15, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown, Kentucky Oaks, Northeast Region, Midwest Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region, West Region, Kentucky

Rivals and racing fans may view top trainer Todd Pletcher as reserved and unemotional, but there is more to the dedicated horseman than meets the eye. Read Feature

Todd Pletcher IS Funny… No, Really

• January 14, 2015

Rivals and racing fans may view top trainer Todd Pletcher as reserved and unemotional, but there is more to the dedicated horseman than meets the eye. A competitive nature, sly wit, and drive to succeed have carried him to the top of the game.

Flat Out Sires First Reported Foal

• By BloodHorse Staff
• January 7, 2015
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Spendthrift Farm's Flat Out, the three-time grade I stakes winner of $3,645,383, sired his first reported foal Jan. 2 when a dark bay or brown filly was born at Six Gables Farm in Tottenham, Ontario, Canada.

Fort Larned Moving to Adena Springs South

• By BloodHorse Staff
• December 5, 2014
• Thoroughbred Breeding, Southeast Region, Kentucky

Fort Larned, winner of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), will shift from Central Kentucky to stand in 2015 at Frank Stronach's newly reopened Adena Springs South near Williston, Fla.