Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Cathryn Sophia and Her Emmynency, winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T) at Keeneland, have been consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock to Keeneland's 2017 November breeding stock sale, which begins Nov. 7.
Chenery understood her place in racing history as the breeder and owner of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat. She was understandably proud of that.
Claiborne Farm's freshman sire Data Link got his first black-type stakes winner Sept. 17 when his daughter Stardoza won the Mrs. Henry D. Paxson Memorial Stakes at Presque Isle Downs.
Duke of Mischief's son Mr. G T brought his sire his first victory with a score at Gulfstream Park, while Despite the Odds earned his first win as a stallion when Fenton's Four won at even money at Laurel Park.
Wise Gal, bred and owned by Eric Wirth and trained by Dove Houghton, drove away from her opponents impressively to win the $100,000 Selima Stakes Sept. 16 at Laurel Park. She is the first black-type winner for her sire, Einstein.
Justice Farms' grade 3 placed stallion Harry's Holiday will move to Dr. Amy Youngblood's Southern Indiana Equine for the 2018 season to participate in the Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development Program.
After a trio of yearling sales at which some of the first-crop stallions were represented by a limited number of offspring comes the deluge at Keeneland September sale and the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase sale.
Airdrie Stud owner Brereton Jones turned his Kentucky Oaks winner Believe You can into another $1 million when he sold a Tapit filly out of the mare, but he got as emotional about a buy-back from his mare named Fought the Fight
Shadwell may have been the leading Book 1 buyer Sept. 11 at the Keeneland September yearling sale, with eight horses acquired for $6,825,000, but Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's international operation remained active throughout Book 2 as well.
With the benefit of past breeding successes that produced the likes of graded stakes winners Mastery and Ascend, Stone Farm's Book 2 consignment at Keeneland, which featured half-siblings to those two, sold very well
Three Chimneys Farm's champion Will Take Charge led the ranks of first-crop yearling sires during the Keeneland September yearling sale's third session Sept. 13, bolstered by a $975,000 colt that was the fourth-highest price of the day.
A Scat Daddy colt, one of the final yearlings through the ring Sept. 12, topped the second session of the Keeneland September yearling sale when Kerri Radcliffe went to $950,000 to land the chestnut who was consigned by Gainesway, agent.
Kerri Radcliffe and Three Chimneys Farm partnered on the purchase of an $850,000 Violence colt Sept. 12 at the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Freshman sire Cairo Prince came up big in the opening Book 2 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Sept. 12 when he had a colt sell for $900,000 to Shadwell.
Bridlewood Farm went to $750,000 at the Sept. 12 opening Book 2 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale to land a Street Sense filly and that price would be matched later in the session for a War Front filly.
Despite its revamped, super-select Book 1 format, the leading sires following the Keeneland September yearling sale's opening session Sept. 11 looked awfully familiar.
Two French-bred runners have become the first black-type flag-bearers for European freshman sires Camelot and Intello.
Scat Daddy did all his best running on dirt, but his ability to get more black-type turf winners than dirt stakes winners was recognized in spades at Fasig-Tipton's inaugural Turf Showcase selected yearling sale Sept. 10.
Gary and Mary West's graded stakes winner American Freedom has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Airdrie Stud for 2018 for an advertised fee of $10,000.
Horsemen in the Ocala area are taking precautions as the hurricane is expected to impact most of the state.
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Tepin, who is carrying her first foal by successful sire Curlin, will be offered for sale by her owner Robert Masterson and consignor Elite Sales at the Fasig-Tipton November sale Nov. 6.
Shadwell Stable's multiple graded stakes winner Mohaymen has been retired and will enter stud at Shadwell's Nashwan Stud near Lexington, Ky., in 2018 for an advertised fee of $7,500.
While the bulk of Into Mischief's season for 2018 sold for $85,000, a small block of seasons recently sold out at $100,000.
The multiple grade 1-winning son of Pulpit has made great progress in a battle with laminitis and is expected to be ready for the next breeding season.
Mill Ridge Farm's miracle stallion Keep Up was rewarded with his first winner Sept. 2 when Terrible Story rallied in deep stretch to win a maiden race at Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico.
Multiple grade 1-winning son of Into Mischief will enter stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., the global operation announced Sept. 5. Practical Joke will likely make his next start in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
Like What I See wired the field in the Colin Stakes at Woodbine Sept. 2 to give Bold Warrior his first black-type stakes winner.
Tobey Morton's Pacific Gale became the first black-type stakes winner for freshman sire Flat Out when she rallied three-wide into the lane and drew off for a 3 1/4 length victory in the $60,000 Sorority Stakes Sept. 2 at Monmouth Park.
Grade 1 winner Sidney's Candy has been purchased by Tarik Tekce's Turkish Bloodstock and will be shipped to Turkey in mid-October, where he will stand at Karacabey Stud in 2018 for $8,000.
Beginning with the 2017 fall meet at Laurel Park, a 50% breeder bonus (the regular 30% plus an additional 20%) will be paid to breeders of registered Maryland-breds by Maryland stallions who win a maiden race in Maryland.
First Samurai, as is the case for most of the other sons of Giant's Causeway, is a bit different from his sire phenotypically in that he is imbued with a good deal more power in his make-up.
With a 4 3/4-length victory over Saratoga Race Course's inner turf in the $100,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes for 2-year-old-fillies Aug. 31, Orbolution became freshman sire Orb's first black-type stakes winner.
Planting milestones on both coasts, North American freshman sires Smiling Tiger and Cold Harbor each earned their first black-type winners Aug. 30 at Del Mar and Woodbine Racecourse, respectively.
The multiple graded stakes winner Unified, a precocious grade 1-placed son of Candy Ride trained by Jimmy Jerkens, will stand for $10,000 in 2018 at Lanes End.
WinStar Farm has acquired the breeding rights to Always Dreaming. The 2017 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! winner shipped to WinStar earlier this week for a planned freshening and exam at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital.
Little Bridge became Rattlesnake Bridge's first winner Aug. 25 at Gulfstream Park in her first start, taking a $50,000, five-furlong maiden special weight by a neck in 1:00.28.
Editorial, a 3-year-old half brother to top sire Uncle Mo, has been acquired by Climax Stallions and will join the stallion roster for the 2018 breeding season. Stud location and fee for Editorial are to be determined.
Dalham Hall Stud's freshman sire Farhh checked off two milestones at once getting his first stakes winner and first group winner in the same outing when Wells Farhh Go took the Aug. 23 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (G3) at York in England.
The two experienced horsemen have joined together under the banner of Empire Thoroughbreds to offer their bloodstock services for those looking to purchase Thoroughbreds privately or at public auction.
The excitement of a glorious June 2015 Saturday in New York is still rippling through the racing world with the arrival of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in Australia.
Lane's End Sales will consign Eclipse champion and six-time grade 1 winner Stellar Wind to the 2017 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Delay in Southern Hemisphere results reveals 100th winner actually occurred Aug. 9
Stakes winner Hunt Crossing will be relocated from West Virginia to the Indiana Stallion Station near Anderson, Ind., for the 2018 breeding season.
The hypothesis here is that there has never been a horse bred in North America that has achieved greater influence as a broodmare sire of line-founding stallions than the son of Bold Ruler (Nasrullah—Miss Disco, by Discovery).
Dual classic winner Smarty Jones will return to Uruguay in September for the 2017 Southern Hemisphere breeding season as part of a multi-year agreement with Calumet Farm near Lexington, where he's stood since 2016.
Finest City, reigning champion female sprinter, will be offered at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale Nov. 6 in Lexington. She will be consigned by trainer Ian Kruljac on behalf of owner Seltzer Thoroughbreds.
Wildwood Farm's freshman sire Ghaaleb got his first winner from his first starter Aug. 15 when appropriately named Ghaaleb's Winner took a five-furlong maiden special weight at Fairmount Park by 3 1/4 lengths.
Alternation, who earned more than $1 million racing for Donnie Von Hemel and Pin Oak Stable, was flattered with his first winner when the first-time starter My Heart Awakens took a maiden special weight at Emerald Downs Aug. 13.
The 65th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 13 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., closed out with an update and a rally cry for legislation that would overhaul oversight of horse racing’s drug testing and medication rules.
The Jockey Club is projecting a 2018 North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 21,500.
