Ghostzapper's Big Oaks/Derby Weekend
Adena Springs sire had three winners as a sire, two grade 1 winners as a broodmare sire at Churchill Downs.
Keyword: ashford stud
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What's Going On Here: Giant Among US
Every once in awhile a great one comes along. And while the best of them are often measured by the grit and determination they show in defeat instead of in victory, so to, are they more appreciated once they leave this earth.
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Magician Relocated to Ireland
The 8-year-old son of Galileo is currently in quarantine in Kentucky but is scheduled to arrive in Ireland May 6 and will start covering immediately.
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Giant's Causeway Dead at 21
The European champion racehorse and champion sire died April 16 at Ashford Stud, where he was born. A three-time leading North American sire; his progeny have won 178 black-type stakes including 104 graded/group stakes to date.
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Dual Classic Winner, Leading Sire Thunder Gulch Dies
Dual classic winner and retired leading sire Thunder Gulch died March 19 at age 26, euthanized due to the infirmities of old age at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud.
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Verrazano Passing Down More Than Ready's Athleticism
Many progeny have their grandsire's athleticism and balance
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Stay Thirsty Sold to Lovacres Ranch
Multiple grade 1 winner and top-10 second-crop sire Stay Thirsty has been sold and is being relocated to Terry Lovingier's Lovacres Ranch near Warner Springs, Calif.
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Ashford Stud Sets Fees for Practical Joke, Cupid
Practical Joke, winner of the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes (G1) this year in addition to grade 1 wins in the Champagne Stakes and Hopeful Stakes as a 2-year-old, will stand for a fee of $30,000 in 2018, Coolmore America announced Nov. 7.
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'Pharoah' First Foals Showing Athleticism, Good Minds
Seventeen of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah's first weanlings are being offered at the Fasig-Tipton November and Keeneland November breeding stock sales.
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Keeneland November Sale Preview
Claire Novak previews the Keeneland November Sale featuring the first foals of American Pharoah available at public auction, including comments from Scott Calder of Ashford Stud. Other horses of note in the sale include Stellar Wind and Lady Eli.
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Cupid to Stand at Ashford Stud
Grade 1 winner Cupid, a son of Tapit who is scheduled to make his next start in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), will retire to Ashford Stud for the 2018 breeding season, the farm announced Oct. 26.
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The Empire That Almost Was
There is no doubt the greatness was there with Classic Empire. And there is no doubt it was confronted by enough obstacles to prevent it from fully surfacing. But it did on occasion manage to trickle out, to show the world what might have been.
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Champion Classic Empire Retired to Ashford Stud
Classic Empire, the 2016 champion juvenile male for owner John Oxley, has been retired from racing and will stand at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud.
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Practical Joke to Ashford Stud for 2018
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).
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Classic Empire to Coolmore on Retirement
In a deal brokered by Justin Casse prior to the Triple Crown, champion 2-year-old male Classic Empire will enter stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud when he's retired from racing.
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First Winner for Declaration of War
Irish-bred Declarationoflove won at Royal Windsor May 8 in his third start.
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Catching up with American Pharoah
America's Best Racing catches up with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Ashford Stud, to see how the retired superstar is enjoying his second career as a stallion.
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What's Going On Here: Visiting Ours
Horse Country Tours and a visit to A.P. Indy on the occasion of his 28th birthday.
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American Pharoah to Shuttle to Australia
The son of Pioneerof the Nile will stand the 2017 southern hemisphere season for AUS$66,000.
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Farms in Focus
One of the benefits of a thriving Thoroughbred horse racing industry is the infrastructure of scenic and productive farmland needed to raise and cultivate racehorses.
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2017 Kentucky Stud Fees
Gaineway's Tapit retains his title for 2017 as the highest-priced stallion in North America with a fee of $300,000. The following is cumulative list of the fees announced through Nov. 11 for stallions standing in Central Kentucky.
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Ashford Stud Releases 2017 Fees
American Pharoah's fee is private, while Uncle Mo's has doubled to $150,000. European champion Air Force Blue will stand for $25,000 in his first year, while reverse shuttler Vancouver will stand for $15,000.
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Beholder to be Bred to Uncle Mo
The racing days of Beholder have finally drawn to a close, as Spendthrift Farm officially announced the 6-year-old’s retirement Nov. 6, two days after her thrilling victory over Songbird in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (gr. I).
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Star Power - By Evan Hammonds
Racing's 'rock stars' are selling the sport one Tweet at a time
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Vancouver to Shuttle to Ashford Stud
Australian champion and young stallion Vancouver will reverse shuttle from Coolmore Australia to Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky. for the 2017 breeding season.
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Air Force Blue Retired to Ashford Stud
The son of War Front won three group I races at 2 and was crowned Europe's 2015 champion 2-year-old male. His 2017 fee to be announced.
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Shanghai Bobby's First Crop Rich in Athletes
Yearlings by the champion son of Harlan's Holiday have been largely well-received during Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
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Scat Daddy Stakes Winners Keep Rolling
The sire power lost when Scat Daddy collapsed and died suddenly Dec. 14, 2015, at age 11 was substantial, but he has six sons standing at stud.
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Stay Thirsty's First Winner Comes in England
Kentucky-bred filly wins in England
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What is Uncle Mo Worth?
Value starts at $120 million, but most say that's too low
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Derby Battle: Tapit vs. Uncle Mo
Both stallions will likely have three starters each in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), more than any other sires with Derby contenders this year.
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American Pharoah Thriving at Ashford Stud
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is adapting well to his new life as a stallion at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., Coolmore Stud reports on its website.
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Pharoah the Gift That Keeps Giving
So, American Pharoah continues to be the gift that keeps giving. He has turned Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky. into a palace ruled by a new king with riches beyond compare.
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First Mare In Foal to American Pharoah
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has his first mare reported to be in-foal and she's a star as well, Untouched Talent, dam of grade I winner Bodemeister.
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Ashford Stud Purchases Waterford Farm
Ashford Stud has purchased the 725-acre Waterford Farm near Midway, Ky. for $10,135,072 from the West family.
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Mare In Foal to Scat Daddy Brings $210,000
Maggie d'Oro, a 6-year-old mare in foal to the late stallion Scat Daddy, was purchased by Green Lantern Stables for $210,000 during the early portion of the Fasig-Tipton winter mixed sale's first session Feb. 8.
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First Reported Foal for Ashford's Verrazano
Multiple grade I winner Verrazano was represented by his first reported foal when Night Brigade produced a filly last weekend at Anchor and Hope Farm in Port Deposit, Md.
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Top Sire Scat Daddy Dies at Age 11
Scat Daddy, a multiple grade I winner and sire of 69 stakes winners, died Dec. 14 at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.
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Through the Lens: American Pharoah at Ashford
Photographer Anne M. Eberhardt was on hand for American Pharoah's arrival at Ashford Stud Nov. 2, 2015.
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American Pharoah Poses at Ashford
The Triple Crown winner stands in the Ashford stallion ring for the first time Nov. 2, 2015.
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American Phaorah Poses at Ashford
The Triple Crown winner stands in the Ashford stallion ring for the first time Nov. 2, 2015.
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American Pharoah Arrives at Ashford
Claire Novak gives an update on American Pharoah's arrival at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., on Nov. 2, 2015.
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American Pharoah Arrives at Ashford
Claire Novak gives an update on American Pharoah's arrival at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., on Nov. 2, 2015. The Triple Crown winner will be turned out beside Thunder Gulch as he transitions from racehorse to stallion.
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Baffert Marvels at 'Pharoah' After Classic
The morning after Triple Crown champion American Pharoah's triumph in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) Oct. 31, his Hall of Fame trainer was still marveling at the colt's accomplishment.
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American Pharoah Records Final Workout
There was only one worker out on the Santa Anita Park main track to kick off the 7:45 a.m. session Oct. 26, but there was still a crowd of horsemen out in the grandstand to watch the horse, as if he were their own.
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2015 RMB: Figures on Par With 2014
The Jockey Club's Report of Mares Bred for 2015 shows a less than 1% rise in the number of mares covered this year over 2014, but the number of active stallions decreased 6.3%.
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Competitive Edge to Ashford Stud for 2016
Grade I winner Competitive Edge has been retired and will launch his stallion career in 2016 at Coolmore's Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.
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F-T Sale: Scat Daddy Colt Brings $385,000
Florida horseman James J. Crupi, already quite active during the first half of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July sale, goes to $385,000 for son of Scat Daddy.
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Colt First Winner for U.S. Champ Cape Blanco
Cape Blanco, champion turf male of 2011 and a former central Kentucky stallion, was represented by his first winner July 7 when son Indrapura won the third race at Brighton racecourse in England.
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What's Next for American Pharoah?
Not only will Triple Crown winner American Pharoah grace the cover of the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, but he is also set to appear in the next issue of Vogue, according to owner Ahmed Zayat.
