Coolmore and Godolphin are again to the fore at Newmarket May 6, with six of the 15 declared fillies for the 205th running of the one-mile QIPCO One Thousand Guineas (G1) emanating from one of the two barns.
Aidan O'Brien will be triple-handed in his bid to add another QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (G1) to his resume at Newmarket May 5th, with a field of 14 colts heading to post for the 210th running of the mile classic.
Three of the leading international owners will pursue Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) glory May 5 at Churchill Downs.
A familiar face greeted Mendelssohn when the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) entrant took his first steps on the Churchill Downs racetrack May 3.
With his sons Justify, Mendelssohn, Flameaway, and Combatant all slated to start in the first leg of the Triple Crown, the impact of the late Scat Daddy lords over the Kentucky Derby this season.
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.
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.
Swettenham Stud has announced the son of Galileo (IRE) will stand in Victoria this spring.
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.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner Mendelssohn tops a trio entered by trainer Aidan O'Brien for the Patton Stakes March 9 at Dundalk in Ireland, the penultimate race in the European Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Mendelssohn, Seahenge, and Threeandfourpence possible for either the Kentucky Derby Conditions Race March 1 at Kempton Park or the Patton Stakes March 2 at Dundalk.
St Patrick's Day, the 3-year-old full brother to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, is in Ireland for rehabilitation from a tendon injury, a representative from Coolmore confirmed Feb. 1.
For the California-based trio of Hronis, his brother Pete, and their trainer John Sadler, the Pegasus will be filled with a gamut of emotions.
Coolmore's Stellar Wind got an early four-furlong leg-stretcher Jan. 20 in preparation for her run against males in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1).
Stellar Wind continued to impress trainer Chad Brown the morning of Jan. 14 with her preparation for the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1), breezing five furlongs in 1:00 4/5 at Palm Meadows Training Center.
In response to the terrible events in Southern California and in particular at San Luis Rey Downs, Coolmore Stud and owner Mike Repole will donate a 2018 season to sire Uncle Mo, who stands for fee of $125,000.
The Pegasus' date on the calendar has a certain appeal. The late January date gives runners plenty of time to recuperate from their efforts in the Breeders' Cup, but allows them time not to miss the year's breeding cycle.
Stellar Wind was back on the work tab Dec. 3, breezing a half-mile in :50 flat at Palm Meadows Training Center for a possible start in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 27.
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.
Two days after his last-place run in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), Coolmore's Cupid has been retired from racing, trainer Bob Baffert said Nov. 5 at Del Mar.
With his Midas touch helping the stable to a record-breaking season, trainer Aidan O'Brien will veer from initial expectations with juvenile colts Mendelssohn and U S Navy Flag in this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 3-4 at Del Mar.
While the race usually is a difficult puzzle considering the light form on 2-year-old fillies and a huge influx of European runners, this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) Nov. 3 at Del Mar features a ready-made star in Happily.
Bridlewood, Coolmore contingent pair up on Moonshine Memories, already a two-time grade 1 winner and favorite for the Nov. 4 14 Hands Winery Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
Few, if any, owners and trainers have been more on a mission to win a single race than Coolmore and Aidan O’Brien when it comes to the Breeders’ Cup Classic, which has eluded them for 17 years.
The Irish connections of Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore won both group 1 events on the card but came up a neck short in the lone Breeders' Cup Challenge heat, the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) for colts and geldings.
Order of St George galloped home an easy winner in the Comer Group International Irish St. Leger (G1) at the Curragh Sept. 10 to regain the title he lost when he finished second in the race last year.
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).
Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier, and Derrick Smith's Cupid may not have performed as well as expected at 2-5 odds in the $75,000 Harry F. Brubaker Stakes Aug. 23 at Del Mar, but the stakes try Wednesday was not the goal.
York's premier meeting gets off to a slam-bang start Aug. 23 with an opening day that features a rematch between star 3-year-olds Barney Roy (GB) and Churchill (IRE) in the Juddmonte International Stakes (G1).
St Patrick's Day, a 2-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt out of the Yankee Gentleman mare Littleprincessemma, has already gone by a number of names early in his life.
Mendelssohn, the $3 million yearling purchase that topped last year's Keeneland September sale, broke his maiden Aug. 13 at the Curragh for Coolmore connections.
Top international sire Galileo reached a new milestone Aug. 5, when To Eternity won the British Stallion Studs EBF Chalice Stakes at Newmarket to bring the stallion's black-type stakes winner tally to 250.
Caravaggio, the beaten favorite in the July 15 Darley July Cup Stakes (G1) at Newmarket, seeks redemption in the LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) Aug. 6 at Deauville.
Winter racked up her fourth straight group 1 win Aug. 3 at Goodwood, rallying professionally through the final furlong to win the Qatar Nassau Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths from Blond Me.
Multiple group 1 heroine Winter (IRE) puts her three-race winning streak on the line Aug. 3 at Goodwood, taking on older rivals and 10 furlongs for the first time in the Qatar Nassau Stakes (G1).
Roly Poly, on the lead but under pressure most of the way, prevailed at the end of the July 30 Prix Rothschild (G1) at Deauville, edging Via Ravenna (IRE) by a short neck.
Clemmie, a full sister to dual Guineas winner Churchill, was an easy winner in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes (G2), positioning her as a leading early candidate for next season's 1,000 Guineas.
Roly Poly went right to the lead in the July 14 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (G1) at Newmarket and powered home first by 1 1/4 lengths over Wuheida.
Winner of the Camelot Irish E.B.F. Mooresbridge Stakes (G2) at Naas May 1, Minding suffered an injury that forced her to miss a great part of the racing year as she prepared for a May 26 tilt in the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1).
The July 8 Coral-Eclipse (G1) at Sandown pits a clutch of the season's top 3-year-olds against some accomplished elders, including Decorated Knight, who was last seen finishing second behind Highland Reel at Royal Ascot.
Idaho emerged from the shadow of his older brother Highland Reel (IRE) to win the Hardwicke Stakes (G2) on the final day of Royal Ascot June 24, providing Coolmore a powerful 1-2 punch for the remainder of the season worldwide.
The Coolmore team from Ireland ruled the fourth day of Royal Ascot, where it won both group 1 events and gave a boost to Caravaggio, one of the most promising sons of the late sire Scat Daddy.
The Royal Ascot heavyweights are poised to square off in the first of two group 1 events on the second-last day of Royal Ascot.
Winter, with Moore in the saddle, delivered an even more impressive performance on the yielding Curragh turf in the Irish One Thousand Guineas May 28.
Led by a record-priced $2.45 million Tiznow colt who was one of three seven-figure transactions, the third session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale posted dramatic increases April 27.
A Tiznow colt out of the Distorted Humor mare Moonbow lit up the board during the third session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale when he sold to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier for $2.45 million April 27.
The offspring of Galileo belonging to the Coolmore/Ballydoyle connections finished on top April 8 Ballylinch Stud One Thousand Guineas and the Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas Trial at Leopardstown.
The trend of high-powered owners partnering up continued April 5 in Australia, where a group formed at the last minute went to AU$2.4 million to buy a Medaglia d’Oro colt at the William Inglis & Son Easter sale.
Remsen Stakes (G2) winner Mo Town breezed the morning of March 8 at Payson Park in preparation for a possible start in the $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.
The son of Pioneerof the Nile will stand the 2017 southern hemisphere season for AUS$66,000.
