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Heart Stealer became Speightstown’s 11th graded stakes winner of 2013 on Saturday, with a come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl S. (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream Park. The Peachtree Stable colorbearer is Speightstown’s 24th stakes winner of the year, ranking him co-first among all North American stallions. After a remarkable 2012 that saw […]

Yessum Boss made Kodiak Kowboy the co-leading freshman sire of 2-year-old winners on Friday night, when he easily won a Retama Park maiden special weight. The .90-to-1 choice in the one-mile turf event proved a deserving favorite, as he won by 5 3/4 lengths to become the 14th first-crop victor by champion Kodiak Kowboy. Yessum […]

Cool Cowboy sped away from the field at the three-eighths pole on his way to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Inaugural S. Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs (VIDEO). The 2-year-old colt is the first stakes winner for his sire Kodiak Kowboy, whose 14 winners this year ties him for the top spot on […]

Speightown’s Seek Again, making both his graded stakes and U.S. debut, found his best stride in deep stretch en route to a length and a half victory in Sunday’s $251,000 Hollywood Derby (G1). The Juddmonte Farms homebred was coming off a win in the Coral Mobile S. Oct. 12 at York, in Great Britain. Breaking well […]

Captainofindustry’s valiant nose victory in a one-mile maiden race Saturday at Laurel Park gave first-year sire Pioneerof the Nile his 13th winner on the year, second-most on the 2013 Freshman Sire list. Pioneerof the Nile’s Saturday results also saw Cairo Prince, who took the Nashua S. (G2) on Nov. 3, battle to a head-bob defeat […]

Dear Breeder, As I reflect on 2013, I see a year filled with positive trends in so many areas of the Thoroughbred industry. WinStar was fortunate to share in a banner year, and I’m proud of how well our expanded stallion roster was received. We remain humbled and thankful by your continued support, and we […]

With a 2013 covering sire average of $255,625, WinStar Farm’s first-year sire Bodemeister topped all North American freshman sires ranked by average. Bodemeister also had the only seven-figure mare in foal to a first-year sire when Careless Jewel brought a winning bid of $1,850,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale. Bodemeister had a total of 16 […]

Elusive Blueboy dominated the $50,000 Excellent Luck S. Saturday at Calder to become the ninth stakes winner of the year for Bluegrass Cat (VIDEO). The WinStar stallion tops the New York sires list in several categories, including winners, stakes winners, and progeny earnings of nearly $5.1 million. Two-year-old Elusive Blueboy, bred and owned by David […]

Jerry Bozzo’s homebred 2-year-old filly Flutterby cruised to victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Cut the Charm S. at Calder to give her sire Congrats his third juvenile stakes winner of the year, which is among the top 10 for all 2-year-old sires. Racing in blinkers for the first time in four starts, Flutterby stalked the early […]

Prominent freshman sire Kodiak Kowboy continued his impressive first-year run on Wednesday with another pair of winners, including his first repeater Cool Cowboy, who captured an allowance event at Hawthorne. Kodiak Kowboy now has a dozen winners to his credit, second-most on the 2013 Freshman Sire list. He will stand at WinStar for $5,000 LFS&N […]