The lone Artie Schiller offering at the recently held Fasig-Tipton yearling sale in Lexington, Ky. caught the eye of bidders, ultimately bringing $190,000 Crupi’s New Castle Farm Inc. A leading third-crop sire, Artie Schiller has seven stakes horses in 2012, led by Arcadia S. (G2) winner Mr. Commons. Hip No. 209 was consigned by Paramount […]
[ Read More ]Led by a winning bid of $200,000 for hip No. 1 at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale in Lexington, Ky. on Tuesday, a total of four horses from the first crop of WinStar stallion Colonel John sold for an average price of $141,250, more than nine times his 2012 stud fee of $15,000. That average was […]
[ Read More ]A yearling filly by Bellamy Road brought $200,000 at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale, one of the top 12 prices at the select July 10 auction in Lexington, Ky. A total of three horses by the WinStar stallion sold for an average of $116,667, over 11 times his bred-on stud fee of $10,000 and nearly six […]
[ Read More ]A filly from the first crop of WinStar stallion U S Ranger commanded a winning bid of $170,000 at the July 10 Fasig-Tipton yearling sale, one of the top 20 prices paid for one day sale of 338 horses offered. A two-time European champion sprinter, U S Ranger also was stakes placed in the Grade […]
[ Read More ]The early runners from the first crop of Spring at Last have their sire tied for the top spot on the Freshman Sire list with four winners and in the top 5 in earnings with $83,221. Friday night at Colonial Downs, a pair of fillies by the Grade 1 winning millionaire finished 1-2 over going […]
[ Read More ]Motion to Appeal sauntered to a half-length victory in the $77,500 Leemat S. at Presque Isle Downs [VIDEO] to become the latest stakes winner for his sire Bellamy Road. The WinStar Farm stallion has been ranked in the top 15 for each of his three crops to race, and has continued that trend this year […]
[ Read More ]With four winners already from his first crop, WinStar Farm’s freshman sire Spring at Last is tied for the top spot on the 2012 Freshman Sire list. He also ranks sixth among the group in terms of progeny earnings. Spring at Last’s latest winner came on July 4th, when Just Gone won a 5 1/2-length […]
[ Read More ]Guam Typhoon’s track record-setting performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Chesapeake S. July 4 Colonial Downs made the 6-year-old the seventh stakes winner of 2012, and 105th overall stakes winner for champion sire Distorted Humor. Distorted Humor, the reigning leading sire in North America, has now eclipsed the $4 million mark in progeny earnings this year, led by […]
[ Read More ]Bluegrass Cat’s 2-year-old filly Cayllano rolled to an eye-catching 8 1/2-length in the $50,000 White Creek S. [VIDEO] July 4 at Delaware Park. With more than $2 million in progeny earnings, Bluegrass Cat ranks fourth on the 2012 Third-crop sire list. His 53 winners this year also rank him in the top 10. Bred in […]
[ Read More ]Champion Sire Distorted Humor added to his lore as a Great International Sire, siring his 110th career stakes winner, 12th G1 winner on Sunday, July 1, Prix Jean Prat (G1) victor Aesop’s Fables. With the triumph in the prestigious one-mile event, Aesop’s Fables became the first French G1 winner for Distorted Humor, who has […]
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