Category: General News

Brad Free, California racing analyst for the Daily Racing Form, tabbed Artie Schiller as ‘Hot’ in his “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not” write-up in the Saturday, Jan. 22 edition of the Form: “Here come the Artie Schillers. Members of the first crop sired by the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner are now 3-year-olds, and they […]

WinStar Farm, which triumphed in two of the three legs of the 2010 Triple Crown, was rewarded with the Eclipse Award for outstanding owner of the year when they were announced Jan. 17. Then owned by longtime partners Kenny Troutt and Bill Casner, WinStar became the first owner to win two Triple Crown events in […]

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Drosselmeyer, unraced since winning the Belmont Stakes last June, has had two easy three-furlong breezes at Payson Park and could make his return to racing within a couple of months, said trainer Bill Mott. Drosselmeyer has recovered from an ankle injury that led Mott to announce in early July that the […]

WinStar stallions had a great 2010. Distorted Humor finished second in the General Sire standings with earnings of $8,719,841 losing to Giant’s Causeway by less than $90,000.  This is his second year in a row finishing 2nd and has finished in the top five, six years in a row.  He continues to prove himself year […]

WinStar Farm has acquired a significant interest in prominent sire Harlan’s Holiday, and the Versailles, Kentucky farm will stand the 11-year-old stallion during 2011 breeding season for an advertised fee of $25,000. “Harlan’s Holiday is a stallion we’ve always thought a lot of, and we’re excited about the opportunity to build on the early success […]

Uncle Mo stated his case as the top two-year-old male in the country with an emphatic 4¼-length win in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on November 6 at Churchill Downs, but another colt from Todd Pletcher’s barn showed a glimpse of tremendous potential three weeks later at the historic Louisville track. Brethren closed […]

Endorsement, won the first graded running of the $800,000 Sunland Park Derby in March then was forced to miss the Kentucky Derby because of an injury, is about a week from having his first work back, said his trainer, Shannon Ritter. Endorsement is settled in at Sunland, where Ritter has set up shop for the […]

When trainer Barclay Tagg talked owner Charles Fipke out of running Jersey Town in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, it was with the idea that the Grade 1 Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile would come up an easier spot. Much to Tagg’s surprise, Saturday’s $250,000 Cigar Mile came up extremely tough, with four horses exiting […]

Kathmanblu, a close third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT) earlier this month, proved her versatility by defeating six rivals on the main track in the $163,800 Golden Rod (gr. II) Nov. 27 at Churchill Downs. The daughter of Bluegrass Cat stalked the pace, entered three-wide into the lane, and ran away […]

As we head into the final 9 weeks of what has been a rather uncertain 2010 racing season, WinStar’s unwavering stallion Distorted Humor finds himself atop the General Sire List with progeny earnings rapidly approaching 7.5 Million. The race for seasonal honors is a tight one and there are three stallions all within $150,000 of […]