Category: General News

WinStar Farm’s Constitution, the multiple Grade 1-winning son of Tapit, sired his first reported foal Monday night when a filly was born at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, KY. Bred by RMJ Stables, the flashy chestnut filly is out of the Point Given mare Katouni, a Juddmonte-bred daughter of the stakes-winning Danehill mare, Kithira (GB). “She’s […]

WinStar Farm’s Commissioner, A.P. Indy’s last Classic-placed son to retire to stud, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 5th when a bay filly was born at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, KY. Bred by Denny Andrews and Taylor Brother properties, the filly is out of the Afleet Alex mare She’s a Fleet, a half-sister […]

Congrats’ multiple Graded stakes-winning filly Haveyougoneaway was named as a finalist for the 2016 Eclipse Award as Champion Female Sprinter. She was one of 162 winners for her sire last year, which was second-most for any active North American sire. Haveyougoneaway won three stakes during her campaign, topped by the Ballerina S. (G1) and Honorable […]

For the second time from his first four crops Pioneerof the Nile has the favorite to earn an Eclipse Award in the 2-year-old male category. In 2014, American Pharoah’s award was almost a certainty after his undefeated season that included a pair of Grade 1 wins.  The same could be said for Classic Empire following […]

Sonic Mule was a stubborn winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Mucho Macho Man S. at Gulfstream Park, winning a stretch-long duel by a head over State of Honor. The victory, coming on the heels of a win in the Buffalo Man S. last month, also at Gulfstream, was the second stakes in a row for the […]

WinStar Farm’s Carpe Diem, Giant’s Causeway’s Grade 1 winner at both two and three, sired his first reported foal on New Year’s Day when a colt was born Sunday at Ocala Stud in Ocala, FL. Bred by Centaur Farm, the colt is out of the seven-time stakes-winning Songandaprayer mare, Evelyn’s Dancer. “He’s a nice-sized colt with good […]

Pioneerof the Nile got his 75th winner of 2016 on New Year’s Eve at Gulfstream Park when Pagliacci split horses in deep stretch to win his maiden special weight debut by a neck in a four-horse photo. Pioneerof the Nile wrapped up 2016 as the leading Fourth-Crop North American sire with $6.6 million in progeny […]

Dac, a 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor, captured his second straight running of Turfway Park’s $50,000 Prairie Bayou S. on Dec. 17. Dac has done most of his running on the turf while amassing $205,755 in earnings, but has shown his affinity for Turfway’s synthetic surface, winning three of his four starts over the northern […]

Honorable Duty’s game run through the Fair Grounds’ stretch earned the 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor his first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Tenacious S. Breaking alertly from the inside post in the field of nine, Honorable Duty had the lead going into the first turn, but jockey James Graham conceded the top spot to […]

Pioneerof the Nile’s turf specialist Cash Control won her second straight stakes on Saturday with a hard-fought head victory in the $75,000 Blushing KD Stakes at Fair Grounds. Cash Control, who had comfortably defeated Kitten’s Roar in the Cardinal H. (G3) at Churchill Downs last month, got a much sterner test from her nemesis on […]