After a record-setting year on the racetrack and in the auction ring, the demand for progeny of leading sire Tapit has never been higher. That enthusiasm is now starting to carry over into the stud barn. At least eight sons of Tapit will debut at stud in North America in 2015, entering at all points on the breeding market’s spectrum.
If Celebrated Talent makes the early lead, he could prove hard to catch in Sunday’s $69,000 allowance feature at Aqueduct.
Trainer Chad Brown already has the top 3-year-old filly turf in the country, the undefeated Breeders’ Cup winner Lady Eli. On Wednesday here, Brown unveiled another 3-year-old filly prospect, Mrs McDougal, who won her career debut by three lengths as the even-money choice going 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
Sire lines cannot endure, however, without representation to produce results, and the Sadler’s Wells male line at last is getting a chance to succeed in America.
Fair Grounds is the hometown track for trainer Eddie Johnson, and every season he focuses on having his horses ready to perform their best here.
Churchill Downs released its 2015 spring stakes schedule Friday with something of a bombshell for racing traditionalists: the Derby Trial is no longer.
The most interesting race on the Sunday card at Laurel Park is a first-level allowance for 3-year-olds at six furlongs.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is expected to send out his first Maryland starters since the 2002 Preakness next weekend.
DRF Breeding compiles information on the first reported foals for the first-year-sires of 2014. Reports are listed alphabetically by stallion name below.
Three Sixteen drew the inside post position and was listed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Sunday’s one-mile, $20,000 Oregon Derby at Portland Meadows. Kozzys Kitkat, a stakes-winning filly, is the other leading contender in the field of seven statebred 3-year-olds.
