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At the midway point of 2026, a closer battle than in years past is shaping up for North America’s leading general sire title, with Not This Time in front of seven-time consecutive leader Into Mischief by earnings.
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Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will stand in Japan, where he has been popular and successful, for a second breeding season in 2027.
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The eagerly awaited first runners for Flightline, the undefeated 2022 Horse of the Year, have this phase of his career off to a strong start. In about 24 hours, between Kentucky and Japan, Flightline got a win, a second, and a third from his first three starters.
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White Abarrio, a leading player in the handicap division whose multiple Grade 1 wins include the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic, will stand at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky next year.
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Multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits, the highest-earning New York-bred of all time, has died at Shadai Farm in Japan, where he has stood his entire stud career. The son of Posse was 13.
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The iconic Phipps Stable, one of the long-standing breeding and racing outfits considered racing royalty, has endured, even with some changes. Golden Tempo, a homebred for the Phipps Stable now under the leadership of Ogden Phipps II and sister Daisy Phipps-Pulito, in partnership with Vinnie and Teresa Viola's St. Elias Stables, won the Kentucky Derby and now comes to the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga looking for another jewel.
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Always a Runner's story is still in its opening chapters, as the filly made just her third career start in winning the Kentucky Oaks. But the tale has been a long time in the making for breeder and co-owner Goncalo Torrealba's Three Chimneys Farm and co-owner Douglas Scharbauer. Trainer Chad Brown, too, has a longer association with the roots for the filly, who looks to remain unbeaten in her next chapter in Friday's Grade 1 Acorn Stakes at Saratoga.
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This year's Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo will stand at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Ky., upon the eventual conclusion of his racing career, the farm announced in a release Friday.
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Liam's Map is a newly minted classic sire, with Preakness Stakes victor Napoleon Solo leading a day which saw multiple graded stakes wins added to Liam's Map's résumé.
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Hall of Famer Curlin completed his personal Triple Crown as a sire when his son Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Now, Curlin's champion son Good Magic will try to keep the magic going as he looks to pull the same trick with Talkin in this Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
