The white-hot young sire Constitution has already proven himself an elite member of his class, among the leaders of an intensely talented and competitive group of first-crop sires.
The Turkish Jockey Club was bullish in the market last year, purchasing several established or promising stallions from various jurisdictions to move to its country. One of its investments is already skyrocketing in value, as Daredevil now has two daughters from his first crop established on the Kentucky Oaks trail.
It has been half a century since the birth of Virginia's most famous equine son – record-shattering Triple Crown winner Secretariat. The 50-year anniversary of his birth provides a chance to look back on the history of Thoroughbred breeding in the state, even as the state looks forward.
Both The Jockey Club and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture issued additional guidelines to help the season continue unabated and with as little chance of spreading the coronavirus as possible.
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Tiz the Law
A Munnings filly out of a Tapit mare won the Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks on Saturday – just not the one everyone expected.
The Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders has unveiled its statebred champions and associated merit award winners, led by Broodmare of the Year Beyond the Waves, via press release.
Beyond the Waves, a multiple stakes producer whose foals are led by Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar, has been bred to second-year stallion Oscar Performance, who stands at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the breeding season is well under way, and with mares and their attendant staff shipping to stallion farms, the farms have begun rolling out policies to limit interactions between people that may spread illness.
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Enforceable
