Roaring Lion, the Kentucky-bred who earned the 2018 Cartier Award as Europe's Horse of the Year, has settled back in at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand as he continues his recovery from two colic surgeries in a 10-day span.
The Jockey Club is projecting a 2020 North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 20,500, slightly smaller than the foal crop of 2019
Multiple Grade 1 winner Bricks and Mortar, favored in Saturday’s Arlington Million, will stand at Shadai Farm in Japan upon the conclusion of his racing career
Constitution, unstarted as a juvenile, won the first three starts of his career, including the 2014 Florida Derby in just his third outing. His offspring are proving similarly quick studies.
There weren’t many takers the three times Concrete Rose went through the auction ring. The most the filly fetched in those outings was a relatively modest $61,000 when sold to her current connections as a juvenile.
Into Mischief, powered by Grade 1 Test Stakes winner Covfefe, took over the top spot on the general sire list for the first time in his career over the weekend.
Spendthrift Farm has partnered with the nascent company MyRacehorse.com to campaign horses in a new twist on the club model, and to put its own stamp on the program via “Future Racing Challenge” rewards tied to a colt’s eventual stud career.
Three-time Eclipse Award champion Royal Delta, who will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Friday in Saratoga, had a star-crossed career as a broodmare, producing just one foal. Regardless of the accomplishments for Delta’s Royalty on the racetrack or in the breeding shed, this active family tree will not end with Royal Delta.
Deep Impact, a two-time Japanese Horse of the Year and one of the world's leading sires, was euthanized Tuesday at age 17.
It would be enough for a broodmare to have one undefeated stakes winner in training, but Magical World has two. The mare's juvenile daughter Magic Dance could start in the Grade 2 Adirondack this upcoming weekend at Saratoga, attempting to join older half-sister Guarana as a graded winner at the meeting. Both race as homebreds for Three Chimneys Farm.
