Medaglia d'Oro competed with distinction in the Travers at Saratoga and the Pacific Classic at Del Mar. He will now have the chance to take down both in the same season as a sire.
Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner and international sire Animal Kingdom recorded a rarity on Saturday with three winners on Saturday's card at Saratoga Race Course, including a pair of stakes winners.
Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud and its stallions are in the midst of an outstanding year. The latest highlight – and just one of a few on the weekend for the operation – came when Pin Oak-bred Higher Power romped in Saturday's Grade 1 Pacific Classic, stamping himself as a contender for the Breeders' Cup Classic.
The owners of Zenyatta confirmed on Tuesday that the 2010 Horse of the Year is in foal to Candy Ride and believed to be carrying a filly.
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.
