Quality Road got a head start in this year's sire race when his son City of Light won North America's richest race, the Pegasus World Cup. But despite City of Light's immediate retirement to Lane's End Farm, where he stands alongside his sire, Quality Road has continued to strengthen his hand for the season.
No decision has yet been made on who the Australian superstar mare Winx will visit for her first mating after the expected conclusion of her racing career this weekend.
Undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify will shuttle to stand at Coolmore Australia during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, which begins Sept. 1.
A newcomer to the Derby Watch list this week is undefeated Maximum Security, who was risked for a claiming tag in his debut, but has now punched his Kentucky Derby ticket with a victory in the Grade 1 Florida Derby.
Prominent owner and breeder Edward A. Cox Jr. died last month in his native state of Illinois. He was 83.
In this year’s highly anticipated class of freshman sires, Spendthrift shuttle stallion Hampton Court was the first off the mark with a winner, as he looks to continue the legacy of his recently deceased sire Redoute’s Choice.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah could be represented by his first starter on Friday evening, as he has an entrant at Dundalk in Ireland.
Grade 1 winner Diversify was honored as the New York-bred horse of the year and also took home special recognition from Daily Racing Form at New York Thoroughbred Inc.’s annual awards banquet this week in Saratoga Springs.
Stay Thirsty was trained by Todd Pletcher to win four graded stakes races, including a pair of Grade 1 events – and the horse wasn't done giving to his trainer just yet. On Saturday, with Pletcher watching from his Florida office, Stay Thirsty, who now stands in California, was represented more than 8,300 miles away by Coal Front, winner of the Group 2, $1.5 million Godolphin Mile at Meydan.
The New Vocations Thoroughbred adoption program has announced it has opened a satellite facility in Louisiana with the support of retired jockey Rosie Napravnik.
