Maryland-bred half-siblings win stakes on same card
The broodmare Tanca recorded a rarity on Saturday at Laurel Park, with two of her offspring winning $100,000 stakes races in the span of about an hour.
Nicole RussoMar 18, 2019
The broodmare Tanca recorded a rarity on Saturday at Laurel Park, with two of her offspring winning $100,000 stakes races in the span of about an hour.
Pioneerof the Nile, sire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, died unexpectedly on Monday, WinStar Farm has announced. The son of Empire Maker was 13.
Take Charge Lady raced once at Oaklawn Park in 2003, but the mare was a big winner last Saturday at the Hot Springs, Ark., track, as the common thread between the winners of the two divisions of the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes.
The Big Beast, a Grade 1-winning sprinter, may have passed his speed on to his progeny. Several juveniles from his first crop stood out at last week's under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale.
Palace Malice's first crop of 2-year-olds now features an $850,000 colt sold at the The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale who tied for the highest price for a juvenile from this strong freshman sire class, and the fourth-highest price of the sale overall.
The influx of California-based runners rerouted to this weekend's Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn is led by the Bob Baffert-trained duo of champion Game Winner and Grade 1 winner Improbable, both unbeaten. Improbable, last seen winning the Los Alamitos Futurity, represents perhaps the best chance yet for late sire City Zip to record a classic winner.
Imperial Hint was honored as the Florida-bred horse of the year and World of Trouble took home special recognition from Daily Racing Form as the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association recognized its champions at an annual awards banquet Monday night in Ocala, Fla.
While unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify, the globe-trotting Grade 1 winner Mendelssohn, and other stakes competitors by the late Scat Daddy have entered stud this season, the well-traveled No Nay Never is already burnishing their sire's legacy.
Breeders have reported the first mares in foal to unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify, who began his stud career last month at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky.
Ahead of a season of juvenile racing in which a strong class of freshman sires will be featured, B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has introduced the “Safe Bet” program, designed to incentivize breeders to support the farm’s current freshmen in their fourth seasons at stud in 2019.