Hall of Fame racemare Zenyatta's run of bad luck as a broodmare continues, as the mare will not have a foal in 2018 after aborting her pregnancy to the cover of successful sire Into Mischief.
Liz Crow was an unknown commodity when she signed the $100,000 ticket as agent on Monomoy Girl at the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale. Monomoy Girl's Kentucky Oaks success has brought the bloodstock agent's name to the forefront.
Afleet Again, the longshot winner of the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Marathon, died in Korea on April 12 after a bout of colic. He was 11.
Kentucky Derby winner Justify topped a big weekend for sons of the late sire Scat Daddy, helping the stallion extend his lead in the 3-year-old divisions of this year's DRF Beyer Sire Performance Standings.
Air France, dam of Grade 2 winners Smooth Air and Overdriven, was euthanized May 2 due to complications from foaling. She was 19.
The Kentucky Oaks undercard at Churchill Downs featured two milestone graded stakes wins for under-the-radar sires in Country Day and Tizway.
Spendthrift Farm resident Into Mischief's stock continued to rise over the Kentucky Derby weekend, with a slate of successful 3-year-old runners at Churchill Downs.
Ghostzapper, Horse of the Year in 2004, lost his chance to be represented as a sire in the Kentucky Derby several weeks ago when son Runaway Ghost was declared from the classic with an injury. But the Adena Springs stallion was still represented as the broodmare sire of unbeaten Derby favorite Justify – who delivered in a big way to key a stellar weekend for the stallion.
When juvenile racing heats up this summer and fall, all eyes will now be on two in particular, who got big catalog updates from their siblings' performances under the twin spires over the weekend.
Elliott Walden has a roadmap in mind when buying horses for WinStar Farm and its partners, and the success of Kentucky Derby winner Justify and third-place finisher Audible are the latest examples of trusting the process.
