American Pharoah is the first American Triple Crown winner to stand in Australia, and the young stallion is attracting plenty of interest for his inaugural shuttle season.
Greatness in a sire of sires is measured both by the absolute quality of his best sire sons and their number. Two-time leading sire A.P. Indy passes muster on both counts. His sons Bernardini, Camden Park, Congrats, Flatter, Indygo Shiner, Jump Start, Malibu Moon, Old Trieste, and Pulpit have all ranked among the leading sires in various parts of the world.
A day after being outbid for future star Lemon Drop Kid at the 1997 Keeneland September yearling sale, Leon Blusiewicz bought a crooked filly named Madam Lagonza. She never raced but she produced two graded stakes winners and is the granddam of Coal Front, who puts his perfect record on the line Saturday in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga.
Stakes winner Hunt Crossing has been relocated to Indiana Stallion Station in Anderson, Ind., for the 2018 breeding season.
Noted veterinarian Patricia Hogan says that educating owners and trainers about how to keep a racehorse sound enough that he or she can have a productive post-racing career is a major piece of the aftercare puzzle the Thoroughbred industry grapples with.
With his losing streak stretching to seven as he finished sixth in an optional-claiming event last Saturday on the Saratoga turf, Chiropractor will get another shot at firmer turf before possible retirement.
Central Banker entered New York's stallion ranks with plenty of buzz and took a step toward making good on it with a strong performance from his debut crop at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale.
Mucho Macho Man took Dean and Patti Reeves to the top of the sport during his ontrack career, highlighted by a win in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic. Now the Georgia-based owners are banking on their star runner getting them back with his foals.
The export of 1989 Horse of the Year and dual classic winner Sunday Silence to Japan turned out to be a huge blow to the American breeding industry and the most important importation in the history of Japanese racing.
While summertime in Saratoga is a busy stretch for New York’s equine population, Grade 1 winner The Cliff’s Edge is taking it easy nearby as a pensioner.
