Shaman Ghost continued to establish himself as one of the better older horses in the country with his victory in the Grade 3 Pimlico Special last Friday, a score that built on family ties for his connections.
Stalwart sire Distorted Humor has been the gift that keeps on giving for his connections. He quietly played a role in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, as his son Maclean's Music was represented by a first-crop classic winner in Cloud Computing.
Japanese sire Heart's Cry has accomplished much in both his racing and stallion careers, but there is one thing he's done infrequently. He was represented by just the second U.S. stakes winner of his career on Saturday when his promising son Yoshida captured the James Murphy Stakes on the Pimlico turf.
It is too early to determine whether Maclean’s Music will join the rare successful non-stakes-winning stallions, but the victory of his first-crop son Cloud Computing in the Preakness Stakes will surely give him a golden opportunity.
Queen's Plate contender Time to Travel's family tree has been good to owner-breeder Garland Williamson.
Unusual Heat, a six-time leading stallion in California, was euthanized on Wednesday due to complications of arthritis-induced laminitis.
Two-time champion turf mare Tepin has been confirmed in foal to two-time Horse of the Year Curlin on an April 30 cover.
Judge's Case, a Grade 1-placed stakes winner, was euthanized Monday at Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky., due to chronic orthropedic disease. The gelded son of Montbrook was 20.
As his first-crop Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming prepares for the Preakness Stakes, Bodemeister added another feather to his cap when American Anthem won the Grade 3 Lazaro Barrera Stakes at Santa Anita.
Coolmore's "reverse shuttler" Fastnet Rock, a champion Australian sprinter, is the sire of last weekend’s winner of the Grade 1 Man o’ War Stakes, Zhukova
