Zenyatta delivers Medaglia d'Oro filly
Zenyatta, a Hall of Famer and the 2010 Horse of the Year, produced her fifth foal on Tuesday night, a Medaglia d’Oro filly.
Joe NevillsMay 10, 2017
Zenyatta, a Hall of Famer and the 2010 Horse of the Year, produced her fifth foal on Tuesday night, a Medaglia d’Oro filly.
China Horse Club tallied its biggest victory on North American soil when Abel Tasman scored the upset in the Kentucky Oaks, giving the group a marquee broodmare prospect.
While Always Dreaming is Kentucky born and bred and prepared for the spring classics in Florida, the Kentucky Derby still marked a major victory for the West Coast, as his first three dams were all bred in California.
Always Dreaming became the most expensive of three graduates of Keeneland's signature auction who have won the Kentucky Derby since 2000.
Quality Road posted the biggest victory of his young stud career last Friday at Churchill Downs, as daughter Abel Tasman asserted her class in her division by splashing home to win the Kentucky Oaks.
Though it was not one of the names on the laundry list of owners tied to Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, the fingerprints of WinStar Farm could be seen all over the race's superfecta.
Bodemeister is the last favorite to lose in the Kentucky Derby. He has gotten revenge in a big way, with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming in his first crop.
The myriad connections of the male line of 143rd Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming to the Kentucky Derby began 64 years ago, when his seventh-generation male-line ancestor Native Dancer finished second, beaten a head, by Dark Star in the 79th Derby.
Most important among the Kentucky Derby's variables is which horses are best able to handle the 1 1/4-mile distance. A useful tool to determine each entry's potential is the average progeny winning distance of his sire and dam.
Juddmonte Farms has the world's highest-rated horse in Arrogate and Eclipse finalist Paulassilverlining, who looks poised for a solid season. And Juddmonte has homebred Lockdown in the Kentucky Oaks – where she'll face a daughter of Juddmonte stalwart Mizzen Mast in Sailor's Valentine.