Both a veteran campaigner and rising stars delivered for Hard Spun over the weekend as the Darley sire enjoyed a solid run. The stallion was represented by three winners, led by his 7-year-old millionaire Hard Aces, who won the Grade 3 Tokyo City Cup going 1 1/2 miles Sunday at Santa Anita.
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Real Steel won the Group 1, $6 million Dubai Turf in 2016, but, days before this year's renewal, was forced to withdraw from consideration for a repeat bid. It was no matter, as Vivlos won to give her sire, Deep Impact, consecutive winners of the rich event.
Unbridled's Song's and Grindstone's branches of the Unbridled line were well represented on the world's richest race card Saturday at Meydan, as Arrogate won the Group 1, $10 million Dubai World Cup and Second Summer took down the Group 2, $1 million Godolphin Mile.
There is no denying that Kendall Hansen has put in the legwork to help prove out his namesake stallion, the champion juvenile Hansen, in his lone U.S. crop before being sold to Korea in late 2013.
The Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector male lines completely dominate worldwide group and graded stakes results, but the eight races at the Dubai World Cup meeting produced a remarkable variety of winners from relatively rare male lines.
The road to the top of New Mexico's sire list took a long sweep through A & A Ranch in 2016, with the farm's stallions taking up four of the top five spots on the state's general earnings list.
Grade 1 winner Tamarando will enter stud at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., for the 2017 breeding season and will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Incentive Program, designed to encourage the re-training of off-the-track racehorses, recently announced the winners of its 2016 performance awards program. The awards recognize Thoroughbreds who accumulated points at horse shows in various disciplines.
Fantastic Style, a Grade 2 winner in Southern California who last raced at Oaklawn, has been retired and is to be bred, trainer Doug O’Neill said Tuesday. A 5-year-old mare by Harlan’s Holiday, Fantastic Style won 5 of 12 starts and earned $427,358.
