Broken Vow, sire of Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes winner Champagne Room, arrived at Pin Oak Stud in 2002 without that critical Grade 1 victory, though he possessed another advantage that few stallion prospects have - an owner/breeder determined to make him a success.
Freshman sire Biondetti was represented by his first winner on August 7 when first-time starter Elle Va won a $51,000 maiden race for 2-year-old fillies at Parx.
Bullet Train, who took a backseat to his famous, year-younger three-quarter-brother Frankel for most of his racing career, sired his first winner on August 6 when first-time starter Difamante won a $42,000 maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds at a mile on turf at Gulfstream Park.
Freshman sire Stay Thirsty was represented by his first stakes winner today when the Ohio-bred 2-year-old colt Jocker Justice won the $75,000 Cleveland Kindergarten Stakes at Thistledown, breaking his maiden in the process. He had been second in his first two starts, including last out in the Hoover Stakes, at Belterra Park.
Recently deceased freshman sire Brilliant Speed got his first winner when first-time starter Fly won a $41,320 maiden race at Laurel today. Brilliant Speed, by Dynaformer, was found dead in his paddock at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., on July 14, apparently struck by lightning. He had stood at Three Chimneys since 2013.
Texan Tom Durant has been an owner of racehorses for some three decades, and he’s also been noted for his fast juveniles. The resident of Granbury, Tx., took that show on the road to Prairie Meadows in Iowa, winning the $65,000 Prairie Gold Lassie on July 28 with Grandma’s Princess and the $65,000 Prairie Gold Juvenile on July 29 with Raise the Rumor, both Texas homebreds, both by his former racehorse Sing Baby Sing, and both trained by Randy Morse. Those are the first two stakes winners for Sing Baby Sing, whose oldest foals are 4.
Freshman sire Astrology was represented by his first stakes winner on August 3 when the 2-year-old filly Clairvoyant Lady won the $50,125 White Clay Creek Stakes at Delaware Park.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced the winners of its state and national awards, with the award winners being honored at TOBA’s 31st annual National Awards Dinner on September 10 at Stonestreet Farm in Lexington, Ky. The National Awards Dinner honors the achievements of Thoroughbred owners and breeders in the four major North American racing regions and breeders in 25 states and Canada.
Walmac Farm will consolidate its operations from two locations to one, putting its 248-acre property on Paris Pike between Paris and Lexington, Ky., up for sale.
Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind., will add a pair of relocating stallions to its roster for the 2017 breeding season, Cashel Castle and Wolfcamp.
