First-crop sire Gemologist, winner of the 2012 Wood Memorial, was represented by his first winner when the filly Morganite won a five-furlong maiden race for juvenile fillies at Del Mar with a purse of $64,725, defeating nine other fillies, all but one making their first start.
The versatile Grade 1 winner Brilliant Speed, one of the heirs apparent to leading sire Dynaformer, was found dead in his paddock Wednesday at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., after being struck by lightning.
Thoroughbred owner and NBC Sports horse racing and hockey analyst Eddie Olczyk will deliver the keynote address at OwnerView’s third Thoroughbred Owner Conference at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
The dominant nick in the 21st century Thoroughbred is, without the slightest doubt, that between the world’s best sire Galileo and Danehill mares, exemplified most recently by its 12th Grade 1/Group 1 winner Deauville, winner of the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational last Saturday.
Lentenor, a full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, was represented by his first winner from his first crop on July 11. The son of Dynaformer out of La Ville Rouge, by Carson City, is the sire of 2-year-old filly Macy’s Attitude, who won a 4 1/2-furlong maiden race at Mountaineer to register her first victory in six starts.
Freshman sire Creative Cause sired his first stakes winner when the juvenile filly Theonewewaitedfor won the $125,345 Landaluce Stakes at Santa Anita on July 9.
The Factor, a popular sire at sales the past several years, sired his first winner on July 9 when the juvenile filly Senora Acero won a maiden race at a mile on turf at Ellis Park. Making her second start, Senora Acero was reserved off the early pace by Marcelino Pedroza and rallied in the stretch to win by two lengths as the 4-1 third choice in the seven-horse field.
Grade 2 winner Tom’s Ready will begin his stallion career at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., upon his retirement.
On July 3, Live Oak Stud’s homebred World Approval won the Grade 1 United Nations Handicap at Monmouth Park, and while it was not his first stakes win – so there was nothing new there – his victory in the $300,000 event pushed him closer to the $1 million mark in earnings. With that victory, World Approval (by Northern Afleet) increased his earnings to $853,450 – and he’s just 4, and just getting started by most measures when looking at his siblings. If he gets to that milestone, it would be another feather in the cap of his dam, Win Approval, who has already produced three millionaires – champion turf male Miesque’s Approval (by Miesque’s Son), Revved Up (by Sultry Song), and Za Approval (by Ghostzapper).
Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, was confirmed by her connections on Thursday to be in foal to Medaglia d’Oro for 2017.
