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WinStar announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a partnership with racing owners Clark Brewster and William and Corrine Heiligbrodt, and a new partner in Lindy Farms, to acquire the breeding rights to 5-year-old Cogburn, who is by Not This Time.
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The summer meets at Saratoga and Del Mar are known for unveiling promising 2-year-olds, and for graded stakes that will begin sorting out the juvenile divisions. With rich maiden races and statebred incentives, the summer seasons are also crucial for freshman sires in New York and California, respectively, to begin putting their best foot forward.
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Through the first half of 2024, five-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief has established a big lead on that list and has put himself on pace to break his own single-season earnings record. He also continues to add to his legacy with his son Goldencents, now a classic sire, joining him in the top five.
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Stalwart stallion Tale of the Cat, the sire of more than 100 stakes winners, has died at age 30 due to the infirmities of old age, Coolmore announced in a release on its website Monday.
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The late Galileo, his relatives and descendants, and the stallion Dark Angel were among the leading sires at the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.
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Not This Time, who has distinguished himself as an elite stallion in recent years, was the only U.S.-resident stallion to record a winner at the Royal Ascot meeting last week. He was part of a solid week for the sireline of the late Giant's Causeway, himself a star on both sides of the pond.
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Vekoma shot to the top of the current freshman sire standings with a pair of impressive debut winners and some other noteworthy performers over the past several days.
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Castleton Lyons Farm plans to downsize in the near future, having filed plans to subdivide more than 1,000 acres of its Lexington, Ky., property.
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With his victory in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile, National Treasure joined an impressive list of other Met Mile winners that also went onto become successful sires. Marking his third Grade 1 victory, National Treasure has the right pedigree and résumé to suggest that he may become a prominent sire when his racing career is over.
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The young stallion Good Magic and the rising blue hen mare Puca landed in rare company with their son Dornoch's victory in last Saturday's Belmont Stakes – and Dornoch's connections essentially landed a lottery ticket by purchasing the colt at a relative bargain before the family exploded thanks to his full brother, 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage.
