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Dance Card, the dam of champion Cody's Wish, was named Kentucky's broodmare of the year as the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders presented its seasonal awards at a ceremony Wednesday night in Lexington, Ky.
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Stronghold
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As 2-year-old racing got under way last week, Thousand Words became the first North American freshman sire off the mark with a winner as The Queens M G recorded a $92.74 upset in her debut Sunday at Keeneland.
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The first daughter of internationally-popular four-time Australian Horse of the Year Winx sold for a record $10 million Australian (about $6.6 million in U.S. funds) at the Inglis Australian Easter yearling sale on April 8.
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In the span of one weekend, kingpin Into Mischief gave a remarkable demonstration of why he is the dominant sire of this time. The five-time reigning leading sire took over atop the North American earnings list with three new graded stakes winners – including yet another Grade 1 winner – and now has likely representation in both the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
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Japan's Forever Young made a huge jump up to third choice on Derby Watch after clinching his spot in the Kentucky Derby field with his win in the Group 2 U.A.E. Derby at Meydan. The colt, a product of the most prominent sireline in Japan, is from a female family that has produced another of this year's Derby Watch top choices – immediate relation Sierra Leone.
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Multiple graded stakes winner McCraken has been pensioned from his stallion career and retired to Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. The now-gelded 10-year-old son of Ghostzapper had stood at Airdrie Stud in Kentucky.
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From the racetracks of New Mexico to the Middle East, Rose's Desert has developed into the linchpin of the Peacock family operation, with her son Senor Buscador looking to take down another of the world's richest prizes in Saturday's Group 1, $12 million Dubai World Cup.
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Forida Derby favorite Fierceness is a breakout horse for young sire City of Light as the first Grade 1 winner for the son of classic sire Quality Road.
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Dual classic winner and champion I’ll Have Another is the newest resident of the Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., with the organization hosting a welcome party on Friday for the stallion, who arrived earlier in the week.
