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Leslie's Rose living up to potential Mandy Pope saw in 2022
All eyes will be on Leslie’s Rose as the filly, winner of one of the deepest prep races assembled this spring, starts in the Kentucky Oaks on May 3.
Nicole RussoApr 21, 2024
All eyes will be on Leslie’s Rose as the filly, winner of one of the deepest prep races assembled this spring, starts in the Kentucky Oaks on May 3.
Australian champion Lonhro, a leading sire for Darley’s Southern Hemisphere operations who also shuttled to the United States for three seasons, has died at the age of 25, his ownership reported on Friday.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Encino
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Resilience will try to add to the accomplishments of prominent owner and breeder Marty Wygod posthumously when he goes postward in the Kentucky Derby. The Wood Memorial winner is from one of the best families cultivated by Wygod, who died April 11 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., near his home in Rancho Santa Fe. He was 84.
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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.