Grade 3 winner and Florida-based freshman sire Yesbyjimminy was represented by his first winner from his first starter on Friday when Flay Mignon won her career debut by 2 3/4 lengths at Monmouth Park after making all the pace.
Regally-bred champion Champs Elysees, now a freshman sire, was represented by his first winner on June 28 in Ireland when Avenue Gabriel won her career debut at the Curragh.
The Kentucky Horse Council has announced the first two in a series of Horsemen’s Regional Caucuses, designed to increase networking, communication and education across the state.
A pair of 2-year-old fillies from the barn of trainer Steve Asmussen scored solid maiden wins on Thursday’s card at Churchill Downs, as Crazy ‘bout Elvis and Street Story both won 4 1/2-furlong races by open lengths.
Classic winner Soldier of Fortune, a freshman sire at Haras du Logis Saint-Germain in France, was represented by his first winner June 26, when Fire Fighting scored a dead-heat win at Kempton Racecourse in England.
Scat Daddy’s success as a sire came quickly, and the achievements of his first crop once they hit the racetrack in 2011 brought the then-7-year-old back to the spotlight as he dueled with Darley stallion Hard Spun all year at the top of the North American freshman sire list.
The only son of Danzig to rank among the top five sires in North America has been his Canadian champion son Langfuhr, whose son London Lane captured the Grade 2 Colonial Turf Cup on June 22. Langfuhr ranked as high as fifth on the American sire list in 2003, when his son Wando was Horse of the Year in Canada, and in 2007, when his best son, Lawyer Ron, earned an Eclipse Award as champion older male.
J. Michael O’Farrell Jr. moved to Ocala, Fla., from Maryland in 1956 at age 8. That year, Needles became the first Florida-bred to win the Kentucky Derby, and it was when O’Farrell’s father, Joseph, became part of the budding breeding program in Florida.
Darwin, the highest-priced 2-year-old to sell at public auction in 2012, was victorious in his first outing for new trainer Aidan O’Brien on Wednesday, his first start in nearly eight months, winning a race at Naas Racecourse in Ireland.
Wasted Tears, the multiple Grade 2 winner who foaled a colt by Malibu Moon in January, is back in foal to the same stallion, said her owner, Bart Evans.
