St. John’s River, who was second by a neck in the 2011 running of the Kentucky Oaks, was bred to Tapit earlier this year and is due to have her first foal in 2014, trainer Andrew Leggio Jr. said Friday.
Although she never competed at Royal Ascot herself, few mares have enjoyed a more successful run of influence at the famed race meeting than Rainbow Lake has in recent years.
Central Kentucky breeder and owner Scott Ricker died of cancer on June 20. He was 59.
As an awareness and fundraising event with a humorous twist, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation will put on the inaugural "Mr. TRF" Second Chances Stakes on June 29 at Colonial Downs, allowing fans to vote on their favorite ex-racehorse.
To survive in the contemporary Thoroughbred racing world, a sire line must produce everything from sprinters to at least 1 1/4-mile horses. Like Northern Dancer, Mr. Prospector excelled at siring horses of varying distance capabilities, and various branches of his male line have developed differing characteristics along the distance and physical-type spectra.
Untapable, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Paddy O’Prado, looked the part in her career debut Thursday afternoon at Churchill Downs, vying for the lead through the first three furlongs before drawing clear to win by a length under Rosie Napravnik.
American-based sires continued a solid run at Royal Ascot on Thursday, as Kentucky-bred and trained No Nay Never turned in a record-setting performance in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes on the famed meeting's third day.
For handicappers who use pedigree analysis in their calculations, the emergence of Kitten’s Joy as a multisurface sire over the past five years has added a new and often-lucrative twist to the process of picking winners at certain venues.
Prominent Thoroughbred partnerships Dogwood Stables and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, which have a working relationship dating to last year, will officially merge effective July 1, Dogwood president W. Cothran “Cot” Campbell and Eclipse president Aron Wellman announced Thursday.
Dabirsim, a multiple French Group 1 winner and recipient of the Cartier Award as Europe’s champion 2-year-old colt in 2011, will begin his stallion career in 2014 at Gestüt Karlshof near Frankfurt, Germany, Racing Post reports.
