Second careers for many major runners, including 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, begin in earnest in the coming days as North American breeding sheds open during and around this second week of February.
Tapit Trice is a major mover on this week's Derby Watch Top 20 list following a one-mile allowance-level score on Saturday at Gulfstream in which he rolled by eight lengths and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 92.
Peace and Justice was an immediate draw in Pennsylvania as the only son of prominent sire War Front in the state. He lived up to his early billing as the state's standout freshman sire of 2020, and has since continued to make an impact in the Keystone State's general sire ranks.
With the addition of Colonel Liam late in the game, Ocala Stud will debut three new stallions for 2023, all Grade 1 winners, giving them one of the strongest new hands of any farm on the East Coast.
Great Notion is continuing his streak atop the Maryland sire list. The veteran stallion, who just turned 23, handily outgunned regional rising star Uncle Lino, who turned 10.
It seems the baton has been securely passed to Central Banker, as he cashed in to lead the New York general sire list by a comfortable margin in 2022. It was the second consecutive title for the young standout, a graded stakes winner who has quickly climbed the ranks in the Empire State.
The big story in Florida's freshman sire ranks for 2022 was rising star Girvin, who launched his career at Ocala Stud, in partnership with Kentucky's Airdrie Stud and racing owners Brad and Misty Grady.
A distinctive face in the barn at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud for more than a decade now, Munnings had a career year in 2022, which included siring North America’s winningest horse.
Young Grade 1 winner Constitution has started his stud career in strong fashion, and it looks like the best could be on the horizon for 2023.
Bolt d’Oro, Good Magic, and Justify were familiar foes on the racetrack, and locked horns again atop a competitive freshman sire class of 2022, finishing as the top three, in that order, by earnings, and deadlocked by other metrics.
