The first mares covered by new stallions Highland Falls and First Mission have been reported in-foal marking an exciting start to their inaugural seasons in Kentucky.
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Two-time Australian Horse of the Year and Hall of Famer Makybe Diva, the only horse to win three consecutive editions of the Melbourne Cup, has died. The mare, who was foaled in 1999, was living in retirement at owner Tony Santic's property, and suffered a colic attack.
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Popular multiple graded stakes winner The Player has been pensioned from stud duty, gelded, and has joined the Kentucky Horse Park's Breeds Barn as its Thoroughbred representative.
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Already in the midst of a breeding season in which it debuted three Eclipse Award champions on its Kentucky stallion roster, the international Coolmore group continues to expand its influence. In two recent developments, the outfit has acquired 1,100 additional acres of land in Kentucky, and has secured the future stud rights to Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Nysos.
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Blackout Time is by the versatile young sire Not This Time and hails from a very long-winded female family, with turf ability, which can be a harbinger of success on the Churchill Downs dirt.
A catalog of 68 horses is now available for the 2026 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The auction, which is operated by the Texas Thoroughbred Association, is set for Wednesday, April 1, starting at 10 a.m. Central, and the under tack show is scheduled for Monday, March 30, at 8 a.m. Central. Both will be held at Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie.
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If Fulleffort attempts to follow in the path of others who have exited Turfway Park's series of 3-year-old stakes on Tapeta to compete well on dirt in the Kentucky Derby, he will have the pedigree to bolster that effort. Both sides of his family have shown ability on dirt and turf, with classy route ability as well.
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Lovesick Blues, winner of the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar last summer, and the multiple stakes winners Man O Rose and Om N Joy are finalists for the 2025 California-bred Horse of the Year award.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Golden Tempo
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Nearly
