Fightline: The making of a partnership
Flightline is campaigned by the partnership of Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, breeder Summer Wind Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds, and the Lane's End-affiliated Woodford Racing.
Nicole RussoOct 31, 2022
Flightline is campaigned by the partnership of Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, breeder Summer Wind Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds, and the Lane's End-affiliated Woodford Racing.
Jane Lyon bred and raised the unbeaten and unchallenged Flightline. But she can't say he's her favorite horse. “Do people love one of their children more than the others?” Lyon asked rhetorically. “Probably not.”
Gun Runner set the earnings record for a North American freshman sire in 2021, with his first Breeders' Cup winner that season. Gun Runner, the 2017 Horse of the Year, is now loaded for the upcoming Breeders' Cup.
Major farms are rolling out their stallion rosters for 2023, and they include several Breeders' Cup candidates. The stallion class of 2023 will include Grade 1 winners Life Is Good, Olympiad, and Happy Saver, all candidates for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 5.
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint favorite Golden Pal will retire to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky following that Nov. 5 race at Keeneland, the farm confirmed Wednesday.
Grade 1 winner Olympiad is the latest Breeders' Cup Classic contender spoken for as a stallion as it was announced that Gainesway Farm will stand him upon his eventual retirement from racing.
Following his record-setting freshman crop of 2021, Horse of the Year Gun Runner was the busiest stallion in North America during 2022.
Belmont Stakes winner Sir Winston has been retired and will enter stud at Crestwood Farm in Lexington, Ky., in the coming season. He will stand for an introductory fee of $7,500, and breeder incentives will be available.
Champion Avie’s Flatter and Grade 1 winners Collusion Illusion and Tamarkuz are three promising new Ontario sires for the 2023 breeding season.
Special Me has climbed into elite status among North America's active broodmares, as Gina Romantica became her second Grade 1 winner, and fourth graded stakes winner overall, in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on Saturday at Keeneland.