Stallions Combatant, Imagining die as a result of colic
Grade 1-winning regional stallions Combatant and Imagining, who it was hoped would help carry on important sirelines, recently died of colic.
Nicole RussoAug 26, 2022
Grade 1-winning regional stallions Combatant and Imagining, who it was hoped would help carry on important sirelines, recently died of colic.
The five Thoroughbred stallions at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater was joined by another New York-bred standout this year – Coraggioso, the 2012 New York Sire Stakes trotting champion. Mill Creek is thus in the unique position of standing both breeds.
Horse of the Year Gun Runner will get a chance to continue to build on the smashing success of his first crop as his Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting and multiple Grade 1 winner Cyberknife face off in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga. His second crop also is beginning to light up the board.
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: Duke of Love
Owner Joel Politi and trainer Tom Amoss teamed to win the Groupie Doll Stakes on Sunday with Li'l Tootsie. It was Politi's first stakes win at Ellis Park in five years and came nearly five years to the day that Serengeti Empress carried Politi's silks to victory in the Ellis Park Debutante.
For the second year in a row, Spendthrift Farm had a connection to the winner of the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap on the Saratoga turf.
Grade 1 winner Americanrevolution was honored as the New York-bred horse of the year on Friday evening at a ceremony at Fasig-Tipton's Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: Ironstone
The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale coincides with two dark days at Saratoga Race Course and begins Monday at 6:30 p.m.
City of Light emerged as the loudest of all the first-crop stallions during their 2021 debut yearling sale season – but had been very quiet to begin 2022 at the 2-year-old sales and races. His runners are beginning to rumble now, however, as he bookended this week with maiden special weight winners as he heads into some major-market yearling sales.