The late Broodmare of the Year Leslie's Lady can now officially add "dam of a Hall of Famer" to her long list of accomplishments, as her champion daughter Beholder was officially inducted on Friday. The ceremony came in the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion just days before the company’s selected yearling sale, where Leslie’s Lady’s sons and grandsons are expected to make an impact on the sire leaderboard.
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: Rondure
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah recorded the sixth individual Grade/Group 1 winner of his stud career on Saturday, with those six evenly split between dirt and turf as American Theorem won the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes.
Perennial leading New York breeders Chester and Mary Broman were represented by two winners they bred and sold on Friday’s card at Saratoga, with Fingal’s Cave and Acoustic Ave both descended from a program foundation mare, Seeking the Ante.
A year after Horse of the Year Gun Runner shattered the North American earnings record for a freshman sire, Three Chimneys Farm has another young stallion poised to make a run at this year’s freshman accolades. Sharp Azteca, who stands at the Midway, Ky., facility, was represented by two first-crop stakes winners on Saturday, both of whom posted efforts that rank among the best Beyer Speed Figures this year for 2-year-olds.
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: Sir for Sure
Horse of the Year Gun Runner continued the white-hot start to his stud career by sweeping the exacta in the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth, with Cyberknife edging Taiba by a head.
Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin enjoyed an outstanding weekend at Saratoga as he continues to climb the sire ranks. His daughter Nest turned a showdown for the lead of the 3-year-old filly division into a runaway, winning the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks by 12 1/4 lengths on Saturday.
The death of Eclipse Award champion and perennial leading turf sire Kitten's Joy last week widens the void atop the North American turf sire ranks, which lost fellow champion English Channel last fall.
