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.
Eclipse Award champion turf horse Kitten's Joy, who went on to become a leading sire, has died, co-owner Ramsey Farm announced on July 15. The son of El Prado was 21
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: The Minkster
Into Mischief, the nation's three-time reigning leading sire, added another stakes winner to his 2022 tally on Saturday, as Gerrymander was a three-length victor in the historic Grade 2 Mother Goose at Belmont. With Into Mischief's chief earner thus far this season, Life Is Good, poised to return to the races, and plenty of prospects revving up for summer and fall racing, the stallion is poised to make a run at additional sire accolades, vying with standout Quality Road.
Triple Crown winner Justify became the first North American freshman sire of the season to register a graded/group stakes winner, as his unbeaten daughter Statuette won the Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes at The Curragh.
Dubawi, Europe's leading sire, recorded five winners at last week's Royal Ascot meeting to help power Godolphin to the leading owner title for the second year in a row.
The Adena Springs Kentucky property remains on the marketplace after being officially listed last fall, with Icon Global, the company handling the sale, announcing that the 2,300-acre Paris, Ky., farm is priced at $55 million.
Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm has assembled a top-notch broodmare band, including Littlemissemma, the dam of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. But the most exciting mare on the property at the moment may be Feathered, the dam of Flightline.
In just a decade as a stallion, Uncle Mo has consistently delivered success for those associated with him. Since entering stud in 2012 at Coolmore's Ashford Stud, he has sired a pair of American classic winners – 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and 2022 Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal.