A precious few each year get to say they bred a Kentucky Derby runner. With thousands of Thoroughbreds born each year, it's a longshot – especially for smaller programs outside of Kentucky that raise a relative handful of foals. But for Ohio-based Bruce Ryan, who bred Santa Anita Derby winner Taiba, it's a longshot that he's around to enjoy this spring at all.
Fillies by Street Boss and War Front held the fastest times at their respective breeze distances as the weeklong under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training concluded Saturday.
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Taiba
Straight Fire showed promise as a juvenile before being forced into a premature retirement, but some of the partners who raced him supported him as a stallion at Legacy Ranch in California. They are now reaping the rewards of doing so.
Pennsylvania-bred Just One Time is the newest Grade 1 winner for the hot young sire Not This Time, running down the classy Bell's the One to win the Madison Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland.
Brendan Walsh experienced what, to the best of his memory, was a first for his training career Saturday when he sent out a pair of half-siblings to win on the same card. Prevalence won the Grade 3 Commonwealth Stakes at Keeneland, three races after his younger half-brother Emirates Road won a maiden special weight.
2022 Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Messier
The durable racehorse Majestic Harbor, a Grade 1 winner who made 42 starts, died of a suspected cardiac event Tuesday at Harris Farms, where he has been standing at stud, according to his co-owner, Lori Hebel-Osborne, who raced Majestic Harbor as part of a partnership.
Hall of Fame racemare and blue hen Serena's Song turns 30 this week. The mare, who resides at Denali Stud in Paris, Ky., was foaled on April 4, 1992.
War Front, the flagship sire for Claiborne Farm, and his sons succeeded on several fronts last Saturday. War Front is the sire of a pair stakes winners this year, including Sumter, who won the Singletary Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita.
