The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation will open a new sanctuary farm at Chestnut Hall in Prospect, Oldham County, outside of the city of Louisville, Ky. The farm, designed to connect the Louisville community to Thoroughbreds and aftercare issues, is opening with the support of Bill Carstanjen, CEO of Churchill Downs Incorporated.
Freshman sire American Freedom, standing at Airdrie Stud, had his first winner from his first starter as American Bound won her debut on opening day at Keeneland.
Malathaat lived up to the golden pedigree that made her a seven-figure sale yearling with her victory in the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland, as she became the third consecutive member of her direct female line to win at least one Grade 1 race.
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The Jockey Club has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the organization’s decision to impose a cap on the number of mares a stallion can cover, calling the suit a “hodgepodge of speculative claims.”
Performer, a multiple Grade 3 stakes winner, has been retired from racing, his connections said this week. Walker Hancock, president of Claiborne Farm, which co-owned Performer with the Phipps Stable, said Performer came out of a third-place finish in the Gulfstream Park Mile on Feb. 27 with an ankle injury, similar to the injury that sidelined him for a good part of 2020.
Grade 1 winner Unbridled Forever died earlier this month, following foaling complications after delivering a surviving colt by Medaglia d'Oro on March 15.
The international Godolphin operation enjoyed an outstanding day with multiple stakes winners on Saturday, highlighted by homebred Mystic Guide's dominant victory in the Group 1, $12 million Dubai World Cup. In a fitting note, Godolphin welcomed a new arrival earlier in the day, as that runner's dam, multiple Grade 1 winner Music Note, delivered a Medaglia d'Oro colt in Kentucky, just hours before her son's smashing performance.
Two-time Royal Ascot winner Caravaggio became the first Northern Hemisphere freshman sire of 2021 to record a winner, as his daughter Tenebrism won on debut at Naas in Ireland on Sunday.
Liam's Map, one of the accomplished runners in a stellar class of third-crop sires, showcased his versatility with a fantastic Saturday of three stakes winners at Gulfsteam Park.
