Nyquist carried the banner in the record-setting first crop of Uncle Mo, emulating his sire on the racetrack with an unbeaten juvenile campaign capped by a Breeders' Cup Juvenile victory to earn the divisional Eclipse Award. Having taken things a step further by going on to win the 2016 Kentucky Derby, Nyquist is now following in his father's footsteps as a stallion as well.
The young broodmare Catch the Moon has already become a star, officially recording her third graded stakes winner over the weekend as Pirate's Punch won the Grade 3 Salvator Mile at Monmouth.
The Reddams reacquired the 11-year-old Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another in a private purchase and will stand him at their Ocean Breeze Ranch in Bonsall, Calif., in 2021, Paul Reddam said on Thursday.
The celebration of Shedaresthedevil's victory in the Sept. 4 Kentucky Oaks over Swiss Skydiver stretched from her connections in Louisville around the globe to Karacabey, Turkey. The top two finishers in the Oaks are both by former American stallion Daredevil, who was purchased late last year by the Turkish Jockey Club.
Queen's Plate pedigree profile: Curlin's Voyage
The Jockey Club is projecting a 2021 registered North American Thoroughbred foal crop of 19,200, a decline of 6 percent from an estimated 20,500 in 2020.
Authentic gamely turned back favored Tiz the Law in the Churchill Downs stretch, giving B. Wayne Hughes his first Derby winner and giving Into Mischief his first classic winner, answering questions about the sire's ability to produce stamina.
Halo Again, a stakes winner both as a juvenile and this season, is by a stallion who excelled as a sprinter, but has produced his share of route runners.
In recent years, the club model of Thoroughbred ownership has grown in popularity, attracting new owners to Thoroughbred racing by offering interested parties a chance to buy a small share in a horse with a small single payment.
Every Thoroughbred bloodstock entity faces difficult decisions in wheeling and dealing its stock in pursuit of success. Of course, operations want to breed or acquire the best horses possible – but financing that pursuit may also require selling some stock to raise capital. The Albaugh Family Stable faced some of those difficult decisions at the 2018 Keeneland September yearling sale – and so far, the Iowa-based racing operation of Dennis Albaugh and Jason Loutsch has wound up with a good hand.
