Tue, 11/29/2016 - 07:44

Social Inclusion to stand at Woodford Thoroughbreds

Barbara D. Livingston
Social Inclusion will stand at Woodford Thoroughbreds for the 2017 breeding season.

Social Inclusion has finally found a home. Retired from racing at the end of 2015 but not bred to any mares this past breeding season, Social Inclusion will stand the 2017 breeding season at Woodford Thoroughbreds in Reddick, Fla., for a fee of $4,000.

By Pioneerof the Nile out of Saint Bernadette, by Saint Ballado, Social Inclusion won his debut by 7 1/2 lengths and registered a 110 Beyer Speed Figure in winning his second start, trouncing future champion Honor Code by 10 lengths in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race at Gulfstream Park in March of his 3-year-old season.

Mon, 11/28/2016 - 14:36

Winchell Thoroughbreds, Three Chimneys score big with Gun Runner

Churchill Downs/Coady Photography
Gun Runner earned his first Grade 1 win in last Friday's Clark Handicap.

Neither Winchell Thoroughbreds nor Three Chimneys Farm had an entrant in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. But Ron Winchell and Goncalo Torrealba, the principals behind those respective operations, were in good spirits anyway that day at Churchill Downs as they discussed the sturdy chestnut colt they had recently agreed to race in partnership.

Mon, 11/28/2016 - 11:59

Came Home has rising son for Kentucky Derby

Mont Saint Legame won last weekend’s Cattleya Sho at Tokyo Racecourse, the first of two races in Japan offering points toward the 2017 Kentucky Derby. Although the colt has yet to set foot on American soil, he is by a familiar name.

Mon, 11/28/2016 - 11:56

'Mo'-mentum stalled, temporarily

Barbara D. Livingston
Mo Town, with John Velazquez aboard, wins the Remsen Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths Saturday.

At this time last year, Uncle Mo was well on his way to a record-shattering freshman season. The resident of Coolmore’s Ashford Stud was represented by 28 individual winners, including seven stakes winners, in 2015 en route to earnings of $3,632,314, a record for a North American freshman. He was, of course, led by Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Nyquist, who emulated his young sire with an unbeaten championship campaign.

Mon, 11/28/2016 - 11:50

Sparkman: War Front scoring at home and abroad

Benoit & Associates
Journey Home, by War Front, wins the Grade 3 Jimmy Durante Stakes at Del Mar.

The parallels between the stud careers of War Front and his sire, Danzig, are undeniable. Both went to stud with little fanfare and almost non-existent expectations. Both sired multiple Grade 1 winners in their first crops (Danzig three and War Front four from a larger crop), first crops that included stakes winners on both dirt and turf. And both horses eventually came to be regarded primarily as turf sires, especially effective in Europe.

Sat, 11/26/2016 - 19:56

Tapit breaks his own single-season record for progeny earnings

Barbara D. Livingston
Tapit sired his second Belmont Stakes winner with Creator.

With more than a month remaining in 2016, two-time reigning leading sire Tapit has again broken his own single-season progeny earnings record for a North American stallion.

The 15-year-old Pulpit horse, who stands at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky., came into Saturday with earnings of $18,371,097. His runners on Saturday included Divining Rod, who earned $100,000 for finishing a close second in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. That effort pushed Tapit’s seasonal earnings past his previous record of $18,397,691 for 2015.

Fri, 11/25/2016 - 19:57

Untapable to be bred to Frankel

Debra A. Roma
Winner of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Distaff, Untapable earned nearly $4 million throughout her racing career.

Champion Untapable, who was retired in June, will travel to England to be bred to unbeaten champion Frankel in 2017, her first season as a broodmare. David Fiske, manager for the mare’s owner and breeder, Winchell Thoroughbreds, confirmed the pairing Friday evening at Churchill Downs.

Wed, 11/23/2016 - 16:28

Take Charge Indy sold to stand in South Korea

Barbara D. Livingston
Take Charge Indy is winless in five starts since taking the 2012 Florida Derby.

Take Charge Indy, who stood at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., his first three seasons at stud, has been purchased by the Korea Racing Authority and will stand in South Korea in 2017. Take Charge Indy had been scheduled to stand at WinStar for a fee of $15,000 for 2017. He stood for $17,500 in 2016.

Wed, 11/23/2016 - 15:49

Champion Dynamic Sky retired, will stand in Canada

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Dynamic Sky, winner of the Grade 3 Red Smith Handicap in 2014, retires with a record of 5 wins from 32 starts.

Canadian champion Dynamic Sky has been retired and will stand the 2017 breeding season at Shannondoe Farm in St. Thomas, Ontario. The son of Sky Mesa will stand for $2,965 ($4,000 Canadian).

Wed, 11/23/2016 - 13:26

Beholder settles in at Spendthrift

Susie Raisher
Beholder will begin her career as a broodmare at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky.

Three-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder is settling into her new life as a broodmare prospect after arriving at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky this week.