Quality Road had a solid Saturday, siring three winners, including Blofeld, who got back to his winning ways in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Handicap.

Blofeld, a member of Quality Road's first crop, earned Grade 2 victories in the Belmont Futurity and Nashua Stakes as a juvenile in 2014. The Gulfstream Park Handicap marked his first win since then.

The champion filly Songbird remained undefeated and unchallenged with her victory in the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday and continues to lead sire Medaglia d’Oro’s quest for his third Kentucky Oaks winner.

Medaglia d’Oro, based at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Ky., is the sire of six of the 112 early nominees to the Kentucky Oaks, which will be run May 6 at Churchill Downs, but Songbird is the only stakes winner in his group.

First Dude had something of a star-crossed career. The twice classic-placed runner was among the most respected performers of his division, but suffered a frustrating string of narrow defeats in major events. He finally broke through with his first Grade 1 victory – but was promptly forced into retirement by an injury.

With Distinction was the leading active sire in Florida last year for a number of reasons: Runners, runners, and more runners. And lots of winners.

High Cotton debuted as Florida’s leading freshman sire of 2011 and has continued to rank as a top-15 juvenile sire in the state every year since. With perhaps his best season yet in 2015, he climbed atop the juvenile sire list for the first time – and also earned placings in other major sire rankings.

Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., had undergone a long period of transition in the time between the death of venerable owner Arthur Appleton in January 2008 to the farm’s purchase by Liberty Media Co. chairman John Malone and his wife, Leslie, in August 2013.

Old Fashioned and Plan have been sold to continue their stallion careers in Korea for the 2016 breeding season.

Old Fashioned, a 10-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song, previously stood at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., where he was advertised for a 2016 fee of $6,500.

Plan, an 11-year-old son of Storm Cat, stood at Heritage Stallions in Chesapeake City, Md., as property of Adena Springs, where he was advertised in 2015 for $2,500.

Shagaf

Bernardini – Muhaawara, by Unbridled’s Song

Shadwell Farm homebred Shagaf, an open-lengths winner of both his starts, may be playing catch-up in terms of experience as he takes his first serious step onto the Triple Crown trail in Saturday’s Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. However, the son of Bernardini has a big advantage in a classic-type pedigree that should serve him well as he progresses.

California leading sire Unusual Heat has passed the $50 million mark in career progeny earnings, becoming the first stallion to achieve the milestone while standing his entire career in California.

The 26-year-old Nureyev horse, who stands at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., was put over that mark when his son Boozer won the Sensational Star Stakes on Feb. 27 at Santa Anita.

California leading sire Unusual Heat has passed the $50 million mark in career progeny earnings, becoming the first stallion to achieve the milestone while standing his entire career in California.

The 26-year-old Nureyev horse, who stands at Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., was put over that mark when his son Boozer won the Sensational Star Stakes on Feb. 27 at Santa Anita.