Thu, 10/09/2025 - 11:07

Airdrie Stud 2026 Stud Fees

Airdrie Stud has released the 2026 stud fees for it’s 12-stallion roster, highlighted by the introductory fees of newcomers Mystik Dan and Jonathan’s Way.  Winner of the 2024 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby and second in that season’s Grade 1 Preakness Stakes, Mystik Dan has further established himself as one of the most talented older horses in training in 2025 and will head to Del Mar as one of the leading contenders in the Grade 1 Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile following his emphatic score in the Grade 2 $500,000 Lukas Classic on September 27th.  His lifetime earnings to date stand at more

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 11:04

Report of Mares Bred projects slight decline for 2026; Tiz the Law tops sires

Barbara D. Livingston
In his first two crops, Tiz the Law (above) sired graded stakes winners Tiztastic, Scythian, and Non Compliant.

Young sire Tiz the Law covered 274 mares, narrowly ranking as the busiest stallion in North America, as The Jockey Club’s Report of Mares Bred and foal crop estimates released Thursday showed continued contraction in the industry.

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 16:28

Patch Adams retired due to injury; will stand at WinStar

Patch Adams at SAR Aug 24 2025
Debra A. Roma
Patch Adams won four of seven starts and closed out his career with victories in a pair of Grade 1s, the H. Allen Jerkens and Woody Stephens.

Patch Adams, who won back-to-back Grade 1 races this summer at Saratoga Race Course, has been retired to WinStar Farm for the 2026 breeding season after sustaining an injury during preparations for the Breeders’ Cup, according to a press release.

Patch Adams won the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial in his last start Aug. 23. Before that he won the Grade 1 Woody Stephens. Both races were at Saratoga.

Patch Adams, a 3-year-old son of Into Mischief, raced for his breeder WinStar Farm and CHC Inc.

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 15:19

Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation announces winners

The board of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation is delighted to announce the 2026 recipients of its Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Experience scholarships. These particular annual awards are granted to recent graduates of equine programs from Irish educational institutions, providing young people with the opportunity to travel to the United States and gain placement at a leading Kentucky farm.

Fri, 10/03/2025 - 17:32

Just Leo, Firenze Fire's lesser-known brother, off to solid start at stud

Barbara D. Livingston
Kelly Breen trained Just Leo and Firenze Fire during their racing careers.

Just Leo, the lesser-known brother of nine-time graded stakes winner Firenze Fire, is enjoying modest success early in his stud career for Mr. Amore Stable. The 6-year-old’s first crop, consisting of three horses to reach the track so far, has already produced two homebred winners for owner Ron Lombardi and trainer Kelly Breen. 

Sat, 09/27/2025 - 11:55

Maximum Security to move to Indiana to continue stud career

Barbara D. Livingston
Maximum Security will be moved to Breakaway Farm in Indiana and will stand for $3,500 in 2026.

Maximum Security, who was voted the Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old male of 2019, will move to Breakway Farm in Indiana to continue his stud career, that farm announced Friday night.  

Maximum Security, by New Year’s Day, began his stud career at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky in 2021. He will stand for $3,500 at Breakway in 2026.  

Wed, 09/24/2025 - 10:30

Hot Dixie Chick, Grade 1 winner and producer, dies at 18

Barbara D. Livingston
Hot Dixie Chick (right) walks in a paddock at Stonestreet Farm with Rachel Alexandra in 2012.

Grade 1 winner and producer Hot Dixie Chick, a key member of Stonestreet Farm’s history and broodmare band, was euthanized due to complications from colic, the farm announced recently. The daughter of Dixie Union was 18.

Wed, 09/24/2025 - 10:08

Blue hen broodmare Special Me pensioned at 19

Barbara D. Livingston
Multiple Grade 1 winner Gina Romantica was among the broodmare Special Me’s top offspring.

Blue hen broodmare Special Me has been pensioned at age 19 at the Brogden family’s Machmer Hall Farm in Paris, Ky.

“She is literally the toughest, strongest horse I have ever met,” Carrie Brogden wrote on social media. “To say she has been special to this farm and so many people would be an understatement.”

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 11:18

International success Wootton Bassett dies from complications of choke at age 17

Barbara D. Livingston
Audarya, a daughter of Wootton Bassett, wins the 2020 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. He also sired 2023 BC Juvenile Turf winner Unquestionable.

Wootton Bassett, a standout international sire who was in the midst of growing success for the international Coolmore group has died at age 17.

Wootton Bassett was standing his shuttle season at Coolmore Australia when he suffered an episode of choke, when food becomes lodged in a horse’s esophagus. He developed pneumonia, a common complication of choke, as the horse’s anatomy means lodged food can easily be aspirated.

Fri, 09/12/2025 - 11:34

FTBOA implements out-of-state bonus program

The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association has implemented a new program to award breeders in the state for wins outside of Florida. 

The new “export” program will award $7,500 to the breeders of any Florida-bred that wins a Grade 1 and $5,000 for a Grade 2 or Grade 3 win. The program also will award as much as $4,000 for a win in a non-graded stakes, and as much as $3,000 for a win in an allowance or maiden special weight, depending on the overall winner’s share of the purse.