Sat, 01/19/2013 - 21:41

Eclipse Award winner Questing: Champion filly a blend of English and American influences

Hard Spun conformation photocourtesy DarleyHard Spun

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 21:32

Eclipse Award winner Groupie Doll: Standout sprinter arises from modest beginnings

Bowman's Band conformationcourtesy Lane's EndBowman's Band

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 21:25

Eclipse Award winner Trinniberg: Breeders’ Cup victor carries sire and dam’s speed to championship

courtesy of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, Louise Reinagel photoTeuflesberg

Trinniberg, the successful result of a speed-on-speed mating, got his young sire Teuflesberg off to a good start and transformed his dam from an obscurely bred runner to a $460,000 broodmare.

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 21:01

Eclipse Award winner Wise Dan: Morton Fink’s insight reaps championship dividends

Wiseman's Ferry conformationcourtesy Dana Point FarmWiseman's Ferry

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 20:58

Eclipse Award winner Zagora: Champion turf female enhances profile of late sire

Heading into autumn 2012, it appeared that the final chapters on Green Tune’s legacy as a sire were close to completion, as far as the accomplishments of his leading runners are concerned. The late son of Green Dancer, a classic winner in France and one of that country’s leading sires, still had numerous horses racing across Europe, but no standouts. His best performer in training was a competitive 5-year-old mare who had annexed two Group 3 races in France before shipping to the U.S. and winning the Grade 1 Diana Stakes in 2011.

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 20:34

Eclipse Award winner Pierrot Lunaire: Steeplechase champion newest star in accomplished family

courtesy Three Chimneys FarmWar Chant
The top side of multiple Grade 1 winner Pierrot Lunaire's pedigree is littered with Grade 1 performers on both turf and dirt, while the 9-year-old gelding hails from a female family that has produced stakes horses on both sides of the Atlantic. This versatile family now welcomes a steeplechase champion.

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 20:20

Eclipse Award winner Shanghai Bobby: Talented colt helps make his pedigree

courtesy WinStar FarmHarlan's Holiday

Sat, 01/19/2013 - 20:19

Eclipse Award winner Beholder: Top sprinter Henny Hughes comes up with a two-turn champion

Henny Hughes conformation photocourtesy Walmac Farm; Joy Gilbert photoHenny Hughes

Fri, 01/18/2013 - 14:20

Storm Cat enriches already great legacy by topping broodmare sire list

Barbara D. Livingston
Storm Cat had four male-line descendents win at this year's Breeders' Cup: Beholder in the Juvenile Fillies, Shanghai Bobby in the Juvenile, Trinniberg in the Sprint, and Wise Dan in the Mile.

It’s official: Storm Cat has done it all. Anyone who has thumbed even casually through Daily Racing Form past performances in recent years has encountered the terms “Storm” and “Cat” too many times to count. This horse is everywhere, omnipresent like the god of racing he is . . . his name synonymous with the best this sport has to offer.

Fri, 01/18/2013 - 13:51

Henrythenavigator plants his flag on two continents

Photos by Z/Keeneland
Henrythenavigator sired 15 individual winners from 45 runners for earnings of $1,231,383 in 2012.

Henrythenavigator found success on both sides of the Atlantic during his racing career, winning multiple Group 1 events in Europe before finishing a close second in the richest race in North America. As a stallion, he has found similar success early in his stud career, siring a Grade 1 or Group 1 winner on each side of the pond to reign as the leading North American freshman sire for 2012.