Tapizar sired the winner of the 2018 Kentucky Oaks, Monomoy Girl, and has a candidate for this year’s filly classic in Project Whiskey.

But while champion Monomoy Girl was returning to graded stakes company with a victory in the Grade 2 Ruffian on Saturday at Belmont, and Project Whiskey was earning 50 points toward the Oaks with a victory in the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks on July 4, Tapizar was continuing to develop his eclectic career as a sire of international classic winners. Tapizar is the sire of Bullof Wall Street, winner of Sunday’s Swedish Derby.

Regally bred Grade 1 winner Mr Speaker faced a hurdle early in his stud career, as he had to reintroduce himself to Kentucky breeders following an extended shuttle stint to Chile. His first-crop daughter Speech is doing her best to keep him in the discussion, as she made a statement with a three-length victory in the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland, breaking the stakes and track records.

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Grade 1 winner Tom's d'Etat will stand at WinStar Farm upon his eventual retirement from racing, according to a press release, giving the Kentucky operation likely the last significant son of the late leading sire Smart Strike to come to stud.

Eclipse Award champion sprinter Runhappy sired his first winner as Libertyrun rolled to a 6 1/4-length victory Wednesday at Indiana Grand.

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Daredevil – Expo Gold, by Johannesburg

Bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm ($35,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Ken McPeek)

Spendthrift Farm has acquired the future breeding rights to Vekoma, who captured the Grade 1 Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap last Saturday at Belmont Park.

The Met Mile has a long reputation as a stallion-making race, and with this acquisition Spendthrift will now stand three of the last four winners of the race. The farm also stands 2017 winner Mor Spirit, who entered stud in 2019; and last year’s victor, Mitole, the Eclipse Award champion sprinter who entered stud in 2020.

The Metropolitan Handicap has a history of being a stallion-making race because it showcases the brilliance that is so desired in the American market. Vekoma remained unbeaten in his 4-year-old season with a victory Saturday in the Grade 1 Runhappy Metropolitan at Belmont Park, and with a pedigree that sports several successful sires, he has solid credentials to become a top sire himself.

Outwork was the first winner for his sire, Uncle Mo, when he won his debut in April 2015 at Keeneland. He was swiftly followed by many more winners as Uncle Mo was the leading freshman sire of 2015, highlighted by Eclipse Award champion Nyquist.

Kentucky Derby hopeful Honor A. P. will stand at Lane's End Farm upon his eventual retirement from racing as that Kentucky stallion operation continues to build on the legacy of the late A.P. Indy.

Lane's End announced on Friday morning that it had acquired the breeding rights to Honor A. P., who is from the first crop of its young stallion Honor Code, the Eclipse Award champion older male of 2015. Honor Code, also the sire of Belmont Stakes third-place finisher Max Player, is by Hall of Famer and sire A.P. Indy, who died in February at age 31 at Lane's End.

The international Coolmore operation has acquired the breeding rights to Tiz the Law, winner of last Saturday's Belmont Stakes, and will stand the colt at its Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., upon his eventual retirement from racing, the operation announced Thursday.