Three-time Grade 1 winner Exaggerator recorded the first winner of his stud career Thursday as his daughter Xtrema won her debut at Golden Gate for some of the same connections that campaigned her sire.
Three-time Grade 1 winner Exaggerator recorded the first winner of his stud career Thursday as his daughter Xtrema won her debut at Golden Gate for some of the same connections that campaigned her sire.
Cezanne
Curlin – Achieving, by Bernardini
Bred in Kentucky by Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and St. Elias Stables ($3.65 million Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2-year-old purchase by M.V. Magnier)
The pricey Cezanne, who won his highly anticipated career debut last weekend at Santa Anita, sports the definition of a classic pedigree. The colt’s sire and broodmare sire both won the Preakness Stakes; his sire is already represented by a pair of American classic winners; and he is from the extended family of a pair of Belmont Stakes winners.
Al Shaab Stud, the largest Thoroughbred breeding operation in war-torn Libya, has reported that more than half of its horses stolen in a raid in January have been recovered, although several, including regally bred former U.S. stallion Eavesdropper, remain missing.
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Tapitsfly didn’t need to take her track with her, competing successfully around the United States during an accomplished career. Her first foal, Gran Alegria, has taken Tapitsfly’s success in the breeding shed global.
Already a Japanese champion, Gran Alegria won Sunday’s Group 1 Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse, upsetting Japanese Horse of the Year Almond Eye.
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A European champion standing in America and an American standout standing in Europe, both sons of internationally successful sires bred in Kentucky, recorded their respective first winners over the weekend.
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Volatile, by Violence, has an explosive name – and he exploded onto the scene with a victory in the Aristides Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs. But trainer Steve Asmussen has a long and harmonious history with the family of the rising star, having conditioned his dam and granddam to sprint stakes victories as well.
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Shooters Shoot
Competitive Edge – Repeat, by Bernardini
Bred in Kentucky by Nancy C. Shuford ($90,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase by Winchell Thoroughbreds; $70,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Gary Mottola; $300,000 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring 2-year-old purchase by Exline-Border Racing)