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G1 Producer Sophia Mia Among 10 Final Supplements
POSTED: January 5, 2024
Grade 1 Malibu Winner Speed Boat Beach is out of Sophia Mia. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Added on Eve of Keeneland January Horses of All...
Godolphin Tops 2023 Breeders List
POSTED: January 5, 2024
Godolphin homebred Bold Act (IRE) winning the Grade 3 Sycamore, his first American stakes, under Jamie Spencer sporting the Godolphin Silks. (Keeneland Photo) The Jockey...
First Foal Is a Filly for G1 Winner Cyberknife
POSTED: January 3, 2024
Cyberknife after capturing the Haskell (G1) July 23, 2022, at Monmouth Park (Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO) Spendthrift Farm Press Release LEXINGTON, Ky.— Spendthrift Farm’s Cyberknife, the son...
Breeding Award Rate Increases For New York-Breds In 2024
POSTED: December 20, 2023
The unbeaten daughter of NY-bred stallion Solomini, Soloshot, broke her maiden on New York Showcase Day. (Adam Coglianese) New York State Thoroughbred Breeding & Development...
Season Added to 2024 Md. Stallion Season Auction
POSTED: December 20, 2023
Irish War Cry winning the Grade 3 Pimlico Special May 18, 2018. (Dottie Miller Rosales) Maryland Horse Foundation Release REISTERSTOWN, Md.—An additional stallion season has...
Keeneland Adds Eight to January Sale
POSTED: December 14, 2023
French-bred Dolce Zel and jockey Flavien Prat win the $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes Saturday, November 11, 2023, at Del Mar. (Benoit Photo) Keeneland Sale Press...
Recent Winner Breeze Easy (GB) Tops Digital Sale
POSTED: December 14, 2023
Breeze Easy after her allowance win last Friday at the Fair Grounds. (Hodges Photography) Fasig-Tipton Press Release LEXINGTON, Ky.—The December Digital Sale closed Tuesday evening...
Fasig-Tipton December Digital Additions
POSTED: December 9, 2023
Stakes winning broodmare Por Que No, graded stakes placed winner Breeze Easy, added to December Digital Sale Fasig-Tipton Press Release LEXINGTON, Ky.—Fasig-Tipton has added two...
First-Crop Sire Solomini Standing Tall Ahead of Rich $500K NYSSS Events
POSTED: December 8, 2023
Solomini’s My Shae D Lady scoring on debut at Gulfstream Park. (Ryan Thompson) NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y. – McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds has...