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Welcome Joe Seitz Airdrie Stud Calumet farm Coolmore Claiborne Crestwood Farm Darby Dan Darley Gainesway Hill 'N' Dale Lane's End Mill Ridge Stud Spendthrift Farm Taylor Made THREE CHIMNEYS Winstar Farm
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Welcome to the Racing Post’s US Stallion Showcase, produced in conjunction with US Breds, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Inc, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Keeneland Association. We are thrilled that through the power of modern technology, we are able to take you, our readers, on a virtual magical mystery tour through the stud farms of America, taking you up close and personal with some of the great American stallions of the modern era.
Introduction
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Sit back and enjoy a whirlwind of stallion videos, insight and information as we take you on an alphabetical tour of the stud farms to note in the coming year. From Airdrie Stud all the way to Winstar Farm, there are 15 stallion rosters to browse here, and we hope you will enjoy seeing some famous faces from their racing days looking resplendent in their second careers. We will be taken through a plethora of winners of the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes, the Preakness Stakes, and, well, even a select band of Triple Crown winners here, not to mention a wide array of Breeders’ Cup winners, Royal Ascot winners, and European Classic winners. The sires of some of the most famous horses of recent years are featured, as well as undoubtedly the sires of some of the best horses of the years to come.
In terms of American racing and breeding, all life is here.Over the years, some of the great stallion influences in world racing have emanated from American breeding, from Sadler’s Wells to Green Desert, and from Danzig to Scat Daddy. The next generation of potential breed-shapers lie in wait over the following pages. Click on and watch them all, all from the comfort of your own home.
by tom Turner | Racing Post Bloodstock Commercial Manager
For the past two decades numerous American horsemen have reaped tremendous profits from buying European horses and racing them in the United States. Now, according to industry experts, the tide is turning, making it a golden time for European owners and trainers to take a page out of that American playbook. Joe Seitz, the president of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders, is one of the many voices in the US saying that the timing is perfect for European horsemen, especially those in the UK, to buy horses at American sales and race them at the country’s premier meets. “It's never been better for an international buyer, regardless of where they are based, to buy horses in the United States,” says Seitz, the director of sales for his family’s Brookdale Farm in Versailles, Kentucky“ The pound and euro are stronger than they have been in a long time, so you can buy a lot more horse right now if you are coming from outside the United States. That’s an economic point that should hit home with overseas horsemen.” The enhanced buying power for international horsemen is reflected in the current exchange rate of one English pound being worth roughly 1.32 US dollars. That gives the visitors a 33 per cent financial edge while bidding for prospects at sales, such as the major offerings by Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, and the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company. That superior buying power comes at a highly opportune time. Not only is grass racing becoming more popular and lucrative in the US, but an influx of new stallions whose progeny have been successful on turf, such as Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, have amplified the appeal of the American market for foreign investors. “We have a lot of American dirt blood, but we also have a lot of American turf blood,” says Seitz, “We’ve had American horses who have become responsible for the foundation success in places like Europe, Australia, South Africa and Japan, with stallions such as Sunday Silence, Southern Halo and Danehill, and that wasn’t that many generations ago. The United States is where a lot of that success began and I belie ve people need to come back to the well for it.”While trainer Wesley Ward’s 12 wins at Royal Ascot reflects how productive American-bred horses can be at a premier European track, economics also paint a compelling picture of why buying and racing in the US makes a considerable amount of sense from a financial standpoint. After a difficult year in 2020, when race dates and purses were sliced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, purses are surging on American shores.
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“In America, we raced for $1.1 billion in purse money in 2019 and there was a lot of money out there for grass racing,” says Seitz. “In the last ten years through 2020 we’ve seen turf racing jump from 20 per cent of all purses to 26 per cent. At the same time, 42 per cent of the graded stakes are on turf, and that’s up from 37 per cent.” The added emphasis on turf racing in the US is best seen at the New York Racing Association, where in 2019 it launched its Turf Triple series for three-year-old colts and fillies. This year, NYRA offered three $1 million races for males at the same demanding distances as the American Triple Crown on dirt and two of them (the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes and the Saratoga Invitational Stakes) were Grade 1 tests. For fillies there were three $750,000 stakes races, with one Grade 1. “We’ve run the Turf Triple in its entirety only twice because of the pandemic, so it’s very much in its infancy, but the timing for it is right,” says Martin Panza, who created the Turf Triple while working as NYRA’s senior vice-president of racing operations from 2014 until he stepped down on October 31. “Everything has to start somewhere and I think the wagering on the races has been strong and we’ve attracted quality fields. ”Beyond the ritzy purses in Graded stakes, US purses for maiden and allowance races are considerably higher than the money offered at many European tracks. At the top of the scale is Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Kentucky. Its late summer meet consisted of six days of purely turf racing, with total purses of more than $74 million. Maiden special weight races there were worth $135,000, a value that exceeds the purse of overnight stakes at many US tracks.Yet what stands out about Kentucky Downs is that the purse structure is tilted heavily in favour of Kentucky-breds. Of that $135,000 in purse money, $64,800 was provided by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund and distributed to Kentucky-breds who completed the race. Therefore, in order to collect the full $81,000 winner’s share of the purse, a horseman needed to have a Kentucky-bred who raced in the Bluegrass State. “That KTDF money is huge,” says Seitz. “You have to come to Kentucky, buy a horse, and race him here to capitalise on that.” At Churchill Downs, where a new turf course is being constructed, purses were also robust at its autumn meet as it carded maiden special weight races with a purse of $130,000 – a value that promises to be similar or higher in the spring when turf racing resumes at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Again, having a Kentucky-bred is a key element in the purse structure, with $56,500 of that $130,000 coming from the KTDF and going to Kentucky-breds. Even outside Kentucky, there are highly attractive purses for turf racing. At Saratoga, maiden special weight races were carded for $100,000 this summer and turf racing played an important role in the nation’s most popular race meet.
Of the 416 races at this summer’s 40-day meet, 174 were contested on turf for a 42 per cent share. Yet 45 races were moved off the turf course, meaning 53 per cent of the races had been carded for turf. In 2020, there were 409 races at the Spa with 183 on turf (45 per cent) and 32 were washed off the two grass courses (carded for 53 per cent of races). “Turf racing has become a major part of the Saratoga meet as we have been carding more grass races than dirt races,” said Panza. “There are a lot of opportunities there. “Needless to say, horsemen taking advantage of those opportunities in the US will accrue purse money far faster than their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Consider, as an example, the field for the November 5 $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar. The winner was Godolphin’s Irish-bred and European-raced Modern Games. His first start was a fifth in a July 1 race at Haydock with a purse equivalent to $13,800. He then won a July 24 maiden race at Newmarket with a similar purse of about $13,700 and earned £5,400 for his win, which equates to about $7,140. He entered the Juvenile Turf with career earnings listed at $75,348 for three wins and a second in five starts. Meanwhile, the betting favourite in the race was Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Dakota Gold, who was bred in New York State and raced in New York and New Jersey with a perfect two for two record going into the world championships. He won on his debut in a $97,000 maiden special race at Saratoga, earning $55,000, not including bonus money for winning an open race as a New York State-bred. He then won the $500,000 Nownownow Stakes on turf at Monmouth to take home $300,000 for owner Dean Reeves. Dakota Gold, who was fifth in the Juvenile Turf, entered the race with earnings of $355,000, a figure that was more than four times higher than Modern Games’ total with 40 per cent of that two-year-old’s starts. Add in the recent addition of a Tapeta all-weather surface at Gulfstream Park in Florida and the likelihood that NYRA’s impending renovation of Belmont Park will include the addition of a synthetic surface, and American racing seems to be taking on more of an international look at a time when European buying power has become robust to say the very least.
by Bob Ehalt
“It's never been better for an international buyer, regardless of where they are based, to buy horses in the United States” Joe Seitz
"You have to come to Kentucky, buy a horse, and race him here to capitalise on that" Joe Seitz
Founded in 1972 by Kentucky governor Brereton Jones and his wife Libby on the latter’s family estate in Woodford County, Airdrie Stud consists of more than 2,500 acres, mainly on the southern side of Old Frankfort Pike near Midway, Kentucky. Much of the Airdrie land is historic indeed in bloodstock terms, having been part of the celebrated Woodburn Stud, home to the immortal Lexington, America’s leading sire for 16 years in the 19th century. The stud, also a leading light in the standardbred industry of the time, fell into decline soon at the turn of the century and was used as cattle land before its 1970s revival as Airdrie, named for the Scottish estate of Mrs Jones’s ancestors. Airdrie is now home to a large broodmare band and an exciting 11 strong roster, headed by leading sire of his stallion crop by both stakes winners and graded stakes winners, Cairo Prince, exceeds $7 Million in 2021 earnings, Grade 1 winning son of City Zip, Collected, and Champagne Stakes winner Complexity. Airdrie's young roster is rounded out by the Grade 1-winning duo of Preservationist and Divisidero, and a mixture of proven and ascending sires in Upstart, Summer Front, Creative Cause and American Freedom. New for 2022, Airdrie has added the talented Beau Liam in partnership with Stonestreet and Spendthrift. One of the fastest 3-year-olds of his generation, he is brilliantly fast and from a top-class family.
American Freedom Pulpit - Gottcha Last (Pleasant Tap) 2022 Fee: $6,000 S&N Beau Liam LIAM’S MAP - BELLE OF PERINTOWN 2022 Fee: $6,000 S&N Cairo Prince Pioneerof The Nile - Holy Bubbette (Holy Bull) 2022 fee $15,000 S&N Collected City Zip - Helena Bay (GB) (Johannesburg) 2022 fee $15,000 S&N Complexity Maclean’s Music - Goldfield (Yes It’s True) 2022 Fee: $12,500 S&N
Stallions for 2022
Creative Cause Giant’s Causeway - Dream Of Summer (Siberian Summer) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Divisidero Kitten’s Joy - Madame Du Lac (Lemon Drop Kid) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N McCraken Ghostzapper - Ivory Empress (Seeking The Gold) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N
Airdrie Stud
featured Stallions
Preservationist Arch - Flying Dixie (Dixieland Band) 2022 Fee: $10,000 S&N
Collected City Zip - Helena Bay (GB) (Johannesburg) 2022 Fee: $15,000 S&N
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Preservationist Arch - Flying Dixie (Dixieland Band) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Summer Front War Front - Rose Of Summer (El Prado (IRE)) 2022 Fee: $7,500 S&N Upstart Flatter - Party Silks (Touch Gold) 2022 Fee: $10,000 S&N Website: airdriestud.com
There is no more iconic name in American racing and breeding than the storied Calumet Farm, located next door to Keeneland racecourse in Lexington. Established in 1924 by William Monroe Wright, founder of the Calumet Baking Powder Company, Calumet’s Thoroughbred dynasty was developed by the founder’s son Warren Wright Sr (and continued by his widow Lucille Markey) to the extent that the farm’s horses were leading money earners for 12 straight seasons; the Hall of Fame includes no fewer than 11 Calumet horses. After a notorious decline into bankruptcy, Calumet’s name has been reborn in the last two decades, mainly under the stewardship of the Calumet Investment Group, who leased the farm to tobacco magnate Brad Kelley. The operation’s racetrack representatives now carry Kelley’s black and gold silks, while the stallion roster is headed by Travers Stakes winner Keen Ice, Man O’War Stakes winner Channel Cat, Cigar Mile winner True Timber, and Oxbow, whose Preakness victory in 2013 was the first in a Triple Crown race for a Calumet-owned horse since Forward Pass was awarded the Kentucky Derby in 1968.
Bal A Bali Put It Back - In My Side (BRZ) (Clackson (BRZ)) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN Channel Cat ENGLISH CHANNEL – CARNIVAL KITTEN, BY KITTEN’S JOY 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN Big Blue Kitten Kitten’s Joy - Spent Gold (Unaccounted For) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN Bravazo Awesome Again - Tiz O’ Gold (Cee’s Tizzy) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN Hightail Mineshaft - Stormy Renee (Storm Cat) 2022 fee $4,000 LFSN Keen Ice Curlin - Medomak (Awesome Again) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN Mr Z Malibu Moon - Stormy Bear (Storm Cat) 2022 fee $2,500 LFSN Optimizer English Channel - Indy Pick (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $2,500 LFSN
Oxbow Awesome Again - Tizamazing (Cee’s Tizzy) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN Producer (GB) Dutch Art (GB) - River Saint (Irish River (FR)) 2022 fee $2,500 LFSN Raison d'Etat A.P. Indy - Sightseek (Distant View) 2022 fee $2,500 LFSN Ransom The Moon Malibu Moon - Count To Three (Red Ransom) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN Real Solution Kitten’s Joy - Reachfortheheavens (Pulpit) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN True Timber MINESHAFT – QUEEN’S WOOD ( TIZNOW) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN HENCE STREET BOSS – FLOATING ISLAND, 2022 STUD FEE: $5,000 LFSN
Calumet Farm
Regional stallions AIKENITE YES IT’S TRUE - SILVERLADO (SAINT BALLADO) 2022 fee Private Ready’s Image More Than Ready - Clever Phrases (Clever Trick) 2022 fee $2,000 LFSN Vertiformer Dynaformer - Tempo West (Rahy) 2022 fee $2,000 LFSN Also listed as ‘private’: Behesht, Lentenor, Snapy Halo Website: calumetfarm.com
Having opened its doors in 1982 with a stallion roster headed by Storm Bird, Ashford Stud is the American arm of the Irish-based bloodstock colossus Coolmore. The land on which Ashford stands in the heart of the Bluegrass was cattle land until the late 1970s, when Dr Bill Lockridge began to transform it into a state-of-the-art stud; Terlingua, a resident mare in 1982, was bred to Storm Bird to produce breed-shaping sire Storm Cat. After becoming part of John Magnier’s Coolmore operation in the mid-1980s, Ashford’s reputation grew on an international scale via high-profile inmates such as El Gran Senor and Woodman. Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch was champion sire in 2001, a distinction achieved three times by Giant’s Causeway; several Ashford sires have led the way with juveniles. The Elite stallion band at Ashford features Saudi Cup winner Maximum Security, European star Caravaggio, Munnings, UAE Derby winner Mendelssohn, Belmont and Travers Stakes winner Tiz The Law, three-time Grade 1 winner Practical Joke, and also has the distinction of two Triple Crown winners in American Pharoah and Justify plus record-breaking Uncle Mo.
Classic Empire Pioeerof The Nile - Sambuca Classica (Cat Thief) 2022 fee $17,500 LFSN Cupid Tapit - Pretty ’N Smart (Beau Genius) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN Echo Town Speightstown - Letgomyecho (Menifee) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN
Lookin At Lucky Smart Strike - Private Feeling (Belong To Me) 2022 fee $15,000 LFSN Maximum Security New Year’s Day - Lil Indy (Anasheed) 2022 fee $15,000 LFSN Munnings Speightstown - La Comete (Holy Bull) 2022 fee $85,000 LFSN
Coolmore
Mendelssohn Scat Daddy - Leslie’s Lady (Tricky Creek) 2022 fee $35,000 LFSN
American Pharoah Pioneerof The Nile - Littleprincessemma (Yankee Gentleman) 2022 fee $80,000 LFSN
Justify Scat Daddy - Stage Magic (Ghostzapper) 2022 fee $100,000 LFSN
Mo Town Uncle Mo - Grazia Mille (Bernardini) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN
Caravaggio Scat Daddy - Mekko Hokte (Holy Bull) 2022 fee $35,000 LFSN
Uncle Mo Indian Charlie - Playa Maya (Arch) 2022 fee $160,000 LFSN
Tiz The Law Constitution - Tizfiz (Tiznow) 2022 fee $35,000 LFS&N Practical Joke Into Mischief - Halo Humor (Distorted Humor) 2022 fee $35,000 LFSN Website: coolmore.com/farms/america
For more than a century one of the world’s most renowned stud farms, historic Claiborne has lived up to its motto of “doing the usual, unusually well” through generations of the Hancock family. Established in 1910 near Paris, Kentucky, by Arthur B Hancock, Claiborne has a justified reputation as the ‘Birthplace of Champions’. The farm was central to the import of hugely influential breeding stock from Europe to become an international leader, all the time maintaining the values and traditions on which it was founded. Ten Kentucky Derby winners have been bred at Claiborne, while six of the 13 Triple Crown winners were sired by Claiborne stallions. Indeed, from Sir Gallahad III and Blenheim to Danzig, Mr Prospector and Seeking The Gold, a list of Claiborne stallions reads like a who’s who of the breeding greats. A total of 11 different Claiborne sires have been champions, and more than 300 horses sired by their stallions have been champions. Internationally acclaimed sire War Front once again heads the Claiborne Farm stallion roster, alongside his dual-surface Grade 1 winner son War Of Will, sire of multiple champions Flatter, champion racehorse Blame, Catholic Boy, regally-bred Graded winner Demarchelier, champion sprinter Runhappy, as well as new recruits Performer and Silver State.
Sliver State Hard Spun - Supreme (Empire Maker) 2022 fee $20,000 LFSN
Flatter A.P. Indy - Praise (Mr Prospector) 2022 fee $35,000 LFSN
Claiborne Farm
Catholic Boy More Than Ready - Song Of Bernadette (Bernardini) 2022 fee $20,000 LFS
Runhappy Super Saver - Bella Jolie (Broken Vow) 2022 fee $12,500 LFSN Website: claibornefarm.com
Blame Arch - Liable (Seeking The Gold) 2022 fee $20,000 LFSN
First Samurai Giant’s Causeway - Freddie Frisson (Dixieland Band) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
Lea First Samurai - Greenery (Galileo (IRE)) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN
Demarchelier (GB) Dubawi (IRE) - Loveisallyouneed (IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN
War Front Danzig - Starry Dreamer (Rubiano) 2022 fee $100,000 LFSN
War Of Will War Front - Visions Of Clarity (IRE) (Sadler's Wells) 2022 fee $25,000 LFSN
Mastery Candy Ride (ARG) - Steady Course (Old Trieste) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
For 50 years since its inception in 1970, Pope McLean’s 1,000-acre Crestwood Farm has been home to a successful full-service breeding operation. “We raise runners” is the motto of the Lexington-based team, which prides itself on its strong work ethic and developing long-term relationship with clients. The McLean family’s operation has been responsible for over 250 stakes horses to date, among them multiple Hall of Fame inductees, and it remains the only farm in North America to raise three fillies who earned in excess of $2 million, namely the 11-time Grade 1 winner Serena’s Song, Xtra Heat and Island Fashion. In 2022, Crestwood stands the likes of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile hero Texas Red, Grade 1 turf winners Get Stormy, Heart To Heart and Jack Milton, Kentucky Derby runner up Firing Line, as well as Caracaro, a Grade 1-placed son of Uncle Mo, and multiple Graded winner Yorkton.
Caracaro Uncle Mo - Peace Time (War Front) 2022 fee $6,500 LFSN Firing Line Line Of David - Sister Girl Blues (Hold For Gold) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN
Texas Red Afleet Alex - Ramatuelle (CHI) (Jeune Homme) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN The Player Street Hero - Hour Queen (Gilded Time) 2022 fee $2,500 LFSN
Crestwood Farm
Heart To Heart English Channel - Ask The Question (Silver Deputy) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN
Get Stormy Stormy Atlantic - Foolish Gal (Kiri’s Clown) 2022 fee $7,500 LFSN
Website: www.crestwoodfarm.com
Jack Milton War Front - Preserver (Forty Niner) 2022 fee $6,500 LFSN
Yorkton (CAN) Speightstown - Sunday Affair (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN
Darby Dan’s founder John W Galbreath was the first winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder in 1974, a tribute to the farm’s champion-producing tradition. Originally established under the Darby Dan banner (named for Galbreath’s son Daniel) on an 85-acre estate near the Darby Creek in Ohio, the Kentucky base was formed from the core of E.R. Bradley’s celebrated Idle Hour Stock Farm in Lexington. Galbreath imported the great Ribot from Europe in 1961 and four years later brought Sea-Bird II to Darby Dan on a leasing basis; Galbreath was also part of the Sword Dancer syndicate. The operation’s rich history of raising top thoroughbreds features six Kentucky Derby winners; the 2019 winner Country House is part of the current stallion roster, alongside leading sire of his freshman class Dialed In, Pacific Classic Stakes winner Higher Power, Jockey Club Stakes winner Tapiture, and Excelsior Stakes winning new addition Modernist. Darby Dan owns the distinction of having bred, raised and campaigned winners of both the Kentucky Derby and the Derby at Epsom (Roberto). Having done remarkably well in recent years with mid-level stallions, owner John Phillips is proud of the farm’s traditions, saying: “Darby Dan has been around for 100 years, and we intend to be caring for thoroughbreds for another 100 years.”
Alternation Distorted Humor - Alternate (Seattle Slew) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Bee Jersey Jersey Town - Bees (Rahy) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Copper Bullet More Than Ready - Allegory (Unbridled’s Song) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Country House Lookin At Lucky - Quake Lake (War Chant) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Dialed In Mineshaft - Miss Doolittle (Storm Cat) 2022 fee $15,000 S&N
Dolphus Lookin At Lucky - Lotta Kim (Roar) 2022 fee private Flameaway Scat Daddy - Vulcan Rose (Fusaichi Pegasus) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Higher Power Medaglia D’Oro - Alternate (Seattle Slew) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Leofric Candy Ride (ARG) - Lady Godiva (Unbridled's Song) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Darby Dan
Modernist Uncle Mo - Symbolic Gesture (Bernardini) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Tale Of Ekati Tale Of The Cat - Silence Beauty (JPN) (Sunday Silence) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Tale Of Verve Tale Of Ekati - Verve (Unbridled) 2022 fee $2,000 S&N Tapiture Tapit - Free Spin (Olympio) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Website: www.darbydan.com
Currently standing stallions in seven countries across the globe, world-renowned Darley is the bloodstock division of Godolphin, Sheikh Mohammed’s groundbreaking global horseracing operation. US operations are focused on 800 rolling pastures at Jonabell Farm on Bowman Mill Road, founded by John A Bell and his wife Jessica in 1954. Run for nearly 50 years as a family operation, the farm was purchased by Darley in 2001, and four years later the operations of both the Maktoum family’s Gainsborough Farm and Jonabell Farm were consolidated at the location. Jonabell has produced more than 200 stakes winners, and 14 champions, including leading sire Damascus and the Bells' homebred Breeders’ Cup winner Epitome. Other notable former residents include Dubai World Cup hero Street Cry and Unbridled Elaine, and Jonabell is now home to a coterie of North America’s top stallions, headed by leading sire Medaglia D’Oro, Preakness winner Bernardini and Kentucky Derby-winning pair Street Sense and Nyquist, with Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality and fellow homebred Maxfield also joining the roster this year.
Website: darleyamerica.com | Phone: (859) 255-8537 | Fax: (859) 259 0040 | Email: hello@darleyamerica.com
Darley
Enticed Medaglia D’Oro - It’s Tricky (Mineshaft) 2022 fee $5,000
Astern Medaglia D’Oro - Essaouira (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS)) 2022 fee $10,000
Website: www.darleyamerica.com
Frosted Tapit - Fast Cookie (Deputy Minister) 2022 fee $20,000
Hard Spun Danzig - Turkish Tryst (Turkoman) 2022 fee $35,000
Essential Quality Tapit – Delightful Quality (Elusive Quality) 2022 fee $75,000
Medaglia D’Oro El Prado (IRE) - Cappucino Bay (Balljumper) 2022 fee $100,000
Maxfield Street Sense – Velvety (Bernardini) 2022 fee $40,000
Midshipman Unbridled’s Song - Fleet Lady (Avenue Of Flags) 2022 fee $10,000
Street Boss Street Cry (IRE) - Bushing Ogygian (Ogygian) 2022 fee $15,000
Nyquist Uncle Mo - Seeking Gabrielle (Forestry) 2022 fee $55,000
Street Sense Street Cry (IRE) - Bedazzle (Dixieland Band) 2022 fee $75,000
With the record-breaking three-time champion sire Tapit at the head of the stallion roster, Gainesway maintains its massive influence in the bloodstock industry, the farm having been instrumental in fostering Kentucky’s reputation as the centre of the equine world. Gainesway was formed by Breeders’ Cup founder John R. Gaines, who moved the 14-strong stallion operation to its current Paris Pike location in 1974; by 1982, there were 52 stallions at a design-award winning stud complex built the previous year. Thanks in part to business partners and syndicates, their number included luminaries such as Bold Bidder, Lyphard, Riverman, Sharpen Up and Vaguely Noble; Blushing Groom and Unbridled came not long after. “Power, passion and performance” is the Gainesway motto under the ownership of South African coal magnate Graham J. Beck, who purchased Gainesway in 1989, since when the acquisition of the former Greentree Stud and Whitney Farm has turned it into a 1,500-acre operation. With Beck’s son Antony now at the helm, a select stallion roster is designed to excel in the sales ring by focusing on a limited number of the highest-quality horses. The Gainesway roster features multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie, French 2000 Guineas and Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Karakontie, Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Spun To Wrun, Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit and new addition Raging Bull, the Hollywood Stakes and Makers’ Mark Mile winner.
Afleet Alex Northern Afleet - Maggy Hawk (Hawkster) 2022 fee Private Anchor Down Tapit - Successful Outlook (Orientate) 2022 fee $5,000 LFSN
McKinzie Street Sense - Runway Model (Petionville) 2022 fee $30,000 LFSN Spun To Run Hard Spun - Yawkey Way (Grand Slam) 2021 fee $10,000 LFSN
Gainesway
Tapit Pulpit - Tap Your Heels (Unbridled) 2022 fee $185,000 LFSN Tapwrit Tapit - Appealing Zophie (Successful Appeal) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN Website: www.gainesway.com
Raging Bull (Fr) Dark Angel (IRE) - Rosa Bonheur (Mr. Greeley) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
Karakontie (JPN) Bernstein - Sun Is Up (JPN) (Sunday Silence) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
1. What have you made of the strength of trade at sales this year? John Moynihan: Post pandemic trade has been just absolutely phenomenal. At the Keeneland September sale, I think after the first Saturday they had already grossed more than the previous year. At Keeneland September, from the very, very top, elite horses in the market through to the mid market, all the way through to the bottom, trade was really strong. 2. What are you most looking forward to in 2022? JM: I just want to get things back to normal. I think we’re on the way to getting back into a regular cycle where people are allowed to travel and attend sales under normal circumstances, and hopefully we’ll have the Covid situation somewhat behind us. I’m looking forward to getting back to a place where everyone can trade the way they used to trade. 3. And what are you most apprehensive about…? JM: I don’t think there’s much apprehension here. We’re dealing with a slightly smaller foal crop, I think good horses will continue to sell well. As good a year as we had this year both with the 2 year olds in training sale that led into a very good market with the yearling sales, I would expect things to continue and possibly get a little stronger. 4. Who’s your pick to be leading first-crop two-year-old sire in 2022? JM: If I’m a guessing person, I’d probably say City of Light or Good Magic. I’m very high on both of those horses. We raced Good Magic, and his horses were received extremely well, as were City of Light’s. It was a good crop of first season horses with Justify, Good Magic and City of Light going to stud. If I had to pick, maybe Good Magic might potentially get an earlier type of horse but both horses I expect to do extremely well having two year olds that run early but continue to go on and train on. 5. Give us a horse (or two if you like) to follow in 2022... JM: We’ve got so many horses who haven’t even started as a business. The horse that won the Breeders Cup Juvenile [Corniche] looks a very good horse, but I think there are quite a lot of juvenile horses that have either made one or two starts or haven’t even made a start yet that are going to come on. I think you’re going to see a different group of horses race as 3 year olds than maybe you saw race as 2 year olds. 6. How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your business? JM: It hasn’t really, but not being able to travel as freely with having restrictions and quarantine has made it slightly more difficult.
US Stallion Showcase
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1. What have you made of the strength of trade at sales this year? Jacob West: In America I believe that the strength of the market is based on two factors: prize money on offer at the tracks and foal crop reduction. Right now we technically have fewer horses in America running for the most money arguably ever in our sport. Yes, our foal crop is shrinking, but the bottom line is that the mares who have been taken out of production would be from the lower end of the ‘quality’ spectrum. We are retaining the ‘top’ mares and they are being bred to the ‘top’ stallions so in my opinion we are breeding a better overall product that is being offered at these sales. Then you combine that with the strength of purse money we have here and it equals a higher demand for quality stock. 2. What are you most looking forward to in 2022? JW: Normalcy is what I am looking forward to the most in 2022…The world has been through a lot over the last 18 months. We are trending more and more each day back to normalcy so we are getting close. 3. And what are you most apprehensive about…? JW: I am a severely optimistic person, so I don’t try to play the negative ‘what if’ game. 4. Who’s your pick to be leading first-crop two-year-old sire in 2022? JW: Good Magic. Pedigree (check), physical (check), race record (check), producing top level stock (check), well-supported by top level breeders (check). I’ll take my chances with him. 5. Give us a horse (or two if you like) to follow in 2022… JW: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners just partnered with Bridlewood Farm on an Empire Maker filly named Empire Gal with Michael McCarthy. She broke her maiden first time out at Del Mar this fall impressively. She has the physical and the pedigree that would get you to start thinking and dreaming of some big races hopefully in the near future. We have all 10 fingers and toes crossed on her! 6. How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your business? JW: The unknown of the pandemic when it first hit affected everyone, but the sport of horse racing in America was one of the few entertainment industries that was able to adapt and keep rolling. The industry as a whole (horsemen, owners, racetracks, sellers/buyers, sales companies etc) were able to adjust quickly to make the most of our situation.
1. What have you made of the strength of trade at sales this year? Jake Memolo: After the market was down 25-30 per cent last year, there was a definite uptick in 2021, seen during both the yearling sales and the breeding stock sales. Purchasing yearlings seemed to be exceptionally difficult on both sides of the Atlantic as seemingly every horse we landed on ended up bringing several more bids than we were expecting. As sellers of racehorses and broodmare prospects at Elite Sales, we were thrilled with the strength of the market during the November Sale as we sold five million-dollar mares, with very active bidding on all five. That continued into Book 2 at Keeneland as we sold four fillies/mares for $400,000-plus. 2. What are you most looking forward to in 2022? JM: We've got a great group of yearlings down in Florida right now going through the breaking process and, with the creation of our new Colts Group, it's exciting to think about the possibility of seeing some exciting two-year-old prospects in the spring and summer of 2022. 3. And what are you most apprehensive about…? JM: With the new variants of Covid-19 popping up, I'm hoping we won't see any more prolonged shutdowns around the world. 4. Who’s your pick to be leading first-crop two-year-old sire in 2022? JM: It was tough not to notice how well City Of Light was received at the yearling sales this year, so I'd expect him to come out of the gate strong next year. He began to make some noise on the racetrack as a late three-year-old, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some early speed out of his offspring. 5. Give us a horse (or two if you like) to follow in 2022... JM: Recent maiden winner Rocket Dawg was purchased as a yearling by Liz Crow on behalf of Frank Fletcher and Ten Strike Racing. He made his debut at Churchill Downs on November 19 and made a very impressive move around the turn before drawing off to win by five and a half lengths. He's bred to go further and any time you have a two-year-old breaking their maiden in that manner on their debut, it kind of makes you take notice. I'm hoping to see him make some noise in 2022. 6. How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your business? JM: We were able to get back to a bit of normalcy in 2021 after having several sales postponed or cancelled altogether in 2020. The US sales schedule was back on track, with all two-year-old and yearling sales back on their regularly scheduled dates. We were also able to return to the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale this year, which is where Covid protocols probably affected us the most as we had to take several Covid tests and fill out a substantial amount of paperwork to be able to enter and ultimately leave the UK.
John Moynihan, Stonestreet Stables Bloodstock Adviser
Jacob West, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Goffs US Agent
Jake Memolo, BSW Bloodstock
A new chapter in the ever-burgeoning success story of Hill ’n’ Dale was written in 2020 when a lustrous stallion band moved 33 miles east from their former Fayette County home to Xalapa Farm, south-east of Paris, Kentucky. Originally founded in Canada in 1960 – and still a major force north of the border via its Aurora, Ontario offshoot – Hill ’n’ Dale was incorporated in Kentucky 27 years later on the site of the former North Ridge Farm. The relocation to a 1,400-acre jewel reflects owner and president John G. Sikura’s ambitions to further build a world-class operation to exceed anything achieved by Xalapa in its historic heyday. About ten years’ worth of work was completed in just 18 months before the switch was made in October 2020. Hill 'n' Dale Farm at Xalapa's 2022 roster is headlined by dual Horse of the Year-turned-superstar sire Curlin, fellow Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Ghostzapper and perennial leading turf sire Kitten’s Joy, who has also enjoyed huge success in Europe with his offspring headed by Roaring Lion and Kameko. Also at Hill 'n' Dale is Curlin's champion two-year-old son Good Magic, Grade 1 winner Army Mule, and the newest addition to the roster, multiple Grade 1 winner Charlatan.
Army Mule Friesan Fire - Crafty Toast (Crafty Prospector) 2022 fee $7,500 Charlatan Speightstown - Authenticity (Quiet American) 2021 fee $50,000 Curlin Smart Strike - Sherriff’s Deputy (Deputy Minister) 2022 fee $175,000
Ghostzapper Awesome Again - Baby Zip (Relaunch) 2022 fee $75,000 Good Magic Curlin - Glinda The Good (Hard Spun) 2022 fee $30,000 Lost Treasure (IRE) War Front - Wading (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE) 2022 fee $5,000 Maclean’s Music Distorted Humor - Forest Music (Unbridled’s Song) 2022 fee $50,000
Hill 'N' Dale
Flintshire (GB) Dansili (GB) - Dance Routine (GB) (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee $7,500
Kitten’s Joy El Prado (IRE) - Kitten’s First (Lear Fan) 2022 fee $50,000
Midnight Lute Real Quiet - Candytuft (Dehere) 2022 fee $15,000 Violence Medaglia D’Oro - Violent Beauty (Gone West) 2022 fee $25,000 World Of Trouble Kantharos - Meets Expectations (Valid Expectations) 2022 fee $7,500 Website: www.hillndalefarms.com
Mucho Macho Man Macho Uno - Ponche De Leona (Ponche) 2022 fee $7,500
Kantharos Lion Heart - Contessa Halo (Southern Halo) 2022 fee $30,000
In 1979, William S. Farish bought the first 240 acres of land on the former Bosque Bonita Farm – home of Leamington, sire of Aristides, the first Kentucky Derby winner – that would become world-renowned Lane’s End. Having opened its stallion barn for business in 1985, Lane’s End now encompasses more than 2,300 pristine acres in the heart of central Kentucky, plus 1,000 more leased at their Oak Tree division in Fayette County and 300 in Farish’s home state, Texas. Also offering top-calibre matings, boarding and bloodstock services, the farm’s name resonates as an industry leader responsible for developing some of the sport’s most influential sires. Lane’s End has been leading consignor in North America on 26 occasions, selling more than 365 (and counting) stakes winners. Farish, honoured with the Eclipse Award of Merit in 2010 to add to his Outstanding Breeder award (1992), has seen his green and yellow silks carried by three Horses of the Year: A.P. Indy (1992), Charismatic (1999) and Mineshaft (2003). Commercial yearling sale juggernaut Quality Road leads the Lane's End stallion roster for 2022, alongside a plethora of talent including Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winners City Of Light and Liam’s Map, current leading sires Candy Ride and his son Twirling Candy, as well as Belmont and Champagne Stakes winner Union Rags, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Game Winner and new addition Dwyer and Travers Stakes winner Code Of Honor.
Game Winner Candy Ride (ARG) - Indyan Giving (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $30,000 LFSN Candy Ride Ride The Rails - Candy Girl (ARG), (Candy Stripes) 2022 fee $75,000 LFSN
Quality Road Elusive Quality - Kobla (Strawberry Road (AUS)) 2022 fee $150,000 LFSN
Lane’s End
Honor Code A.P. Indy - Serena’s Cat (Storm Cat) 2022 fee $20,000 LFSN
City Of Light Quality Road - Paris Notion (Dehere) 2022 fee $60,000 LFSN
West Coast Flatter - Caressing (Honour And Glory) 2022 fee $15,000 LFSN Website: www.lanesend.com
The Factor War Front - Greyciousness (Miswaki) 2022 fee $17,500 LFSN
Accelerate Lookin At Lucky - Issues (Awesome Again) 2022 fee $15,500 LFSN
Honor A.P. Honor Code - Hollywood Story (Wild Rush) 2022 fee $15,000 LFSN
Mineshaft A.P. Indy - Prospectors Delite (Mr Prospector) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
Twirling Candy Candy Ride (ARG) - House Of Danzing (Chester House) 2022 fee $60,000 LFSN
Connect Curlin - Bullville Belle (Holy Bull) 2022 fee $25,000 LFSN
Catalina Cruiser Union Rags - Sea Gull (Mineshaft) 2022 fee $15,000 LFSN
Daredevil More Than Ready - Chasethewildwind (Forty Niner) 2022 fee $25,000 LFSN
Liam’s Map Unbridled’s Song - Miss Macy Sue (Trippi) 2022 fee $40,000 LFSN
Gift Box Twirling Candy - Special Me (Unbridled’s Song) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
Tonalist Tapit - Settling Mist (Pleasant Colony) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
Union Rags Dixie Union - Tempo (Gone West) 2022 fee $30,000 LFSN
Unified Candy Ride (ARG) - Union City (Dixie Union) 2022 fee $10,000 LFSN
Mill Ridge enjoyed early success when the late Alice Headley Chandler, who started the boutique operation in 1962 and in 2020 was inducted into the National Racing Museum Hall of Fame, bred Derby winner Sir Ivor, the first US-bred sold at auction to score at Epsom and a major factor in opening up the American market to clients seeking Classic success in Europe. Taking great pride in its esteemed boarding service, described as “the foundation of the farm”, modern-era Mill Ridge has raised and/or sold 35 Grade 1 winners since 2000. The farm runs in conjunction with full-service bloodstock agency affiliate Nicoma Bloodstock under president Headley Bell, Alice’s son. Successes include two victories in both the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and Kentucky Derby. Standing notable turf performer Oscar Performance, a Breeders’ Cup-winning son of multiple champion grass sire Kitten’s Joy, Mill Ridge continues to fulfil Alice’s life motto: “Take care of the horse, and the horse will take care of you.”
Oscar Performance Kitten’s Joy - Devine Actress (Theatrical (IRE)) Fee for 2022: $15,000 LFSN
Stallion for 2022
Mill Ridge Stud
Website: www.millridge.com
Named after the great-grandfather of Man o’War and established in Lexington in 1937, Spendthrift Farm is former home to Triple Crown heroes Seattle Slew and Affirmed, plus a multitude of fellow Kentucky Derby winners and leading sires. Moreover, a remarkable resurgence in the 21st century shows no signs of abating with superstar stallion Into Mischief breaking Tapit’s single-season North American prize-money record; the farm’s marquee attraction retained his champion sire title with more than $20 million in progeny earnings. Since Public Storage founder B Wayne Hughes took over in 2004, a once-defunct stallion station has morphed into one of the industry’s most obvious success stories under the supervision of experienced general manager Ned Toffey. Customer-friendly programmes such as Spendthrift’s ‘Share The Upside’ and ‘Safe Bet’ initiatives have played a significant role in this commercially-minded operation’s return to past glories, while notable racetrack successes from a small string have included the efforts of three-time Breeders’ Cup winner Beholder and Authentic, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic. The latter, a son of the farm’s marquee sire Into Mischief, supports his sire on a stellar roster including recent stars Arkansas Derby winner Omaha Beach, Bolt D’Oro, Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso, and Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Mitole – much to the delight of Spendthrift president Eric Gustavson. “To have a son of Into Mischief is the ultimate for us," he said. “Now we have the best son of our best stallion standing on the farm. It really is unbelievable."
Authentic Into Mischief - Flawless (Mr Greeley) 2022 fee $70,000 S&N Bolt D’Oro Medaglia D’Oro - Globe Trot (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $20,000 S&N Basin Liam's Map – Appenzell (Johannesburg) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N By My Standards Goldencents – A Jealous Woman (Muqtarib) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Brody’s Cause Giant’s Causeway - Sweet Breanna (Sahm) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Cloud Computing Maclean’s Music - Quick Temper (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Coal Front Stay Thirsty - Miner’s Secret (Mineshaft) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Cross Traffic Unbridled’s Song - Stop Traffic (Cure The Blues) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Free Drop Billy Union Rags - Trensa (Giant’s Causeway) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Goldencents Into Mischief - Golden Works (Banker’s Gold) 2022 fee $15,000 S&N Gormley Malibu Moon - Race To Urga (Bernstein) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Hit It A Bomb War Front - Liscanna (IRE) (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Jimmy Creed Distorted Humor - Hookedonthefeelin (Citidancer) | 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Known Agenda Curlin – Byrama (Byron) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Rock Your World Candy Ride (Arg) – Charm The Maker (Empire Maker) | 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Maximus Mischief Into Mischief - Reina Maria (Songandaprayer) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Spendthrift Farm
Into Mischief Harlan’s Holiday - Leslie’s Lady (Tricky Creek) 2022 fee $250, 000 S&N
Temple City Dynaformer - Curriculum (Danzig) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N
Mitole Eskendereya - Indian Miss (Indian Charlie) 2022 fee $15,000 S&N Mor Spirit Eskendereya - I’m A Dixie Girl (Dixie Union) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N Omaha Beach War Front - Charming (Seeking The Gold) 2022 fee $30,000 S&N Thousand Words Pioneerof the Nile – Pomeroys Pistol (Pomeroy) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N Vekoma Candy Ride (ARG) - Mona De Momma (Speightstown) 2022 fee $17,500 S&N Vino Rosso Curlin - Mythical Bride (Street Cry (IRE)) 2022 fee $20,000 S&N Yaupon Uncle Mo – Modification (Vindication) 2022 fee $30,000 S&N Website: spendthriftfarm.com
Based at Nicholasville, Kentucky, Taylor Made Stallions is the stud arm of the Taylor family’s powerhouse operation, a worldwide industry leader in sales, marketing and horse care. Leading consignor at Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton on numerous occasions, the Taylor Made Sales Agency has consigned the winners of nearly 120 Grade 1 races since being established by Duncan Taylor with business partner Mike Shannon in 1976, originally on land leased from Gainesway, where his late father Joe Taylor was farm manager across four decades. Obvious sale highlights include seven-time Grade 1 winner Ashado, sold for a world record $9 million at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in 2005 before Havre De Grace took the record to $12m when sold on behalf of Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farm in 2012. Taylor Made’s select stallion division currently features leading North American second-crop sire Not This Time, a son of Giant’s Causeway, new addition Knicks Go, the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, Instagrand, the Graded-winning son of champion sire Into Mischief, as well as Grade 1 winners Instilled Regard, Midnight Storm and Mshawish.
Website: www.taylormadestallions.com
Taylor Made Farm
Instagrand Into Mischief - Assets Of War (Lawyer Ron) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
INSTILLED REGARD Arch - Enhancing (Forestry) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Mshawish Medaglia D’Oro - Thunder Bayou (Thunder Gulch) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N
Midnight Storm Pioneerof The Nile - My Tina (Bertrando) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Knicks Go Paynter - Kosmo's Buddy (Outflanker) 2022 fee $30,000 S&N
Tactus Tapit - Close Hatches (First Defence) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N
Not This Time Giant’s Causeway - Miss Macy Sue (Trippi) 2021 fee $45,000 S&N
Three Chimneys Farm has laid its imprint on the racing and breeding industry over the near-50 years since it began life in 1972 as a small boarding operation of nine mares, founded by Robert and Blythe Clay. It has managed the careers of some top-notch stallions, like Seattle Slew, Dynaformer and Rahy, has crossed borders by standing sires such as Epsom Derby hero Shahrastani, and has been involved with the breeding and or racing careers of such stellar mares as Hidden Lake, Pompeii, Gorgeous, Ave and Miss Keller. In 2013 the Borges-Torrealba family acquired a controlling interest in the Midway, Kentucky farm, whose beating heart is teamwork. ‘Nobody does it alone’ is a core philosophy, with Three Chimneys always keen to form partnerships with clients, often for the long haul. Investment in stallions includes 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner, whose extraordinary progeny have made him the leading North American sire for his freshman sire class and also the leading sire of two-year-olds. With the Three Chimneys roster also including Eclipse champion Will Take Charge, Classic winner Palace Malice, Grade 1 winner Volatile and Sky Mesa, there are numerous chapters yet to be written in the successful story of the famed stud.
Funtastic More Than Ready - Quiet Dance (Quiet American) 2022 fee: $5,000 S&N Sharp Azteca Freud - So Sharp (Saint Liam) 2022 fee: $5,000 S&N
Sky Mesa Pulpit - Caress (Storm Cat) 2022 fee: $12,500 S&N Will Take Charge Unbridled’s Song - Take Charge Lady (Dehere) 2022 fee: $5,000 S&N
Three Chimneys Farm
Palace Malice Curlin - Palace Rumor (Royal Anthem) 2022 fee: $12,500 S&N
Gun Runner Candy Ride (ARG) - Quiet Giant (Giant’s Causeway) 2022 fee: $125,000 S&N
Volatile Violence - Melody Lady (Unbridled's Song) 2022 fee: $15,000 S&N Website: threechimneys.com
The WinStar motto, ‘Dream big’, is well chosen indeed. From humble beginnings on a 450-acre tract of the former Prestonwood Farm, in two decades the operation founded by Kenny Troutt and Bill Casner has grown into one of the world’s largest stallion farms, in the process winning Eclipse Awards as both Outstanding Owner and Outstanding Breeder. WinStar was the majority owner of Triple Crown winner Justify; their colours were also carried by Kentucky Derby victor Super Saver and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer. More than 20 stallions now stand at the WinStar base in Versailles, Kentucky, which has grown to encompass over 2,400 acres, where a state-of-the-art stallion barn and breeding shed is augmented by full training track, rehabilitation services and one of the top broodmare bands in North America. Although leading sire Tiznow has been pensioned, a star-studded stallion roster includes stalwart champion sprinter and leading sire Speightstown, leading third-season sire (and sire of Tiz The Law) Constitution, the remarkable More Than Ready (who has had an Eclipse Award winner in each of the last four years), last year’s Eclipse Champion Older Male Improbable and Florida Derby winner Audible. The formidable array of talent also features Paynter, Take Charge Indy, Yoshida, Tom’s D’Etat and Global Campaign.
Global Campaign Curlin - Globe Trot (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $12,500 S&N Good Samaritan Harlan’s Holiday - Pull Dancer (Pulpit) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Paynter Awesome Again - Tizso (Cee’s Tizzy) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Tom’s D’Etat Smart Strike - Julia Tuttle (Giant’s Causeway) 2022 fee $12,500
Winstar Farm
Always Dreaming Bodemeister - Above Perfection (In Excess (IRE)) 2022 fee $12,500 S&N
Improbable City Zip - Rare Event (A.P. Indy) 2022 fee $35,000 S&N Independence Hall Constitution - Kalahari Cat (Cape Town) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N Website: www.winstarfarm.com
Audible Into Mischief - Blue Devil Bel (Gilded Time) 2022 fee $25,000 S&N
More Than Ready Southern Hero - Woodman’s Girl (Woodman) 2022 fee $50,000 S&N
Promises Fulfilled Shackleford - Marquee Delivery (Marquetry) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N
Constitution Tapit - Baffled (Distorted Humor) 2022 fee $85,000 S&N
Speightster Speightstown - Dance Swiftly (Danzig) 2022 fee $7,500 S&N
Speightstown Gone West - Silken Cat (Storm Cat) 2022 fee $90,000 S&N
Tourist Tiznow - Unbridled Melody (Unbridled’s Song) 2022 fee $5,000 S&N
Take Charge Indy A.P. Indy - Take Charge Lady (Dehere) 2022 fee $12,500 S&N
Outwork Uncle Mo - Nonna Mia (Empire Maker) 2022 fee $10,000 S&N
Yoshida (JPN) Heart’s Cry (JPN) - Hilda’s Passion (Canadian Frontier) 2022 fee $12 ,500 S&N
