Stallion Spotlight offers stud farm representatives a chance to address breeders and answer questions as they plan their future matings. In this edition, Michael Slezak, bloodstock adviser for Kaz Hill Farm, discusses Name Changer, a Grade 3-winning son of Uncle Mo whose first foals are weanlings of 2022. Question: What […]
Author: Joe Nevills
Stallion Spotlight: Kaz Hill Farm ‘Betting Big’ On Name Changer
First-Crop Sire Watch: 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale
Stallions whose first crops of weanlings are represented in the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised. Stallion Farm HorsesCataloged Authentic Spendthrift Farm, Ky. 18 Bodexpress Barton Thoroughbreds, Calif. 1 Bravazo Calumet Farm, Ky. 1 Caracaro Crestwood […]
The Stat: Dubawi Leads International Sires By North American Graded Stakes Wins
The Breeders’ Cup has traditionally been a popular destination for stallions standing outside of North America to test their progeny’s mettle against our best, but an ever-growing interest from U.S. owners to buy racing stock at European sales and bring them home to race has changed that dynamic. Today, the […]
Honor Roll: Kentucky Downs Stakes Winner Private Creed ‘A Gentleman Of A Horse’ For Mason Springs
Private Creed has quickly emerged as one of North America’s leading 2-year-old turf sprinters, including a breakthrough victory in the listed Global Tote Juvenile Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs in September and a third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. A year earlier, he caught the eyes of Marcus […]
Which Stallions Saw The Biggest Spikes In Popularity In 2022?
There is no limit on methods to slice and dice the sire lists to prove one is better than their peers, but few of them are attainable unless a stallion gets mares during the breeding season. Commercial stud farms make their money by getting mares in the books of their […]
The Stat: How Many Mares Did Kentucky Derby Graduates Breed In 2022?
Success in the Kentucky Derby practically assures a future at stud, but a poor performance isn’t necessarily a life sentence to obscurity. With the recent release of The Jockey Club’s 2022 Report of Mares Bred, we combed through the records to see how many mares every horse that ever competed […]
Pennsylvania Leaderboard: Miss Dillingham Rewards Her Connections Without Stakes Earnings
The quickest and easiest way to reap the benefits of the Pennsylvania-bred and -sired is to run in, and win, stakes races. However, it is far from the only way to bring in generous rewards. Miss Dillingham brought in $82,210 in rewards for her various connections through the end of […]
First-Crop Sire Watch: 2022 Fasig-Tipton November Sale
Stallions whose first crops of weanlings are represented in the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised. Stallion Farm HorsesCataloged Authentic Spendthrift Farm, Ky. 9 Caracaro Crestwood Farm, Ky. 1 Complexity Airdrie Stud, Ky. 2 Game Winner Lane’s End, […]
Lesson Horses: Kazushi Kimura’s First Taste Of Grade 1 Success
You never forget the name of your first lesson horse – that horse who taught you what you need to know to work with every one that follows. In this series, participants throughout the Thoroughbred industry share the names and stories of the horses that have taught them the most […]
Pennsylvania Leaderboard: Blackstone Farm Takes Command Among Keystone State’s Breeders
The incentive structure for breeders in Pennsylvania is among the strongest in North America, and few farms have taken advantage of it over the past few years quite like Blackstone Farm. Through the end of July, the Pine Grove, Pa.-based operation led the state by breeder’s awards compiled by their […]