The blog at Werk Thoroughbred Consultants
By Frances J. Karon It is true that Galileo, Frankel, Dubawi, and co. take up most of the headlines in European racing, but Cheveley Park Stud’s 26-year-old Pivotal still knows how to grab a few headlines of his own. In some direct capacity, Pivotal featured prominently — either as sire, broodmare sire, or sire of … Continue reading Pivotal by name, pivotal by nature
By Elaine Belval It has to be hard sharing a stallion barn with the likes of Galileo, Danehill Dancer, and, until his death earlier this year, Montjeu, at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. It is probably fairly easy to get lost in the shuffle, as the expression goes. But Peintre Celebre has been doing his best … Continue reading Celebrating Celebre
By Elaine Belval Byword won the 10-furlong Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, the highlight of the day’s card. He is now the 14th G1 winner for his sire, Peintre Celebre, who has quietly enjoyed a successful career, and he’s another homebred G1 winner for Juddmonte Farms, which also won the Epsom … Continue reading Peintre Celebre’s Ascot masterpiece
By Jack Werk The Arc is tomorrow, but yesterday – Friday – I believe something significant happened that could affect our world here in the US of A. At a small track in Ireland named Dundalk, a G3 race called the Diamond Stakes was contested at 10f and 150yds on the synthetic. The easy winner … Continue reading Coolmore’s Master Plan!