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By WTC Staff Three new $5,000 stallions for 2021 in Florida have caught our eyes: Mr. Money at Journeyman, and Seeking the Soul and Win Win Win at Ocala Stud. Each brings a big race record to the table and though none of them are by big-time sires, they are grandsons of them — good … Continue reading Staff Picks Florida: Mr. Money, Seeking the Soul, and Win Win Win
By Sid Fernando If you blinked, you missed it. Coolmore Stud’s popular Ashford-based Galileo stallion Cape Blanco, who covered more mares (220) in his first year at stud in 2012 than any other stallion in North America, was sent to Japan for the 2015 season, but without missing a beat and with little fanfare Coolmore … Continue reading Magician is a body double for Cape Blanco
By Elaine Belval Last month, Retama Park had two juvenile stakes races at one mile on the turf: the El Joven S. for colts and the La Senorita S. for fillies. Both races were won by offspring of Kitten’s Joy — Admiral Kitten and Kitten’s Dumplings — owned and bred by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, … Continue reading Some races just belong to Kitten’s Joy
By Elaine Belval I try not to write about Juddmonte stallions as I don’t want to be accused of bias, having spent six years working there. But it was hard to avoid them last week, as their former stallion (now in Japan) Empire Maker had two stakes winners, one allowance winner, and a second in … Continue reading Dansili doing ‘Well’
By Elaine Belval Of all the classics run over the weekend of June 4th – 6th, the most impressive was the Epsom Derby won by Workforce, ridden by Ryan Moore. Workforce won the 12f Derby by 7 lengths, and he knocked almost one full second off the Epsom course record. He was rated 132 pounds … Continue reading Workforce another Juddmonte success
By Jack Werk In my last post, I noted that Adena Springs’ El Prado has become the “transitional” sire for the Sadler’s Wells line in North America, in that this traditional turf line has made a breakthrough on the dirt and all weather in North America. We’ve seen it with El Prado himself, and he’s … Continue reading El Prado: Making a strong case as a Sire of Sires!
By Jack Werk In case you haven’t noticed, Medaglia d’Oro, the subject of several posts here, isn’t the only young son of El Prado showing promise at stud. El Prado’s champion son Kitten’s Joy (click here to view stallion directory page), the Eclipse Award winner for best turf male in 2004, has 8 winners from … Continue reading Kitten’s Joy is on the prowl!
I got my TDN Sunday night and started scanning through the stakes results worldwide when it hit me again, just based on one night’s results, how powerful the influence of Coolmore’s Sadler’s Wells is worldwide! Let’s start off in the U.S., so I can kill two birds with one stone. It’s the Grade 3 Cinema … Continue reading Sadler’s Wells’ are far from dry!