In commercial terms, the winners of last weekend’s Kentucky Derby (G1) trials represented – to borrow a phrase from Joni Mitchell – ‘the breadth of the extremities’. On one hand we have the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) winner. Plutarch and the kidnapper of Sam F. Davis Stakes Defector both from seven-time top sires In […]
Taylor Made Stallions’ Angel of the realm winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1) and millionaire son of 2016 champion 2-year-old male Classic empire sired his first reported foal on January 17, when a filly out of the Mr. Greeley mare Love Ava Love was born at Taylor Made Farm. The filly was bred by Brooks […]
The Malibu Stakes (G1) – the final ranking of the year, limited to three-year-olds on dirt – had a rather strange start. Bob Baffert declared five for the event, but one of his runners, Barnes the morning line favorite, was scratched by a strained tendon, which turned out to be a career-ending injury. His place […]
Aside from offering Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points, the aforementioned Remington Springboard Mile Stakes could take a big step toward Taylor Made Stallions’ hot daddy Not this time This secures this year’s title as top sire of 2-year-olds. The son of Giant’s Causeway is locked in a deep battle with Spendthrift Farm’s multiple leading North […]
A majority of the North American stallions topping the BloodHorse’s Most Watched Leading Stallions list have a comfortable margin heading into mid-December, with one exception. The race for leading father of 2-year-olds in one weekend has turned into a dogfight between Taylor Made Stallion’s handsome dad Not this time and the great sire of Spendthrift […]
If a weekend of scintillating racing at the Breeders’ Cup yielded nothing, it would be how little the results Sea done to change the positioning of North American bulls based on the merits of their offspring. Not that this is a bad thing; For the most part, this would require the kind of anomaly where […]