Calvin Nguyen’s Kentucky-bred Idol scored the initial stakes win of his career in one of the country’s most historical Grade 1 events, rallying strongly in the stretch to take down top prize in the $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) on Saturday, March 6. Hit the Road made it a Kentucky-bred sweep of the day’s Grade… Read more
March 7, 2021
Kentucky-breds Essential Quality, the champion 2-year-old male of 2020, and dual champion Monomoy Girl, both registered stylish victories in the first starts of their 2021 campaigns for trainer Brad Cox at Oaklawn Park. Godolphin’s Essential Quality took down top prize in the $750,000 Southwest S. (G3) on Feb. 27. In his first start over a… Read more
February 28, 2021
Kentucky-bred Café Pharoah became the first Grade 1 winner in Japan for his Triple Crown-winning sire American Pharoah, sweeping to an impressive victory in Sunday’s February Stakes (G1) at Tokyo Racecourse, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar in November. Owned by Koichi Nishikawa and bred by the… Read more
February 21, 2021
Kentucky-bred Charlatan, winner of the Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita in his last start, headlines an international field of top-class runners slated to contest the $20 million Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Feb. 20. Owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Fred Hertrich III,… Read more
February 18, 2021
The Thoroughbred industry celebrated its champions Jan. 28 during a virtual ceremony presented by Spendthrift Farm to announce its 2020 Eclipse Award winners. For the 17th time in the last 21 years a Kentucky-bred earned top honors as Kentucky Derby (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Authentic was crowned Horse of the Year. Owned… Read more
January 29, 2021
Kentucky-bred Colonel Liam made his Graded stakes debut a winning one, taking down top prize in the Pegasus Cup World Cup Turf (G1) Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park for owners Robert and Lawana Low. The least experienced contender in the richest grass race of the winter season, Colonel Liam powered home to defeat stablemate Largent… Read more
January 24, 2021
Kentucky-bred runners, topped by multiple Grade 1 winner Code of Honor, will seek to continue their dominance of the Pegasus World Cup (G1) when a strong contingent parades postward in the fifth renewal of the lucrative 1 1/8-mile test at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Jan. 23. Kentucky-bred runners have won each of the first four… Read more
January 22, 2021
Led by Horse of the Year finalists Authentic, Improbable and Monomoy Girl, Kentucky-breds are prominent among all candidates for 2020 Eclipse Awards, announced on Jan. 16 by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB). A virtual ceremony of the 50th annual Eclipse Awards will be… Read more
January 16, 2021
Kentucky-breds showed the way on opening day at Santa Anita, Dec. 26, sweeping the final three Grade 1 stakes of 2020. Charlatan returned in splendid form to win the Malibu S. (G1), Fair Maiden dominated her rivals in the La Brea S. (G1), and East Coast invader Duopoly rolled to a front-running score in the… Read more
December 26, 2020
Santa Anita will play host to the final Grade 1 races of 2020—the Malibu S. (G1), American Oaks (G1), and the La Brea S. (G1)—when the Arcadia, Calif. track kicks off its meet on Saturday, Dec. 26, and Kentucky-breds figure to have a say in the outcome of all three Grade 1 events. Kentucky-breds headline… Read more
December 23, 2020