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Kentucky-bred Van Gogh was named Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Colt in Europe on Friday, joining fellow Kentucky-bred Roaring Lion as recent European champions. Roaring Lion was named Horse of the Year and Champion 3-Year-Old Colt in 2018. Van Gogh, an imposing bay colt by American Triple Crown winner and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) victor American Pharoah,… Read more

Kentucky-bred Monomoy Girl, a two-time Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner and Eclipse Champion, provided the fireworks at Fasig-Tipton’s Night of Stars on Sunday, Nov. 8, selling to Spendthrift Farm for $9.5 million, marking the third-highest price for a filly or mare ever at the sale. Monomoy Girl is one of the most accomplished race mares… Read more

With an impressive front-running victory in the $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Authentic became the seventh consecutive Kentucky-bred to win the Classic and the 26th overall in the 37 runnings of the race, and the brilliant Monomoy Girl became a two-time winner of the $2,000,000 Distaff (G1) as Kentucky-breds won seven Breeders’ Cup races over… Read more

Kentucky-breds made their presence felt during Breeders’ Cup’s Future Stars Friday, capturing three of the day’s five Breeders’ Cup races. Godolphin homebred Essential Quality remained undefeated in three career starts with a determined victory in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Ridden by Luis Saez, Essential Quality rated off a swift pace upfront in the… Read more

Kentucky-breds will play a pivotal role in determining Saturday’s $6,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland, as nine of the 10 entrants in the signature event of the championship weekend hail from Kentucky. Led by the likes of Improbable, Maximum Security, Tom’s d’Etat and Authentic, Kentucky-breds are seeking to win the prestigious Classic for a… Read more

The Breeders’ Cup returns to Keeneland and kicks off on Friday, Nov. 6, with five races for the juvenile set. Kentucky-breds are prominent throughout the $7 million program and are led by undefeated Grade 1 winners Princess Noor and Dayoutoftheoffice in the $2,000,000 Juvenile Fillies (G1), and Jackie’s Warrior and Essential Quality in the $2,000,000… Read more

The 2020 Breeders’ Cup this Friday and Saturday at Keeneland will feature more than 100 horses bred in Kentucky competing in the 14 races…

Two more Kentucky-breds earned their way into next month’s Breeders’ Cup with wins Oct. 4 at Keeneland, Valiance in the Spinster (G1) and Mutasaabeq in the Bourbon S. (G2)…

Swiss Skydiver’s dramatic Preakness S. (G1) victory topped a 1-2-3 finish by Kentucky-breds in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown…

The 2-year-old tandem of Princess Noor and Get Her Number were two of four Kentucky-bred horses to earn automatic berths into the Breeeders’ Cup…