20th TDN Rising Star for Tapit
The nation’s leading sire Tapit got his 20th TDN Rising Star on Aug. 27 when the regally-bred Life’s Blessings powered to a 4¼-length victory in a 5½-furlong maiden special weight contest at Del Mar.
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Honor River latest winner for To Honor and Serve
To Honor and Serve, who already has a pair of stakes horses in his first crop, got his third winner on Aug. 14 when Honor River rallied for a 1½-length maiden special weight victory at Woodbine.
Tapit surpasses $100M progeny earnings milestone
Tapit, the two-time reigning leading North American sire, hit another stallion career milestone July 16 when Cupid won the $500,000 Indiana Derby (G2), pushing the Gainesway stallion past the $100 million mark in lifetime progeny earnings.
Hat Trick’s Monster Bea takes Oceanside
Monster Bea turned in the best performance of his career July 15 at Del Mar with a powerful two-length victory in the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes on opening day of the summer meet.
Gainesway grad Hawkbill soars in Coral Eclipse
Hawkbill’s stellar stretch run carried the 3-year-old colt to victory in the July 2 Coral Eclipse S. (G1) at Sandown racecourse in Great Britain, the sixth straight win for the Gainesway sales grad.
Tapizar homebred fourth winner for freshman sire
Zartera strolled to a two-length win in his debut June 16 at Churchill Downs as the 2-year-old Tapizar colt became the fourth winner for his sire, tying him for the most by any freshman sire in North America.
Noble Bird soars in $300,000 Pimlico Special (G3)
Karakontie arrives at Gainesway
Karakontie, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) and French Two Thousand Guineas (G1) at 3, has arrived at Gainesway to begin stud duty in 2016.
Empire Maker returns to U.S. to stand at Gainesway
Empire Maker, sire of multiple champion Royal Delta and Triple Crown winner American Pharoah’s sire Pioneerof the Nile, has been repatriated from Japan and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Antony Beck’s Gainesway in Lexington. The 15-year-old stallion, who was sold to Japanese interests in 2010, will stand at Gainesway in an equal partnership with the Solari family’s Don Alberto Corporation.