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Further Ado earned yesterday the most important victory of his emerging campaign by winning in dominant fashion the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) run at Keeneland. The race, one of the major spring events in the United States, awarded 100 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby and brought together seven three-year-old colts headed by the chestnut representing Spendthrift Farm. Despite the expectations surrounding the different contenders, the race unfolded as a procession for t

The racing career of the American chestnut Disarm, now retired to stud, illustrates the level of quality that both Haras Vacación and Haras Santa Inés aim to inject into their breeding programs. A son of the champion Gun Runner and out of a mare by the influential Tapit, Disarm was campaigned by Winchell Thoroughbreds and gained prominence when he qualified for the Kentucky Derby at three, after finishing second to Kingsbarns in the Louisiana Derby (G2) and third in the Lexin

The 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) not only crowned a new classic winner, it revealed the emergence of a colt who may define next year’s three-year-old crop. Paladin (Gun Runner), a striking chestnut with commanding presence, bred by Summer Wind Equine and acquired by a partnership led by Coolmore, White Birch Farm, and Brook Smith, showed in his first two-turn attempt that he possesses the precise combination of maturity and engine to legitimately aim for the 2026 Kentucky Derby. H

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale presents itself every year as the great barometer of the health of the Thoroughbred industry in the...

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 13 at Churchill Downs, two unmistakable signs were left for breeding programs: the road to the...

On Saturday, August 2nd, in the 98th running of the Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) once again showcased the...