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Lexington, KY – INDIAN MISS, dam of Grade 1 winners MITOLE and HOT ROD CHARLIE, named the 2021 Broodmare of the Year.  ESSENTIAL QUALITY led the awards presented to Godolphin being honored as the Kentucky-Bred Horse of the Year and as the Kentucky-Bred Champion Three-Year-Old Male.  Additional awards presented to Godolphin include MAXFIELD being named… Read more

Kentucky-breds Speaker’s Corner, making his first appearance in a Grade 1 race since a sixth-place finish in last year’s Pennsylvania Derby (G1), rolled to an impressive win in the Carter Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct on April 9, while Nest, a 3-year-old filly by Curlin, ran away from her rivals in the Ashland Stakes (G1) at… Read more

Kentucky-breds continued their dominance of this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races on Saturday, April 9, with sensational coast-to-coast victories from Taiba in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1), Zandon in the Blue Grass S. (G1), and Mo Donegal in the $750,000 Wood Memorial S. (G2). Zedan Racing Stables’ Taiba made short work of a… Read more

Gold Square LLC’s Kentucky-bred Cyberknife secured a spot in the Kentucky Derby (G1) with an impressive victory in the $1,250,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park on April 2. After unseating his rider, Florent Geroux, in the post parade, Cyberknife broke in after the start and raced in fourth position early. He took command around… Read more

Kentucky-bred White Abarrio stamped his ticked to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby (G1) with a determined win in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on Saturday, April 2. A sharp winner of the of Holy Bull Stakes (G3) in February, White Abarrio skipped the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) on March 5 and needed a… Read more

Kentucky-breds shined on Dubai World Cup day at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, March 26, with Country Grammer taking down the marquee event’s top prize in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) and Switzerland winning the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). Zedan Racing Stables, WinStar Farm, and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds’ Country Grammer, runner-up in the… Read more

The $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, March 26, has attracted a field of 11 topped by Grade 1-winning Kentucky-breds Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, and Country Grammer. Life is Good, owned by WinStar Farm and China Horse Club and trained by Todd Pletcher, has won three straight races—the… Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chauncey Morris                                             Andy Schweigardt Executive Director                                           Senior Director of Industry… Read more

Kentucky-bred Lighthouse, who has hit the ground running since shipping to Australia toward the end of the season last year, registered the first Group 1 of her career in the Coolmore Classic (G1) at Rosehill in Australia on Saturday, March 12. Ridden by Jason Collett and trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Lighthouse raced… Read more

Kentucky-bred Express Train registered the first Grade 1 win of his career after fighting off midwestern shipper Warrant in a thrilling stretch duel to prevail in the $650,000 Santa Anita H. (G1) on Saturday, March 5. With the win, Express Train became racing’s newest millionaire. Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Express Train attended the pace early… Read more