Eduardo Terrazas

New Quartet Drives Breeders to Gainesway

Four new sires have joined Gainesway's stallion barn for 2025, bringing their roster up to 12 members. Tapit still reigns supreme at the Paris, Kentucky farm and the leading sire's stud fee will hold steady at $185,000 next year. McKinzie, whose first crop of 2-year-olds include Grade I winners Chancer McPatrick and Scottish Lassie, is in a tight battle for leading first-crop sire and his fee has increased from $30,000 to $75,000. Also in 2025, Raging Bull, a son of Dark Angel (Ire), will be represented by his first 2-year-olds...

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Letruska the Star of Terrazas Thoroughbreds

Five-time Grade I winner and 2021 Eclipse Champion Older Dirt Female Letruska (Super Saver) produced her first foal, a filly by Curlin, on Feb. 4 at Terrazas Thoroughbreds in Lexington, KY. Farm owner Eduardo Terrazas reported that the foaling was normal and that as the leggy filly has flourished in her first few weeks of life, she seems to have adopted her sire's physical and her dam's personality. "Her mama is a very secure type of mare, very sure of herself, and the baby definitely shows that," he said. "Ever...

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Corser Follows His Heart to Kentucky

Mark Corser, a casual horse owner on the West Coast, found himself with some extra time on his hands after a business conference in Louisville three years ago when an impromptu side trip to Lexington changed the course of his life. Within the span of months, Corser had bought a farm and relocated both his family and his company to the Bluegrass. The first crop of yearlings bred by Corser and his wife Corrina hit the marketplace next week at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale where the couple's manager Eduardo...

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