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Breeders' Cup Classic contenders Improbable, Global Campaign and Tom's d'Etat arrived at WinStar Farm, where they are set to begin their career at stud in 2021.

It may have seemed a foregone conclusion when he hit the line a decisive winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, and it proved to be so. Authentic arrived to take up stud duty at Spendthrift Farm on Monday after the Breeders' Cup. We talk to Bob Baffert and Ned Toffey about the new stallion. Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic (Into Mischief-Flawless, by Mr. Greeley) has been retired to Spendthrift Farm, where he will stand for a fee of $75,000 S&N, the farm announced Monday morning, two days...

2014 Travers hero VE Day (English Channel) will see his first Kentucky crop of yearlings sell at this year's Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale. Katie Ritz checks in with Buck Pond Farm's Doug Arnold. Grade I-winning millionaire V. E. Day will be represented by his first crop of Kentucky-bred yearlings at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale scheduled to be held Oct. 26 through 29. Owned by Magalen Ohrstrom Bryant, the son of English Channel won the Curlin S. at three before capturing the 2014 GI Travers over Wicked Strong...

Twenty-five years after his perfect season--the centerpiece of a 16-race round-the-world winning streak, we look back at the incomparable, invincible, unbeatable Cigar with the people who were closest to him. It was the sixth race on an ordinary Friday card in October at Aqueduct some 26 years ago and there was nothing to suggest that the $34,000 allowance event would ever have any relevance. Jose Santos was aboard the favorite, a recent allowance winner who started out at Suffolk Downs named Golden Plover. Julie Krone had the mount for Tom...

It was a monumental day for Hill 'n' Dale Farm, as the entire stallion roster made the move from their Lexington location to the newly and extensively renovated Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa outside Paris, Kentucky. Katie Ritz was on the scene. A caravan of four massive Sallee Horse Vans journeyed from Fayette County to Bourbon County today to deliver the 13 members of the Hill 'n' Dale stallion roster to their new residence: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. Two-time Horse of the Year and Hill 'n' Dale flagbearer Curlin...

In a few months, the first crop of foals from Claiborne's Catholic Boy will hit the ground. A Grade I winner on both dirt and turf, the son of More than Ready was popular with the breeders. We heard from trainer Jonathan Thomas and Claiborne's Walker Hancock. A graded stakes winner at ages two, three and four, Catholic Boy won three of his four starts as a juvenile, including the GIII With Anticipation S. on turf at Saratoga and the GII Remsen S. on dirt. In 2018, Catholic Boy became...

1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again was recently pensioned from stud duty after having sired 14 Grade I winners, 13 millionaires and four Breeders' Cup Champions. We spoke with the team at Adena Springs on what the 26-year-old stallion has meant to their program. All eyes will be on Santa Anita for their opening weekend feature in the GI Awesome Again S. as Bob Baffert trainees Maximum Security (New Year's Day) and Improbable (City Zip) go head to head for the first time since that consequential first Saturday in...

It's an exciting season for Taylor Made Stallions with first-crop sire Not This Time on a roll this year while Midnight Storm's first crop of yearlings are a success at the sales. Now, they welcome a new member to the roster in Larry Best's Grade II winner Instagrand. Not This Time (Giant's Causeway), currently the leading first-crop sire by winners, has been an up-and-comer to watch all year with his offspring showing his precocity on the track while proving to be increasingly popular at the sales. Two Midnight Storm yearlings brought six...

GI Santa Anita Derby hero Honor A.P. joined his sire, Honor Code, in the stud barn of Lane's End Farm. We visited the new arrival and spoke with Bill Farish on his future at stud.

Practical Joke won three Grade I races in New York before retiring to Coolmore's Ashford Stud. Now, the son of Into Mischief is seeing his first crop of yearlings hit the sales ring. Coming off a big weekend from Into Mischief and his son Goldencents, the first yearlings from Practical Joke are hitting the market at a highly opportune time. "There's always exceptions, but horses that show brilliance at two and then can carry that on at three, they're the ones that make the best sires," he said. "They're the...

Racing suffered an incredible loss in June with the death of the superstar racehorse and young sire Arrogate. As his first yearlings come to market, we reflect on his legacy with Juddmonte's Garrett O'Rourke and his jockey Mike Smith. Arrogate's first book of 143 mares, a who's who of some of the top breeding stock in the country, reflected the jaw-dropping career of North America's richest racehorse. Dual Eclipse Champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) was one of several champions sent to Arrogate during his first year at stud. Read more on...

GI-winning son of Tapit Cupid and juvenile champion Classic Empire are both seeing their first crop of yearlings enter the sales ring in the coming weeks. We checked in on the two sires at Ashford Stud. Three of Ashford Stud's Grade I-winning stallions will be in the limelight in the coming weeks as they are represented by their first crop of yearlings in the sales ring. Three-time GIW Practical Joke (Into Mischief), the regally-bred Cupid (Tapit) and juvenile champion Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile) all ranked amongst the top of...