VIRGINIA KEY (2015, Distorted Humor–Our Khrysty, by Newfoundland), will be bred to Into Mischief   The crown jewel of our broodmare band, this graded-stakes placed homebred out of graded-stakes winner Our Khrysty and a half-sister to GISW Grace Adler and GSW and MGIP Pyrenees. She is the dam of two seven-figure yearlings, including GISW Tappan Street. [...]

Back in November 2015, we were privileged to welcome American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), “a horse of a lifetime” to our roster of stallions at Ashford Stud. With his arrival came many inquiries and phone calls from the public and fans looking to visit Ashford; we knew we had a responsibility to the industry and [...]

I imagine if you are reading this, we share something in common–the love of horses and horse racing. Like me, you may even make your living and provide for family by working in this industry. When I get the TDN Alerts at night that another important governing body is calling for an end to racing [...]

Signal Tap (Fappiano–South Sea Dancer, by Northern Dancer) died earlier this week at Haras Santa María de Araras in Brazil. He was 28 years old. Bred by Will Farish in partnership with E. J. Hudson and W.S. Kilroy, Signal Tap, a $390,000 purchase out of the 1992 Keeneland July Sale by Centennial Farm, was trained [...]

Dual champion sire Catcher In The Rye (Ire) (Danehill-Truly a Dream {Ire}, by Darshaan {GB}) died early Monday of an apparent heart attack at Haras La Leyenda in Argentina. The bay finished atop Argentina's sire list in 2016 and 2017 and currently was ranked fifth. Catcher In The Rye, second in the 2003 G1 Poule [...]

Hi Happy (Arg) (Pure Prize–Historia {Arg}, by French Deputy), Argentina's Horse of the Year, champion stayer and Triple Crown winner of 2015 who would later annex the GI Man o' War S. at Belmont last year, has been retired to stand stud in his native country. He will stand at Haras Vacación on behalf of [...]

Champion Mastercraftsman (Ire) will shuttle to South America again in 2019. The son of Danehill Dancer (Ire) will return to Argentina for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season to stand at Haras Firmamento, where the gray stood in 2016. Sire of champion Alpha Centauri (Ire) and MGISW A Raving Beauty (Ger), Mastercrafstman is currently leading Chile's [...]

Mubtaahij (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), winner of the GI Awesome Again S. and of the G2 UAE Derby, will begin his stallion career at Haras Abolengo, one of the most important argentinian farms, the same farm that bred champion and successful stallion Candy Ride (Arg) (Ride the Rails). Mubtaahij will join Abolengo's stallion roster in association [...]

Argentinian champion Dona Bruja (Arg) (Storm Embrujado {Arg}–This Is Crazy {Aus}, by Nureyev) was retired from racing and will be bred to Empire Maker, according to trainer Ignacio Correas. Owned by Dom Felipe LLC, the bay won 11 of 19 starts for earnings of $639,068, and was crowned Argentina's Mare of the Year and champion [...]

Forge (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}–Heat Haze {GB}, by Green Desert) was purchased by Heritage Stud and will stand the upcoming South American breeding season at Haras Carampangue in Argentina. Bred and campaigned by Juddmonte Farms, the son of MGISW Heat Haze (GB) (Green Desert) was a three-time winner. He was twice Group 3-placed in Europe for [...]

Il Mercato (Arg) (Not For Sale {Arg}), a last out winner of the G1 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini Dec. 15, was scheduled to depart Friday from Buenos Aires to Miami to continue his racing career in the U.S. under the care of trainer Chad Brown. Owners Robert LaPenta and Sol Kumin's Madaket Stable have purchased [...]

Wild Event (Wild Again–North of Eden {Ire}, by Northfields), a Grade I winner in America and highly influential sire in South America, died from a spontaneous diaphragm rupture at his Haras Santa Maria de Araras home in Bage, Brazil Saturday. He was 25 years old. The bay, who captured the GI Early Times Turf Classic [...]