Ken Williams

Millionaire Arzak (Not This Time--Delightful Melody, by Tapit) had his first two mares scanned in foal on Feb. 27. Arzak stands for $6,000 LFSN at Amsterdam Two Farm in Middleburgh, NY. The mares confirmed pregnant are Notmysteppingstone (Bustin Stones), a winning daughter of SW and GSP A True Pussycat and half-sister to MSW and GSP Daring Duchess. The other is Whisper to Mama (Medaglia d'Oro) out of stakes winner Whisper to Me and half-sister to MGSW Overheard. Notmysteppingstone is owned by Franklin Ave. Equine & Bridle Path Racing, while Whisper...

Amsterdam Two Farm in Middleburgh, New York will hold its inaugural stallion show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. Arzak (Not This Time--Delightlful Melody, Tapit), the farm's multiple Grade II winner and track record setter, will be available for inspection in Amsterdam Two's new stallion barn in advance of his first season at stud in 2026. A $575,000 OBS Spring 2-year-old who went gate-to-wire second time out as a juvenile going six furlongs over Woodbine's all-weather surface, Arzak also won stakes races at 3, 4, 5 and...

Multiple graded stakes winner Arzak (Not This Time--Delightful Melody, by Tapit) has been purchased by Amsterdam Two Farm in Middleburgh, New York, where he will retire to stud for a fee of $6,000, with special consideration to approved mares. A $575,000 OBS Spring 2-year-old in 2020, Arzak won the 2023 GII Woodford Stakes and 2024 GII Shakertown Stakes on the grass at Keeneland and he was also runner-up behind Cogburn (Not This Time) in the 2024 GI Jaipur Stakes. He won the 2022 GIII Jacques Cartier Stakes and Thorncliffe Stakes--where...