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Six-time Grade I-winning turf specialist Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) will be offered at this year's Fasig-Tipton Night of Stars sale. As she prepares for her final Breeders' Cup appearance, her e5 family reflects on her unforgettable career. One year after their very first Breeders' Cup win with New Money Honey (Medaglia d'Oro) in 2016, Bob and Kristine Edwards of e5 Racing Thoroughbreds found themselves in the winner's circle once again for the same race, with the same trainer-jockey duo, when Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) claimed the Breeders' Cup...

Three-time Grade I winner Bast will be offered at this year's Fasig-Tipton 'Night of Stars' November Sale. Trainer Bob Baffert, Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura, and Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning speak on the daughter of Uncle Mo who will be offered in foal to Triple Crown hero Justify. After running second in her first start, Bast ran back in the GI Del Mar Debutante S. a few weeks later, soundly defeating the filly who had beaten her on debut and winning by almost nine lengths. She then made the quick trip...

She'll make just one more start in the Breeders' Cup Mile before she sells at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Michael Dubb talks about his horse of a lifetime. After Uni (GB) (More Than Ready)'s five-year-old campaign which concluded in the Champion Turf Female award, bloodstock advisors suggested to the partners in her ownership group that it might be time to retire and sell her. After all, the owners had probably already gotten more than they had bargained for: they had campaigned her at 3, 4, and 5, and watched her...

Dual Grade I winner She's a Julie will be offered on Nov. 8 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Owners Pete Bradley and Tim Cambron, and Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning talk on the daughter of Elusive Quality. Bradley first saw She's a Julie (Elusive Quality) at the 2016 Keeneland September Sale, and while impressed with her physical, a simple vet issue kept him from bidding. She was purchased by Steve Asmussen as agent for Carol Castille's Whispering Oaks. A favorite in the Asmussen barn for her bright personality and namesake Julie Asmussen,...

Nearly a decade after her last start on the racetrack, Hall of Famer and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta is still thriving in her career as a broodmare. We met her new foal, a filly by Candy Ride, at Lane's End Farm. Zenyatta's exceptional talent on the track has yet to be seen in her offspring, with her first foal Cozmic One (Bernardini) running unplaced in five starts, but now succeeding in the show ring. Her other son Ziconic (Tapit) also never visited the winner's circle. But in the...

Perfect Sting received an Eclipse Award in 2000 for Champion Grass Mare after she took the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. The homebred mare had a successful career as a broodmare at Adena Springs, and was recently retired after producing a filly by Awesome Again last year. Raced by Stronach Stables, Perfect Sting was a stakes winner by her third start as a juvenile and a three-time graded stakes winner as a sophomore, including consecutive Grade I victories in the Garden City Breeders' Cup H. and the Queen...

We visited Breeders' Cup champion Dayatthespa at her home at Stonestreet Farm and we relived some of her greatest moments in racing, particularly her many achievements at the Saratoga. We also met her new foal, a filly by Medaglia d'Oro.

Don Alberto Corporation spent millions to get their hands on GI winners Salty and Dacita. We visited them at Don Alberto Farm and met their new foals. Dacita is a daughter of Scat Daddy, and is the leading earner for her dam Daja (Chi) (Seeker's Reward). She was a dual champion in Chile before moving to the United States and into the barn of top turf trainer Chad Brown as a 4-year-old. She raced for three years in the States, claiming four graded stakes including two Grade I races in...

Unique Bella was the first GI winner for Don Alberto Stables, but she would go on to become a two-time Eclipse champion. This year, she had her first foal-- a filly by Medaglia d'Oro named Una Bella d'Oro. The daughter of champion sire Tapit retired in the summer of 2018 as a millionaire with eight graded stakes wins and two Eclipse awards to her credit. The towering gray filly was a fan favorite throughout her career and a top earner for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. She was sent to Don Alberto's...

When Kameko (Kitten's Joy) won the G1 2000 Guineas on June 6, he made a fairly strong case for perseverance. His dam, the well-bred graded stakes winner Sweeter Still (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}), had been the co-second highest priced lot at Keeneland's January Sale in 2014 at $750,000 in foal to Galileo (Ire), carrying her second foal and bought by Phyllis Wyeth to breed to her GI Belmont S. winner Union Rags. Four years later, Sweeter Still was plucked out of the ring at Keeneland November by the little-known...

Her mother, Unrivaled Belle, is a Breeders' Cup Champion, and her full sister Unique Bella is a dual Eclipse Champion. This Tapit filly has some big shoes to fill. We spoke to Wayne and Cathy Sweezey about their new addition. While she enjoys the care-free life of a newborn now, the young filly has much to live up to someday when she steps onto the track. Her mother, Unrivaled Belle (Unbridled's Song), is a three-time graded stakes winner and Breeders' Cup Champion. Her full sister, TDN Rising Star Unique Bella...

The horse racing industry learned the tragic passing of Eclipse Champion La Verdad's passing on May 10th. We pay tribute to her memory and look forward to cheering on her foals someday soon. La Verdad (Yes It's True), the 2015 Champion Female Sprinter, has been euthanized due to complications from colic, according to a statement issued by her owner, Sheila Rosenblum. The 10-year-old mare had recently foaled a colt by Into Mischief at Vivien Malloy's Edition Farm in Hyde Park, New York. Rosenblum posted a statement on Facebook, which read,...