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The TDN's Breeders' Cup Connections project highlights the people who work behind the scenes with top-class horses pointing for the Breeders' Cup. For the people behind the athletes, the Breeders' Cup is the grand finale of a year's worth of highs and lows, celebrations and disappointments, sweat, sore muscles and impossibly long hours, all to...
With a roster of 29 stallions for 2025, Spendthrift Farm is gearing up for another busy breeding season. They've added three new, Grade I-winning stallions to their roster in Belmont Stakes hero Dornoch (<a href="http://www.hillndalefarms.com/good-magic/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Good Magic</a>), Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure (<a href="https://lanesend.com/qualityroad " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Quality Road</a>) and Stephen Foster Stakes victor Kingsbarns (Uncle Mo).
Canadian Horse of the Year and millionaire Moira will perform in what will likely be her last dance in the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. From there, she goes through the ring on Nov. 4 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
There are people that work with horses and there are people that love horses. In the case of Katie Tolbert, there is no better example of a person that works with horses because of how much she loves them. Tolbert is an assistant trainer for Brad Cox and also the exercise rider of this year's...
Ma'am, the dam of Kentucky Derby winner <a href="https://www.airdriestud.com/horse/mystik-dan/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Mystik Dan</a>, has been the broodmare of a lifetime for owner Lance Gasaway and trainer Kenny McPeek. McPeek picked Ma'am out for the Gasaways back in 2015. After her racing career, her first foal was <a href="https://www.airdriestud.com/horse/mystik-dan/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Mystik Dan</a>. Now, the 11-year-old mare will sell at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
From a young age, Jeramie Fennell was certain that he was born to be a jockey. So when, as he continued growing taller throughout his teenage years and maintaining weight became increasingly difficult, Fennell did what he thought he had to do in order to live out his dream. Fennell is not ashamed of his...
We have witnessed a number of bidding wars across the numerous yearlings sales that have taken place recently and sometimes it can be difficult to tell who is bidding. Bloodstock agent Oliver St Lawrence tells TDN about the nuances of bidding.
When Chad Brown left Bobby <a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> to go out on his own, the first person he hired was Mary McKulick. So it was only fitting that he name the first <a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> filly he ever got to train after Mary, who had recently passed away from cancer. McKulick the filly went on to be a superstar:...
Three-time Grade I winner and $2 million earner Adare Manor has been a steady presence in Baffert's barn for the past three years. Now she is set to sell at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
Newsells Park Stud has a long-standing reputation for being one of the best nurseries of top racehorses in the world. And not, under the ownership of Graham Smith-Bernal, they look to transfer that reputation into the world of English sparkling wine cultivation.
He established himself the leader of the class when his first yearlings sold at Arqana August, not only topping the sale, but making him the leading first-crop yearling sire. Now, <a href="https://coolmore.com/en/ireland/stallion/st-marks-basilica/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">St Mark's Basilica</a>'s first yearlings head to Goffs Orby and Tattersalls with a lot of buzz surrounding them.
Newmarket-based trainer Dylan Cunha attended his first Keeneland September Sale this year. While he encountered a strong market and had to leave empty handed, he is eager to come back for more next year.
