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On Nov. 26, Bolt d’Oro’s son Instant Coffee became the stallion’s fifth stakes victor with a 1 1/4-length success in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. Instant Coffee is his sire’s third graded winner, and the sire has nine racers who are stakes-placed.

Florida-breds are poised to add to their 30 total wins at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships as racing’s marquee event is held for the 39th time on

Airdrie Stud has announced the stud fees for the farm’s 2023 stallion roster. 

Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner and near-millionaire earner Roadster, a son of perennial leading sire Quality Road, will stand the 2023 breeding season at Ocala Stud, the farm announced today.

The Jockey Club has announced the election of six new members: Len Coleman, Dr. Nancy Cox, Marc Holliday, Kosta Hronis, W. Gray Lyster IV, and David O’Farrell.

Emerging stars Gulfport and Damon’s Mound will look to make the grade in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special

The current crop of sires with their first runners at the racecourse this year now include five freshmen sires located in Kentucky or Florida who have already been represented by a stakes winner: Justify (by Scat Daddy), Sharp Azteca (Freud), Good Magic (Curlin), Girvin (Tale of Ekati), and Free Drop Billy (Union Rags).

Amid scenic pastureland 20 minutes north of Ocala sits a small farm called Magic Oaks. Its the birthplace of Medina Spirit, the star-crossed colt who hit the finish line first

The 2-year-old stakes at Belmont Park on Thursday were captured by Devious Dame (Astoria) and Two Of A Kind (Tremont).

Hip No.191, a daughter of Bolt d’Oro consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent, was sold to Craig and Caroline Bentley for $290,000 to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2022 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age.