Page 14 - Smart Strike News Today

The 2022 Wanamaker’s October Sale catalog is now available for viewing, with 22 hips on offer.

Besilu Stables is still very much in business with some of the most valuable bloodlines in the stud book. The operation just looks different from the one we had grown accustomed to seeing during the previous decade.

Whatever it is, the stallion operations in neighboring Bourbon County (northeast of Fayette County, which includes Lexington) have been ringing the bell repeatedly. Today, there are only two commercial stallion operations in Bourbon County: Claiborne Farm and Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa.

A pair of timber stakes featuring veteran jumpers headline this Saturday’s National Steeplechase Association doubleheader in New York and Virginia.

Blue Star Racing is excited to announce the arrival of Breaking Lucky to their breeding facilities in Scott, La. After beginning his stallion career at Blue Star Racing, he moved to Florida for the 2021 and 2022 breeding seasons.

Tamaroak Partners’ classy 5-year-old homebred Bango kicked clear to a 4 ½-length victory in Friday’s featured ninth race to become just the 12th documented horse in Churchill Downs’ modern history to win at least eight races at the historic Louisville track.

Frank Mitchell takes a look at the 2022 freshman sire race after a pair of key 2-year-old races over the weekend at Churchill Downs.

Grade 1-winning filly Juju’s Map is expected to make the trip to next week for the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 25.

Pat Costello, Callan Strouss, and Darcia Fantucchio were part of the group of breeders that brought Prince of Wales Stakes winner Duke of Love into the World.

Though Besilu Stables' time in the deep end of the Thoroughbred industry was brief, the mark it left on the North American stud book will be felt for generations to come