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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Last year, tail-male descendants of just five stallions – Northern Dancer, Mr. Prospector, A.P. Indy, Caro, and Hail to Reason – accounted for 98% of all graded-stakes victories. Descendants of Northern Dancer (41.1%) and Mr. Prospector (35.9%) of course accounted for most of the total. Following are brief summaries of the five sire lines in 2023. Numbers in parentheses indicate the total graded wins for the year. Northern Dancer (175) – The three main branch lines (Storm Cat, Danzig, and Sadler’s Wells) accounted for 92% of all Northern Dancer-line graded-s...

Southern California sprinter Bolden will initiate stallion duties at Rancho San Miguel for the 2024 breeding season.

Secret Reserve took Sunday’s $100,000 Steady Growth Stakes for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds and up, contested at 1 1/16 miles over the Woodbine Tapeta.

Keeneland has supplemented 58 new horses to the 2024 January Horses of All Ages Sale catalog, including broodmares and yearlings.

Stay Hot took the overland route heading for home and won the $100,000 Cecil B. DeMille (G3) for 2-year-olds by a neck Sunday at Del Mar.