B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., has announced a major addition to its roster of stallions ( story on BloodHorse.com ). The farm, which currently stands four studs, will add a trio of newcomers for the 2009 Thoroughbred breeding season. Spendthrift's current line-up includes: Action...

Darley's got the Street to itself. In addition to standing Street Cry (IRE) ( SRO ) at its Kentucky and Australia divisions since 2003, Darley America added that sire's son Street Sense ( SRO ) to its stallion offerings for 2008. Now another son, Street Boss ( pedigree ), will join the same roster. ...

Today brings the sad news of the passing of the great Genuine Risk, winner of the 1980 Kentucky Derby (gr. I). ( Developing story ) Genuine Risk ( pedigree ) won or placed in all 15 of her starts. In addition to becoming the second filly to win the Run for the Roses, Genuine Risk captured three additional...

Proud Spell ( pedigree ), winner of today's $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I), is a representative of family 4-m. Her distant cousin, family 4-k member Music Note ( pedigree ), finished a neck behind in Saratoga's historic race ( full race coverage here ). Croft's Spinster (a.k.a. the Widdrington Mare...

It wouldn't be November at the sales without at least a couple of true blue-blooded mares walking through the ring. This year, we have the opportunity to see some real standouts in the wake of the Southern Equine - Hill 'n' Dale dispersal ( full story here ) at Fasig-Tipton. Of special note are the Deputy...

The 4-year-old Kingmambo colt Archipenko ( pedigree ) makes a great case for those breeders who believe an older mare can still produce a quality foal. Bound, a 1984 daughter of Nijinski II and the incomparable mare Special, was a fine runner -- a stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed earner...

In this week's edition of The Blood-Horse we present a study that will clear up some facts regarding a question frequently debated in Thoroughbred circles: Is the breed getting weaker? The full report -- all 232 pages of it -- is available for download on BloodHorse.com . If you haven't already done...

From Fox Tale Stud , we got the news Thursday afternoon that Request for Parole ( SRO , TrueNicks ) will stand the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Estacion de Monta Don Petiso in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fox Tale pointed out that the son of Judge T C will be the first Pennsylvania stallion to...

The recent loss of blue hen Winter's Gone ( article on BloodHorse.com ) ( pedigree ) brings up an interesting question. Are the best producers usually well-bred mares that fared poorly in their own race careers? Winter's Gone is an unplaced half-sister to grade I winner Bien Bien and two other stakes...

The start of the week brought the double-whammy news that both Sadler's Wells ( pedigree ) and Storm Cat ( on SRO ) ( pedigree ) were pensioned. It would be hard to overstate the impact that these two Northern Dancer-line studs have had, both in their respective homes and worldwide. Read more about Sadler...