Just a reminder that if you are feeling like you are in a black hole, I - and so many others - am here to listen. I know it's hard to feel like you can talk to anyone when you're in a place like that but there are so many people in the world who love and support you.
Justify won from seven furlongs to 1 1/2 miles as a racehorse and he's passing on that versatility to his runners with his three stakes winners on Saturday covering that distance span while finding success on both the dirt and turf.
Did you know @RRP_TBMakeover has an ambassador award for their graduates?
The Bill Kraatz Thoroughbred Makeover Ambassador Award celebrates graduates who continue to make an impact on the breed after the Makeover.
You can learn more about the award at https://t.co/3hGEseSKLp.
It was a big weekend of racing between the second woman in four years training a @BelmontStakes winner and multiple breeding crosses letting their success be known in races on both sides of the Atlantic. Safe to say, it was a racing nerd's dream from start to end this week!
Him not even moving on her when the rest of the jockeys were riding hard then going back to sitting still once she was clear is insane. That was some performance
I'm stoked to return to the Saratoga Special team this summer to help with their website and social media!
It's always fun seeing what @joeclancy65, @bySeanClancy, @SaratogaTL, and the rest of the team on the ground produce every edition
The first print edition of the special four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival Saratoga Special presented by @BreedersCup has arrived with racing previews, recaps, and a few of your favorite columns.
Find it here ๐https://t.co/yIl5SjuWqJ
This weekend showed the @coolmoreamerica stallion barn has a successful cross on its hands with current resident Tiz The Law showing that he crosses well with the late Scat Daddy (which bodes well for Justify mares bred to the stallion as well).
Happy birthday to us - at midnight on this date 8 years ago the Pyrois Media site went live & we officially opened. Thank you to everyone who has supported the company along the way!
Learn more about what services Pyrois Media offers these days at https://t.co/wqYxe3KK8F.
.@coolmorestud/@CoolmoreAus's Starspangledbanner was the star of the show this weekend with his three European stakes performers including two classic winners, adding to his total of stars produced by Sadler's Wells and Danehill granddaughters.
Two legs of the Triple Crown done ... two horses co-bred by women! Congratulations @tanyagun and @johndgunther!
This one is extra cool for me because Napoleon Solo's granddam is one of my favorite mares I ever worked with.
Liam's Map ๐ค Scat Daddy daughters
That cross is striking at 26.1% stakes performers, led by 2 G1 winners, with both those Grade 1 winners (Napoleon Solo & Burnham Square) still active. NS was also G1W at 2 while Burnham Square won the G2 Elkhorn last month.
We are excited to welcomeย our newest Old Friend for Life!
As part of the @PreaknessStakes card today, Wickeddivine won the Old Friends Purse, and guaranteed himself lifetime retirement with Old Friends. We'll be here if he should ever need us. Congratulations Wickedivine!
If you are visiting Keeneland to watch Golden Tempo train we had this special rub pad made to easily find him. He leaves the barn at 8 Sun-Thursday, breezes Friday (generally) at 7:30.
Did you know that if all 14 horses entered start, Saturday's @preaknessstakes field will be the biggest field we've seen in the Preakness since there were 14 in 2011?
The full field of 14 have started the race twice since 2000 & the average field size has been 10 starters.
While most of the attention around Uncle Mo's legacy is focused on his higher priced sons, at @darbydanfarm Modernist is working hard to create his own chapter with three stakes performers in 10 days to end April and start May.
It was a huge weekend for stallions in the G1 Kentucky Oaks, G1 @KentuckyDerby, G1 2000 Guineas, and G1 1000 Guineas with three of them dominating classic races and the fourth capping off a very productive first classic experience for a freshman sire!