Introducing the first-crop sires series for 2023

Thu Aug 17 2023TwinSpires Staff

Our team is profiling five prominent stallions making a splash with their juveniles.
Pedigree notebook: Prime time just beginning for Not This Time

Tue Aug 15 2023Kellie Reilly

It’s been some week for hot young sire Not This Time, from the sales ring at Saratoga to the racecourse at Colonial Downs.
Pedigree notebook: Justify juggernaut rolls on with second-crop juveniles

Tue Aug 08 2023Kellie Reilly

Amid the celebrations of his first Grade 1-winning three-year-olds, Justify is ramping up the momentum with his second crop of juveniles. The undefeated Triple Crown champion has budding stars in both Europe and the United States, on turf and dirt.
Pedigree notebook: Frankel hits Royal Ascot triple, follows up with Curragh juvenile

Tue Jul 04 2023Kellie Reilly

Frankel deserved the pedigree notebook treatment for siring three Group 1 stars at Royal Ascot, but the Juddmonte great is a moving target. He has continued to supply more material in the interim, most significantly a juvenile filly who broke her maiden over Irish Derby weekend.
Pedigree clues for juveniles in Bashford Manor, Debutante Stakes at Ellis Park

Fri Jun 30 2023Kellie Reilly

Sunday’s card at Ellis Park wraps up Stephen Foster weekend with five more stakes, including two for promising juveniles. Let’s look for pedigree clues in the Debutante S. and Bashford Manor S.
Pedigree notebook: Frankel's son Cracksman, venerable family make Ace Impact

Tue Jun 06 2023Kellie Reilly

Undefeated French Derby (G1) winner Ace Impact is from the first crop of Frankel’s outstanding son Cracksman, from the extended family of dual classic queen-turned-globetrotter Ouija Board.
Pedigree notebook: Tahiyra, Paddington turn Irish Guineas double for Siyouni

Tue May 30 2023Kellie Reilly

When Tahiyra quickened out of a pocket in Sunday’s Irish 1000 Guineas (G1), she capped a classic double at the Curragh for her sire, Siyouni. The Aga Khan’s homebred stallion was also responsible for Saturday’s Irish 2000 Guineas (G1) hero, Paddington.
Pedigree notebook: Johannesburg descendants strike gold at Pimlico

Tue May 23 2023Kellie Reilly

Former Coolmore/Ashford stallion Johannesburg, who was ultimately exported to Japan, factored in the pedigrees of several major winners during the Preakness (G1) festival.
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Mage

Sat May 20 2023J. Keeler Johnson

It’s safe to say Mage hails from a family of Kentucky Derby veterans. His sire, grandsire, and dam sire all started in the Run for the Roses.
Pedigree notebook: Good Magic off to flying start as classic sire

Tue May 16 2023Kellie Reilly

Good Magic had the credentials to become an important sire on the Triple Crown trail. Even so, the champion son of Curlin has made quite an impact at his earliest opportunity, siring Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage in his very first crop.
Angel of Empire – Kentucky Derby Context

Sat May 06 2023James Scully

An off-the-pace runner, Angel of Empire displayed a terrific turn of foot in the Arkansas Derby (G1), surging from sixth to reach the lead by the top of the stretch, and the up-and-coming colt established himself as a serious Kentucky Derby contender while notching his first triple-digit Brisnet Speed rating (101)
Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: King Russell

Tue May 02 2023J. Keeler Johnson

One start after securing his initial victory, King Russell finished second in the Arkansas Derby (G1) to emerge as a contender for the 2023 Kentucky Derby (G1).
Dosage Index, foaling dates for 2023 Kentucky Derby contenders

Tue May 02 2023Kellie Reilly

There are other data points, long predating a horse’s racing career, that some Kentucky Derby handicappers take into account – foaling date and the Dosage Index.