10/05/2023. International Horse Racing World: French 2,000 Guineas Fancy Isaac Shelby Sold To Wathnan Racing, Forte, Big Rock (FRA) & Beauvatier (FRA) by TDN – 2023′s Leading Second-Crop Sires by Black-Type Winners, Graded Stakes Winners, Grade 1 Stakes Winners and Grade 1 Stakes Horses

 

 

French 2,000 Guineas Fancy Isaac Shelby Sold To Wathnan Racing

Leading French 2,000 Guineas fancy Isaac Shelby (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) has been sold to the Qatari-based Wathnan Racing in a deal that was brokered by Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock.  Isaac Shelby won the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

NY Times: Forte Failed Drug Test After Hopeful

The New York Times is reporting that Forte (Violence), the Kentucky Derby favorite who was scratched on the morning of the race with a bruised right front hoof, failed a drug test after his win… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Rock Of Gibraltar’s Big Rock The Boss At Chantilly

If there was any doubt who was the Cork Of The North among the French 3-year-old middle-distance colts heading into Tuesday’s G3 Prix de Guiche, Yeguada Centurion’s Big Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}–Hardiyna {Ire}–Sea… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Lope De Vega Colt Earns TDN Rising Star Tag In Chantilly Debut

Philippe Allaire’s hitherto unraced 2-year-old colt Beauvatier (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}–Enchanting Skies {Ire}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}) lined up as the 23-10 second choice for Tuesday’s €50,000 Prix du Coq Chantant at Chantilly,… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Forte’s Preakness Status in Doubt After KHRC Statement

A statement from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission released Monday afternoon would seem to indicate that Forte (Violence) will not be eligible to run the Preakness Stakes, despite his owners’ stated intention earlier in the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

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2023′s Leading Second-Crop Sires by Black-Type Winners, Graded Stakes Winners, Grade 1 Stakes Winners and Grade 1 Stakes Horses
 
This stallion leads all second-crop sires by Black-Type Winners,
Graded Stakes Winners, Grade 1 Stakes Winners and
Grade 1 Stakes Horses and is represented by the winner
of the 149th GI Kentucky Derby from his very first crop.
Who is he?