Happy Retirement to MG1SW Locked! It's too bad he'll miss the Breeders' Cup. #raacingsky 🏇 Shot for The Saratoga Special

🟢⚪ Been trying to write more, lately. Here's my most recent blog, on Ballydoyle, Coolmore America, and homegrown stallions: open.substack.com/pub/housaton...

I am thrilled to share that our first two volumes are written by the wondrous Avalyn Hunter, who crafted the story of Holy Bull, and the accomplished Lenny Shulman, who lent his veteran skills to the career of the great A.P. Indy.

This particular post has been more than 2 years in the making. I, alongside my publisher @kentuckypress.bsky.social, am pleased to share that we have a new imprint coming in spring 2026. In the vein of the Thoroughbred Legends series, we bring you Racing Royalty. www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing...

🟢⚪️ It's been a minute, but our blog is back with thoughts on some of the juvenile stakes winners from the last week of the Saratoga meet. housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

yo this guy is cooking

Maryland-bred Future Is Now looks to defend her title in the Grade II Intercontinental Stakes at Saratoga today. If she wins, it will be her fourth consecutive stakes victory. #racingsky 🏇

It was announces yesterday that Grade I winner Mindframe will stand at Claiborne Farm upon retirement. #racingsky 🏇

🟢⚪️ Looking forward to what Mindframe and Locked can do the rest of the year 🤞🤞

Absolutely love these — far more fitting than the yellow and blue set (which did grow on me)

🟢⚪️ Very excited to have Doesn’thurttoflirt 💋back in the entries! She’s in race 5 at Laurel next Saturday for trainer Kelly Rubley and our ownership partners 🤞🤞

🟢⚪️ Faze the Nation rocking her mom bod, carrying a foal from the first crop of Beren.

🟢⚪️ Hot Mom Rom Com, our Virginia-bred half-sister to Doesn’thurttoflirt, A Ring Thing and Postnup, is starting to gray out. Daughter of Blofeld returns to Virginia soon with her dam, I’m Engaged, carrying a full-sibling for ‘26.

🟢⚪️ Twelveo’clockrock (fam of ‘25 G1W Mindframe) and Dulce Kiara (fam of ‘25 G3W Bishops Bay) are both pregnant to Blofeld with their first foals

🟢⚪️ Our last foal of ‘25 is this strapping MD-bred colt by Blofeld out of Seville’s Princess

An excellent read, Joe. And you have to have patience in this business if you want to have any success

After finishing second in both the Belmont and the Haskell last year, Mindframe finally got his first Grade I win in the Churchill Downs Stakes yesterday. #racingsky 🏇 Shot for the Saratoga Special

🟢⚪️ Maryland-bred Mindframe finally got his G1 win today - congratulations to the connections, including his late breeder Larry Johnson who cultivated this female family for generations

🟢⚪️ Congratulations to the connections of homebred Kentucky Oaks winner Good Cheer! We’ve got no pics of her, but do have some of each of her parents, Medaglia d’Oro and Wedding Toast

🟢⚪️ Daughter of Army Mule dealt with some wicked early pressure from the second choice, opened up and had enough to hold on late — Royal Ascot here she comes! www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pinky-finger...

🟢⚪️ Check out our thoughts on this year's Kentucky Derby! housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

🟢⚪️ Our newest foal is this stout Maryland-bred colt by Murmur Farm’s Blofeld and out of Seville’s Princess! That dam is half to the dam of G1W Rattle N Roll. 🟢⚪️ Seville’s Princess will be bred back to Blofeld again this year.

🟢⚪️ No surprise that a homebred breed-to-race operation like Juddmonte would be more stamina-inclined than most. Would love to see a big effort from Final Gambit on Saturday - would be a huge result for his dam’s half-sister Paw Prints www.drf.com/news/turf-pe...

I think that this is an incredibly reasonable line.

🟢⚪️ Super gutsy effort, congrats to connections! 🟢⚪️ Both our broodmares from this female family of the late Larry Johnson’s foundation mare Ran’s Chick have now checked in foal to Blofeld for ‘26!

🟢⚪️ I’m Engaged’s Blofeld filly and a friend at St. Omer's Farm - very excited to keep and race this gal! 🟢⚪️ We’re counting days on I’m Engaged after she was bred back to Blofeld 🤞 They’ll come back to Virginia once I’m Engaged is confirmed in-foal (Thanks to Nicole Martin for the video!)

Completely agree, especially at this time of the year. He finds out when we do. Only later on that you may get relegated to the role of sacrificial hare.

🟢⚪️ Good-looking debut winner for Blofeld! www.theracingbiz.com/2025/04/11/l...

🟢⚪ Would love to see a big effort from this beautiful daughter of Army Mule

🟢⚪️ Our final mating recommendation of 2025 will feature the first match for the hard-knocking and well-bred Cabra Chica, who visits the stallion we've repeatedly stated offers the best value in Kentucky in 2025: Army Mule housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

🟢⚪️ Getting to the end, with just one more Housatonic Recommended Mating left for 2025 after this one, which features a well-bred young mare by French sensation Siyouni, who will visit Bucchero: housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

🟢⚪️ Army Mule 2YO Pinky Finger just won by a pole for Wesley Ward at Keeneland! Royal Ascot here she comes??

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🟢⚪️ There’s only one Blofeld. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/frankels-son...

🟢⚪️ Always even more impressive when a race shape doesn’t seem to favor a horse’s running style, and they’re able to overcome that. Journalism looks to be a deserving Derby favorite - hasn’t faced big fields, but has overcome adversity

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🟢⚪️ Bucchero with a G3 winner at 1-5! 🤯💨

🟢⚪️ Blofeld exacta in Race 3 at Laurel, with Murmur Farm’s homebred Meg leading home Blo By’em to break her maiden!

Ordered!

🟢⚪️ Getting towards the end of this year's Housatonic Recommended Matings and up next is the newly-acquired maiden mare Croquembouche, who visits promising first-year G1W Prince of Monaco at Claiborne Farm for our friends at Wasabi Ventures Stallions: housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

🟢⚪️ Impressive stats for Murmur Farm’s Blofeld, keeping excellent company!

🟢⚪️ BTW and producer Sister Dawn will visit Sequel New York's promising young sire Honest Mischief in 2025 off the back of his huge freshman season: housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

The Best Racehorses of 2024 annual will be on sale soon! With approx. 20% more content than previous editions, it is in A4 paperback instead of 6x9. As always, only available via Amazon (because they print it). Best Racehorses of 2025 may be hardback instead. #HorseRacing #BR24 🐎 #RacingSky

🟢⚪️ Next Housatonic Recommended Mating features the young Wasabi Ventures Stallions broodmare Saucily, who gets a chance with the proven sire Army Mule in '25 for her second foal: housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

🟢⚪️ I’m Engaged in 2025 and 2021, with her fillies Hot Mom Rom Com (by Blofeld) and Doesn’thurttoflirt (by Include), respectively

🟢⚪️ Monster #MDBred colt by Hill 'n' Dale Farms Army Mule, at three days old. He’s closely related to Maryland Million Classic winner Saratoga Bob. His dam, No More Excuses, goes back to Army Mule.

🟢⚪️ Up next among our Housatonic Recommended Matings is the Keeneland January purchase Byhubbyhellomoney, a black-type winner who will be part of the first book of mares to visit new Pennsylvania stallion Beren at WynOaks Farm LLC.: housatonicbloodstock.substack.com/p/housatonic...

🟢⚪️ Wasabi’s Paw Prints is a half to the dam of Final Gambit and booked to Up to the Mark in ‘25

🟢⚪️ Huge result! Final Gambit’s dam is a half to Wasabi Ventures Stallions broodmare Paw Prints www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/final-gambit...

Lots of rooting interests in today's G3 Jeff Ruby Steaks: 🟢⚪️ Poster's dam is full to the dam of Wasabi's BM Zarella. 🟢⚪️ Final Gambit's dam is half to Wasabi's BM Paw Prints. 🟢⚪️ California Burrito's sire Army Mule is who we've recommended the most mares to this spring. Triple dead heat??