Distant Way, a son of Distant View, won the final European Stakes race of 2003, the Listed Criterium di Pisa Blandford Services.
16 December 2003
Eclipse Award voting begins shortly, and here are what two handicappers from the Daily Racing Form have to say about the three-year-old male Champion.
10 December 2003
Stud fees for 2004
03 November 2003
In the first 10 days of October, Distant View has sired two Graded stakes winners and six individual winners.
14 October 2003
Empire Maker has been retired and will enter stud in 2004 for a fee of $100,000.
Empire Maker (Unbridled out of Toussaud) won the 2003 Belmont Stakes (Gr.1). A son of Unbridled, he is the fourth Grade 1 winner produced by 2002 Broodmare of the Year Toussaud.
01 October 2003
Tantina, a three-year-old daughter of Distant View out of Didina by Nashwan, won the seven-furlong Sceptre Stakes (LR) at Doncaster by an easy five lengths.
22 September 2003
Tantina, a three-year-old daughter of Distant View out of Didina by Nashwan, maintained her unbeaten record with an impressive performance in the Listed Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood in England.
04 August 2003
Anyone who had already conceded Azeri with a second straight Breeders' Cup Distaff and division championship may be having second thoughts after watching Sightseek (Distant View) win her third straight Grade 1. She crushed five competitors by 11½ lengths in the Go For Wand Handicap at Saratoga.
30 July 2003
Grade 1 millionaire Chester House succumbs to cancer
01 July 2003
Sightseek triumphed by an impressive five lengths over a sloppy track at Belmont Park in the Gr.1 Ogden Phipps Handicap. A daughter of Distant View out of the Nureyev mare Viviana, Sightseek won her second Grade 1 race, following her victory in the Humana Distaff Handicap at Churchill Downs on May 3. The filly has won her last two starts by a total of nine lengths
26 June 2003
Trainer Bobby Frankel has said all year that Empire Maker was the best three-year-old in the country. On Saturday, June 7th, Frankel’s colt lived up to expectations, stalking Funny Cide down the backstretch, pulling even in the far turn, taking command at the top of the stretch, and hold off Ten Most Wanted to win the $1-million Belmont Stakes.
10 June 2003
Empire Maker's website now live!
10 June 2003
Sightseek, a daughter of Distant View out of the Nureyev mare Viviana, triumphed in the Gr.1 Humana Distaff Handicap on the Kentucky Derby undercard.
02 June 2003
Juddmonte Farms' Empire Maker (Unbridled out of Toussaud) confirmed his credentials as this year's Kentucky Derby (Gr.1) favorite with a calculated half-length victory in Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial (Gr.1) in the mud at Aqueduct Park.
23 April 2003
World of Breeding: Empire adding lustre to world's greatest mare
Published: 18/03/2003 (Features) Tony Morris (from the Racing Post)
19 March 2003
Sent off the 2-1 second choice in the Gr.1 Florida Derby, Empire Maker swept past even-money favorite Trust N Luck (Montbrook) and powered away to a 9 3/4 –length triumph.
18 March 2003
Juddmonte Farms’ impressive Gr.1 winner Mizzen Mast is covering an equally impressive book of mares in his first year at stud.
21 February 2003
Aptitude is a Grade 1 winner, an outstanding looker, and has an equally outstanding pedigree. He is a ¾ brother to Gr.1 winner Sleep Easy. His dam, Dokki – a daughter of Northern Dancer, is a half-sister to Gr.1 winners Slew O’ Gold and Coastal. This family traces to the elite mare Bourtai.
23 January 2003