Lots of Action
With the arrival of July comes the 2026 Saratoga Race Course Summer Meet. Racing will be conducted July 3 through September 7 with a record $23.575 million in purses! We enter the Meet with ownership in 52 horses, comprised of 21 2 year olds and 31 older horses (3,4,5 and 6 year olds). The vast majority won’t compete at Saratoga for various reasons (2 year old’s requiring more development, horses rehabbing from injury, horses racing in Kentucky, etc.) but we hope to have several starters.
2 Year Olds (21)
We have 21 2 Year Old Colts and Fillies of which 16 have been named. Among our 2 Year Olds are three offspring of Flightline (Clear For Takeoff, Flightress, Victor Whiskey) who is represented by his first runners this year.
- Colts (18) Alpha Strike, Castiglione, Clear For Takeoff, Corderito, Core Principle, Highwaymen, Hypnos, Just Sayin, Kensai, McCoy, Outcomes Based, Physique, Refute, Victor Whiskey, 4 Currently Unnamed
- Fillies (3) Flightress, Plenty of Mischief, 1 Currently Unnamed
Our first 2 Year Old Starter will be Castiglione who will run on July 5 at Ellis Park in Kentucky.
3 Year Olds (19)
- Colts (10) Commentate, Double Entendre, Fortius, Honoree, Iconoclast, Mojacar, Mount Vernon, Pedroza, Roguishness, Vivo Stavolta
- Fillies (9) Aquazurra, Atropa, Defining Role, Island Flower, Love and Trust, Sacred Goddess, Three Sixty, Tiffany Cross, White Smoke
4 Year Olds (9)
- Colts (8) Ambitiously, Cromwell, Retribution, Savion, States’ Rights, Statesman, Vermelho, Vibe
- Fillies (1) Mezcal Mule
5 Year Olds (1)
- Colts (1) Pentathlon
6 Year Olds (2)
- Colts (2) Battle of Normandy, Integration
Leading rider Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Our sire Flightline has been in the news lately and it’s all good. At the recent Fasig-Tipton Mid Atlantic May 2 Year Old in Training Sale, a Flightline colt sold for $2.1 million. That seems like a bargain when you compare it to the Flightline 2 year old colt that sold later in the sale for $10.5 million!
Flightline at Lane’s End Farm
Flightline’s babies are also starting their racing careers around the world. From his first four starters, he has had a winner in New York (Aqueduct Racetrack), a winner in Japan, a second place finisher in Kentucky (Churchill Downs) and a third place finisher in Kentucky (Churchill Downs).