We showed three million videos through the TDN's video platforms (Vimeo and YouTube) in 2019. These were the most popular. Click on the red link to watch them:
1. 67,123 views: Meet Songbird's First Foal, by Arrogate. The mating of two exceptional racehorses–Arrogate and Songbird–each in their first season of breeding, has resulted in an exceptional foal. Meet the filly everyone will be watching, and who Mike Smith is already anticipating riding.
2. 32,405 views: California Chrome's First Yearlings to Sell in July. Of all the stallions new to the breeding scene in 2017, California Chrome was certainly the most anticipated. With a wildly devout fan base and a race record which included popular wins in the GI Kentucky Derby at 3 and the G1 Dubai World Cup at 5, California Chrome brought talent, durability, and charisma to the table. TDN sat down with Taylor Made Farm president and CEO, Duncan Taylor, to discuss his first yearlings on offer prior to the 2019 Fasig-Tipton July Sale.
3. 31,260 views: Rachel Alexandra: It's a Wonderful Life. When it comes to producing a winner, the elements of a fine wine and a champion Thoroughbred look rather alike. Each is built on a foundation of intricate detail that leaves nothing to chance, and both are given the opportunity to flourish through an impeccably high standard of care that lasts a lifetime. In Rachel Alexandra, Barbara Banke has discovered exactly that. We visit her at Stonestreet Farm to check in on her life today.
4. 30,652 views: UAE Derby winner Plus Que Parfait. In French, the plus que parfait is used to indicate an action that has taken place prior to another event in the past. But in the case of Plus Que Parfait the horse, his trainer Brendan Walsh is hoping that the best is still yet to come. Kelsey Riley caught up with Walsh on the Churchill Downs backstretch.
3. 27,957 views: Wolfendale Turns Lifelong Passion Into a Career. Third-generation horsewoman Maggie Wolfendale combined her broadcasting degree and passion for Thoroughbreds into a career as NYRA's paddock analyst. Christie DeBernardis catches up with her at Aqueduct.
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