Forged Steel

The GI Stephen Foster Stakes which is scheduled for Saturday, June 27 at Churchill Downs will have a pair of defections and leave the race with a field of five after C2 Racing's Mark Cornett said that Forged Steel (Vekoma) and Navajo Warrior (Candy Ride {Arg}) would both scratch. The news was first reported by BloodHorse. C2 Racing posted a June 13 workout by Forged Steel on X and said that the 4-year-old was making preparations for the GII Surburban Stakes at Saratoga July 4. Cornett, who is also Navajo...

She was claimed for $5,000 out of a race in which she bled badly. Yet here we are, 75 years later, celebrating Iltis (War Relic) as founder of a dynasty freshly decorated, coast to coast, on consecutive weekends. The moment of alchemy for Iltis was the transfer early in her breeding career to Ocala Stud, where a remarkable stallion, Rough'n Tumble, and the still more remarkable O'Farrell family were together putting Florida in the Thoroughbred map. A first date between Iltis and Rough'n Tumble produced My Dear Girl, as leading...