Leading commercial breeder Stonestreet Farm has announced the development of an innovative blood sampling, testing and secure storage protocol in partnership with The University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. The program was developed in response to reports of off-label bisphosphonate use in growing horses. Combined with newly available post-sale testing offered by auction houses,… Read more »

My family and I are invested financially and emotionally in the future health of the horse racing business. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished at Stonestreet. We’ve built a top-notch Thoroughbred business, with the same tenets that helped build a top-notch global wine business. Whether it’s wines that outperform their competition or horses running in… Read more »

Good track maintenance provides a solid foundation for both equine and human competitors. The goal of any maintenance program is to ensure that the surface is consistent, safe, and fair. In this blog, we’ll get into the nitty-gritty of how racetracks across the country create a level playing field for all entries. Based on its… Read more »

In our Gate to Great: Schooling for Success blog, we touched on the early days of training that familiarize young Thoroughbreds with the starting gate. Once a horse leaves our training center and arrives at the racetrack, these lessons will be put to the test. Per Kentucky statute, first-time entrants will not be allowed to race unless… Read more »

Curlin’s meteoric rise to elite sire status continued with momentum in 2017. According to BloodHorse North American sire rankings, his progeny have earned $10,659,857 this year to date. He is the #1 dirt sire by graded stakes winners with eight total, including a pair of leading distaffers, an accomplished three-year-old, and an exciting Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion…. Read more »

Join Stonestreet on #givingtuesday as we kick off the holiday season with some #goodmagicgiving! We will be donating $1000 each to Bluegrass Farms Charities, California Thoroughbred Horseman’s Foundation, and the Backstretch Employee Service Team. These charitable organizations focus on providing health care and human services to workers and their families in Kentucky, California, and New… Read more »

In our yearling sale preparation blog, we covered the nutrition and fitness plans that help to bring out the best in our yearlings prior to their time in the sales ring. While not nearly as important as pedigree and physical characteristics, a glossy, well-groomed coat can go a long way towards making a yearling stand… Read more »

Kulik Lodge was born at Stonestreet Farm in 2010 and we raced this son of Curlin as a homebred for three years. In a career that took him to California, Kentucky and the Mid-Atlantic he made 12 starts, won 4 times and earned $180,884. His final start was in the Cape Henlopen Stakes at Delaware… Read more »

LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 17, 2017) – Keeneland announced today that Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet has become the signature sponsor of the Spring Meet’s Lexington (G3), to be held Saturday, April 15. Purse money for the Lexington will increase in 2017 from $150,000 to $200,000. The stakes, for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the main track,… Read more »

Multiple Grade 1 winner Cavorting has been retired from racing and will enter the Stonestreet broodmare band in 2017.  A graded stakes winner at 2, 3 and 4 years old she was recently diagnosed with minor bone bruising, ruling out a bid for the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Distaff.   We are grateful to Kiaran McLaughlin and… Read more »