Pedigree fun facts

If Seize the Grey prevails, Arrogate would join the club of sires with back-to-back Belmont winners.

Half of the eight runners in Saturday’s Preakness (G1), including Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan, are by horses who themselves competed in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.

Will Justify, a newly-minted Hall of Famer, become only the fourth Triple Crown champion to sire a Derby winner?

Ten years after sire Honor Code missed his chance at the classics, Honor Marie could be blossoming just in time for the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1).

Bred by Japan’s famed Northern Farm, Forever Young sports a pedigree filled with familiar names from U.S. racing history.

Catching Freedom’s sire, Constitution, and paternal grandsire, Tapit, have been star-crossed in the Kentucky Derby (G1), but perhaps their fortunes will change on this first Saturday in May.

Track Phantom’s sire, Quality Road, never got the chance to justify his early favoritism for the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1), but he is exerting his influence on the 2024 trail.

Trainer Ken McPeek advised the match that produced Mystik Dan, adding another layer of interest to his pedigree.

Timberlake, who could become a record-equaling third Kentucky Derby (G1) winner sired by Into Mischief, blends American and European classic influences.

Sierra Leone first made headlines when commanding the top price of $2.3 million as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.