When Classic Empire won the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by a neck from Not This Time (by Giant’s Causeway) in 2016, it seemed that Kentucky Derby second Pioneerof the Nile (Empire Maker) was fashioning his own branch of the most classic line of Mr. Prospector.
Pennsylvania features one of North America's most lucrative breeder's awards for Thoroughbred racing, and no farm took advantage of that in 2023 quite like Blackstone Farm.