Yes, We're Pregnant! Oxbow's Dam and Sire Expecting Another Foal Oxbow, the winner of last month's Preakness Stakes, will have another full brother or sister next year. His dam, Tizamazing, was given an ultrasound Monday morning and was confirmed 14 days in foal to his sire, Awesome Again. Tizamazing and Awesome Again have the potential to be one of the most successful matches in sports since Archie and Olivia Manning gave us Peyton and Eli. All four of Tizamazing's foals to race have been winners - three of them stakes winners, her two with Awesome Again are on the board in graded stakes, and one of them, Oxbow, is a classic winner. Although she never raced, Tizamazing is a full sister to the mighty two-times Breeders" Cup winner and successful sire Tiznow. Awesome Again, by Deputy Minister, is a Breeders" Cup winner and sire of Breeders" Cup winners Ghostzapper, Ginger Punch, Wilko and Round Pond. Oxbow was born and raised at Burleson Farms in Midway, Ky. Lyn Burleson is the hands-on farm manager; his wife, Modesty, is the farm veterinarian to about 60 broodmares and their foals, yearlings and layups. NetJets founder Richard Santulli's Colts Neck Stables L.L.C. owns Tizamazing and had Burleson sell the dam's 2010 colt, who would be named Oxbow, at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $240,000. Oxbow's photos for registration with the Jockey Club show a good-sized, well-balanced weanling. He is relaxed and cooperative. The photos taken at the Keeneland sale reveal a bigger, stronger Oxbow. Yearlings are prepared for the sale by walking miles each day to build muscle and manners. They are groomed daily and taught to stand in the conformation stance that allows all four legs to be seen from one side. Finally, yearlings are stabled at the sale for a couple of days, allowing prospective buyers to inspect them before bidding. After the sale, Oxbow began training. He had his first outing as a racehorse in an $80,000 maiden special weight race at Saratoga. He did not finish that race over five and a half furlongs; according to the Aug. 3 Equibase race chart, "Oxbow dropped well behind while taking choppy strides and was pulled up then vanned off." He raced at Keeneland in October and broke his maiden at Churchill Downs in November. Since then, Oxbow has raced only in graded company. He showed brilliance at the Grade III Lecomte Stakes in New Orleans and, of course, at the Preakness. Heading into the Belmont Stakes, Oxbow is a seasoned 3-year-old but a newcomer to the broad expanses of the Belmont main track. In contrast, Orb, this year's Kentucky Derby winner and a likely Belmont runner, calls Belmont his home turf. These are the details that make horse racing fascinating.