Category: General News

Commanding debut for Congrats filly

Polar River rolled to a near track-record performance in her debut Dec. 3 at Meydan Race Course in Dubai, winning by 13 ½-lengths and earning the coveted TDN Rising Star tag for the victory. The 2-year-old daughter of Congrats finished the 1,200 meters in 1:10.65, just two hundredths of a second outside the course record […]

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Stylish finale for Commissioner in Hawthorne Gold Cup H.(G2)

WinStar’s brilliant homebred 4-year-old colt finished his career in style with a 2 ½-length win in the Hawthorne Gold Cup (G2) on Saturday evening. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Commissioner, a son of A.P. Indy, now ships to WinStar to prepare for a career at stud. Second by a head in the 2014 Belmont S. (G1), […]

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Speightstown colt warrants respect in Buffalo Man S.

Speightstown’s Full Salute wore down the leaders in the Gulfstream Park stretch en route to a one-length victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Buffalo Man S. The winner, the first foal out of the black type winner Mazucambera, captured the Hall of Fame S. earlier this year and is now 3-3-0 in seven starts and has earned […]

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Constellation shines once again in $150,000 Furlough S.

Constellation, a 2-year-old daughter to Bellamy Road, turned in her best performance of her young career on Thanksgiving with a dominating eight-length win in Aqueduct’s $150,000 Furlough S. Already twice graded stakes-placed, Constellation proved too much for her foes, drawing off at the top of the stretch without any urging from jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. […]

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Hold Me Back filly soars in $400,000 Delta Princess (G3)

Jet Black Magic turned in the biggest performance of her young career in Saturday’s $400,000 Delta Princess S. (G3), scoring a commanding 4 ¼-length victory for her first graded win. Jet Black Magic is one of Hold Me Back’s 10 stakes horses this year. With more than $2.4 million in progeny earnings to date, the […]

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Handy MdSpWt win for Sidney’s Candy filly

Cotton Candy Cutie overpowered her foes in the stretch to score a 1 ½-length victory in a one-mile maiden special weight contest in the first race at Aqueduct on Saturday afternoon. The chestnut 2-year-old is the eighth winner for Sidney’s Candy, who ranks seventh on the Kentucky First-Crop sire list with over $420,000 in progeny […]

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Distorted Humor filly captures first stakes win

Two-year-old Lucky Folie took full advantage of her early speed to win Sunday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. to give the daughter of Distorted Humor her first stakes win and second in three lifetime starts. The Wertheimer and Frere homebred is Distorted Humor’s ninth stakes winner, and 21st black type horse overall, of the year, while […]

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Pioneerof the Nile filly stays undefeated with stakes romp

The 2-year-old filly Eighth Wonder made her first stakes start on Sunday and responded with a devastating 9 ¼-length victory in the $75,000 Donna Freyer S. at Parx. The daughter of Pioneerof the Nile, who broke her maiden by 7 ¾-lengths on Sept. 19 and came back with a five-length allowance score on Oct. 27, […]

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Sidney’s Candy 2yo scores impressively on Laurel turf

Uncle Youdge bounded to a one length score in a maiden special weight turf affair Saturday at Laurel Park, giving his sire Sidney’s Candy his seventh winner from his first crop, with six of them coming in maiden special weights at top meets such as Del Mar, Belmont Park and Gulfstream Park. Uncle Youdge, who […]

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More Than Ready reaches career milestone with 150 stakes winners

Perennial leading international sire More Than Ready recently sired his 150th black type winner, which ranks the WinStar stallion second only to Giant’s Causeway for all stallions standing in North America. More Than Ready is the sire of nine millionaires, with his overall progeny earnings approaching an incredible $130 million. He has been in the […]

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