Category: General News

Sooner Time, a 2-year-old Sidney’s Candy filly, and Dragon Flower staged a stretch-long duel Thursday at Del Mar, with Sooner Time coming out on top to become the first multiple winner for her sire (VIDEO). A Grade 1 winner of $1.1 million, Sidney’s Candy’s first crop of 2-year-olds have brought an average of $90,519 during […]

Artie Schiller became the first American-based horse to sire the winner of Korea’s prestigious $340,000 Asia Challenge Cup, going 1200 meters over the sand track at Seoul Race Park, when Choegang Schiller pulled off the victory over the highly regarded El Padrino (NZ), who won this race a year ago. Choegang Schiller tracked a pair […]

High Noon Rider drew off smartly in the stretch over Saratoga’s inner turf course to score by 3 ½-lengths in the $100,000 Better Talk Now S., the first stakes victory for the 3-year-old son of Distorted Humor. High Noon Rider, who was already twice stakes-placed before Monday’s victory, is the 129 lifetime black type winner […]

Runhappy turned in a stellar performance in Saturday’s $500,000 King’s Bishop S. (G1) at Saratoga, setting a stakes-record of 1:20.54 for the seven furlongs, which is just 0.34 seconds off the track record at the historic New York oval. Runhappy is Super Saver’s second Grade 1 winner this month at Saratoga, with Embellish the Lace […]

Catch My Drift put it all together in Monday’s $100,000 Summer Colony S. to win the 1 1/8-mile contest by a widening 6 ¼-lengths as much the best in the first stakes win for the 4-year-old daughter of Pioneerof the Nile. Trained by Chad Brown, Catch My Drift has had some tough luck in her […]

Embellish the Lace turned back all her challengers to score an ultra-game victory in the historic Alabama S. (G1) Saturday at Saratoga.  The 3-year-old filly is the fourth graded stakes winner for Super Saver in his first two crops, the most any second-year stallion. He also is the only sophomore sire with multiple Grade 1 […]

Flutterby turned in another stellar performance in Saturday’s $75,000 Gold Mover S. at Gulfstream Park, coasting to a front-running, 3 ¼-length win, the third career stakes win for the 4-year-old daughter of Congrats. Bred, owned and trained by 94-year-old Jerry Bozzo, Flutterby left her venerable conditioner almost speechless afterward. “I’ve run out of adjectives,” Bozzo […]

Tiznow had the top-priced lot during the first session of the Aug. 15-16 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York Bred Preferred Yearlings auction, with McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent, going to $350,000 for hip No. 416, who was consigned by Summerfield, agent. Out of Grade I winner Acey Deucey (Abaginone), the filly is a half-sister to multiple […]

Hard to Stay Notgo dominated the $50,000 Niagara S. Friday at Finger Lakes, the second stakes win in the young career of the 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready. Her first added-money score came in February in the $125,000 Franklin Square S. at Aqueduct. Hard to Stay Notgo is one of seven North American stakes […]

Copper Cajun rolled to an impressive 5 ½-length maiden special weight score Wednesday at Evangeline Downs to give freshman sire Drosselmeyer his third winner from his first crop. The chestnut 2-year-old easily handled the field of 10 juveniles with an authoritative stretch run following an early race duel. Bred by Clear Creek Stud, Copper Cajun […]