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Gagetown earned his first stakes win Friday evening at Prairie Meadows with a neck victory in the $50,000 Prairie Mile for 3-year-olds.  The Rupp Racing colt is the first stakes winner for Exaggerator, who leads the Second-Crop Cumulative Sire list by both winners (28) and wins (31). Gagetown, who had placed in Sugar Bowl S. […]

Overbore proved best in Friday’s $150,000 Tremont S., beating a hard-charging Kavod by three-quarters of a length in the 5 1/2-furlong contest for 2-year-olds. Overbore, who lost his first two starts by a a combined half-length, was up to the task Friday in a field of four following a pair of scratches. With Baytown Frosty […]

Constitution’s three-time graded stakes winning filly Laura’s Light scored an emphatic victory in the $200,000 Ouija Board Distaff S. at Lone Star Park on Memorial Day, coasting to a 4 3/4-length victory in the one-mile race that was moved from the turf to the main track due to inclement weather. Just 30 minutes prior to […]

Warrant stormed down the middle of the Lone Star Park stretch to win $300,000 Texas Derby over a stellar field by three-quarters of a length. The 3-year-old, who was second in the May 1 Oaklawn S., is Constitution’s sixth stakes winner this year. The WinStar stallion leads the Third-Crop Sire list by stakes horses, graded […]

Bango collected his second career stakes win Saturday at Churchill Downs with a last-to-first effort in the $150,000 Aristides S.  The 4-year-old son of Congrats returned to listed company after a pair of solid graded stakes efforts this spring, most recently when he was beaten just two lengths in the Churchill Downs S. (G1) on […]

Alexandria was all alone at the finish of Friday’s $100,000 Queen City Oaks at Belterra Park, winning the 1 1/16-mile contest by 10 3/4-lengths to give the 3-year-old daughter of Constitution her fourth lifetime stakes victory. Going off the odds-on favorite, Alexandria took the lead with about a half-mile to run and never looked back, […]

Gershwin turned in a stellar performance in his stakes debut in Friday’s $300,000 Penn Mile (G3), winning the off-the-turf race in rainy conditions by two lengths (VIDEO). The 3-year-old colt is Distorted Humor’s 161st lifetime stakes winner world wide, 70 of which are graded stakes winners. The 161 stakes winners leads all active stallions standing […]

Laoban’s gallant 3-year-old colt The King Cheek fought off a stiff challenge by heavy favorite Hozier to win Saturday’s $100,000 Sir Barton S. by a head. The bay sophomore is Laoban’s fifth black type winner from his first crop of runners. Laoban, who is standing his first season at WinStar Farm this year, is in […]

Last Judgment’s front-running win in Friday’s $250,000 Pimlico Special (G3) gave the son of Congrats his second graded stakes win and third stakes victory of 2021. Congrats is the sire of some 42 black type winners, 12 graded, and 105 stakes horses lifetime. In 2021, he has accounted for the winners of 102 races to […]

Distorted Humor’s 4-year-old filly Ebaiyra is now a three-time Group stakes winner after taking the  Prix Allez France Longines (G3) on May 2 at Longchamp Racecourse in France WATCH RACE. Away for the winter following a third-place effort in a Group 1 in October, Ebaiyra returned with a sharp effort in this 10-furlong turf marathon. […]