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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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, […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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. […]
[ Read More ]Top-three sire Speightstown had a pair of stakes winners on Saturday, with Astute winning Santa Anita Park’s Angels Flight S. a few hours after Flagstaff took the Churchill Downs S. (G1) on Derby Day at the Louisville track. Astute’s victory may not have come in as big of a race, but the outing was a […]
[ Read More ]Door Buster made her stakes debut a winning one Saturday night at Charles Town Races with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Its Binn Too Long S. (WATCH RACE) The 3-year-old Speightster filly was four lengths from the front with a furlong to run, but uncorked a big rally to get up in the […]
[ Read More ]CHC Inc’s and WinStar Farm’s Sainthood drew post five during Tuesday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) post position draw at Churchill Downs. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Sainthood was late-running second, after a troubled trip in the Jeff Ruby S. (G3) in his most recent outing, which was also his stakes debut. Pletcher has given the Derby call […]
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