Category: General News

Consumer Credit battles to victory in Memories of Silver S.

More Than Ready’s Grade 3 winner Consumer Credit notched her third career stakes win in the $100,000 Memories of Silver S. at Aqueduct, outlasting Pine Needles in the stretch to win the 1 1/16-mile contest on the turf by a neck. Winner of the Sweetest Chant S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park in January, Consumer Credit […]

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Drosselmeyer juvenile brings $140,000 at OBS

After working a spectacular quarter in :21.1 on April 13th, a colt from the first crop by Drosselmeyer sold for $140,000 on April 21st, opening day of the OBS Spring Sale. A May foal out of a European stakes winner, Hip 148 posted an eye-catching work on April 13th, striding into the turn with authority, […]

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More Than Ready sires top filly opening day at OBS

A lovely daughter of More Than Ready achieved the highest price for a filly on Day One of the OBS Spring Sale, selling for $250,000 midway through the session. From the same family as More Than Ready’s multiple Graded stakes-winning daughter Ready’s Gal ($609,959), Hip 157 posted a work of :10.2 at the April 13th […]

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Pioneerof the Nile sires #2 Juvenile Day One at OBS

Pioneerof the Nile sired the second high-priced juvenile opening day at the OBS Spring Sale, when hip 273 sold for $270,000. The dark bay/brown colt out of stakes winner/Graded stakes-placed Princess Belle, by Mr. Greeley, had worked an eighth of a mile in :10.2 on April 14th. He was purchased by trainer John Kimmel on […]

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Dramedy provides huge thrill in Elkhorn S. (G2)

Distorted Humor’s Dramedy put away My Afleet following an early duel and then held off a furious charge from several challengers in deep stretch to win the $250,000 Elkhorn S. (G2) Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. Dramedy and My Afleet pulled away from the field early in the 1 ½-mile marathon, clearing off by a double-digit […]

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Four straight for Tamarkuz after $1 million Goldolphin Mile (G2) score

Speightstown’s top sprinter Tamarkuz outgamed Sloane Avenue in the Meydan stretch to score his fourth consecutive stakes win, three of them graded, at the sprawling U.A.E. racetrack, in the $1 million Godolphin Mile (G2). Tamarkuz is one of Speightstown’s five stakes winners this year. His progeny have earned nearly $2.3 million to date, ranking third […]

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Competitive Edge comes back big in the Tamarac S.

Living up to his billing, Competitive Edge rolled to an 8 ¼-length win in the $60,000 Tamarac S. Friday at Gulfstream Park, the first start for the 3-year-old son of Super Saver since his dominating win in the Sept. 1 Hopeful S. (G1) at Saratoga. Super Saver finished 2014 ranked second on the First Crop […]

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First mares in foal for WinStar’s Fed Biz, Revolutionary

WinStar Farm has reported that Fed Biz and Revolutionary, the farm’s first-year stallions in 2015, have both had their first respective mares confirmed in foal with heartbeats. Fed Biz retired sound to WinStar at the end of 2014 following a racing career that saw the son of Giant’s Causeway become a two-time track-record setter in […]

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Tizmas goes gate-to-wire in More to Tell S.

Tizmas broke on top and stayed there the entire trip in Saturday’s $60,000 More to Tell S. at Aqueduct, giving the son of Tiznow his first stakes victory. Ridden by Junior Alvarado and trained by Jason Servis, Tizmas rolled through fractions of 23.13, 47.90 and 1:13.16 to win by a half-length over Lucky Lotto in […]

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Sidney’s Candy delivers big numbers at OBS March sale

The second and final day of the OBS March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training brought plenty of highlights for Sidney’s Candy, whose first crop are 2-year-olds of 2015. With a total of six horses selling during the March 17-18 auction, including five on the second day, Sidney’s Candy had a hammer price average of […]

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