Category: General News

Pangburn’s 3-year-old debut Friday at Oaklawn Park was a smashing success, setting up the Congrats filly perfectly for a run at the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) May 1 at Churchill Downs. Pangburn powered to a 1 ¼-length entry-level allowance victory in the ninth race under Jesus Castanon, winning for the second time in three […]

House Rules remained undefeated in 2015 stakes races with a confident 1 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Rampart S. (G3) at Gulfstream today. She also became the 54th career graded stakes winner for Distorted Humor, who reigns as America’s #8 Sire this year, with progeny earnings already approaching $1,000,000. In the 39th running of the […]

Making her first stakes start, She’s a Big Winner lived up to her name with a well-earned one-length victory in the $102,300 Sweet Life S. Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Bellamy Road now has three stakes winners in 2015, as well as the stakes-placed 3-year-old colt General Bellamy. The 3-year-old daughter of Bellamy Road bested […]

Sheikh Hamdan’s Tamarkuz became the second Group winner of the day for Speightstown, when he charged to a four-length victory in the $200,000 Firebreak S. (G3) over a flat mile at Meydan Racecourse on Feb. 12.   Tamarkuz also became the 67th career stakes winner, fifth 2015 stakes winner for Champion Speightstown, whose 2015 progeny […]

Heavily-favored I Love It (Aus) became the newest Group stakes winner for Artie Schiller on Feb. 6, with a sterling victory in the $150,000 Bow Mistress Trophy (G3) at Tattersall’s Park in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.    The 4-year-old filly became the 27th career stakes winner, 12 Group/Graded winner for El Prado’s value sire, Artie Schiller. […]

Grade 1 millionaire Reynaldothewizard remained undefeated on the dirt at Meydan, with a hard-fought victory in the $200,000 Al Shindagha Sprint (G3) today in the UAE.   The all-time leading earner by Speightstown, Reynaldothewizard is one of four stakes winners already this year for his sire, who reigns as North America’s second leading sire of […]

Speightstown sired his fourth stakes winner of 2015 when Bright Town wired her field in the 6 1/2-furlong El Diario S. on Feb. 7 at Sunland Park.   The victory is especially noteworthy as the 66th career stakes winner and 64th blacktype winner for Speightstown, who leads all stallions in his siring crop – including […]

Lieutenant Colonel battled to a game head victory in his first lifetime start Saturday at Gulfstream Park, making the 3-year-old colt the sixth winner of 2015 for his sire Colonel John.  Colonel John finished ranked fourth on the 2014 Second-crop Sire list, and is right back in a similar spot as his third crop hits […]

Hard to Stay Notgo went right to the front and never looked back in Sunday’s $125,000 Franklin Square S. at Aqueduct for her first stakes win in just her fourth lifetime start. The 3-year-old More Than Ready filly is the second stakes winner of the year for her sire, who stands this year at WinStar […]

Champion Sire Congrats remains the standard-bearer among all juvenile sires from the A.P. Indy line, with more runners ranked on the 2014 Experimental Free Handicap than any stallion from his famed sire line.   By A.P. Indy out of Praise, by Mr. Prospector, Congrats placed four runners, all fillies, on the Experimental, and was the […]