Category: General News

Congrats’ Last Judgment goes gate-to-wire in Pimlico Special (G3)

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 […]

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Distorted Humor filly rallies to take Prix Allez France Longines (G3)

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. […]

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Speightstown’s Astute wins Angels Flight S. in 2021 debut

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 […]

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Speightster filly rallies to first stakes win

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 […]

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WinStar’s Sainthood snags post 5 for Kentucky Derby 147

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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Paynter’s Miss Leslie earns trip to Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) with Weber City S. win

Miss Leslie came from last to first in the stretch of Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss S. to give the 3-year-old Paynter filly her second stakes victory. After getting pinched back at the start, Miss Leslie and jockey J. D. Acosta found themselves trailing the field going into the first turn. She was a bit […]

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Laoban’s Devious Mo takes $200,000 New York Stallion S. in black type debut

Devious Mo won the Times Square Division of Saturday’s $200,000 New York Stallion S. at Aqueduct in the 3-year-old Laoban colt’s stakes debut, taking the 6 1/2-furlong contest by three-quarters of a length over Sinful Dancer. Fresh off his 8 3/4-length maiden win on March 13, Devious Mo hustled away from the gate and was […]

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2020 Canadian Turf Male Champion: More Than Ready’s Say the Word

Say the Word, winner of the Grade 1 Northern Dancer S. in 2020, was named Champion Turf Male at the 46th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony hosted virtually by the Jockey Club of Canada on Thursday evening, April 15. Say the Word’s 5-year-old campaign of 2020 was topped by his Northern Dancer victory; he also placed […]

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Speightstown’s Lady Speightspeare named Canadian Champion 2YO of 2020

Lady Speightspeare, who was undefeated in 2020, was named Champion 2-year-old Filly of 2020 at the 46th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony hosted virtually by the Jockey Club of Canada on Thursday evening, April 15, 2021.  Lady Speightspeare, a Charles Fipke homebred, showed her brilliance right from her Aug. 22 debut at Woodbine, winning a seven-furlong […]

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Exaggerator firster graduates in Aqueduct MdSpWt

Supply and Demand cleared off in the final furlong to tally a two-length maiden special weight victory Apr. 9 at Aqueduct.  The 3-year-old is the third winner over the past two days for Exaggerator, who leads the 2021 Second-Crop sire list by winners with 17 and by wins with 18.  Supply and Demand, who was […]

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