U S Ranger’s newest stakes winner Lawn Ranger earned his way into the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) on Oct. 31 with a well-deserved victory in the $250,000 Bourbon S. (G3) Sunday at Keeneland. The Bourbon was a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” race. After a promising year with his first crop […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller registered a rare feat in the $200,000 City of Hope S. (G2) on Saturday when his offspring finished first and second in the one mile turf contest at Santa Anita, with Big Bane Theory besting Mr. Commons by a length and one half. The City of Hope marked Big Bane Theory’s first graded […]
[ Read More ]Tiz Windy powered to a 2 ¾-length victory in the $200,000 Indiana Oaks (G2) on Saturday evening, the tenth stakes winner of 2014 for Tiznow. A perennial leading sire, Tiznow’s progeny have topped the $6.3 million in earnings this year. Tiz Windy was in the back half of the 11-horse field for the first half-mile, […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready got his second Grade 1 winner of the year Saturday when the 2-year-old colt Daredevil splashed to a 2 ½-length victory in the $500,000 Champagne S. at Belmont Park. After a six-furlong duel with Holy Boss, Daredevil assumed command at the head of the lane to stride clear and was never seriously […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s speedy 2-year-old colt Bayerd dueled through the entire six furlongs of the $75,000 Kip Deville S. to emerge victorious by one length in Sunday’s contest at Remington Park. Bayerd was head and head with Nublado Bling basically the whole way, willing himself to the front in the final strides to win by a length […]
[ Read More ]With a furious rally up the rail, Alexis Tangier prevailed by a neck in the $75,000 Unzip Me S. on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old daughter of Tiznow is out of Cambiocorsa, the dam of Grade 2 winners Moulin de Mougin and Schiaparelli. Tiznow’s tally of stakes horses in 2014 now […]
[ Read More ]Punctuate, a 2-year-old colt by Distorted Humor out of the undefeated mare Peppers Pride, came from last in a field of 12 juveniles to win his first start by 1 ¾-lengths Saturday at Santa Anita Park (VIDEO). Trained by Bob Baffert for Arnold Zetcher, Punctuate’s superb effort after an adventurous trip earned the bay colt […]
[ Read More ]American Pharoah won his second straight Grade 1 race Saturday in the $300,000 FrontRunner S. at Santa Anita Park, putting the 2-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt right on target for the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), which also runs at Santa Anita. American Pharoah broke his maiden second time out in the Del Mar […]
[ Read More ]Undefeated Temper Mint Patty’s towering victory in the $150,000 Joseph F. Gimma S. topped a huge day Sunday at Belmont Park for Congrats, who also had first-time starter Jacaranda take her career bow in a 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight contest. With 10 winners and four stakes horses to date this year, Congrats is squarely […]
[ Read More ]Saturday’s $200,000 More Than Ready Mile at Kentucky Downs had a fitting result when even money favorite Regally Ready pulled clear to a 2 ¼ length win in the race named for his sire. Regally Ready, a seven-time stakes winner of over $1.4 million coming into Saturday’s race, set a few lengths behind Stormy Going […]
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