Speightstown’s budding star Pirate’s Trove ran her record to a perfect 3-for-3 with an impressive score in Monday’s $111,800 Etobicoke S. at Woodbine. With Zensational Bunny setting a swift pace, Florent Geroux kept Pirate’s Trove a few lengths back in fourth position, waiting for room to open up while tucked along the rail […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile got his second graded stakes winner of the day at Del Mar when Midnight Storm sped to a front-running victory in the $300,000 Del Mar Derby (G2), with Sawyer’s Hill, by Spring At Last, securing the runner-up spot in the 1 1/8-mile turf contest. Both 3-year-olds earned the first black-type of their […]
[ Read More ]Rebranded, a 3-year-old colt by Tiznow, decimated his opponents in the $50,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Derby on Sunday, rolling to a 12 ¾-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile contest. The result was similar to the Colorado Derby six weeks ago when he won by nearly an identical margin. His overall record of 4-3-1 in 12 starts […]
[ Read More ]First-crop sire Hold Me Back chalked up his first black-type winner on Sunday when Hold for More zipped to a smart-looking 5 ¼-length victory in the $75,000 Northern Lights Futurity at Canterbury Park. With three stakes horses and six winners earning $212,246, Hold Me Back is a top-10 Freshman Sire for 2014. Hold for More […]
[ Read More ]Partisan Politics overcame a rough start to break her maiden in the 2 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 P. G. Johnson S. Aug. 27 on the Saratoga lawn. The 2-year-old More Than Ready filly appreciated the added distance of the 1 1/16-mile Johnson after finishing third in her debut going 5 ½-furlongs five weeks ago […]
[ Read More ]Leading freshman sire Super Saver chalked up his eighth winner from his first crop on Aug. 21 when Lil Super Bear scored a ¾-length maiden special weight victory going 5 ½-furlongs at Remington Park (VIDEO). The chestnut filly was bred by WinStar Farm and is owned by the Gerald Dixon Revocable Trust, who bought her […]
[ Read More ]Top-10 Freshman Sire Hold Me Back garnered his sixth winner and first two stakes horses in a two-week span from August 2nd to 17th. On Aug. 17th, Hold for More scored a facile five-length victory in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight contest at Canterbury Park. The bay juvenile, who ran second in his debut on […]
[ Read More ]A pair of 2-year-old fillies by WinStar stallions More Than Ready and Congrats tallied maiden special weight wins Sunday, both in their career debuts. Tammy the Torpedo, by More Than Ready, got the action started in the third race, a mile and a sixteenth contest on the turf. The 2-1 favorite, trained by Chad Brown, […]
[ Read More ]Weekend Hideaway pulled away late in Friday’s $100,000 John H. Morrisey S. at Saratoga to give the 4-year-old Speightstown colt his fourth lifetime stakes victory. Weekend Hideaway is Speightstown’s ninth stakes winner this year and pushed his progeny earnings to a nation’s second-best of $5.9 million on the General Sire list. His 40 repeat winners […]
[ Read More ]One of the most prominent races of the upcoming Kentucky Downs meeting has been renamed the $200,000 More Than Ready Mile after the internationally successful stallion standing at WinStar Farm. The stakes race, which is expected to attract some of North America’s top milers, is part of a $1.7 million racing program on Saturday, September 13. “It is […]
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