Something Nice strolled to a comfortable three length win Sunday in the career bow for the 2-year-old daughter of Hold Me Back. She is the eighth winner for the freshman sire, who is in the top ten on the First-Crop Sire list. Going 5 1/2-furlongs in maiden special weight company at Thistledown, Something Nice broke […]
[ Read More ]Heart Stealer out-classed her competition in Gulfstream Park’s $75,000 Paseana S. on Saturday, as the multiple graded stakes-winning daughter of Speightstown rallied to to take the 6 1/2-furlong affair by 2 1/4-lengths. Speightstown’s runners have now eclipsed the $4.6 million mark this year, ranking second on the 2014 General Sire list. After entering Heart Stealer […]
[ Read More ]I’m Steppin’ It Up led wire-to-wire in Saturday’s $57,625 Carl Hanford Memorial S. at Delaware Park, prevailing by a neck in the 1 mile and 70 yard contest. The 6-year-old son of Congrats passed the half-million dollar mark in career earnings with the victory. Congrats has a dozen stakes horses in the first half of […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm freshman sire Super Saver sired his first winner Wednesday, July 2nd when his 2-year-old colt I Spent It, a $600,000 purchase earlier this year, overcame early trouble to impressively capture his debut in a $75,000 Maiden Special Weight dash at Belmont Park (VIDEO). Well backed at 7-2 odds for his debut, I Spent […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s newest stakes winner Big Kick drew off early to an insurmountable lead in Sunday’s $200,000 San Juan Capistrano (G2) at Santa Anita Park, opening up by some 10 lengths before holding on gamely to win the 1 3/4-mile turf marathon (VIDEO). Big Kick is Tiznow’s fifth stakes winner, with four of them coming in […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile, the nation’s leading Second Crop sire, got his second stakes winner of the weekend Sunday when Conquest Top Gun scored a front-running victory in the $148,250 Victoria Park S. at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for the Conquest Stables of Ernie Semersky and Dory Newell, Conquest Top Gun’s win came a day […]
[ Read More ]Jojo Warrior broke into the ranks of stakes winners in a big way Saturday at Santa Anita Park, rolling to a 5 1/4-length victory in the $200,750 Summertime Oaks (G2). The 3-year-old filly is the fourth stakes winner this year for her sire Pioneer of the Nile, who sits atop the 2014 Second Crop Sire […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has teamed with Monmouth Park to be the title sponsor of the Matchmaker Stakes, set for its 48threnewal on Sunday, July 27. “As a two-time winner of the Haskell Invitational, WinStar Farm is extremely excited about this joint venture,” said W. Elliott Walden, president and CEO of racing operations for WinStar and himself […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s second-crop sire Kodiak Kowboy, who was North America’s leading freshman sire by winners in 2013, will shuttle to Brazil to stand the 2014 Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Haras Bage do Sul Farm. Turf Breeding Services (TBS) of Brazil and the Kentucky-based Wynrose Equine brokered the deal to stand the 9-year-old Posse stallion […]
[ Read More ]Sunday’s $150,000 Queen’s Plate Trial at Woodbine turned into a showcase for Artie Schiller after We Miss Artie bested Majestic Sunset by three-quarters of a length for a “Artie exacta” in the traditional prep race for the Queen’s Plate (G1), Canada’s version of the Kentucky Derby (VIDEO). We Miss Artie added to an already-impressive resume […]
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