Sunday’s $140,000 Marine S. at Woodbine came down to a tight three-way photo and a stewards’ inquiry, with Conquest Top Gun ending up the official winner following an eventful stretch battle. The 3-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt is the sixth stakes horse of 2014 and put the WinStar stallion over the $1.4 million mark in […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s Fire With Fire unleashed a powerful closing kick to win Saturday’s $200,000 Charles Whittingham S. (G2) by a neck, the second graded stakes win of 2014, and fifth black-type victory overall, for the 5-year-old. Fire With Fire is Distorted Humor’s leading earner of 2014 and one of his 13 stakes horses this year […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready had the top-priced filly during day one of the Fasig-Tipton’s May 19-20 Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Md., a $510,000 purchase by Stonestreet Stables Inc. from the Stephens Thoroughbreds LLC consignment. The filly, bred in Kentucky by Harvey A. Clarke and Brookdale, was cataloged as hip No. 187. She is […]
[ Read More ]Sam-Son Farm’s home-bred Speightsong zipped to a front-running victory in the $150,000 Queenston S. for 3-year-olds Saturday at Woodbine to become the fifth stakes winner of 2014 for his sire Speightstown. The WinStar stallion has ascended to third on the 2014 General Sire list, with 20 stakes horses and $3.16 in progeny earnings. Speightsong, […]
[ Read More ]Praia grabbed the lead with an eighth of mile left en route to win Saturday’s $65,000 Keertana S. for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs, the first career stakes win for the 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor. Praia becomes the 122nd career stakes winner for her sire, whose progeny have already eclipsed the $2.1 million […]
[ Read More ]Rookie Gladden overcame a slow start and a wide trip to take the $50,000 Babst/Palacios Memorial S. Saturday in the final day ever feature race at Beulah Park (VIDEO), which is closing after 91 years of racing. The 4-year-old colt by Spring At Last also outlasted a surging Candy Bites on the wire, winning the […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s Fury Kapcori continues to prove himself one of the best handicap horses on the West Coast, winning Saturday’s $100,000 Precisionist S. (G3) for his fourth consecutive victory and setting himself up for a possible run at the $500,000 Gold Cup (G1) June 28 at Santa Anita Park Fury Kapcori started his streak on New […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s Central Banker gamely held off Shakin It Up in a scintillating stretch duel to win the $464,800 Churchill Downs S. (Grade 2) by a head on Derby Day at the historic Kentucky racetrack. This was the first graded stakes win for the 4-year-old bred by WinStar Farm and upped his record to 4-3-2 in […]
[ Read More ]Cool Cowboy, a 3-year-old Kodiak Kowboy colt, earned his second lifetime stakes victory Friday night at Prairie Meadows with a solid 5 1/4-length win in the $75,000 Golden Circle S. As a 2-year-old old, Cool Cowboy took $100,000 Inaugural S. in December at Tampa Bay Downs. Pretty well in control the entire six furlongs, Cool […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller’s Kentucky Derby (G1) 140 hopeful We Miss Artie drew post position seven for Saturday’s Run for the Roses, a spot termed “perfect” by his trainer Todd Pletcher, who won the 2010 Derby with WinStar Farm’s Super Saver. “Perfect, just what I was dreaming of,” Pletcher commented on the gate assignment. We Miss Artie […]
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