A colt by leading sire Speightstown hammered for slightly over $408,000 in U.S. dollars ($320,000 Guineas) during the first session of the April 15-17 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up sale, the second-highest price of the prestigious European 2-year-old auction The juvenile is out of the Royal Academy mare Sleepytime, a Group 1 winner of the 1,000 […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s top 3-year-old filly Ready to Act got her first graded stakes victory Sunday in the $200,000 Beaumont (G2) at Keeneland. More Than Ready now has eight stakes winners in 2014, including another stellar sophomore filly in Room Service, who won the Grade 1 Ashland S. April 5 at Keeneland. Last early on, […]
[ Read More ]Brewing, winner of the $100,000 Gazebo S. March 22 at Oaklawn Park, captured his second consecutive black-type event on Friday with a game half-length score in the $100,000 Bachelor S., also at the central Arkansas track. The 3-year-old son of Maimonides, a Zayat Stables homebred trained by D. Wayne Lukas, was ridden to victory by […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm freshman sire Hold Me Back, the Grade 2-winning and multiple Grade 1-placed son of Giant’s Causeway, sired his first winner from his first starter Thursday, April 10th. The 2-year-old filly Truth in the Lies made her career debut in a 4 ½-furlong heat at Pimlico, breaking with good speed and leading the field […]
[ Read More ]The Keeneland April 2-years-olds in Training Sale marked another auction highlight for More Than Ready as the WinStar stallion’s two offerings were both top-10 sellers at the prestigious one-day auction on April 7. Hip No. 11, a filly offered by Niall Brennan, agent, went for $400,000 to Three Chimneys Farm, agent. The filly is out […]
[ Read More ]Ready Signal captured Gulfstream Park’s $75,000 Powder Break S. to give her sire More Than Ready his second stakes winner on the day, which was topped by Room Service’s dead heat victory in the Grade 1 Ashland S. at Keeneland. Ready Signal came from last to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ up-and-coming 3-year-old filly Holiday Magic set a seven-furlong stakes record of 1:22.69 at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday in the $75,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies S. (VIDEO). Champion Sire Congrats has had five winners in the past week, including in a pair of maiden special weight contests. Holiday Magic broke very alertly from […]
[ Read More ]Bellamy Road’s Grade 3-winning filly Sisterly Love zipped to a 2 1/4-length score Friday during opening day at Keeneland, taking the field in gate-to-wire fashion in the classified allowance affair at 1 1/16-miles on the main track (VIDEO). Ridden by Stewart Elliott for owner Gary Barber, Sisterly Love was never seriously threatened as she controlled […]
[ Read More ]Fury Kapcori posted the year’s best Beyer Speed Figure at a mile, winning the $75,000 Santana Mile S. at Santa Anita on Sunday (VIDEO). The 4-year-old son of Tiznow posted a 107 Beyer, second highest up to a mile at any track this season. Fury Kapcori is also the seventh major stakes horse of 2014 […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ Constitution prevailed by a neck in an incredibly thrilling renewal of the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Constitution was making his stakes debut after a maiden win on Jan. 11 and an allowance score Feb. 22, both also at Gulfstream. Breaking from post 4 […]
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