Category: General News

Outwork colt realizes $475,000 at Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2yo sale

Outwork made a big splash with his lone offering at Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale when a colt by the WinStar stallion brought a top bid of $475,000.  Consigned by Scanlon Training and Sales on behalf of Excel Bloodstock, hip No. 10 went to the powerhouse partnership of Mike Repole, St. Elias Stable, and West Point […]

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Congrats’ Indy Lyon continues hot streak with first stakes win

Indy Lyon won for the fourth time in five 2021 starts Sunday at Tampa Bay Downs in the $110,000 Sophomore Turf S., the first stakes start for the 3-year-old son of Congrats. Indy Lyon led all the way in the 1 1/16-mile event, but had to withstand dramatic stretch run with Chess’s Dream and the […]

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Outadore withstands the pressure in Animal Kingdom S. win

Outwork’s most accomplished runner to date, Outadore, added the Animal Kingdom S. to his resume with an impressive display in the 6 1/2-furlong contest for 3-year-olds at Turfway Park.  The gray or roan colt, who was making his 2021 debut, was in an early battle with Nicky Two Shoes, who got the lead out of […]

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Constitution’s Just Read It battles her way to Cicada S. win

Just Read It dug in gamely to hold off Exogen by a head in Saturday’s $100,000 Cicada S. at Aqueduct to give the 3-year-old daughter of Constitution her first stakes victory. The odds-on favorite Save took the lead out of the gate in the six-furlong affair, with Just Read It pressing her through a quarter-mile […]

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Hit the Road a landmark Grade 1 winner for More Than Ready

Hit the Road’s dramatic victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Frank Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park made the 4-year-old colt the 30th lifetime Grade 1 winner for More Than Ready. The win was also the second straight graded stakes score for Hit the Road, who took the Thunder Road S. (G3) exactly one month ago. […]

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A Bit of Both wins Captiva Island S. in driving rainstorm

Paynter’s multiple stakes-winning mare A Bit of Both tallied her fourth black type score Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the off-the-turf $75,000 Captiva Island S.  The 5-year-old is the second stakes winner and fourth stakes horse this year for Paynter, who is currently second on the 2021 General Sire list with the performance of his […]

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Congrats’ Last Judgment wires field in $100,000 Challenger S. (G3)

Last Judgment turned in a near track-record performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Challenger S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, winning the 1 1/16-mile contest by 2 1/4-lengths to give the 5-year-old son of Congrats his first graded stakes victory. Last Judgment won the Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream Park in his 2021 debut before facing the best […]

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Speightstown’s My Generation breaks maiden in Patton S.

In just her second lifetime start My Generation became Speightstown’s newest stakes winner March 5 at Dundalk Racecourse in Ireland with a commanding victory in the Patton S.  The 3-year-old filly, who had debuted just three weeks ago when third in a maiden race, proved she was up to the task in Friday’s seven-furlong contest. […]

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Exaggerator filly zips to half-dozen length MdSpWt victory

Top-five Second-Crop sire Exaggerator got his 10th winner of the year Friday at Fair Grounds when Shades of Truth was an easy winner in a six-furlong maiden special weight affair for 3-year-old fillies. The chestnut filly’s final margin was officially 5 3/4-lengths. After battling for the lead through the first quarter-mile, Shades of Truth soon […]

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Carpe Diem’s Wait for Nairobi wins Cincinnati Trophy in stakes debut

Wait for Nairobi made her stakes debut a winning one Friday evening at Turfway Park, winning the $65,000 Cincinnati Trophy S. by two lengths for the owner/breeder duo of Hartwell Fam and SF Racing LLC. Wait for Nairobi is the fourth stakes horse this year for Carpe Diem, which ranks third among all Third-Crop sires […]

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