Category: General News

Mining My Own has Bodemeister filly

Mining My Own, dam of 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mine That Bird and 2012 Kentucky Derby runner-up & 3-time Grade 1 winner Dullahan, gave birth to a bay filly from the first crop of Bodemeister on March 4th at Ben & Elaine Walden’s Pauls Mill Farm in Versailles, KY. “This filly is nothing short […]

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1st mares confirmed in foal for 3 freshmen

WinStar Farm has reported its trio of first-year, Grade 1-winning stallions Paynter, Take Charge Indy, and Overanalyze have all had their first respective mares confirmed in foal. All three new stallions are winners of million-dollar Grade 1 races on dirt as 3-year-olds. Paynter, by Awesome Again, captured the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1), Take Charge […]

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Pioneer’ filly brings $320K at Barretts 2yo

Pioneerof the Nile had another strong sales showing at the March 3 Barretts Select 2-year-olds in Training auction, highlighted by a juvenile filly that brought $320,000. Hip No. 5 was consigned by Kings Equine, agent and purchased by Gary S. Broad. The Kentucky bred filly is out of the Elusive Quality mare Lady Lapuma, whose […]

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Room Service best in G3 Herecomesthebride

More Than Ready’s newest stakes winner came in Sunday’s $100,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park when the 3-year-old filly Room Service came from last-to-first win the nine furlong turf affair by a widening two lengths. The Gary and Mary West’s homebred is the fifth stakes winner, and the second graded winner of 2014 for […]

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Solitary Ranger all alone in $100K Battaglia

Solitary Ranger set all the pace to win the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Park Saturday by an impressive 4 3/4-lengths. This was the second stakes win for the 3-year-old U S Ranger colt, who took the Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity last September. After zipping through the first two quarters in a solid […]

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Ready Signal notches first stakes win

Ready Signal prevailed in a tight three-way photo finish to win the $75,000 Ten Palms S. Sunday at Gulfstream Park, becoming the 130th career stakes winner for More Than Ready. In the first seven weeks of this year, international champion sire More Than Ready already has nine stakes horses, four stakes winners, on three continents. […]

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Pioneerof the Nile colt romps in debut at GP

Social Inclusion’s impressive display in his debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park gave leading second-crop sire Pioneerof the Nile his seventh winner of 2014. Pioneerof the Nile already has a pair of stakes winners this year; Cairo Prince (Grade 2 Holy Bull S.) and Vinceremos (Grade 3 Sam F. Davis S.). Social Inclusion rolled through the […]

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Nawwaar rules in The Presidents Cup

Distorted Humor’s 5-year-old son Nawwaar, owned by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and ridden by Paul Hanagan proved best in The President Cup S. on Feb. 16 at Abu Dhabi Racecourse. This was Nawwaar’s third victory this season  and has an overall mark of 5-2-2 in 19 starts. “Nawwaar clearly loves it around here […]

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