Bajan, making her first dirt start, took to the new surface en route to a 2 1/4-length victory in the $70,000 Anokia S. Sunday on Santa Anita’s main track. Bajan is Speightstown’s 19th stakes winner of 2013, and pushed his progeny over the $9.5 million mark, both second-best on the General Sire list. Trained by […]
[ Read More ]With a bold move in mid-stretch, 4-year-old Pianist cleared off to a two-length victory in the $200,000 Athenia S. (G3) at Belmont Park, the third stakes win of the year for the son of More Than Ready, who is on the verge of breaking into the top 10 on the 2013 General Sire list. Pianist […]
[ Read More ]E B Ryder, owned by Miller Racing LLC, earned his first stakes victory in the $70,000 Frances A. Genter S. Saturday at Calder to become the eighth stakes winner of 2013 for Bluegrass Cat (VIDEO). Bluegrass Cat is New York’s leading sire this year, with 105 winners and $4.7 million in progeny earnings. With Jilver […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm annually sells a lot of their horses in training at the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age sale, and 2013 is no exception, with a impressive group of 39 horses cataloged that includes the likes of Graded Stakes winners Doubles Partner, General Election, millionaire Rule, and Laugh Track. Six-year-old Doubles Partner, hip No. […]
[ Read More ]Ami’s Holiday battled the length of the stretch to collar Big Bazinga in the final strides in Sunday’s $174,700, Grade 3 Grey S. at Woodbine. The bay 2-year-old by Harlan’s Holiday is the 16th stakes winner of 2013 by his sire. The group has accounted for 23 stakes victories, third-most on the North American Sire […]
[ Read More ]Cairo Prince became Pioneerof the Nile’s latest impressive winner on Oct. 6 when the 2-year-old colt won a $70,000 Maiden Special Weight by 2 ¾ lengths at Belmont Park. The colt’s victory gave his sire 10 winners to date, and the fourth eye-catching Maiden Special Weight win in New York, with three at Belmont and […]
[ Read More ]Here’s Johnny made the best of opening weekend at Keeneland on Oct. 10 when he won a $58,000 Allowance at the racetrack. It was the second win for Here’s Johnny, who also placed second in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Stakes in his last start. Here’s Johnny was bred by Rick Sutherland and is out of […]
[ Read More ]Colonel John’s first-crop 2-year-old Here’s Johnny made the best of opening weekend at Keeneland on Oct. 10 when he won a $58,000 Allowance at the racetrack. It was the second win for Here’s Johnny, who also placed second in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Stakes in his last start. Here’s Johnny, an impressive maiden winner earlier […]
[ Read More ]Poker Player rallied from tenth after six furlongs to capture Grade 3, $150,000 Bourbon S. Sunday at Keeneland, a 1 1/16-mile race transferred from the grass to the main Polytrack surface because of the weather. Along with Ami’s Holiday in the Grade 3 Grey Cup at Woodbine, Harlan’s Holiday took over the top spot on […]
[ Read More ]Rivertown Belle reaffirmed her affinity for the Indiana Downs surface on Saturday as the 3-year-old daughter of Bellamy Road skipped to a 3 1/4-length win in the $85,000 Hoosier Breeders’ Sophomore S (VIDEO). The dark bay filly captured the $153,000 First Lady over the same surface in mid-July. Rivertown Belle was in the mix right […]
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