Category: General News

Cat’s Holiday romped to a 4 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Malvern Rose S. at Presque Isle Downs (VIDEO), giving Harlan’s Holiday his second stakes winner of the weekend, coming on the heels of Notacatbutallama’s win in the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. Saturday at Saratoga. Harlan’s Holiday now has […]

The hot streak of winners continued for Artie Schiller on Sunday at Saratoga when the 2-year-old colt We Miss Artie broke his maiden on the turf to become the sixth winner in as many days for his sire. We Miss Artie, who was second in his debut going five furlongs July 4 at Belmont Park, […]

WinStar Farm’s homebred Brethren stepped out to a 3 1/4-length victory Saturday night in the $125,000 Evangeline Mile H. (VIDEO). Co-owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, 5-year-old Brethren in by Distorted Humor, sire of some 10 stakes winners this year, including top turf horse Boisterous  (G1 Man o’ War S.) and sprinter Jimmy Creed (G2 Potrero Grande […]

Spring at Last’s 3-year-old filly Seaneen Girl captured the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3) on Saturday by an impressive six lengths to give the filly her second career graded victory (VIDEO). Spring at Last’s second crop earnings have eclipsed the $1.2 million mark, ranking ninth among all sophomore sires. Seaneen Girl made her winning move after […]

Harlan’s Holiday’s 3-year-old colt Notacatbutallama continued his impressive summer run of stakes victories, this time in Friday’s Hall of Fame S. (G2) at Saratoga, earning his third straight stakes triumph. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Repole Stable, Notacatbutallama proved best in the 1 1/8-mile feature on Friday, which also marked as his second graded stakes […]

Distorted Humor was the leading sire by average at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Sale, held August 5 and 6 in Saratoga Springs. Five yearlings by the Champion Sire sold during the venue, for an average price of $567,000, nearly double the overall sale average of $295,093. Leading the sales figures for Distorted Humor was Hip […]

Young progeny by Pioneerof the Nile continue to impress horsemen worldwide, as his lone Saratoga Selected yearlings brought $300,000 and $200,000. Both yearlings were sold during Tuesday evening’s second session, August 6th. First up was Hip 85, a colt out of Littleprincessemma. Just the ninth horse in the ring, this bay sold to Ingordo Bloodstock […]

Spring At Last juvenile colt I Got That Memo cruised to a 2 1/4-length victory in a maiden special weight at Woodbine on Sunday. Breaking out of the gate midpack, he was placed second-to-last in the first 1/4, ran to within a length of the lead by the 1/2 mile and pulled away under a […]

WinStar Farm’s King Cyrus dazzled the Monday Saratoga crowd with an 11-length debut victory in a seven furlong maiden special weight affair. The runaway victory earned the 2-year-old son of Bellamy Road the coveted TDN “Rising Star” tag. Trained by Todd Pletcher, King Cyrus got a very confident ride from Javier Castellano, going four wide […]

Breeders’ Cup Champion Artie Schiller sired three new stakes winners from July 24 to August 3, including a Group 1 winner and a two-year-old. Newest added-money winner was Dorsett, commanding victor of the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby at Canterbury Downs. The 3-year-old sped home in 1:35.69 for the one-mile event on the turf. Bred in […]