Bella Aurora got 2021 off to a great start with come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Interborough S. Jan. 18 at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old filly topped a great weekend for Carpe Diem that included a pair of maiden special weight winners and Monforte placing in the Sunshine Turf S. at Gulfstream Park. Bella Aurora, who had […]
[ Read More ]Cristiano’s Dream rallied from far off the pace to score a 3 1/2-length maiden special weight win Sunday at Golden Gate Fields. Making his debut in the 5 1/2-furlong contest for 3-year-olds, Cristiano’s Dream had some six lengths to make up with three furlongs to run, but was in full flight as he came five-wide […]
[ Read More ]Midnight Bourbon’s front-running score in Saturday’s $200,000 LeComte S. (G3) at Fair Grounds put the 3-year-old Tiznow colt on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) and earned him 10 points toward a spot in the starting gate in the Run for the Roses. Away from the races since finishing third in the Champagne S. […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready got his first graded stakes winner of 2021 on Saturday at Fair Grounds when Title Ready captured the $125,000 Louisiana S. (G3), also the first graded victory for the six-year-old Charles Fipke homebred. Title Ready was getting some class relief after contesting the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Clark S. (G1) in […]
[ Read More ]Venezuelan Hug got his second stakes win in as many starts in Saturday’s $75,000 Sunshine Turf at Gulfstream Park, taking the 1 1/16-mile race by nearly a length with a stirring stretch run. Earlier on the card, Constitution’s dynamic 3-year-old colt Annex was a debut winner on the turf and was named a TDN Rising […]
[ Read More ]Constitution, last year’s leading Second-Crop sire, could have another star in the making after Annex’s eye-catching debut on the turf Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Bill Mott for LNJ Foxwoods, the imposing chestnut with the nearly white face was in no hurry early in the one-mile maiden special weight race for 3-year-olds. At the […]
[ Read More ]Last Judgment became Congrats’ newest stakes winner on Jan. 16 with a commanding score in the Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream Park, drawing off in the stretch to win by 6 1/2-lengths. After several sprint races in the latter half of 2020, Last Judgment was stretching out to 1 1/8-miles for the first time on Saturday. […]
[ Read More ]The brilliant 5-year-old mare Rushing Fall was named a finalist for the 2020 Turf Female Eclipse Award when the year-end award nominees were announced Saturday on TVG. Rushing Fall had another stellar campaign in 2020, kicking it off with a victory in the Beaugay S. (G3) in June at Belmont Park. She then took the […]
[ Read More ]Breakfastatbonnies scored a powerhouse 11 1/4-length victory in her first lifetime start on Jan. 2 at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old kicked off the year in style for her sire Laoban, who finished 2020 as the leading First-Crop sire by graded stakes winners and black type winners, and second by progeny earnings, with $1,559,748. Forwardly-placed under her […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown had yet another banner year at stud in 2020, ranking among the leaders in several categories, most notably at the top by both Grade 1 winners and Grade 1 horses. In a testament to his worldwide influence, Speightstown’s Grade 1 winners came in three different countries. The first of the year came in Japan […]
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