With a huge turn of foot in the stretch, Tiz the Truth ran away from the field to break his maiden by 7 3/4-lengths Feb. 2 at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old son of Tiznow is a Mercedes Stables LLC homebred. Tiz the Truth led gate-to-wire in the one mile maiden special weight contest, maintaining a […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm bred and sold Canticle rolled to a 4 1/2-length maiden score Jan. 31 at Oaklawn Park in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight contest for 3-year-old fillies. Canticle is out of Palais Versailles, who is a half-sister to 2012 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner George Vancouver and Remsen S. (G2) winner Saarland. […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm is pleased to announce the highly anticipated return of its very popular Fantasy Derby contest. Fantasy Derby 2013 is free for racing fans, easy to play, and offers the very best in possible prizes. Fantasy Derby 2013, part of WinStar StableMates, allows each fan to name his or her own Fantasy Stable, and […]
[ Read More ]Shanghai Bobby, last year’s champion 2-year-old male by Harlan’s Holiday, and the undefeated winner of the Breeders’ Cup Grey Goose Juvenile (G1), received the high weight assignment of 126 pounds on The Jockey Club’s 2012 Experimental Free Handicap, released Jan. 30 by The Jockey Club. The Experimental weights are based on a theoretical race at […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm has added newly-acquired stallions Pure Prize, Kodiak Kowboy and Street Hero to its “Breed to Win” promotion, which will reward supportive breeders with a chance to win a complimentary 2013 breeding season WinStar’s now-15 participating stallions. The “Breed to Win” drawings ceremony will be held Saturday, Feb. 9th at 11 a.m. at the […]
[ Read More ]A pair of Speightstown’s best Canadian runners of 2012 were announced as Sovereign Award finalists by the Jockey Club of Canada. Essence Hit Man is nominated for best male sprinter, which he won in 2011, while Delegation is a finalist in the 3-year-old male division. The 38th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony will be held at […]
[ Read More ]Harlan’s Holiday got his second stakes winner of 2013 on Jan. 20 when American Sugar scored a dominating seven-length victory in the $60,000 Dixie Belle S. for 3-year-old fillies at Oaklawn Park. American Sugar stumbled slightly just after the break and was last in the field of eight as Baby Princess set the early pace. […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s Cheery got her first career stakes win Sunday in the $60,000 American Beauty S. at Oaklawn Park. The 4-year-old homebred, owned by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider, was a length and a quarter the best in the six furlong contest for older fillies and mares.
[ Read More ]Harlan’s Holiday earned his first Eclipse Award as a sire when Shanghai Bobby was named the 2-year-old male Eclipse Award champion for 2012 in Saturday evening’s ceremonies. “We have Shanghai Bobby to thank,” Jack Wolf, principal of Starlight Stables and Shanghai Bobby’s co-owner said. “He’s led us down a tremendous adventure, the way he won […]
[ Read More ]Sidney’s Candy, the Grade 1-winning and two-time track record-setting son of Candy Ride (Arg), sired his first foal Friday, Jan. 11 when a dark bay or brown colt was born at Brandywine Farm in Paris, KY. Bred by WinQuest Thoroughbreds LLC, the colt is out of the young mare Miss Euphoria, by Aragorn (Ire). The second colt believed to […]
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