Category: General News

Munnings Sister took the $80,000 Dream Supreme S. Sunday at Belmont Park for her second stakes win of 2012 and at the same time putting her sire over the $8 million mark in progeny earnings on the year. Speightstown is one of only two sires to pass that milestone in 2012. The WinStar stallion has […]

Someplace Else shipped to New Mexico to score a 3 3/4-length victory Sunday in the $60,000 Chaves County S. at Zia Park, giving his sire Harlan’s Holiday his second stakes winner this weekend. Harlan’s Holiday struck first on Saturday in the $400,000 Champagne S. (G1) at Belmont Park, when Shanghai Bobby rolled to a five-length […]

Fury Kapcori pulled away to a 1 1/4-length win in Fresno’s $75,000 Charlie Palmer Futurity S. on Saturday, giving Tiznow his eighth stakes winner of 2012. Tiznow has had another banner year at stud in 2012, with $5,534,396 in progeny earnings. Fury Kapcori, who broke his maiden last time out at Golden Gate on Aug. […]

Eugene Melnyk’s homebred Bridgetown scored a come-from-behind victory in the $150,000 Woodford S. (G3) Saturday at Keeneland, giving the 5-year-old son of Speightstown his seventh career stakes victory. Speightstown now has two graded stakes winners in the first two days of the Keeneland meet; Sum of the Parts won the Grade 3 Phoenix S. on […]

Spring Venture stayed unbeaten while prevailing under a handride Saturday at Woodbine in the  $201,000 Grade 3 Mazarine S., keying a Spring at Last exacta with Seaneen Girl rallying for second. WinStar Farm’s young stallion Spring at Last has had an incredible past two days, with Spring in the Air taking the $400,000 Alcibiades S. […]

Shanghai Bobby strutted his stuff to the tune of a five-length victory in Saturday’s $400,000 Champagne S. (G1) at Belmont Park. The 2-year-old Harlan’s Holiday colt is the leading earner this year for his sire, and has propelled the WinStar stallion to second on the 2-year-old Sire List. Shanghai Bobby stalked pacesetter Goldencents through a […]

Spring in the Air rallied from far back to win the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1) to give freshman sire Spring at Last his first Grade 1 winner and earned the 2-year-old a spot in the $2 million Grey Goose Juvenile Fillies (G1) Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park. WinStar Farm’s Spring at Last is America’s […]

Julien Leparoux sent Sum of the Parts to the lead out of the gate and never looked back as the 3-year-old son of Speightstown led the entire six furlongs to take the Grade 3 Phoenix S. by 1 1/4-lengths Friday at Keeneland, earning his first graded stakes win of his career. Speightstown is the nation’s […]

Leading 3-year-old Gemologist, winner of this year’s Wood Memorial (G1), has been retired and will enter stud at WinStar Farm for the 2013 breeding season. The son of Tiznow encountered a minor setback in his training last month and was sent to the Versailles-based farm for rehab. After it was determined he wouldn’t make it […]

Jersey Town stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a come-from-behind, 3 ½-length victory in the $400,000 Kelso H. (G2) on Saturday at Belmont Park. The son of Speightstown is one of 18 stakes winners in 2012 by the WinStar stallion. With $7,674,406 in progeny earnings, Speightstown ranks second on this year’s General Sire […]