Laoban, currently second on the First-Crop sire list, got his fourth winner of the past week on Thursday at Los Alamitos with Meetmeincali’s four-length maiden win at 5 1/2-furlongs. Laoban’s four recent winners were highlighted by Laobanonaprayer’s dominant score in the $250,000 NY Stallion Series S. at Aqueduct. Laoban, who will be new at WinStar […]
[ Read More ]Top-10 First-Crop sire Speightster is now up to 14 winners after O Dogg put away the field in the stretch to win a six-furlong maiden race at Fair Grounds by 5 1/4-lengths on Thursday afternoon. The dark bay juvenile, owned by J S. Stables LLC, took over the lead with a quarter-mile to run after […]
[ Read More ]Laobanonaprayer rolled to victory over Jill’s a Hot Mess in Sunday’s $250,000 NYSS Fifth Avenue S. at Aqueduct, giving Laoban the one-two finishers in the seven-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies. Sunday’s filly exacta pushed Laoban into second on the 2020 First-Crop sire list, with progeny earnings over $1.5 million. He is the only top-10 sire […]
[ Read More ]Out First’s eye-catching move in the Aqueduct stretch carried the 2-year-old Outwork filly to a seven-length maiden special weight victory Saturday, making her the 16th First-Crop winner for her sire. Outwork is in the top five on this year’s First-Crop sire list in several categories, including winners, wins, progeny earnings and stakes winners. Out First […]
[ Read More ]Top-10 First-Crop sire Speightster now has a dozen freshman winners after Western Rule and Etu Babou both broke their maidens at Los Alamitos and Turfway Park, respectively. Western Rule, who was making his first start, took the lead about half way through the 5 1/2-furlong affair, holding off Pizza Charlie by a neck. Bred in […]
[ Read More ]Varda rallied from last at the top of the stretch to win Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos Racetrack by 1 1/2-lengths, the first graded stakes win for the 2-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert for the Baoma Corp. The bay daughter of Distorted Humor is the 20th lifetime Grade 1 winner for […]
[ Read More ]Laoban, who is the leading First-Crop sire of black type winners, got his latest maiden winner in dramatic fashion on Dec. 4 at Aqueduct when Make It in Ny unleashed a huge rally to snatch victory by a nose in the final strides of his one-mile race. Well off the pace in the early stages, […]
[ Read More ]Cardiologist was very keen in his first lifetime start on Dec. 3, drawing off by as much as eight lengths before being eased up late while winning a six-furlong maiden special weight by 3 1/2-lengths. The bay 2-year-old colt is Speightster’s 10th winner from his first crop of runners and the first of three in […]
[ Read More ]Jane’s Gold Tour forged through the falling snow to a blowout 19-length maiden special weight win on Dec. 1 at Mountaineer Park to become Tourist’s 11th First-Crop winner. The gray or roan filly was under a hand ride for the entire one-mile trip, pulling away from the field after five furlongs as she relished the […]
[ Read More ]Harpers First Ride rolled through the stretch to a three-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park, giving the 4-year-old son of Paynter three stakes wins in his last four starts. Winner of the Pimlico Special (G3) in early October, Harpers First Ride has an excellent 9-2-1 record in 16 lifetime starts […]
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