Category: General News

Schillerthekiller slays stakes field

Artie Schiller sired the 11th stakes winner from his first two crops, when Schillerthekiller slew the field in the Free Press Stakes on June 17. Schillerthekiller took charge under a full head of steam coming out of the far turn, and poured it on through the stretch, to win going away by 2 1/4 lengths. […]

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Spring At Last filly breezes bullet :20.80

A first-crop daughter of Spring At Last has sped the fastest quarter-mile of any juvenile working for the OBS June Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. Hip 408, a chestnut miss out of Zahwah, by Rahy, sped :20 4/5 at Saturday’s Under Tack Show, fastest move of 61 at the distance that day, and best overall for the three […]

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Harlan’s Holiday 2yos running big

The 2012 juveniles by Harlan’s Holiday continue to bolster his well-earned reputation of “run big – sell big.” With major two-year-old racing just gearing up, Harlan’s Holiday has already sired five juvenile winners, coast to coast and abroad, each in high level maiden special weight races. This record has propelled him to the #2 spot […]

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Bella Road is 10th SW for Bellamy Road

Bella Road took the fast lane to the winner’s circle, speeding along the rail en route to victory in the $75,000 Hawkeyes H. (VIDEO) on June 8 at Prairie Meadows. The dark bay filly from the first crop by Bellamy Road was winning her second consecutive start beyond a mile and her first in an […]

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Bluegrass Cat colt shows big bite on Belmont Stakes Day

Teeth of the Dog tore through the field en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Easy Goer Stakes on June 9 at Belmont. [VIDEO] It was the first stakes win for the son of Bluegrass Cat, and came before 85,000 in the packed stands on Belmont Stakes Day. Victory also propelled Bluegrass […]

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Weekend Report: Bluegrass Cat

Bluegrass Cat’s runners represented their sire in fine style the first weekend in June, winning six races over a three-day period. A top-five third-crop sire with more than $1.5 million in progeny earnings, Bluegrass Cat stands this year for $17,500 live foal. Showing ability to get victories no matter what the venue, the half-dozen winners […]

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Island Bound claims G3 Winning Colors S.

Speightstown added Island Bound to his impressive roster of stakes winners when the 5-year-old mare rallied late to win the Grade 3, $110,100 Winning Colors S. by 1 ¼ lengths over Beat the Blues at Churchill Downs. The winner is one of eight stakes winners in 2012 by his sire, who ranks fifth on this […]

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Stakes triple for Speightstown on June 2

Champion Speightstown sired three new stakes winners at three tracks and in two countries on June 2nd. These three brought Speightsown’s 2012 totals to 10 stakes winners and 18 stakes horses, among the top two in each category this year among all North American sires. First to strike blacktype on the day was two-year-old Freetown, […]

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Gemologist returns to Pletcher

WinStar Farm’s top 3-year-old Gemologist, winner of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, has returned to trainer Todd Pletcher’s primary stable at Belmont Park to prepare for a return to the races. Winner of five of six lifetime starts, Gemologist has recovered well from a bruised foot suffered in the Kentucky Derby on May 5. He […]

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Bodemeister to skip Belmont, point for Grade 1 Haskell

After superlative runner-up efforts in both the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1), Zayat Stables’ Bodemeister will skip the third leg of the Triple Crown and instead point for the Haskell I. (G1), July 29 at Monmouth Park, for his next start. Shortly after the Preakness, trainer Bob Baffert knew that the Belmont S. (G1) […]

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