Ellafitz continued on her stakes-winning tear with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Santa Maria S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park, giving the 5-year-old her third straight added-money win, and second Grade 2, in the last three months. The bay mare’s win will put her sire Tiznow solidly in the top 10 on the […]
[ Read More ]Pretension forged to the lead a furlong from the wire to go on to a 1 1/4-length win $75,000 Sweet Envoy S. Feb. 11 at Aqueduct, giving the 3-year-old Bluegrass Cat colt his first added-money victory. Bluegrass Cat is a top-10 third-crop sire after finishing 2011 ranked second on the second-crop list. Pretension came from […]
[ Read More ]Alternation, making his first start since October, returned to the races with a easy-as-it-looked 3 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Essex H. at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 4. The win was the highlight of the day for his sire Distorted Humor, who also accounted for the highly-regarded Santa Anita Park 3-year-old maiden winner Immaculate. Alternation […]
[ Read More ]Copperville Farm’s Dance to Bristol scored an easy win in Laurel Park’s $100,000 Marshua S. for 3-year-old fillies on Feb. 4. This was the second career stakes win for the daughter of Speightstown; she took the $60,000 Pandera S. at Aqueduct in Dec. and was also second in Laurel’s $75,000 Smart Halo S. last year. […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s Endorsement continued his comeback with a track record-setting performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park. The 5-year-old horse, owned by Bill Casner, won the 1 1/16 mile contest by a comfortable 2 1/4-lengths in 1:42.35 to earn a 96 Beyer Speed Figure, his best number since registering a 101 in the 2010 Sunland Derby […]
[ Read More ]Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal on Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY. WinStar, which stands Hold Me Back, bred the filly from the A.P. Indy mare All Sevens, a daughter of a stakes-winning sister to Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando. […]
[ Read More ]Veteran sprinter Riley Tucker won a spirited duel to take the $50,000 King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Park by 1 1/4-lengths on Jan. 28. The 7-year-old son of Harlan’s Holiday was a $375,000 purchase by Zayat Stables at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton summer yearling sale for $375,000. Riley Tucker broke sharply from post 1, but locked […]
[ Read More ]Three-time Grade 1 winner and Champion 3-year-old Summer Bird sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a colt was born at Fred Hertrich’s Watercress Farm in Paris, KY. The dark bay or brown colt is out of the Bluegrass Cat mare She Cat, a half-sister to multiple stakes winners including Grade 3 winner […]
[ Read More ]Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver sired his first reported foal over the weekend when a chestnut filly was born at the Versailles-based WinStar Farm – also the home of Super Saver. Bred in partnership by WinStar Farm LLC and MR Capital, the filly is out of the High Yield mare Yield to Faith. The […]
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