When the final 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings were released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on Jan. 10, Drosselmeyer was the top ranked dirt horse at 124 pounds. Drosselmeyer carried the colors of WinStar Farm to victory in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in Nov. at Churchill Downs. The victory propelled his […]
[ Read More ]Tizway was named a finalist for the 2011 Eclipse Award in the older male category on the strength of his Grade 1 wins in the $750,000 Whitney H. and $500,000 Metropolitan H. over two of the better stakes fields assembled in the entire year. The now 7-year-old was the leading earner of 2011 for his […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor, the nation’s leading sire in terms of progeny earnings with over $10 million, added to his impressive total on Dec. 3 with Pedrolino’s victory in the $50,000 Claiming Crown Iron Horse S. at Fair Grounds. Pedrolino is the 18th stakes winner of 2011 for his sire, which also puts the WinStar Farm stallion […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s homebred 2-year-old filly Lisa T., a half-sister to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) champ Super Saver, joined the winners’ ranks with a game head victory Dec. 30 at Aqueduct Racetrack. Super Saver stood his first season at WinStar in 2011, with a book of 145 mares. He will stand the 2012 season for $20,000, […]
[ Read More ]Al Muhtasib scored a 3 1/4-length, gate to wire victory in the $75,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial H. Dec. 26 to give Distorted Humor his 19th stakes winner of 2011, best among all North American sires. The WinStar stallion also leads the way with $10.3 million in progeny earnings. Al Muhtasib set the tone right out […]
[ Read More ]Toby’s Corner, the 3-year-old son of Bellamy Road who won the Grade 1 Wood Memorial this spring, had his first workout in several months as he prepares to return to the races, possibly this winter at Gulfstream Park. For the complete article on the workout and trainer Graham Motion’s upcoming plans for the chestnut colt, […]
[ Read More ]Quick Flip, a 2-year-old filly by Speightstown, got her first career stakes win Dec. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs with a 1 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Sandpiper S. View race replay here (select race #9). Speightstown, a top-10 sire of 2011, now has 14 stakes winners on the year. Owned by Klaravich Stables and […]
[ Read More ]Hammers Terror made it two in a row with a sharp-looking allowance win Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds. The 2-year-old son of Artie Schiller broke his maiden at Keeneland in October. Artie Schiller is a top-10 second crop sire, with progeny earnings topping $2.6 million and 52 winners to his credit. Hammers Terror attended the […]
[ Read More ]Dance to Bristol became Speightstown’s latest stakes winner on Dec. 7 with a hard-fought nose victory in the $60,000 Pandera S. at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old filly trained by Ollie Figgins III was making her first career start away from the mid-Atlantic base of Charles Town and Laurel Park. Prior to the Pandera, Dance to Bristol […]
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