After a 10-year wait, the grand opening of Aqueduct’s racetrack casino came in October. The impact on racing and breeding in New York has been immediate and dramatic. Along with a projected increase of $44.8 million in additional purse money at NYRA tracks for 2012 and an extra $6.9 million to the Thoroughbred Breeding Fund […]
[ Read More ]The 4-year-old Tiznow filly Ellafitz sprang right to the front out of the gate and cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Bayakoa H. Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park. She is the tenth stakes winner of 2011 for her sire, whose leading earner this year is the two-time Grade 1 winner Tizway. Fourteen-year-old […]
[ Read More ]A Shin Cool D, Distorted Humor’s second leading earner of 2011, racked up her fourth added money score this year in Japan on Nov. 25 when the gray or roan 5-year-old took a seven furlong contest at Kasamatsu Racecourse over a track rated good. With three weeks left in the year, Distorted Humor sits atop […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Gemologist ran his record to a perfect 3-for-3 with a 1 3/4-length win in the $150,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs. The 2-year-old son of Tiznow was the second graded stakes winner of the day for his sire. Earlier at Aqueduct, Lovely Lil won the Grade 2 Go […]
[ Read More ]Blingo looked like another Artie Schiller runner with a promising turf future after flying home late to win his career bow by 2 1/4-lengths over the Hollywood Park turf course on Nov. 25. Artie Schiller is nearing the top 10 among all second-crop sires with progeny earnings of close to $2.5 million. Blingo, bred in […]
[ Read More ]Tiznow’s 4-year-old daughter Lovely Lil got her first career graded stakes win Nov. 25 in Aqueduct’s Grade 2, $150,000 Go for Wand H. Previously, she won the $75,000 Union Avenue S. Aug. 22 at Saratoga for her initial added money score. Tiznow’s runners have amassed in excess of $4.9 million this year, with 2-time Grade […]
[ Read More ]Poseidon’s Warrior coasted to a 3 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Le Bagoter S. at Penn National on Nov. 23 to give the 3-year-old son of Speightstown his second consecutive added money win. Speightstown ranks seventh on the 2011 General Sire List with nearly $6.5 million in progeny earnings. Poseidon’s Warrior left little doubt who […]
[ Read More ]Essence Hit Man got his fifth career stakes win and first graded victory in the Nov. 19 Kennedy Road S. (G3) at Woodbine Racecourse. The 4-year-old son of Speightstown sports an excellent overall mark of 7-4-3 from 18 starts, earning $729,901. Speightstown is a top 10 North American sire this year, with a dozen stakes […]
[ Read More ]Making his graded stakes debut, Sabercat rolled to a four-length victory in the $1 million Delta Jackpot S. (G3) on Nov. 19. The $600,000 payday assured the 2-year-old son of Bluegrass Cat a spot in next year’s Kentucky Derby (G1). Sabercat’s big win vaulted his sire to the second spot on the second crop sire […]
[ Read More ]Plans for recent Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) champion Drosselmeyer were finalized on Friday, and the 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor has been officially retired to stud and will stand his first season in 2012 at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY for a fee of $17,500 stands and nurses. Click here for Drosselmeyer “Drosselmeyer came out […]
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