Category: General News

Drosselmeyer, the Classic-winning son of Distorted Humor, will retire to stud after making a final start in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs. He is set to stand in 2012 at Keane Stud in Amenia, NY as a WinStar/Keane Stud Venture. Drosselmeyer is in the process of being […]

Artie Schiller’s 3-year-old colt Irish Art proved easily best with a 3 1/4-length win in his stakes debut in the $75,840 Uniformity S. at Santa Anita Park. The bay sophomore was also making his first start on Santa Anita’s 6 ½ furlong downhill turf course, but had no trouble negotiating the unique configuration. Stalking in […]

Three-year-old My Bellamy won the the $88,750 Frances Slocum S. Oct. 23 at Hoosier Park for her first career stakes win. My Bellamy is the seventh stakes winner of 2011 for Bellamy Road, second best  among all second-crop sires. Bellamy Road is also sixth on the same list in terms of progeny earnings, with more […]

Haynesfield made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Oct.22, taking the lead at the top of the stretch and holding off Green Monster to win the $200,000 Empire Classic on New York Showcase Day. The 5-year-old son of Speightstown has now won $1,306,981 in his career. Ridden by Ramon Dominguez, […]

Hammers Terror was well-backed at 2-5 by the public, and the second-time starter did not disappoint. The dark bay 2-year-old son of Artie Schiller broke on top soon after the start, zipped through a half-mile in :44.40 seconds, and continued to pour it on in the stretch to win by a half-length in 1:24.31 for […]

Sharp Humor’s Princess Cecilia, a two-times stakes winner in 2010 as a juvenile, got her first added money win of this year with a two-length score in the $85,000 West Virginia Board of Tourism Breeders’ Classic Oct. 15 at Charles Town Races. The 3-year-old filly is one of 10 stakes horses for her sire, who […]

Boisterous picked up his second stakes win of 2011 on Oct. 15 at Belmont Park in the $100,000 Knickerbocker S. (G3). The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the $60,000 Three Coins Up S. in May, also at Belmont and was also third in the Grade 1 Man ‘o War in July. Distorted Humor leads […]

Poseidon’s Warrior, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, controlled the pace throughout the six furlong, $75,000 New Castle S. Oct. 15 at Delaware Park, pulling away in mid-stretch, then came home a comfortable 1 3/4-length winner. The winning time for the six furlongs was an excellent 1:09.08, earning Poseidon’s Warrior a career best Beyer Speed Figure of […]

Exchange Funds avoided the trouble in deep stretch and was rewarded with a victory in the $60,000 Stormy West S. Oct. 9 at Belmont Park. Though she crossed the wire in third, 1 1/4-lengths from the top spot, the 4-year-old daughter of Speightstown was put up to first when both the winner and second place […]

Harlan’s Holiday got his third winner of the weekend when Leave of Absence fought his way to a neck victory in a three-horse photo finish Oct. 9 at Belmont Park. The eventual winner came from fifth at the half-mile mark with a sustained rally to wear down the leaders, getting the 6 1/2-furlongs in 1:15.66. […]