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Cardiologist was very keen in his first lifetime start on Dec. 3, drawing off by as much as eight lengths before being eased up late while winning a six-furlong maiden special weight by 3 1/2-lengths. The bay 2-year-old colt is Speightster’s 10th winner from his first crop of runners and the first of three in […]

Jane’s Gold Tour forged through the falling snow to a blowout 19-length maiden special weight win on Dec. 1 at Mountaineer Park to become Tourist’s 11th First-Crop winner. The gray or roan filly was under a hand ride for the entire one-mile trip, pulling away from the field after five furlongs as she relished the […]

Harpers First Ride rolled through the stretch to a three-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park, giving the 4-year-old son of Paynter three stakes wins in his last four starts. Winner of the Pimlico Special (G3) in early October, Harpers First Ride has an excellent 9-2-1 record in 16 lifetime starts […]

Constitution’s 2-year-old colt Never Surprised broke on top and never looked back in his 1 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Central Park S. on the Aqueduct turf course. The Repole Stable runner is the eighth stakes winner this year for his sire, who leads the Second-Crop sire list with progeny earnings topping $6.7 million and […]

Return the Ring led from start to finish in his career bow Saturday at Aqueduct, winning the six-furlong contest by 1 3/4-lengths. The 2-year-old colt gave Speightster is 10th First-Crop winner. Speightster is one of four WinStar freshman sires in the top 10 on the First-Crop sire list, along with Laoban, Exaggerator and Outwork. Return […]

Lightly-race Forza Di Oro powered past Monday Morning Qb in mid-stretch en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Discovery S. (G3) at Aqueduct. The 3-year-old son of Speightstown was making his fifth lifetime start and just his second this year after his Oct. 9 return in an allowance victory. The Don Alberto […]

Re Created became top-three First-Crop sire Laoban’s ninth overall winner on Nov. 27 when he won a one-mile maiden special weight race at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old colt faced just two foes and was head-to-head for the lead with Reunion Tour for the first six furlongs, when Reunion Tour began to fade and Blurt immediately took […]

Thissmytime’s crushing victory in Sunday’s Millions Filly and Mare Turf Preview S. at Gulfstream Park not only marked the first stakes win for the 3-year-old daughter of Carpe Diem,  but also was track record- setting performance as she covered the seven furlongs in 1:21.40. After heavy rains forced the race from the turf to the […]

Paynter’s 3-year-old filly Merveilleux put herself in the spotlight for divisional honors after collecting her second consecutive stakes win in Saturday’s $150,000 Ontario Damsel S. at Woodbine. Merveilleux won the $250,000 Wonder Where S. in late October and has won three of six overall in 2020, as well as an unlucky third after a very […]

Venezuelan Hug gave leading Second-Crop sire Constitution his latest stakes winner on Saturday with a thrilling score in the Millions Turf Preview S. at Gulfstream Park West. Facing elders for the first time in the 1 1/16-mile affair, Venezuelan Hug was last of ten through the first half-mile, which went in :47.73. He began to […]