Category: General News

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 […]

Tourist got his tenth First-Crop winner Saturday at Laurel Park when the filly Journeytothemoon won her first lifetime start in a six-furlong maiden special weight contest. The dark bay filly showed great determination through the stretch, coming from about three lengths from the front at the head of the lane to wear down Little Huntress […]

Owen’s Tour Guide made a bold move on the turn then dug in gamely to win her first lifetime start Nov. 20 at Woodbine. The 2-year-old Tourist filly is the ninth overall winner for her First-Crop sire, who has now produced winners on dirt, turf and synthetic surfaces. Owen’s Tour Guide was several lengths off […]

After two solid showings in off-the-turf races, Traffic Lane made her first start on the grass a winning one Sunday at Aqueduct. The 2-year-old daughter of Outwork tussled with Candace O for the entire 1 1/16-mile trip. Candace O was the pacesetter and had the lead most of the way, but Traffic Lane wore her […]