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Bellamy Star showed true star quality in her stakes debut, speeding to a 1:21 flat victory in the Xtra Heat S. (VIDEO) on June 5 at Belmont Park. The 3-year-old filly also became the sixth stakes winner from the first crop by Bellamy Road, the nation’s second-leading sophomore sire. Bellamy Road now has eight stakes […]

Tizway blazed his way to  the second-fastest Met Mile H. (G1) in history May 30 at Belmont Park, missing the stakes record by just 0.09 seconds and the track record by less than 3/5’s of a second, while rolling to a 2 3/4-length win in the 118th running of the historic race. The 6-year-old son […]

Ha Ha Tonka gave her sire Distorted Humor his 11th stakes winner of the year, tops among all North American stallions, with with her win in the $60,000 Prairie Rose S. on Memorial Day at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa. Distorted Humor also ranks third on the general sire list in terms of earnings, […]

Plus One, a 2-year-old filly from the second crop of Bluegrass Cat, made a sharp debut at the races on May 25, rolling to a 4 3/4-length victory in a $39,000 maiden special weight at Presque Isle Downs. The chestnut filly vied for the early lead before proving too fast for her rivals in the […]

A dark bay/brown son of Harlan’s Holiday sold for $250,000 at the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, highest price for a colt during the sale. Catalogued as hip 206, the Kentucky-bred worked in :10.3 at the May 18 under tack show, and sold to EQB’s Patty Miller for […]

A 2-year-old colt by Bellamy Road sold for $175,000 May 24 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale, bringing the highest price at auction this year for his sire’s offspring. The dark bay/brown colt is part from the second crop of the Paul’s Mill stallion, who is second on the sophomore sire list in terms of earnings. […]

Boisterous became stakes winner number 101 for Distorted Humor with a three-quarter length victory in the $60,000 Three Coins Up at Belmont Park on May 22. Distorted Humor has 10 stakes winners this year, tops among all North American stallions. In the 1 1/4-mile turf marathon, Boisterous came from third place to reel in front-runner […]

Tiznow’s 3-year-old son Rush Now controlled the pace from the outset on the way to a 4 1/4-length win in the $75,900 Spend A Buck S. May 22 at Monmouth Park. This was the first stakes win of 2011 for the bay sophomore, who won the $75,000 Dover S. at Delaware Park as a juvenile. […]

Paddy O’Prado made up nearly 10 lengths in the last three furlongs to capture the $200,000 Dixie S. (G2) over the Pimlico turf course on May 21.  Paddy O’Prado is owned by Donegal Racing. (Watch Race) The Dixie was the first start of the year for the 4-year-old son of El Prado (IRE), who was […]

Embellished, the 2-year-old filly from the first crop of Bellamy Road, was named champion juvenile of 2010 at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society awards banquet held May 14th at Northlands Park in Alberta, Canada. Embellished made four starts last year at Northlands, with a pair of wins and a two third-place finishes. After a running […]