Astute dispatched heavily favored Private Mission with a quarter-mile to run and rolled home a 7 1/2-length winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Desi Arnaz S. at Del Mar. The 2-year-old Speightstown filly is the 15th stakes winner this year for the WinStar stallion, who is one of only four sires with 2020 progeny earnings in excess […]
[ Read More ]Gagetown surged through an opening in mid-stretch to register a two-length maiden special weight win in his debut Friday at Churchill Downs (VIDEO) The 2-year-old son of Exaggerator is the 13th overall first-crop winner for his Top-five sire. Gagetown was in a good spot in fifth in the early stages, but as he advanced towards […]
[ Read More ]Abrogate rolled to a six-length maiden special weight debut win Thursday at Churchill Downs to become Outwork’s 13th overall winner from his first crop. Currently a top-five First-Crop sire in several categories, Outwork has had three winners this month, as well as accounted for Outadore, the third-place finisher in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile […]
[ Read More ]Uno turned in an impressive debut in a six-furlong maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds Nov. 12 at Aqueduct, drawing clear in the final furlong to win going away by 3 3/4-lengths on a muddy racetrack. VIDEO Uno is Laoban’s eighth overall winner. With his progeny earnings recently surpassing the $1 million mark, Laoban is […]
[ Read More ]Xtrema became Exaggerator’s first multiple winner on Nov. 10 with a well-timed move for a 1 3/4-length win in a 7 1/2-furlong turf allowance at Indiana Grand. The chestnut filly, who has now made five starts in at five different tracks, came from near the back of the pack with three furlongs to run to […]
[ Read More ]Top-five First-Crop sire Outwork is now up to 12 winners after Catti La Belle rolled to a 12 1/2-length maiden victory on Nov. 9 at Parx. Outwork is currently fourth on the First-Crop sire list with just under $1 million in progeny earnings. His stakes-winning colt Outadore turned in a very good third-place finish in […]
[ Read More ]Laoban recently became one of just three First-Crop sires with progeny earnings to eclipse the $1 million mark when Keemeinmind placed in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and The King Cheek broke his maiden at Parx. Keepmeinmind, who also finished second in the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) in early October at Keeneland, is one […]
[ Read More ]Paynter got his first Breeders’ Cup winner as a sire in dramatic fashion Saturday when Knicks Go went gate-to-wire in a track record-setting performance in the $1 million Dirt Mile (G1). Popping out of the gate and going right to the front, Knicks Go blazed through a quarter-mile in :21.98 and a half in :44.40. […]
[ Read More ]American Giant pulled away in the final furlong of Saturday’s Cellars Shiraz S. at Gulfstream Park to register a 1 3/4-length win in the one-mile turf affair for 3-year-old fillies. American Giant was never worse than third at any call of the Cellars Shiraz. Marie’s Melody drew off by about five lengths midway on the […]
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