WinStar Farm won its third graded 2-year-old stakes in three weeks on Friday night, when Rule drove to a gutty neck win over Uh Oh Bango in the Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs. It was another 2 3/4 lengths back in third to Oak Motte. Rule’s win came on the heels of […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm will be seeking its third 2-year-old graded stakes win in three weeks on Friday night, when Rule starts as the possible favorite in the Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race will share a program with the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Princess for 2-year-old fillies at a mile. […]
[ Read More ]Haynesfield (by Speightstown), who four weeks earlier scored his richest victory in the $250,000 Empire Classic against older New York-bred rivals, captured his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $103,500 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds. Haynesfield broke alertly under Ramon Dominguez and stalked pacesetter Redding Colliery from close range through moderate opening fractions of […]
[ Read More ]The highly touted American Lion (by Tiznow) made the successful jump from the maiden ranks to stakes competition when he scored a half-length victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Hollywood Prevue Stakes on Saturday at Hollywood Park. American Lion ($3.40) sat in third place during the early going as Macias, trained by Bob Baffert, led […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm announced today that their homebred Multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John, one of only two three-year-old colts of his generation to win more than one Grade 1 event in North America in 2008, will be retired from racing and stand the 2010 Breeding Season at WinStar in Versailles,KY. The Leading money-earning colt of […]
[ Read More ]Tizahit (by Tiznow), under a patient Prado, took over from pacesetting longshot Oh Diane inside the three-sixteenth pole and easily outfinished Protesting to win the Grade 2, $200,000 Demoiselle by one length. It was 3 3/4 lengths back to Fuzzy Britches in third. Tizahit sat third early on while Oh Diane set the pace stalked […]
[ Read More ]Saturday was billed as New York Showcase Day. It turned into Ramon Dominguez Showcase Day. Dominguez, the dominant rider on this circuit all year long, turned in another brilliant performance, winning four stakes, capped by a front-running, three-quarter-length score aboard Haynesfield in the $250,000 Empire Classic before a crowd of 4,180 at dreary Belmont Park. […]
[ Read More ]The first weekend of the Keeneland fall meet carried plenty of meaning for the Nov. 6-7 Breeders’ Cup, at least in producing potential starters. The second weekend? Not so much – although what otherwise might have been a forgettable maiden race could have produced a contender for the 2010 classics. American Lion, owned by WinStar […]
[ Read More ]Perhaps the best method of handicapping this year’s perplexing Breeders’ Cup Classic is to make a checklist comprising every major handicapping category that pertains to the race and see who qualifies in the most categories. As it turns out, there are two horses who qualify in every category — horses with no question marks. In […]
[ Read More ]Court Vision, racing for the first time since recovering from surgery for an ascended testicle, outfought Karelian to win $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile for WinStar Farm and IEAH Stables. Court Vision, ridden by Robby Albarado, returned $11.60 as third choice in a field of seven in the 24th Shadwell Mile. The 4-year-old colt was making […]
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