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 […]
[ Read More ]Monforte racked up his third stakes win of the year Saturday at Gulfstream Park West with a 1 3/4-length win in the Showing Up S. The 3-year-old Carpe Diem colt has carved out a nice career while racing in south Florida; his record now stands at 7-1-1 in 12 starts, with earnings of $249,813 for […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s brilliantly fast 3-year-old colt turned in a track-record performance in winning Saturday’s $125,000 Perrryville S. at Keeneland, blazing through six furlongs in 1:07.89. Despite setting very fast fractions of :21.54 and :43.87, the bay colt continued to pull away from the field in upper stretch. Though he was under no urging at any point […]
[ Read More ]Paynter’s Knicks Go returns to the site of his greatest triumph to date when he goes postward in Saturday’s $1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). It was just over two years ago that the now 4-year-old won the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, and if recent form is any indication, he is at the top […]
[ Read More ]Royal Approval was one of 16 2-year-old fillies entered in Friday’s $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) at Keeneland. A victory by the daughter of Tiznow would make her the third Breeders’ Cup winner for her sire, who is still the only horse to win two runnings of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Royal Approval, […]
[ Read More ]Top-five First-Crop sire Outwork will have his first Breeders’ Cup starter Friday at Keeneland when the stakes-winning colt Outadore goes postward in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). The gray/roan colt drew post eight in the 14-horse field and will be ridden by Jose Ortiz for trainer Wesley Ward. Outadore is undefeated in […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s white-hot streak rolled on Sunday at Del Mar when the 3-year-old colt Strongconstitution shot through a narrow opening in upper stretch to win the Let It Ride S. Making his first stakes start since finishing second in the Bob Hope S. (G3) almost a year ago, Strongconstitution broke on the lead but settled back […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s incredible run of Grade 1 winners in Chile continued on Nov. 1 when Breakpoint bested Alaskan Queen by 2 1/2-lengths in the Nacional Ricardo Lyon (G1) on the Hippodrome Chile turf course. Both Breakpoint and Alaskan Queen collected their first Grade 1 wins in early October, and were the class of Sunday’s race once […]
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