Category: General News

Sharing becomes a millionaire with her Edgewood S. (G2) victory

Speightstown’s Breeders’ Cup-winning filly Sharing showed her class once again in Friday’s $300,000 Edgewood S. (G2), holding off a late bid by Hendy Woods to score by 1 ¼ lengths.  With the winner’s share of $182,280, Sharing increased her earnings to $1,038,751 for owners Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable, with a record of 5-1-1 […]

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Paynter’s Winning Impression draws post 14 for Kentucky Derby (G1)

Paynter, the leading Fourth-Crop sire of 2020, will be represented in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) by Winning Impression, who drew post 14 in the 18-horse field. Paynter leads his generation by black type winners, with five, black type horses (13), and progeny earnings of nearly $3.5 million. Winning Impression earned his Derby trip with […]

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Speightstown colt romps in Saratoga MdSpWt to earn “TDN Rising Star” nod

Nashville strutted to an 11 1/2-length maiden special weight win on Sept. 2 at Saratoga in his career debut. The bay colt covered the 6 1/2-furlongs in a lively 1:14.48, less than a second off the track record, earning a 91 Beyer Speed Figure and also named a TDN Rising Star. Trained by Steve Asmussen […]

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Outwork up to a half-dozen First-Crop winners

Let’s Workout got his debut win in a Sept. 1 maiden special weight to give his sire Outwork a total of six winners from his first crop, which is the third-most for any freshman sire. Outwork’s runners have really shone of late, with five of his winners coming in the past two weeks at distances […]

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Distorted Humor colt sets track record in Churchill’s Champions Day Marathon

Ry’s the Guy got his first stakes victory and also set the 1 1/2-mile track record in Tuesday’s $115,000 Champions Day Marathon S. at Churchill Downs to kick off Derby Week. The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Marathon in front-running style, drawing off in the lane to win by 4 3/4-lengths in 2:29.58 […]

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Inthemidstofbiz zips to first stakes victory

Fed Biz, the leading Third-Crop sire of stakes winners in 2020, got his latest on Aug. 31 at Presque Isle Downs when Inthemidstofbiz led virtually the entire way to win the $75,000 Satin and Lace S. by 1 1/2-lengths. The 4-year-old filly, owned by Contreras Stable and Andrew Knapczyk, set very fast fractions, covering the […]

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$700,000 Distorted Humor 2yo takes Del Mar debut in style

Varda’s dashing career unveiling in a Sunday maiden special weight race at Del Mar returned immediate dividends for her connections as the 2-year-old Distorted Humor filly ran up a 3 1/4-length victory at six furlongs. The bay speedster sold for $700,000 to the Baoma Corp. just a few months ago at the OBS Spring 2-year-olds […]

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Selflessly storms home to take the Lake George S. (G3)

Selflessly ran down Sweet Melania in the final strides of the $100,000 Lake George S. (G3) Friday at Saratoga to give the 3-year-old daughter of More Than Ready her second career graded stakes victory. The one-mile turf affair wasn’t decided until the top pair was separated by the placing judges. Selflessly was several lengths off […]

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Rushing Fall adds Diana S. (G1) to stellar resume

More Than Ready’s spectacular turf mare Rushing Fall avenged a loss in last year’s Diana S. (G1) with a well-earned neck victory over Mean Mary Sunday at Saratoga in the 2020 renewal of the $500,000 race for fillies and mares. Now a six-time Grade 1 winner, Rushing Fall has won 11 of 14 lifetime starts […]

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Regally-bred Lady Speightspeare a TDN Rising Star in debut

Perennial leading sire Speightstown got his 19th lifetime TDN Rising Star Saturday when the 2-year-old filly Lady Speightspeare was a sharp debut winner on the Woodbine turf course. The chestnut filly made a bold move just a sixteenth of a mile after the start, splitting horses to assume command. She led the rest of the […]

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