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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ampersand came through a narrow opening in the upper stretch to score a 1 3/4-length maiden special weight win in his Saturday debut at Saratoga. The chestnut colt is Speightster’s fifth winner, second on the First-Crop sire list with fellow WinStar freshman sire Exaggerator. Ampersand dropped to the rail soon after the break, tracking Foilage […]

Qui made short work of her foes in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight on Aug. 18 at Mountaineer Park, rolling up the score in the stretch to win by 9 1/2-lengths. The 2-year-old filly is Outwork’s fourth winner from his first crop. With all four of his winners coming in maiden specials, Outwork is […]

Geleta’s debut victory Monday at Parx gave Speightster his fourth winner and elevated him to the top of the First-Crop sire list of 2020 with more than $210,000 in progeny earnings to date. Geleta, and Equivine Farm homebred, captured the five-furlong race by 1 1/2-lengths over a fast local main track for trainer Ed Coletti, […]