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Speightster’s Ampersand scores decisive Saratoga maiden special weight win

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 […]

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Outwork’s latest winner Qui rolls by nearly 10 lengths

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 […]

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Newest MdSpWt winner moves Speightster to the top of First-Crop Sire list

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, […]

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Newest MdSpWt winner moves Speightster to the top of First-Crop Sire list

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, […]

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Newest MdSpWt winner moves Speightster to the top of First-Crop Sire list

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, […]

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Newest MdSpWt winner moves Speightster to the top of First-Crop Sire list

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 with a big closing move in the final furlong for […]

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Frazzled gives Outwork his first two-turn winner

Top-five First-Crop sire Outwork was represented by his third winner Sunday at Del Mar when Frazzled won a one-mile turf maiden special weight by a little more than a length.  With his first two maiden special winners coming at Belmont Park and Saratoga, Outwork has arguably the highest profile group of juvenile winners of any […]

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Nutsie wins Saratoga MdSpWt debut for Top-5 Freshman sire Exaggerator

Nutsie drew off in the final furlong of the Saratoga stretch to win his Aug. 13 debut by two lengths in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-olds. Exaggerator has five juvenile winners, tied for first on the Freshman sire list, and is third by progeny earnings. The WinStar stallion got his first stakes […]

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Congrats’ Snow Man wins Duke City Sprint S. in 2020 debut

Snow Man, who was stakes-placed as a 2-year-old, made his 2020 unveiling in Saturday’s Duke City Sprint S. at Albuquerque Downs, coming from the back of the field to win the six-furlong contest by a neck. Snow Man is one of 12 stakes horses in 2020 by Congrats, who is once again among the top […]

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Esplanande beats the boys in the Cleveland Kindergarten S.

WinStar Farms, Blazing Meadows Farm and Michael Lewis’ homebred 2-year-old filly Esplanande overpowered the colts in Saturday’s $100,000 Cleveland Kindergarten S. at Thistledown, winning the six-furlong contest by a widening 4 1/4-lengths. The 2-year-old daughter of Daredevil is undefeated in three starts, two of them in stakes, and has earned $120,460.  The dark bay juvenile […]

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