Category: General News

Paynter’s Positivity stays undefeated with Graduation S. win

Positivity passed his first stakes test Sunday at Del Mar with a stirring half-length victory over Good With People in the $100,000 Graduation S.  The 2-year-old Paynter colt had won his May 22 debut by 3 1/4-lengths and has now earned $87,000 for C T R Stables.  In third on the outside for most of […]

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Ready to Repeat lives up to his name in $100,000 Victoria S.

Ready to Repeat parlayed a July 12 maiden win into a 2 1/2-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Victoria S. at Woodbine, giving the 2-year-old son of More Than Ready his first stakes win. More Than Ready, the all-time leading sire of Breeders’ Cup wins with seven, has over 200 lifetime stakes winners worldwide, while his […]

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Echo Town triumphs in Allen Jerkens S. (G1)

Echo Town became Speightstown’s 18th Grade 1 winner on Saturday with a stirring victory in the $300,000 H. Allen Jerkens S. (G1) at Saratoga, emerging from the pack in the final furlong to win by 3 1/2-lengths. Speightstown has had a stellar year, with nine black type winners and six graded winners, and more than […]

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Tourrista latest maiden special weight winner for Tourist

Tourrista’s maiden special weight win on July 27 gave Tourist his third winner from his first crop, tying him with Exaggerator and Speightster for the second-most on the Freshman Sire list. Tourrista, owned by Anastasia and Vanessa Camperlengo, won the 4 1/2-furlong contest for 2-year-olds at Mountaineer Park by three lengths, leading virtually the entire […]

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Outadore a sharp Saratoga maiden special weight winner for Outwork

Outadore drew clear in the final sixteenth of a mile to break his maiden first time out on Sunday over the lawn at Saratoga. The 2-year-old Outwork colt is the second winner for his #2 ranked First-Crop sire, whose first winner Garoppolo won a Belmont maiden special weight on the main track. Outadore officially crossed […]

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Shirl’s Speight very sharp in Marine S. (G3) victory

With his commanding three-length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Marine S. (G3) at Woodbine, Shirl’s Speight ran his record to two-for-two and became the latest graded stakes winner for Speightstown. The 3-year-old colt won his July 4 debut by eight lengths on the Woodbine turf, and was named a TDN Rising Star off the effort. Sent […]

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Exaggerator filly stretches out to take Gulfstream MdSpWt

Director’s Cut came on again in deep stretch to get her first career victory Thursday in a one-mile maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies at Gulfstream Park. She is the third winner for Exaggerator, who, along with fellow WinStar freshman sire, is one of only four First-Crop sires with three winners to date. Director’s […]

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Tourist colt rolls to 15-length maiden special weight win

Indy Tourist turned in the best performance of the day on Monday when the 2-year-old Tourist colt galloped to what was officially a 15 3/4-length maiden special weight victory at Indiana Grand. The bay colt is Tourist’s second winner from his first crop, with his next starter coming on Tuesday in a maiden special weight […]

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Distorted Humor colt a TDN ‘Rising Star’ at Saratoga

Momos strutted to a 6 1/2-length maiden special weight debut win Saturday at Saratoga, earning the Distorted Humor colt the distinguished TDN ‘Rising Star’ tag. Momos, running for Ironhorse Racing Stable LLC and Secure Investments, made the lead just a few strides out of the gate and never let any of his foes within a […]

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Rushing Fall sets track record in Jenny Wiley S. (G1) repeat

More Than Ready’s outstanding race mare Rushing Fall turned in one of the finest performances of her career Saturday at Keeneland with a track record-setting victory in the $350,000 Jenny Wiley S. (G1). In addition to lowering the track record by more than a second, Rushing Fall became only the second horse to win the […]

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