Flagstaff struck the front in the final furlong of Saturday’s $200,000 San Carlos S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park en route to a 1 1/4-length victory in the seven furlong contest. Second in the Palos Verdes S. (G2) in late January, Flagstaff is Speightstown’s 52nd lifetime graded stakes winner. The venerable WinStar stallion is once […]
[ Read More ]Sir Rick’s commanding four length win in Sunday’s $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park set the 3-year-old Paynter colt up as one of the favorites for the March 22 Sunland Derby, which is part of the Kentucky Derby championship series. A win in next month’s race would virtually assure Sir Rick a spot […]
[ Read More ]Paynter’s Grade 1 winner Knicks Go kicked off his 4-year-old campaign in very impressive style, with a 7 1/2-length win in a 1 1/16-mile allowance contest at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 22 (VIDEO). Making his first start for new trainer Brad Cox, Knicks Go had been away from the races for just over three months. […]
[ Read More ]Charlatan certainly didn’t disappoint in his much anticipated debut Feb. 16 at Santa Anita Park, rolling to a six-length victory in a very quick 1:08.85 for the six furlongs (VIDEO). In addition to earning a TDN Rising Star tag, the 17th such for Speightstown, the 3-year-old colt earned gaudy 105 Beyer Speed Figure, the second-highest […]
[ Read More ]Ring Leader is now a perfect three-for-three following her stakes-record performance in the $125,000 Dixie Belle S. Feb. 15 at Oaklawn Park. The 3-year-old filly is Paynter’s second stakes winner this year and his fifth stakes horse overall in 2020. After finishing third on the 2019 Third-Crop sire list, Paynter leads all Fourth-Crop sires of […]
[ Read More ]Gouveneur Morris, Constitution’s Grade 1-placed 2-year-old of 2019, kicked off his 3-year-old campaign with a solid victory in a Valentine’s Day allowance at Tampa Bay Downs. Owned by Team Valor International and WinStar Farm, the gray/roan colt won the 1 1/16-mile contest by 1 1/4-lengths, collecting his second victory in three lifetime starts. A nine-length […]
[ Read More ]Palm Springs and Fearless, both owned by China Horse Club International and WinStar Farm, both scored victories on Feb. 2 at Gulfstream Park, hinting at the promise of future success. Fearless started off the action in race four, a 1 1/16-mile allowance for older horses. In what was just his second lifetime start, the 4-year-old […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s Grade 1-winning 2-year-old of 2019 started off the new year in fine fashion with a three-length win in Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The flashy 3-year-old earned another 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) challenge and now has a total of 22, tied for first among […]
[ Read More ]Winning Envelope went from last to first in the final quarter-mile of the Jersey Lilly Turf S. Jan. 26 at Sam Houston Race Park to give the 4-year-old More Than Ready filly her first stakes win (VIDEO). Owned by Lothenbach Stables, Winning Envelope was stakes-placed twice last year and is now 4-0-2 in 13 starts […]
[ Read More ]Carpe Diem, a top-10 First-Crop sire of 2019, had a pair of sharp winners over the past weekend, including maiden special weight winner Morning Addiction and the colt Monforte, who is two-for-two this year. Morning Addiction, a $180,000 Keeneland September Yearling, was making just her second career start and first on the dirt. Trained by […]
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