Category: General News

Speightstown’s Bobby’s Wicked One scores second straight Fair Grounds stakes win

Bobby’s Wicked One started 2020 like he ended 2019, with a stakes win at Fair Grounds. His 2020 debut came in Saturday’s $100,000 Duncan F. Kenner S., and the now 5-year-old cruised to a front-running, 4 1/4-length victory. Winner of the Commonwealth S. (G3) at Keeneland last spring and the Thanksgiving Classic in November, Bobby’s […]

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Fed Biz colt kicks off 2020 with Aqueduct stakes win

Scilly Cay began his 3-year-old campaign Jan. 12 at Aqueduct with a 2 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 Rego Park S., the first added-money victory for the Fed Biz colt. Fed Biz finished 2019 as the top-ranked Second-Crop Sire by both black type winners and black type horses. He is standing this year at WinStar […]

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First foal is a filly for WinStar Farm’s Always Dreaming

WinStar Farm’s Always Dreaming, winner of the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1), sired his first reported foal Jan. 6 when a filly was born at Delia Nash’s Dromingrove Farm. Bred by Nash, the filly is the third foal out of the stakes-placed Exchange Rate mare Lemon Liqueur.  “She is very attractive just […]

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Blue Norther S. winner Laura’s Light tops big day for Constitution

Laura’s Light became Constitution’s fifth stakes winner on Dec. 29 when she scored by an emphatic 3 1/4-lengths in the Blue Norther S. at Santa Anita. The WinStar stallion also got his 30th winner from his first crop on Sunday when Cindy’s Prayer sped to a front-running maiden special weight win on the grass at […]

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Carpe Vinum extends hot streak for Carpe Diem

Carpe Vinum powered to a one-length maiden special weight win on the turf Dec. 29 at Santa Anita to give top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem his 16th winner this year. The win came just one day after Bella Aurora won the $100,000 Gin Talking S., one of Carpe Diem’s five winners in the last month […]

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Bella Aurora first black type winner for Carpe Diem

Bella Aurora kicked home strongly to win Saturday’s $100,000 Gin Talking S. at Laurel Park by 1 1/2-lengths, giving Carpe Diem his first stakes winner. The 2-year-old filly was already stakes-placed on the turf at Colonial Downs, and is now 3-1-2 in six starts, with earnings of $141,140 for owner Country Life Farm. Switching back […]

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Sunrise Rapport first Japanese winner for Constitution

With Sunrise Rapport giving Constitution his 29th worldwide winner from his first crop, the WinStar stallion is close to securing the top spot on the 2019 Freshman Sire list. Going off at nearly even money for his Dec. 21 debut, Sunrise Rapport galloped along comfortably on the outside in third for the first half-mile, then […]

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Undefeated Mind Your Own Biz sharp in stakes debut

Fed Biz’s unbeaten 2-year-old Mind Your Own Biz won Saturday’s $50,000 Jim Edgar Memorial S. in gate-to-wire fashion by 2 3/4-lengths for his first stakes victory (VIDEO). The winner is owned by his breeder Richard Ravin, along with Patricia’s Hope LLC. The chestnut juvenile won his first starts, also at Hawthorne, on Nov. 22. Fed […]

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Carpe Omnious lives up to billing in Gulfstream Park debut

Carpe Omnious, a $550,000 yearling purchase, showed plenty of promise in his Dec. 21 unveiling at Gulfstream Park, winning a six-furlong maiden special weight contest by a half-length over the highly-regarded All Eyes West. The most expensive Carpe Diem yearling to sell at auction last year, Carpe Omnious is the 15th First-Crop winner for his […]

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Constitution moves to top of First-Crop Sire list with latest winner

Duke of Carthania’s half-length maiden special weight victory on Dec. 19 at Fair Grounds gave Constitution his 27th First-Crop winner, pushing him one ahead of American Pharoah and Tapiture for the top spot on the Freshman sire list. Constitution also tops the list by graded stakes winners, with four, and black type horses, with eight. […]

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