Category: General News

Carpe Diem adds another winner and stakes horse to First-Crop resume

Top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem tallied winner number 11 and his second stakes horse in recent days, with Seize the Chance getting her debut win on Oct. 17 and Harris Bay placing in the $250,000 Sleepy Hollow S. Saturday at Belmont Park. Seize the Chance, owned by Stuart Tsujimoto, broke her maiden by nearly two […]

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Island Commish surges to victory on Gulfstream turf

Island Commish, who broke his maiden by nearly 10 lengths on the main track, chalked up his first turf win on Oct. 17 with a 2 1/2-length score at Gulfstream Park West.  The 2-year-old Commissioner colt, who placed on the grassy Proud Man S. on Aug. 31 at Gulfstream, is one of his sire’s ten […]

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Daredevil filly goes gate-to-wire in Laurel turf maiden win

Thedevilmademedoit shot to the lead right from the gate and never looked back en route to a 1 1/2-length maiden win on the grass at Laurel Park on Saturday afternoon. A 2-year-old daughter of First-Crop sire Daredevil, she joins the likes of his three stakes horses Deviant, a two-time stakes winner, Grade 2-placed Shedaresthedevil, and […]

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Carpe Diem colt gets the money at Keeneland

Olympic Romp made a bold stretch bid to break his maiden by a half-length on Oct. 12 at Keeneland, making him the tenth overall winner from Carpe Diem’s first crop of runners. Carpe Diem is a top-10 First-Crop sire by both winners and progeny earnings, as well as by repeat winners.  Olympic Romp won Saturday’s […]

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More Than Ready colt possible for Breeders’ Cup after first stakes victory

Hit the Road, an impressive maiden winner in his turf debut on July 28, could have his sights set on the Breeders’ Cup after another sharp score in the Oct. 6 Zuma Beach S. at Santa Anita Park. The 2-year-old colt topped off a brilliant weekend for More Than Ready, following Uni’s (GB) win in […]

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Uni (GB) sets new course record in Keeneland’s First Lady (G1)

More Than Ready’s Uni (GB) unleashed a furious stretch run to win the one-mile First Lady Stakes (G1) at Keeneland on Saturday, Oct. 5, setting a new course record of 1:32.87 and securing a spot in next month’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1). Racing unhurried toward the back of the 13-horse field early, […]

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Tiz the Law dominant in convincing Champagne score

Constitution’s Tiz the Law swept to a powerful four-length win in the 148th Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park on Saturday, Oct. 5, remaining undefeated in his first two starts. With the win, Tiz the Law picked up 10 qualifying points for the 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1) and earned a berth in the $2,000,000 Breeders’ […]

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Grade 1 winner Audible, by leading sire Into Mischief, to stand at WinStar Farm

Audible, Into Mischief’s Florida Derby (G1) winner, has been retired and will enter stud at WinStar Farm for the 2020 breeding season. One of the most consistent 3-year-olds of his generation, Audible was never off the board in five stakes with three stakes wins in his sophomore season for owners WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, […]

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O Dionysus holds off all challengers in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup S.

Bodemeister’s turf specialist O Dionysus changed tactics to win Saturday’s Japan Turf Cup S. at Laurel Park, taking the lead in the first three furlongs and then digging in gamely in the stretch to win the 1 1/2-mile contest by a neck in a four-horse photo. The 5-year-old has now won four stakes and placed […]

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Monforte first repeat winner for Carpe Diem

Monforte, one of Carpe Diem’s eight First-Crop winners, got his second career victory on Sept. 26 in a game effort on the Gulfstream Park turf course, winning the 7 1/2-furlong contest by a neck. The 2-year-old chestnut colt had the lead soon after the start and never relinquished it, holding off the late rush of […]

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