Midway through the Sept. 19 session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale Constitution’s $200,000 colt was the second-highest price of the day. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the colt, hip No. 3232, while the Solis/Litt partnership signed the ticket for the Kentucky-bred bay. Out of the stakes-winning Speightstown mare Cougarstown, the colt is a half-brother […]
[ Read More ]Congrats’ 2-year-old filly Naked Avenger remained perfect in her two lifetime starts after storming home in the final furlong of the $150,000 Joseph A. Gimma S., winning the seven-furlong contest at Belmont Park on Sept. 18 by two lengths under Luis Saez. The bay filly won her Aug. 21 debut at Saratoga by a similar […]
[ Read More ]Freshman sire Daredevil got his latest winner on Sept. 17 when Secret Formula uncorked a big rally in the final quarter-mile to break her maiden by 1 1/4-lengths in the six-furlong contest for 2-year-old fillies (VIDEO). Racing for her breeders WinStar Farm and Blazing Meadows Farm, Secret Formula ran down a loose-on-the-lead Diva Power with […]
[ Read More ]Constitution has risen to the number 2 spot on the 2019 First-Crop Sire list after he tallied his 11th freshman winner on Sept. 16, when Nurse Betty broke her maiden by nearly three lengths in her debut at Parx. The gray or roan filly came from several lengths off the pace to roll by early […]
[ Read More ]Grade 1 winner Outwork’s first crop of yearlings have scored big returns during the middle portion of the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland Yearling sale, the latest coming on Monday when hip No. 1971 brought a winning bid of $270,000. After Monday’s session completed, six of Outwork’s eight yearlings to sell brought at least six figures, with […]
[ Read More ]Old Chestnut drew off in the Woodbine stretch to win the $100,000 Ontario Racing S. by nearly four lengths in front-running style on Sunday afternoon. The victory marked the first stakes win for the 2-year-old Speightstown colt. He is also the second stakes winner of the weekend for Speightstown at Woodbine, after Yorkton captured the […]
[ Read More ]Tourist’s first yearling to sell at the Keeneland September Yearling sale brought a top bid of $150,000 on Sunday afternoon at the central Kentucky auction, 15 times his advertised stud fee. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, hip No. 1535 sold to BSW Bloodstock, Liz Crow agent. The dark bay Kentucky-bred is the first foal out of […]
[ Read More ]Harris Bay turned in a very sharp debut effort Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park, zipping through six furlongs in 1:09.21 to defeat heavy favorite Dream Bigger by three parts of a length and give his sire Carpe Diem his eighth winner from his first crop. A top-10 Freshman sire, Carpe Diem also got his first […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop yearling sire Exaggerator had his best result to date at Keeneland September Yearling sale during the first Saturday session of the Sept. 9-22 auction when hip No. 1117 sold for $400,000. Consigned by Warrendale Sales for Sandra Sexton, the colt went to A. Warren. The chestnut colt is the second foal out of the […]
[ Read More ]Book 2 of the Sept. 9-22 Keeneland Yearling sale began Friday and the numbers continued to be very strong for Exaggerator’s first crop, with four individuals selling for an average of $210,000. Topping the day was hip No. 761, a colt consigned by Lane’s End, agent, and purchased by Taproot Bloodstock for $275,000. The colt’s […]
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