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 […]
[ Read More ]Top-10 First-Crop sire Commissioner got his first stakes winner on Sept. 11 when Two Last Words scored by 1 1/4-lengths in the $100,000 Hillsdale S. for 2-year-olds at Indiana Downs. Two Last Words is Commissioner’s leading earner to this point and one of his nine individual winners to date. His four stakes horses ranks second […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown wrapped up the final day of Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling sale with stellar results, capped by an $825,000 colt. Through the first three days of the Sept. 9-22 auctions, the WinStar stallion has an average of $375,455 from 11 lots sold. The $825,000 colt, which sold on Wednesday as hip No. […]
[ Read More ]Fresh off her Aug. 24 maiden win on the turf, Ledecka switched to the main track on Sept. 9 and came away with a victory in the $100,000 Malvern Rose S. at Presque Isle Downs (VIDEO). Ledecka is Tiznow’s third stakes winner in the past three days, with Blue Chipper the highlight of the week […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s first offering through the ring at the Keeneland September Yearling sale brought a winning bid of $575,000 during Monday’s opening session of the marathon auction. Shadwell Estate Company was the winning bidder on hip No. 52, consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent. The chestnut colt is the first foal out of the Broken Vow mare […]
[ Read More ]Five Star General became Distorted Humor’s latest graded stakes winner with a very courageous victory in the $250,000 British Columbia Derby (G3) Saturday at Hastings Park (VIDEO). Distorted Humor now has 56 career graded winners and in just the past week has accounted for Virginia Oaks winner Carnival Colors and the stakes-placed 2-year-old filly Champagne […]
[ Read More ]Bear ran down pacesetter Here’s Hannah in the final strides of the $50,000 Delta Colleen S. to give the 4-year-old Super Saver filly her initial stakes victory in the 1 1/8-mile contest. Bear, who was already stakes-placed this year, is one of Super Saver’s 10 stakes horses in 2019. Here’s Hannah had things her own […]
[ Read More ]Bob Baffert gave Flor de La Mar a cut back in distance in Saturday’s $75,000 Beverly Lewis S. and the 3-year-old Tiznow filly responded with a handy come-from-behind victory in the six-furlong affair. Flor de La Mar, who finished second in the Santa Anita Oaks (G1) in April, is Tiznow’s 77th lifetime stakes winner. Last […]
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