Category: General News

Daredevil’s Deviant scores second straight stakes win

Deviant’s two-length victory in the $60,000 Sunday Silence S. at Louisiana Downs made the 2-year-old Daredevil filly two-for-two in stakes company. Both of her wins have come on the grass after a trio of dirt tries to start her 2019 campaign. Daredevil already has three stakes horses from his first crop, including Shedaresthedevil, who placed […]

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Cambria still perfect after taking $500,000 KY Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint

Speightstown’s undefeated 2-year-old filly beat the boys in Saturday $500,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint, her first stakes start after two wins on the main track at Presque Isle Downs.  Speightstown is once again a top-10 sire in 2019, with eight stakes winners and progeny earnings topping $7.5 million.  Cambria, in post position 1, was […]

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Take Charge Indy returns home to stand at WinStar Farm in 2020

WinStar Farm has initiated the process to return Take Charge Indy to the United States for the 2020 breeding season. The 10-year-old regally-bred son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade 1 winner, Graded stakes producer, and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady is the No. 1-ranked Third-Crop Sire with more than $4.4 million […]

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Commissioner filly won’t be denied in Del Mar MdSpWt

The 2-year-old filly Mandy gave her all to win a six-furlong maiden special weight on Labor Day at Del Mar, besting Sofi’s Gold by a neck after battling her for nearly the entire race. Mandy’s victory gave Commissioner nine winners from his first crop and capped off an excellent week for the top-10 Freshman sire, […]

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Qurbaan repeats in $250,000 Bernard Baruch H. (G2)

Qurbaan scored his second straight win in the Grade 2 Bernard Baruch H. during the Labor Day card at Saratoga, giving his top-10 sire Speightstown his ninth stakes winner of the year. Qurbaan, who hadn’t won since taking the 2018 Baruch in his first U. S. start in last year, found the soft turf course […]

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Carnival Colors (GB) earns the path to victory in $150,000 Virginia Oaks

Distorted Humor get his newest stakes winner Saturday night at Colonial Downs in the $150,000 Virginia Oaks when Carnival Colors (GB) split horses in upper stretch and held sway in the final furlong to best Mercilla by 1 1/4-lengths (VIDEO). A close second in last year’s Mazarine S. (G3) at Woodbine, Carnival Colors is now […]

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Carpe Victoriam latest maiden special weight winner for Carpe Diem

Top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem tallied his eighth 2-year-old winner on Aug. 28 when Carpe Victoriam scored a come-from-behind victory in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race at Indiana Downs. Tucked along the inside behind horse until the field hit upper stretch, Carpe Victoriam swung to the middle of the racetrack and rallied strongly […]

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Commissioner filly easiest of winners in turf MdSpWt

Viv surged to the lead on the final turn en-route to a six-length maiden special weight win on the Retama Park turf course on Wednesday evening (VIDEO).  Already twice stakes-placed in her young career, Viv is the eighth winner from Commissioner’s first crop, ranking him in the top five by winners for all Kentucky-based Freshman […]

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Improbable returns to winner’s circle in Del Mar’s Shared Belief S.

Last December’s Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) winner Improbable returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday with a comfortable with a classy victory in the $100,000 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar. Improbable now has four wins and two seconds in eight starts and has earned $829,520 for WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and Starlight Racing. […]

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Constitution tallies second MdSpWt winner in two days

Leading First-Crop sire Constitution scored his second maiden special weight winner in as many days on Saturday when Mandamus rallied to win a five-furlong main track affair by a length at Gulfstream Park. Coupled with Strongconstitution’s win Friday at Del Mar, Constitution now has nine First-Crop winners, second most of any Freshman sire. Mandamus took […]

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