Bella Aurora and Rule the Day both got their initial victories on Aug. 16 to give top-10 First-Crop sire Carpe Diem a total of six winners to date. Kicking off her sire’s daily double was Bella Aurora, who won a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight on the turf by two lengths in a performance that […]
[ Read More ]Deviant became the first stakes winner for Freshman Sire Daredevil on Aug. 14 with a commanding 7 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 El Joven S. at Retama Park in Houston. After a trio of main track starts, Deviant switched to the grass for the El Joven, as well as stretching out to two turns for […]
[ Read More ]Outwork set the record for the highest price ever paid for a filly by a freshman sire Monday at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Preferred Yearlings sale when the team of All About the Girls/JCS Racing Travis Durr went to $500,000 for a filly by the Wood Memorial S. (G1) winner. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent, […]
[ Read More ]Monforte 8 1/4-length maiden win on Aug. 9 over the Gulfstream Park turf course came despite a driving rainstorm and made him Carpe Diem’s fourth First-Crop winner. Monforte and Chads Choice were right together for the first half-mile, when Monforte subsequently opened up on the final turn and drew off in the stretch to win […]
[ Read More ]Constitution, the number one First-Crop Sire by earnings and graded stakes winners, got his seventh juvenile winner Thursday at Saratoga by way of Tiz the Law’s snappy 4 1/4-length victory going 6 1/2-furlongs against fellow maiden special weight types. Content to sit behind a trio of front-runners early on, the eventual winner made up ground […]
[ Read More ]Just a few moments into Tuesday’s closing session of the Aug. 5-6 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale Juddmonte Farms came away the top bidder at $600,000 for a Tiznow colt consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Stonestreet. The bay juvenile’s illustrious pedigree starts with his dam Stormin Maggy, a stakes-placed daughter of Storm Cat who is […]
[ Read More ]First-Crop stallion Speightster’s two yearlings through the rind during Tuesday’s session of the Aug. 5-6 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale both brought winning bids of at least 15 times his stud fee, topped by a $200,000 colt. Hip No. 122 was consigned by Four Star Sales, agent and went to Gary Stevens, agent. The bay colt […]
[ Read More ]Five Star General, winner of the $100,000 Central Park S. at Aqueduct last autumn, scored his second stakes win on Aug. 5 with a 2 1/4-length tally in the $50,000 Sir Winston Churchill Derby Trial at Hastings Park. Also stakes-placed on the Delaware Park turf in June, Five Star General upped his earnings to $129,343 […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor got his newest stakes winner on Sunday at Monmouth Park when the 2-year-old filly Foolish Humor was awarded the victory in the $75,000 Colleen S. after being soundly bumped in mid-stretch by Miss J McKay. After contesting a very rapid pace with Strongerthanuknow early in the five-furlong turf affair, the duo were joined […]
[ Read More ]Island Commish became Commissioner’s second maiden winner of the day when the 2-year-old colt won his debut on a sloppy Gulfstream Park track by nearly 10 lengths. Combined with Glory Road’s win at Saratoga, Commissioner now has seven first-crop winners. His filly Powerfulattraction was the runner-up in Saturday’s $200,000 Sorrento S. (G2), his first graded […]
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