Bump Bailey’s eye-catching maiden special weight debut victory Feb. 14 at Santa Anita Park came at the expense of some high profile colts left in his wake, as the 3-year-old son of Fed Biz zipped over the sloppy going to win by nearly four lengths while being eased up in the final sixteenth [WATCH RACE]. […]
[ Read More ]Knicks Go, winner of last autumn’s Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland, was named the Maryland-bred Horse of the Year for 2018 at the Feb. 12 Renaissance Awards in Baltimore. Knicks Go, who also finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) in November at Churchill Downs, was bred by Angie Moore, who operates Green Mount […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown became just the sixth active North American sire to get 100 black type stakes winners on Jan. 25 when Dawn the Destroyer captured the $100,000 Interborough S. at Aqueduct. Speightstown joins the likes of fellow WinStar stallions Distorted Humor and More Than Ready on the illustrious list. Dawn the Destroyer, 5, placed in the […]
[ Read More ]Flor de La Mar, a $500,000 Saratoga Yearling in 2018, cruised to a five-length victory in her unveiling Jan. 20 at Santa Anita to become the 14th lifetime TDN Rising Star for her sire Tiznow [WATCH RACE]. She joins an illustrious roster to Tiznow’s Rising Stars that includes champion 2-year-old filly Folklore, multiple Grade 1-winning […]
[ Read More ]Needs Supervision made the jump into stakes company in Saturday’s $150,000 Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds and came away with a three-quarter length victory that could put the 3-year-old Paynter filly on the road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) Needs Supervision is the first stakes winner this year and sixth overall for her sire, who […]
[ Read More ]The new year opened with a bang for Exaggerator on Jan. 7 when his first-ever yearling offered at auction sold for $125,000 on Monday at the 2019 Keeneland January Sale. A chestnut filly consigned by Taylor Made Sales agency, hip No. 25 went to The Legends Stables. The filly is out of the Distorted Humor […]
[ Read More ]Anuket, a $575,000 yearling purchase in 2017, delivered a sensational performance in her Dec.30 debut at Santa Anita Park, cruising to a 4 1/4-length victory for high-profile connections Juddmonte Farm and trainer Bob Baffert. Bred by Town & Country Horse Farms and Pollock Farms, the 2-year-old filly is Pioneerof the Nile’s fourth TDN Rising Star. […]
[ Read More ]Competitionofideas’s brilliant stretch run carried the 3-year-old Speightstown filly to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $300,000 American Oaks on Dec. 29 at Santa Anita Park. She is Speightstown 99th lifetime black type winner and the 15th Grade 1 winner for the WinStar stallion, while his progeny are approaching the $94 million earnings mark worldwide. […]
[ Read More ]Inthemidstofbiz led from nearly start to finish to claim a one-length victory in a six-furlong maiden special weight affair Dec. 26 at Fair Grounds. The 2-year-old filly gave Fed Biz a even dozen winners for the top-10 First-Crop sire, who also has six stakes horses to his credit this year. After breaking a bit tardy, […]
[ Read More ]Righteous Baby came from last to first in the final quarter-mile to break her maiden at first asking in a one-mile maiden special weight affair Dec. 19 at Mountaineer Park. The 2-year-old filly is the 14th First-Crop winner for her sire, which is fourth-most for all freshman sires this year. He is also the leading […]
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