Category: General News

Roy H repeats in $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1)

Roy H’s scintillating performance in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) gave the son of More Than Ready his second straight victory in the race and made him the likely favorite to repeat as the Eclipse Champion Male Sprinter as well. Roy H is only the second repeat winner of the Sprint in its […]

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Breeders’ Cup: Roy H, Catholic Boy in spotlight for More Than Ready

More Than Ready, the sire of five previous Breeders’ Cup winners, has three chances to improve that number over the Nov. 2-3 championships at Churchill Downs. Leading the way is Roy H, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner, who returns for that same event on Saturday. The Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), also on Saturday, […]

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Battle of Midway cruises in Comma to the Top S.

Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) winner Battle of Midway was an easy winner of Sunday’s $78,845 Comma to the Top S. at Santa Anita in what was just his second start of 2018. Owned by WinStar Farm and Don Alberto Stable, the 4-year-old colt had a brief career at stud earlier this year […]

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Pioneerof the Nile filly gets first stakes win in Rags to Riches S.

Pioneerof the Nile’s Del Mar Debutante (G1) runner-up Mother Mother led nearly every step of the way in Sunday’s $103,116 Rags to Riches S. to win by 1 ¾ lengths on the opening day of Churchill Downs Fall Meet. Pioneerof the Nile has more than 10 stakes horses this year, including Insta Erma, who will […]

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Super Saver colt debuts at Keeneland as a TDN Rising Star

So Alive closed with an incredible flourish in the final sixteenth of a mile to win his maiden special weight debut Saturday at Keeneland, coming from ten lengths back at the top of the stretch to win by a neck in remarkable fashion [WATCH RACE]. The 2-year-old Super Saver colt was named a TDN Rising […]

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Multiple Grade 2 winner Good Samaritan officially retired, available for inspection

Good Samaritan, a versatile millionaire son of Harlan’s Holiday and a Grade 2 winner at two, three, and four, has been retired and will stand the 2019 breeding season at WinStar Farm. He is currently available for inspection and will stand for $12,500 S&N. “He is the last great son of Harlan’s Holiday, one of […]

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Pat On the Back puts exclamation point on Empire State Stakes day

Congrat’s multiple stakes winner Pat On the Back held off a late rush from Can You Diggit to capture the featured $300,000 Empire Classic H. Oct. 20 at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old colt now has five lifetime stakes wins and has earned $727,532 for trainer Jeremiah Englehart and owners Harold Lerner, AWC Stables and Nehoc […]

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Super Humor breaks through with first stakes win

Super Humor picked up career stakes win number one on Oct. 15 when the daughter of Super Saver galloped to a two-length victory in the Chaves County S.  With two previous stakes placings, including in the 2017 renewal of this race, the dark bay is the fifth stakes winner this year for Super Saver, who […]

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Paynter’s Diamond Dust collects second stakes win

Diamond Dust took the lead in the first furlong and never looked back en route to a four-length win in the $150,000 Juvenile S. on Saturday at Thistledown.  The 2-year-old Paynter filly won the Hoover S. earlier this summer and is now 3-2-0 in five starts for her owner/breeder tandem of Blazing Meadows Farm and […]

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Rushing Fall superlative once again in Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1)

More Than Ready’s millionaire filly Rushing Fall added a second Grade 1 winner to her impeccable resume on Saturday when she went gate-to-wire to win the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) by 1 1/4-lengths. “The filly’s phenomenal,” said owner Bob Edwards of e Five Racing Thoroughbreds. “We’ve had an unbelievable run with her. […]

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