Category: General News

Distorted Humor filly wins battle to take Group 3 Oh So Sharp S.

Mot Juste won her stakes debut in fashion with a half-length score in the Oct. 12 Oh So Sharp S. (G3) at Newmarket Racecourse in Great Britain [WATCH RACE]. The 2-year-old Distorted Humor filly is the eighth graded stakes winner this year for her sire, who accounted for last weekend’s Alcibiades S. (G1) with the […]

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Speightstown’s Scottish Jig scampers home in Pride S.

Scottish Jig did her best running the final quarter-mile to win the 10-furlong Pride S. over the straight Newmarket turf course, giving the 3-year-old Speightstown filly her first stakes win in her seventh lifetime start. The filly, who is a full sister to Grade 1 winner Seek Again, upped her record to 3-0-3 for owner/breeder […]

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Commissioner colt hammers for $200,000 at OBS October Select Yearlings Sale

Commissioner, whose first crop are yearlings of 2018, had the second-highest priced colt of Tuesday’s OBS October Select Yearlings Sale when de Meric Sales went to $200,000 to secure hip No. 128. Consigned by First Finds, the bay colt is out of the stakes winner Lunarlady, who is a half-sister to graded stakes winners Lunarpal […]

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Tiz Breathtaking rallies to score Mazarine S. (G3) victory

Tiz Breathtaking’s thrilling stretch run tallied the 2-year-old daughter her first stakes win in Saturday’s  $125,000 Mazarine S. (G3) at Woodbine. The bay juvenile, who had won the $125,000 Shady Well S. last time out at Woodbine, has now won three of four lifetime starts and earned $179,530 for owner Windhaven Farms Inc. She is […]

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Fed Biz filly surges late to take one-mile MdSpWt

Music and Lyrics rally in deep stretch earned the 2-year-old Fed Biz filly a three-quarter length victory in a one-mile maiden special weight race Oct. 1 at Presque Isle Downs (VIDEO).  She is Fed Biz’s eighth winner from his first crop, which ranks fourth on the 2018 Freshman Sire list. Fed Biz has been among […]

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Riley’s Choice gives Distorted Humor 150 stakes winners

Riley’s Choice scored a front-running victory in Saturday’s $75,000 All Brandy S. at Laurel Park to become Distorted Humor’s milestone 150th lifetime stakes winner. The WinStar stallion is having another great year on the racetrack, with a dozen black type winners and 19 stakes horses overall to date. Four-year-old Riley’s Choice was stakes-placed last year […]

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Fed Biz colt prevails in Gulfstream Park debut

Top-10 First-Crop sire Fed Biz tallied his seventh winner Saturday at Gulfstream Park when Zenden rallied to break his maiden at first asking. The chestnut colt had to overcome a rough start, where he was bumped a few times, before finding his best stride in upper stretch to ultimately roll by pacesetter Jamaican inside the […]

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Fed Biz accounts for pair of Saturday maiden special weight winners

First-crop sire Fed Biz chalked up two new winners on Sept. 22 when Absentee and Andyoushallreceive both broke their maidens, giving their sire a total of six winners for the year. Absentee was a one-length winner in a $69,000 maiden special weight race at Parx. Making his debut in the six-furlong contest, Absentee broke from […]

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Renaisance Frolic kicks off fall campaign in style

Paynter’s stakes-winning 3-year-old son Renaisance Frolic returned from his summer vacation on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, and responded with a powerful-looking score in the Bear’s Den S. The win was the second career added money score for Renaisance Frolic, who won the Armed Forces S. as a 2-year-old, also at Gulfstream. Paynter has 11 stakes […]

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Commissioner colt goes for $220,000 at Keeneland Yearling sale

Commissioner, whose first crop are yearlings of 2018, had a new personal auction best during the Keeneland September Yearling sale when hip No. 2232 brought a winning bid of $220,000. Maverick Racing was the winning bidder for the colt from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment.  Named Glory Road, the dark bay is the first […]

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