Category: General News

Magicalmeister takes John Battaglia Memorial for first stakes win

Magicalmeister’s win in the John Battaglia Memorial S. at Turfway Friday night topped off a terrific day for Bodemeister, who also accounted for Santa Anita Park maiden special weight winner Glorious Hour and impressive Aqueduct allowance winner Christmas Sky.  The sire of last year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming and the number one Second-Crop […]

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New York Central likely headed to stakes company

New York Central, who was a TDN Rising Star following his smashing maiden win last Nov. 26, could face stakes horses next time out following his extremely brave victory in a Feb. 19 allowance at Oaklawn Park [WATCH RACE]. The 3-year-old colt, owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing LLC, battled the […]

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Classy Paynter colt shines in Oaklawn Park maiden score

Pryor was all business as he drew off to an impressive 5 3/4-length maiden special weight win on Presidents’ Day at Oaklawn Park. The 3-year-old Paynter colt is the seventh winner this year for his sire, whose hot start has him ranked third on the North American Second-Crop Sire list. Pryor was off just a […]

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Paynter fillies double up for maiden victories

Paynter has risen to the #4 spot on the active North American Second-Crop Sire list after a pair of fillies by the young WinStar stallion broke their maidens at Fair Grounds and Laurel Park. The cleverly-named Starving Artist, trained and owned by Joe Sharp, looked very impressive in leading all the way en route to […]

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Promising Paynter 3YO shines in Santa Anita Park debut

Westrock Stables’ homebred Ike overcame a four-wide trip to score by a half-length in a Feb. 11 Santa Anita Park maiden special weight for 3-year-olds [WATCH RACE]. The Paynter colt, who was well-backed following a series of sharp works for trainer Bob Baffert, did not disappoint being stuck well out in the middle of the […]

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Tiznow has top yearling at Fasig-Tipton Winter Sale

Glenn Brok made a winning bid of $260,000 for a Tiznow colt at the Feb. 5-6 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale in Kentucky, marking the highest price paid for a yearling during the two-day auction. Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services consigned the colt, hip No. 419, for C & S.  “He looks like he could be any kind,” […]

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Overanalyze filly romps by double-digits at Fair Grounds

Saints’ Girl, making her second lifetime start, blasted to a 13 1/4-length maiden special weight score Jan. 28 at Fair Grounds. The 3-year-old Overanalyze filly decimated her competition with an explosive stretch kick, increasing her margin some ten lengths in just the final furlong. Owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and trained by Dallas Stewart, Saints’ […]

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Paynter colt takes maiden special weight in 2018 debut

Briny Marlin emerged from a wall of horses at the top of the Gulfstream Park stretch to get his first career win in a six-furlong maiden special weight race on Jan. 20. The 3-year-old Paynter colt, who was a $200,000 purchase at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, was making his first start since his career […]

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Speightstown’s Almond Roca takes $125,000 Gasparilla S. for second straight stakes win

Almond Roca made her first start of 2018 a winning one on Jan. 20 at Tampa Bay Downs with a hard-fought one-length score in the $125,000 Gasparilla S. for 3-year-old fillies. The daughter of Speightstown won the Sandpiper S. by nearly 10 lengths last month over the same surface, and is now 3-0-0 in five […]

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