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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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,” […]
[ Read More ]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’ […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]Pepe Tono bested a field of top-class maiden 3-year-old colts with a extraordinary performance in a one-mile maiden special weight affair Jan. 19 at Santa Anita Park. The Bodemeister colt broke well enough, but fell to the back of the field mid-way around the first turn and was at least a dozen lengths back of […]
[ Read More ]Comicas, a 5-year-old son of Distroted Humor, collared Muarrab (GB) in the final furlong en route to a 1 1/4-length win in the $175,000 Dubawi S. (G3) at Meydan Racecourse on Jan. 18. The victory was the first stakes win for the striking chestnut, who was second in last year’s Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) and […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Outwork, the Grade 1-winning son of Uncle Mo, sired his first two reported foals only an hour and a half apart late Sunday, Jan. 14th when both a colt and a filly were born. A bay colt arrived at around 9 p.m. in New York out of the Wheelaway mare Twistaway, who was […]
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