Super Saver’s graded stakes winner Inside Straight made his 2018 debut on the turf on Jan. 13 and came away with a well-earned victory in the $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile H. at Turf Paradise. Away from the races since last July 2, Inside Straight had been training very well over the local oval in anticipation […]
[ Read More ]Stronger Than Ever, making her 3-year-old debut, bested Wonder Gadot by a neck in a thrilling edition of the $150,000 Silverbulletday S. Jan. 13 at Fair Grounds. The Congrats filly had placed in the $100,000 Trapeze S. after coming from far back a month ago for trainer Ken McPeek, and had a repeat of that […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Exaggerator, the 3-time Grade 1 multimillionaire and Classic-winning son of Curlin, sired his first reported foal Saturday, Jan. 13th when a bay filly was born at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, NY. Bred by SF Bloodstock, the filly is out of Graded stakes winner Nikki’s SmartyPants, a daughter of Smarty Jones out of […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s champion sire Tiznow got his first stakes winner of the new year on Jan. 12 when Summer House took the El Dorado S. at Delta Downs on Jan. 12 by just over a length. Stakes-placed three times last year, Summer House earned her first black type with a 1 1/4-length win in the […]
[ Read More ]Salt Bae was much the best in her six-length maiden special weight victory Jan. 12 at Fair Grounds, leading all the way to win in hand and earn a very solid Beyer Speed Figure of 83. The 3-year-old daughter of Paynter, out of the Distorted Humor mare Agatha, was bred by Fred Hertrich III and […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Tourist, Tiznow’s multiple Grade 1 winner who closed his racing career with a record-setting victory in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), sired his first reported foal on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 11th when a bay filly was born at Endeavor Farm in Versailles, KY. Bred by Corey and CJ Johnsen’s CJ […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm’s Speightster, the Graded stakes-winning son of Speightstown, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 4th when a chestnut filly was born at Brandywine Farm in Paris, KY. Bred by Jim and Pam Robinson of Brandywine, the filly is out of the Malibu Moon mare Moonshine Bertie, a daughter of the Graded stakes-winning debutante […]
[ Read More ]Affluential made a powerful four-wide move at the top of the Gulfstream Park stretch en route to a 5 3/4-length maiden win on Dec. 28 to become Paynter’s 13th winner from his first crop of runners. As 2017 draws to a close, Paynter’s excellent first crop of runners rank in the top 10 on the […]
[ Read More ]Strike Power turned in a stellar performance in his Dec. 23 debut at Gulfstream Park, rolling to an eight-length score in the 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight contest for 2-year-olds. Leading the entire trip, the Courtlandt Farms homebred covered the distance in 1:02.67, less than a half-second off the track record and earning a Beyer […]
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