Category: General News

Bodemeister colt makes remarkable comeback in maiden special weight score

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 […]

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Comicas surges to take Meydan’s Dubawi S. (G3)

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 […]

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First foals by G1 winner Outwork born Jan. 14

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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Inside Straight’s class prevails in Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile

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 […]

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Congrats’ Stronger Than Ever collects first stakes win in Silverbulletday at Fair Grounds

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 […]

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First foal is a filly for 3-time G1 winner Exaggerator

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 […]

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Summer House first stakes winner of 2018 for Tiznow

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 […]

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Paynter filly scores by six in 2018 debut

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 […]

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First foal is a filly for Breeders’ Cup (G1) winner Tourist

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 […]

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First foal is a filly for Speightster

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 […]

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