Category: General News

Yorkton continues Woodbine hot streak with dominant King Corrie S. victory

Yorkton, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, racked up his third straight stakes win at Woodbine on Labor Day with a 4 1/2-length victory in the $113,200 King Corrie S. The Chiefswood Stable has really come into his own this summer, and is now 4-0-2 in 10 lifetime starts  and has earned $215,220. Prior to Monday’s win, […]

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St Patrick’s Day, full brother to American Pharoah, scores at Del Mar

St Patrick’s Day, a 2-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt who is a full brother to 2015 Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, broke his maiden in his second lifetime start Saturday at Del Mar. The 4-5 favorite, St Patrick’s Day was under pressue the entire six and one-half furlongs. Off just […]

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Two new stakes horses for leading freshman sire Overanalyze

Overanalyze, far and away the leading First-Crop Sire of 2017, got his first stakes winner, as well as his first Grade 1 horse, on September 2nd. Suzette, a 2-year-old filly, crushed her competition with a 14-length win in the $50,000 Bird of Pay S. at Northlands Park in Canada. The chestnut filly is owned by […]

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Catholic Boy stays perfect in Saratoga’s With Anticipation (G3)

A rough start and long odds did not deter Catholic Boy in Wednesday’s $150,000 With Anticipation (G3) at Saratoga. The unbeaten juvenile colt by More Than Ready fought gamely to win his first Graded stakes going away in his second start, becoming his sire’s 79th Graded/Group winner and 175th black-type winner [watch race]. After being […]

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Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming to stand at WinStar upon retirement

WinStar Farm has entered into an agreement to acquire the breeding rights to 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming.  “We are excited to add another potentially breed-shaping stallion from the dominant Unbridled line, which has proven to be today’s preeminent classic sire line,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar President & CEO. […]

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Hieroglyphics surges late to take $100,000 Better Talk Now S.

Hieroglyphics’ big move in the final furlong carried the 3-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile to his first stakes win in Monday’s $100,000 Better Talk Now S. at Saratoga. The bay colt has won three of his last four starts and has finished worse than second only once in seven career turf starts while earning […]

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Ginger N Rye delivers powerhouse performance in Smart N Fancy S.

Ginger N Rye became More Than Ready’s newest stakes winner on Sunday afternoon at Saratoga with a near track-record effort in the $100,000 Smart N Fancy S. Ginger N Rye was in sixth for the first half-mile of the 5 1/2-furlong contest, then flew through the stretch with an incredible move, winning by 1 3/4-lengths […]

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Tiznow’s Enstone earns first graded win in Ontario Colleen (G3)

Enstone found an opening along the rail and surge to the front en route to victory in the $125,000 Ontario Colleen S. (G3) Sunday on the Woodbine turf course. The win was the first in a graded stakes for the 3-year-old Tiznow filly, who also scored in the $225,000 Bison City S. and $125,000 Fury […]

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Exotic Princess romps in rainy debut

The winners for leading First-Crop sire Overanalyze are excelling on all surfaces, with his latest maiden winner Exotic Princess romping by nearly a dozen lengths in a downpour at Camarero Racetrack on Aug. 22. The 2-year-old filly is her sire’s 17th winner this year, outpacing all other first-year sires by at least seven individual winners. […]

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