Category: General News

Aubrieta, Tantrum, newest stakes winners for Speightster

Speightster’s promising two-year-old filly Aubrieta joined the ranks of stakes winners on Oct. 30 with a facile two-length score in the $125,000 Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine. Earlier in the day, his 2-year-old gelding Tantrum captured the Best of Ohio Juvenile Stakes at Mahoning Valley, giving him a pair of new stakes winners on the […]

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Constitution’s Americanrevolution romps in Empire Classic

Constitution’s Americanrevolution, owned by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm and trained by Todd Pletcher, defeated older horses by a visually impressive 11 ¾ lengths in the $300,000 Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 30. With Luis Saez aboard, Americanrevolution pursued the early pace four wide before taking over command nearing the quarter […]

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Constitution’s Americanrevolution romps in Empire Classic

Constitution’s Americanrevolution, owned by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm and trained by Todd Pletcher, defeated older horses by a visually impressive 11 ¾ lengths in the $300,000 Empire Classic Stakes at Belmont Park on Oct. 30. With Luis Saez aboard, Americanrevolution pursued the early pace four wide before taking over command nearing the quarter […]

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Constitution’s Independence Hall dominates foes in G2 Fayette

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Twin Creeks Racing Stables, WinStar Farm, and Robert and Kathleen Verratti’s Independence Hall, a son of leading Third-Crop Sire Constitution, proved uncatchable in the $200,000 Fayette Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on Oct. 30, winning the 1 1/8-mile test by a romping 7 ¼ lengths. Ridden by Javier Castellano for trainer Michael McCarthy, […]

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Undefeated Outwork colt wins first stakes start in style

El Pando drew off smartly in the final furlong of the $100,000 Clever Trevor S. on Oct. 29 at Remington Park to give the 2-year-old Outwork colt his first stakes victory (WATCH RACE). Coupled with his 8 ¾-length debut maiden win on Sept. 21, the Jaylan Clary homebred is two-for-two lifetime with earnings of $79,545. […]

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WinStar stallions Distorted Humor and Congrats retired from stud duty

The upcoming breeding season marks a departure from WinStar Farm’s stallion ranks for long-standing cornerstones Distorted Humor and Congrats as both are being retired from stud duty, the farm announced today. Distorted Humor, a Champion Freshman Sire and a Champion General Sire, served an instrumental role in helping WinStar scale new heights as a breeding […]

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Leading Third-Crop sire Constitution gets 10th stakes winner of the year

Convention came from far off the pace to win the $50,000 Butch Gleason Classic S. on Saturday afternoon, giving Constitution his tenth stakes winner of the year, and a remarkable 29 stakes horses overall in 2021. Convention won the 1 1/8-mile contest at Arapahoe Park by a head after trailing the field for the first […]

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Speightster’s Door Buster rallies to second straight stakes win

Door Buster overcame some early traffic trouble to win Saturday night’s $75,000 West Virginia Tourism Office Breeders’ Classic S. at Charles Town. (WATCH RACE) The 3-year-old daughter of Speightster took the Sylvia Bishop Memorial S. in her previous outing and is now 5-2-2 in 11 starts. She is one of Speightster’s eight stakes horses this […]

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Constitution gets third Group 1 winner of 2021

Y Nada Mas led nearly all the way in Sunday’s Clasico Nacional Ricardo Lyon (G1) in her native Chile to register the first Group 1 victory of the 3-year-old’s career. The daughter of Constitution is one of three southern hemisphere Group 1 winners this year for her sire. He leads all Third-Crop sires with a […]

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More Than Ready filly headed to Breeders’ Cup after Selima S. win

Consumer Spending is likely headed to next month’s Breeders’ Cup following her sharp victory in the $150,000 Selima S. Saturday at Laurel Park. The gray/roan 2-year-old daughter of More Than Ready was making her stakes debut Saturday following a handy maiden-breaking win Sept. 6 at Saratoga. Employing a similar style at Laurel, she sat several […]

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