Bodemeister’s Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Always Dreaming was assigned gate 4 for Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness S. (G1) and will face four foes he defeated in the May 6 Run for the Roses. Trainer Todd Pletcher was content with Wednesday’s draw and planned to employ similar tactics that carried his colt to victory at Churchill […]
[ Read More ]Waitingforaspark graduated from the maiden ranks in her second lifetime start Sunday at Monmouth Park, taking the six-furlong maiden special weight contest for 3-year-old fillies by 2 1/4-lengths. The bay Bodemeister filly waiting for the final quarter-mile to do her best running, circling from sixth and going four wide out of the turn and rolling […]
[ Read More ]Yorkton became Speightstown’s 81st lifetime stakes winner on Saturday with an impressive, 3 1/2-length, front-running score in the $125,000 Queenston S. at Woodbine. The race is a traditional prep for the Grade 1 Queen’s Plate, but his trainer Simon Stuart said the 3-year-old colt would likely stay at the shorter distances, similar to the seven-furlong […]
[ Read More ]Bowies Hero overcame a less than ideal start in Saturday’s $75,000 Singletary S., but the 3-year-old Artie Schiller colt erased his early deficit with a stirring stretch run to win the Santa Anita one mile turf event by a half-length. It looked as if Bowies Hero might have little chance after severely stumbling to his […]
[ Read More ]Benner Island gallantly fought off the late charge of Union Strike to take the $200,000 Eight Belles S. (G2) by a head on a rainy Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs. The victory was the first in a stakes for the 3-year-old Speightstown filly, who had finished second in the Honeybee S. (G3) in March at […]
[ Read More ]Analyze Your Luck became the second winner for his sire Overanalyze with a 2 1/4-length debut maiden special weight victory Friday at Aqueduct. Overanalyze is now one of two freshman sires with multiple winners and currently sits atop the First-Crop Sire list. Analyze Your Luck covered the five furlongs on a sloppy track in 1:01.10 […]
[ Read More ]Bodemeister’s brilliant 3-year-old colt Always Dreaming will break from post five in the $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1), which drew a full field of 20. Always Dreaming has been the talk of the barn area since his bullet five-furlong work last weekend, and continues to impress his connections with his daily routine. “I liked what […]
[ Read More ]WinStar-bred Speight Swiftly, a full brother to WinStar stallion Speightster, by Speightstown, turned in a sparkling effort over the Churchill Downs turf on Wednesday, winning by five lengths in front-running style. The Live Oak Plantation colt covered the one-mile in 1:35.74 on the firm lawn, drawing off in the stretch after maintaining a one-length lead […]
[ Read More ]Top-5 Second-Crop sire of winners Gemologist logged another impressive debut winner on Wednesday at Belmont Park when Sugar Queen strutted to a 3 1/4-length maiden special weight score at Belmont Park. The 2-year-old filly covered the five furlongs in a quick :59.88 on a fast main track in front-running style. Sugar Queen is trained by […]
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