Category: General News

More Than Ready juvenile rolls to Rising Star status

Copper Bullet flew through five furlongs in his eight-length maiden special weight victory Thursday at Churchill Downs, earning the 2-year-old More Than Ready colt a TDN Rising Star tag in his second career outing. Copper Bullet covered the five furlongs in :57.56 seconds, just a second off the track record. Bred by Dell Ridge Farm, […]

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$290,000 Super Saver filly at Midlantic Sale Day 1

A Super Saver filly brought $290,000 during the first day of the May 22-23 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training sale, one of the top-10 prices during Monday’s session. The bay filly, hip No. 220, was consigned by Kirkwood Stables, agent and went to prominent owner Ralph M. Evans. The Kentucky-bred is out of the stakes-winning […]

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Tiznow colt adds intrigue to Saturday’s Preakness (G1)

After skipping the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1), Tiznow’s graded stakes-winning colt Term of Art will make his next start in the second leg of the Triple Crown in Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness (G1) at Pimlico. Owned by Calumet Farm and trained by Doug O’Neill, Term of Art won last November’s Cecil B. De Mille […]

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Always Dreaming draws post 4 in Preakness’ (G1) 10-horse field

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 […]

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Beautifully-bred Bodemeister filly scores at Monmouth Park

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 […]

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Speightstown colt towers over rivals in Queenston S. win

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 […]

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Bowies Hero goes last to first in Singletary S.

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 […]

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Speightstown filly very game in Eight Belles S. (G2) win

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 […]

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Overanalyze leaps to top of Freshman Sire list

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 […]

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Always Dreaming set to go from post five in Kentucky Derby (G1)

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 […]

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