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 […]
[ Read More ]Enstone, a 3-year-old Tiznow filly, scored the first stakes win of her career in Sunday’s $125,000 Fury S. at Woodbine in her 2017 debut. Sent off the 8-5 favorite, the Mark Casse trainee broke very alertly but settled back off the speedy Goldrush Glory, who was very keen. Enstone kept the leader in her sights […]
[ Read More ]Eagle Way, a Group 1 winner last year in his native Australia, remained undefeated at the 2,400 meter distance with a victory in the April 30 Queen Mother Memorial Cup (G3) at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. Eagle Way, who began his career in Australia and won the Queensland Derby (G1), put away another […]
[ Read More ]Smokin Now led all the way in Friday’s $65,000 Golden Circle S. at Prairie Meadows to give the 3-year-old Tiznow colt his first stakes win in his black type debut. The Mercedes Stables LLC homebred covered the six furlongs on a muddy racetrack in a solid 1:10.40, winning by 2 3/4-lengths (VIDEO). Smokin Now’s dam […]
[ Read More ]The final day of the April 25-28 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training included a $200,000 Bodemeister filly purchased by Gary Contessa, agent for Sean Shay. Cutting Edge Equine, agent consigned the filly, hip No. 972. Her dam, Ronda’s Bridge, has had three foals to race, all winners. Ronda’s Bridge is a half-sister to […]
[ Read More ]After a winning bid of an even $1,000,000 during the Thursday session of the April 25-28 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, the More Than Ready filly will be headed for a probable European racing career according to buyer, bloodstock agent Alessandro Marconi, who purchased the filly on behalf of Al Aasfa Racing. “She’ll […]
[ Read More ]Paynter’s personal high-water water mark of the April 25-28 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training came Thursday when James Bashor submitted a winning bid of $250,000 for the dark bay colt. Price Thoroughbreds LLC was the consignor of hip No. 657, who is out of the stakes-winning Aptitude mare La Concerto. The Kentucky-bred had […]
[ Read More ]A colt by champion sire Tiznow and bred by WinStar Farm brought a winning bid of $2.45 million during the Thursday session of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, which runs April 25-28. The final bid is exactly one million dollars more than has been paid for any other 2-year-old at auction in […]
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