Category: General News

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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Undefeated Exaggerator filly powers to first stakes win

Sea Level’s strong stretch run carried the 2-year-old Exaggerator filly to a 3 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $50,000 E. L. Gaylord Memorial S. at Remington Park (WATCH RACE). Sea Level, who won her Aug. 23 debut at Indiana Grand by seven lengths, is a perfect two-for-two for the owner/breeder team of Joni and Barry Butzow.  […]

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Speightstown rings up $900,000 filly Tuesday at Keeneland sale

Perennial leading sire Speightstown was off to a hot start early during Tuesday’s session of the Keeneland September Yearling sale when hip No. 235 brought a winning bid of $900,000. Consigned by Glennwood Farm Inc., agent for breeders John and Tanya Gunther, the dark bay filly went to the team of  WinStar’s Maverick Racing and […]

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Undefeated More Than Ready filly steps up to win $500,000 Ainsworth S.

Koala Princess came through an opening along the rail at the top of the long Kentucky Downs stretch to win Sunday’s $500,000 Ainsworth S. by a widening 2 1/4-lengths (WATCH RACE). The 2-year-old More Than Ready filly was making her stakes debut following a very impressive maiden special weight debut win on Aug. 21 at […]

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Constitution colt wins Grade 1 thriller

Rio de Los Ciervos went from last to first to capture Saturday’s Clasico de Mil Guineas (G1) at Hippodrome Chile by a neck, giving Constitution his second Grade 1 winner in less than a month in the southern hemisphere. With 25 black-type horses and 11 graded stakes horses, Constitution leads all Third-Crop sires in both […]

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Speightstown’s Pulsate gets the trip to win $120,000 Lucky Coin S.

Pulsate scored his first stakes win in Friday’s $120,000 Lucky Coin S. over the Saratoga turf to become the 12th added-money winner of the year for Speightstown, who currently ranks third on the 2021 General Sire list with $11.6 million in progeny earnings. Pulsate, under Manny Franco, got a good stalking trip in the 5 […]

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Distorted Humor filly annexes Colonial’s $100,000 Brookside S.

Urban Fairytale edged clear of Tasting the Stars in the final furlong to win the $100,000 Brookside S. on Sept. 1 at Colonial Downs. The victory was the first stakes win for 4-year-old Distorted Humor filly, who is trained by Ian Wilkes for Winchester Place Thoroughbreds.  Always within striking distance in the 1 1/16-mile turf […]

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Paynter’s Pirate Junction wins stakes debut

Paynter, the leading Fifth-Crop sire of 2021, got his latest stakes winner Saturday in the $75,000 Charles Taylor S. when 3-year-old Pirate Junction won his stakes debut. Paynter now has seven black type winners this year and 12 stakes horses total. His progeny earnings exceed $8.5 million, more than double any North American stallion on […]

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