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. […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
[ Read More ]Door Buster found room turning for home to edge clear to a two-length score in the $75,000 Sylvia Bishop Memorial on Friday night at Charles Town Races. The 3-year-old daughter of Speightster didn’t have the easiest of trips in the seven-furlong affair, but after a patient ride by Denis Araujo, she finally found clear running […]
[ Read More ]Constitution’s 3-year-old colt Americanrevolution turned in her second straight dazzling stakes performance in Friday’s $250,000 Albany S. at Saratoga, drawing off in the final furlong to win by five lengths. Owned by CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm LLC, the chestnut colt was coming into the Albany off a seven-length score in the New York Derby. […]
[ Read More ]Carribean Caper kept her record intact in Sunday’s $100,000 Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park, putting away Magic Quest in deep stretch to win by a length in her stakes debut (WATCH RACE). The 3-year-old Speightstown filly has won all four of her starts by a combined 18 lengths since her Feb. 13 debut and has […]
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