Neck of the Moon, a 6-year-old daughter of More Than Ready, saved her best for what may have been her final career start with a game neck victory in the $100,000 South Beach S. at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Chad Brown said after the win that Neck of the Moon could be retired and bred during […]
[ Read More ]Faja left a field of 2-year-olds in his wake with a powerful stretch run to come home an 8 3/4-length maiden special winner Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the debut for the son of Bodemeister. Following his excellent performance, Faja was named a TDN Rising Star, the first for freshman sire Bodemeister. With just two […]
[ Read More ]Kentucky Downs has renamed a major stakes event on its racing calendar to honor 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner Tourist. The formerly-named More Than Ready Mile Stakes will now be run as the Tourist Mile Stakes starting in 2017, and the one-mile event on turf will continue to carry a lucrative purse of $400,000. […]
[ Read More ]More Than Ready’s stakes-placed son Storm Belt moved into the ranks of stakes winners with a comfortable 6 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Entisar S. at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Dec. 15. Held over 2000m (about 1 1/4-miles), The Entisar had a full field of 12 older runners.Ridden by Fernando Jara, Storm Belt stalked […]
[ Read More ]Miss Mo Kelly, a 4-year-old Congrats filly, turned in a dynamic stretch run Dec. 11 at Remington Park, coming from eighth at the top of the lane to win the $100,000 She’s All In S. by two lengths. The bay filly was making her first start and thus became the 25th lifetime black type winner […]
[ Read More ]Sonic Mule sped out of the gate and never looked back in his victory in the $75,000 Buffalo Man S. Saturday at Gulfstream Park, the first stakes win for the promising 2-year-old son of Distorted Humor. Sonic Mule, bred by WinStar Farm and owned by Calumet Farm, has been in the top three in all […]
[ Read More ]Hail to the Nile prevailed by three-quarters of a length over Fort Pulaski after a race-long duel in Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf S. at Fair Grounds. The win was the second stakes victory for the 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, who started off his 2016 stakes skien with a win in Fair […]
[ Read More ]WinStar stallion Paynter was featured recently in Paulick Report’s “In the Stud,” a series put together by EquiSport Photos that features stallions who entered stud in 2016 or have not yet had their first crop reach the racetrack. Paynter, a son of Awesome Again, was represented by his first yearlings in 2016 and will have […]
[ Read More ]Top-five First-Crop sire Bodemeister chalked up his second maiden special weight winner in two days on Sunday when the regally-bred Mr. Meister scored by 1 1/2-lengths over Gorgeous Kitten on the Gulfstream Park turf course. Owned by his breeder Irving Cowan, Mr. Meister looked like a winner throughout the 7 1/2-furlong affair for 2-year-olds, racing […]
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