American Anthem surged in the final furlong of his maiden special weight debut Saturday at Del Mar to win the six-furlong contest by a neck after making up four lengths from mid-stretch to the wire. The 2-year-old colt is the 12th overall winner for his sire Bodemeister and moved the WinStar stallion to fifth on […]
[ Read More ]Three weeks after a very game performance in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), Midnight Storm easily won his first main track graded stakes in Sunday’s $100,000 Native Diver S. (G3) at Del Mar. The 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile now has six graded wins to his credit, with three coming in 2016, his best […]
[ Read More ]Rickey’s Girl unleashed a strong kick in the final furlong of a one-mile maiden special weight turf affair Saturday at Fair Grounds, with the 2-year-old Bodemeister filly coming away with a widening three-length victory in her first grass start and second overall. She is the 11th winner this year for her sire, who currently sits […]
[ Read More ]Florida Derby (G1) winner & millionaire Take Charge Indy has been purchased by Korea Racing Authority (KRA) and will stand stud in South Korea in 2017. “Selling Take Charge Indy was one of the toughest decisions I’ve had to make in my time as a syndicate manager, but, ultimately, we have to blend the passion […]
[ Read More ]Pioneerof the Nile’s Cash Control earned her second career graded stakes victory Saturday at Churchill Downs with a commanding four-length victory in the $100,000 Cardinal H. (G3). Rating just behind a pair of longshots for most of the 1 1/8-mile contest, Cash Control uncorked a powerful stretch kick to win going away in 1:49.39 on […]
[ Read More ]Artie Schiller’s Macagone fittingly won the Aqueduct stakes named after his sire on Saturday with a determined stretch run, defeating Blacktype (FR) by three-quarters of a length in the $150,000 contest on the turf. Macagone is now a two-time stakes winner in 2016 and one of seven stakes winners this year by Artie Schiller, whose […]
[ Read More ]Alum graduated at first asking Thursday afternoon with a dominating 5 1/2-length maiden special weight score at Gulfstream Park for the 2-year-old Bodemeister colt trained by Todd Pletcher. Alum is out of P. S. U. Grad, who was herself a stakes winner at two, and placed in a half-dozen other black type events in her […]
[ Read More ]A bay colt from the first crop of multiple graded stakes winner Revolutionary hammered for $105,000 on Tuesday at the Nov. 8-20 Keeneland November Sale. The weanling colt, cataloged as hip No. 2752 and consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent, went to Whitechurch Bloodstock. The Kentucky-bred is the second foal out of Diamondsareforesta, whose dam Foresta […]
[ Read More ]The Nov. 8-20 Keeneland November Sale is into its second week, but the strong results for weanlings from the first crop of Fed Biz continued, with a $170,000 colt selling on Monday. The dark bay colt, cataloged as hip No. 2366 and consigned by VanMeter-Gentry, agent, went to Machmer Hall. The Kentucky-bred is the first […]
[ Read More ]O Dionysus’ victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Christopher Elser Memorial S. at Parx moved Bodemeister into the top five on the 2016 First-Crop Sire list. The bay 2-year-old colt is the second stakes winner for his sire, joining Astoria S. winner Bode’s Dream. A sharp maiden winner in late August at Laurel Park, O Dionysus dropped […]
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