Category: General News

Frostmourne overcomes eventful trip to register first stakes win

Frostmourne was much the best in the $100,000 Awad S. over the Belmont Park lawn on Saturday despite the 2-year-old Speightstown colt repeatedly having to steady before shaking clear in upper stretch to register his first stakes win. After easily winning his debut on Sept. 3 at Saratoga, Frostmourne had an eventful trip in the […]

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Sidney’s Candy to remain in Argentina at Haras La Pasion

Grade 1-winning millionaire Sidney’s Candy will remain at Ricardo Benedicto’s Haras La Pasion in Argentina to take up permanent residence and stand stud during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.   The 9-year-old son of Candy Ride (Arg) had been shuttling to Haras La Pasion, which is located in the Providence of Buenos Aires, the last […]

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Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) looms for Tourist

Tiznow’s Grade 1-winning millionaire Tourist has been pre-entered in the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Park, his third consecutive start in the $2 million contest. Tourist is the latest Grade 1 winner and millionaire for Tiznow, who is still the only two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). He has […]

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Haveyougoneaway pre-entered in Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1)

Congrats’, North America’s leading sire of winners in 2016, will have a starter in the Breeders’ Cup for the third consecutive year when Haveyougoneaway contests the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Haveyougoneaway earned her way into the race with a rousing win in the Ballerina S. (G1) […]

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Runhappy aims for second straight Breeders’ Cup victory

Super Saver’s 2015 Champion Sprinter and Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Runhappy returns in this year’s Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park. Runhappy will try to join a small and select group that has won two different Breeders’ Cup races when he starts in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), race 7 […]

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Trio of Breeders’ Cup entries for More Than Ready

More Than Ready, already the sire of three Breeders’ Cup winners, could double that total in this year’s  Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park. A win by Miss Southern Miss is the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) would give her sire his second winner in the race, joining 2010 winner More Than Real. […]

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Theory and Yellow Agate Gemologist’s first Breeders’ Cup entries

Leading First-Crop sire Gemologist will be represented by a pair of juveniles in this year’s Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park. Currently ranked second on the Freshman Sire list, Gemologist will have Yellow Agate in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), while Theory is slated for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Yellow […]

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Ironicus and Joking highlight Distorted Humor’s Breeders’ Cup entries

Two of Distorted Humor’s 18 Grade 1 winners were pre-entered for this year’s Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park. Ironicus will be part of the full field of 14 runners in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), which drew an overflow field of 23 horses. Ironicus, a Stuart Janney III homebred, […]

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Drosselmeyer to remain in Brazil at Stud TNT

Drosselmeyer, one of only eight horses to win an American Classic and the Breeders’ Cup Classic, has been purchased by Stud TNT and will remain in Brazil to stand stud.  The 9-year-old son of Distorted Humor had been shuttling to Stud TNT the last five Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons after standing each Northern Hemisphere breeding […]

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$210K Bodemeister colt day 2 at F-T October

A $210,000 colt by Bodemeister was one of the top sellers halfway through the Tuesday session of the Oct. 24-26 Fasig-Tipton Yearling sale in central Kentucky. Woods Edge Farm, agent, consigned hip No. 574, which went to Cicada Stable. The dark bay is the second foal out of the Congrats mare Stop the Wedding, who […]

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