Category: General News

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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Speightster filly overcomes trouble for second stakes win

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 […]

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Americanrevolution blitzes foes in $250,000 Albany S.

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. […]

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Speightstown’s undefeated Carribean Caper annexes Audubon Oaks

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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Exaggerator’s Pacific Coast rolls to half-dozen length stakes win

Pacific Coast powered away from the field at the top of the stretch en route to a blowout win in Saturday’s $100,000 Miss Ohio S. at Thistledown. The 2-year-old is the second stakes winner in the past two days for Exaggerator, who is the leading Second-Crop sire of 2021 with 45 individual winners to date. […]

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Outwork filly keeps her record perfect in Del Mar’s CTBA Stakes

At the Spa is still undefeated after a gritty performance in the $100,000 CTBA S. on Aug. 5 at Del Mar, winning a three-horse photo by a neck in the 5 1/2-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies. Prior to Thursday, At the Spa collected two wins at Santa Anita, a seven-length maiden special weight win and […]

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Tourist filly finds a home on the Del Mar turf

Into Touring scored a decisive turf maiden special weight win on Aug. 1 at Del Mar, coming from well off the pace to win the one-mile race for 2-year-old fillies by a length. She is the 29th winner this year for Tourist, who, along with his 37 wins, ranks in the top 10 on the […]

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Lexitonian adds to Speightstown’s legacy in Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1)

Speightstown got his 22nd lifetime Grade 1 winner Saturday at Saratoga when Lexitonian won the $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1) in an extremely game effort. Lexitonian is Speightstown’s seventh lifetime Grade 1 winner at the historic Saratoga meet and coincidentally his sire’s seventh graded winner of 2021. Currently third on this year’s General Sire […]

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Americanrevolution a big winner in New York Derby

Constitution’s 3-year-old colt Americanrevolution turned the $150,000 New York Derby into a one-horse race in the stretch as he strutted to a 7 1/4-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile affair at Finger Lakes on July 19. With a June 20 maiden win under his belt, Americanrevolution was the overwhelming favorite for trainer Todd Pletcher. He […]

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