Category: General News

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Congrats got his second black type winner in as many days Sunday at Saratoga when Goin’ Good won the $120,000 Coronation Cup for her owner/breeder Klein Racing. The 3-year-old filly had finished second in a pair of stakes events earlier this year before getting her breakthrough win over a sloppy Saratoga main track. Originally scheduled […]

Bango has now won three straight stakes races after a commanding five-length win in Saturday’s $75,000 Good Lord S. at Ellis Park.  The 4-year-old Congrats colt won both the Kelly’s Landing S. and Aristides S. during the recently concluded Churchill Downs meet. Saturday’s win pushed his lifetime earnings over the half-million dollar mark, to $505,197, […]

Renaisance Frolic was up just in time to win Saturday’s $75,000 Mr. Steele S. at Gulfstream Park, coming four-wide into the stretch to win the 1 1/16-mile turf race by a nose. It was the third career stakes win for the son of Paynter, who has now earned $463,396 for Sir David Seale and trainer […]

Good Samaritan’s first yearling to sell at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July sale in Kentucky brought a top bid of $100,000 from Gary Broad, agent for Walmac Farm.  Hip No. 3, consigned by Gainesway, agent, is a bay colt out of Casey’s Irish Pride and is a half-brother to track record-setter and Grade 3 winner Proforma. This […]

Christmas delivered another solid performance in Friday’s $75,000 Tah Dah S. at Belterra Park to win her first stakes and remain undefeated in her first two starts. The gray/roan daughter of Constitution is owned by Michael Lewis and Winblaze LLC, the latter also the filly’s breeder. After getting off a beat slow, Christmas came between […]