One Liner, co-owned by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm, forged to the lead in mid-stretch and went on to a 1 1/2-length maiden special weight win Saturday afternoon at Saratoga. The 2-year-old colt, who was making his debut, was a $150,000 purchase for at the 2015 Keeneland January Sale. One Liner established a good […]
[ Read More ]Midnight Storm chalked up his second straight graded stakes victory in Sunday’s $250,000 Eddie Read S., winning by a half-length after controlling the pace from the beginning of the 1 1/8-mile turf contest. The 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile has now won four graded stakes and earned $981,110 for his owners Alex Venneri and […]
[ Read More ]Karula was making her racing debut, but lack of experience didn’t hold back the 2-year-old daughter of Colonel John, who rocketed to an 11-length victory in the $50,000 Angie C. S. Sunday at Emerald Downs. Karula’s ten foes all had at least one start to their credit, but when the gates opened, Karula had opened […]
[ Read More ]Making her debut Saturday at Del Mar, Morganite turned in a professional-looking performance to best a field of 10 2-year-old fillies by 1 1/2-lengths. The bay daughter of Gemologist won the five furlong contest in a very solid :58.13, stalking in second before surging to the front in the final quarter mile, easily holding off […]
[ Read More ]Mokarris’ commanding win in the Rose Bowl S. Friday at Newbury raceourse in England gave the 2-year-old More Than Ready colt his first stakes win in just his third lifetime start. A debut winner two back at Haydock in late May, Mokarris was always positioned well in the six-furlong Rose Bowl, which is run on […]
[ Read More ]A filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Paynter sold for $185,000 at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July sale, with Lansdowne Stable coming away the winning bidder. Cataloged as hip No. 260, the filly was consigned by Baccari Bloodstock. The bay juvenile is the second foal out of the stakes winner Indian Legend; her first […]
[ Read More ]Top sire Speightstown had the third highest-priced offering to sell at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July sale, with trainer Ken McPeek, agent for Fern Circle, paying $350,000 for the chestnut colt consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent. Cataloged as hip No. 338, the colt is the first foal produced by Por Que’ Te Quiero, an unraced daughter of […]
[ Read More ]Following a deluge of rain that caused a delay, WinStar Farm’s Dark Nile splashed to victory in the $300,000 Delaware Oaks (G3) at Delaware Park on Saturday, giving the 3-year-old daughter of Pioneerof the Nile her first graded stakes win. Pioneerof the Nile now has five graded stakes winners this year, and 15 lifetime, led […]
[ Read More ]Distorted Humor’s up-and-coming 3-year-old colt’s romp in the $100,000 Long Branch S. Saturday at Monmouth Park set the Larry Jones trainee up for a probable start in the track’s feature race: the $1 million Haskell Inv. (G1) on July 31. The Brereton Jones homebred, a half-brother to 2008 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Proud Spell, came […]
[ Read More ]WinStar stallion Overanalyze has seven horses cataloged in the upcoming Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale, one of the top numbers for freshman sires represented in the one-day auction. Among the offerings are hip 111, a colt from the same family as Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt Holy Bull; hip 305, a filly out […]
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