Category: General News

Stonestreet Stables’ Dynamite Charge was flawless in her Santa Anita Park maiden special weight debut on July 4, coming home a 4 1/4-length winner while giving her sire Super Saver his fourth TDN Rising Star. The Doug O’Neill trainee was in a bit of a speed duel early on in the 5 1/2-furlong contest, but […]

Haveyougoneaway unleashed a powerful stretch move under Kendric Carmouche in Sunday’s $100,000 Dancin Renee S. at Belmont Park to score by 2 3/4-lengths, the fourth stakes victory for the 5-year-old daughter of Congrats. A perennial leading sire of winners, Congrats once again leads all stallions in the category in 2016, with 101 to date, which […]

Speightstown’s incredibly consistent mare Tarty to the Party kicked in late in the $100,000 Saylorville S. at Prairie Meadows racetrack to win the six-furlong contest by a head in a three-horse photo (VIDEO). The 6-year-old has finished first or second in 24 of her 41 lifetime starts. She is Speightstown’s ninth stakes winner this year, […]

Hargeisa scored a two-length victory in the Premio Primi Passi (G3) at Milan Racecourse in Italy on June 26 to run her record to a perfect 2-for-2. The 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown is one of nine stakes winners this year by her sire, who now has a total of 73 lifetime black type winners. Hargeisa, […]

Find Joy found her best stride in the final furlong of Sunday’s $50,000 Kent S. at Emerald Downs, powering past Brookys Star for a 1 1/4-length victory. The 3-year-old filly is the first stakes winner for Drosselmeyer, who has also accounted for a pair of graded stakes-placed winners and Rushaway S. runner-up Virtual Machine in […]

WinStar Farm’s homebred 3-year-old colt American Patriot tallied an eye-catching three length victory on the Belmont Park inner turf course on Saturday, possibly setting up the lightly-raced colt for a return to stakes company this summer. Trained by Todd Pletcher, American Patriot was content to set behind a loose-on-the-lead Kasseopia (GB), who was still in […]

Colonel John’s debuting 2-year-old filly You Know Too turned in one of the most impressive juvenile performances this year Thursday at Delaware Park, romping to a six-length maiden special weight victory under a hand ride. Breaking from the outside in the field of six, You Know Too grabbed the lead early on, was hustled to […]

Bahama Halo and Noble Ready completed a More Than Ready stallion exacta in a six-furlong Belmont Park maiden special weight race on June 22. The WinStar stallion leads all active sires of 2-year-olds in 2016 with six winners to date. Also annually  near the top of the General Sire list, More Than Ready ranks in […]

Open Arms chalked up an eye-catching victory in her June 19 debut in a seven-furlong maiden special weight contest at Churchill Downs, clearing off late to score by 1 3/4-lengths. A 3-year-old daughter of Super Saver trained by Ian Wilkes, Open Arms overcame a four-wide trip on the turn to win convincingly in 1:23 1/5 […]

Full Salute took to the Monmouth Park turf course Sunday and came away with a one-length victory in the $60,000 Select S., the third added-money victory for the 3-year-old Speightstown colt. The chestnut speedster sat just off the early pace before assuming command with a furlong to run, holding off Easy River to complete the […]