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Congrats’ graded stakes-winning filly Venus Valentine drew post 10 of 14 3-year-old fillies in Friday’s $1 million Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. The filly is one of nine stakes winners, including three graded winners, sired by Congrats this year. Trained by Tom Amoss for owner/breeder Rosemont Farm, Venus Valentine earned her way into the Oaks […]

Weekend Hideaway, already a five-time stakes-winning son of Speightstown, made it six black type wins on Friday at Belmont Park when the 6-year-old scored a handy 2 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Affirmed Success S. on opening day of the Spring/Summer meet. Off since an uncharacteristic performance in the Mr. Prospector S. (G3) in December, […]

Led by a $550,000 colt, Gemologist topped all First-Crop sires at OBS April 19-22 Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training with an average price of $161,786. The WinStar stallion had a total of 14 lots sell for a gross of $2,265,000, which was the highest figure for all sires at the 4-day auction.  Gemologist’s sales-best […]

Colonel John had one of the top offerings during the final day of the OBS April 19-22 Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, a $375,000 filly purchased by East/West Stable. The filly, hip No. 1060, was consigned by Winners Circle Stable, agent and is out of the graded stakes-placed Chester House mare Listen, who is […]

First-Crop sire Gemologist set the high-water mark during Day 2 of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training with a $550,000 colt secured by winning bidders David Ingordo and Peter Eurton’s L.E.B. Consigned by Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock and cataloged as hip No. 564, the colt’s :10 second-flat breeze during the Under Tack Show […]

The sales results for leading sire Pioneerof the Nile remained strong during Day 1 of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training, with a colt by the WinStar stallion bringing $300,000 from winning bidders L. E. B./D. J./D. I. The colt, cataloged as hip No. 148 was consigned by Bobby Dodd, agent. The dark […]

A colt from the first-crop of Gemologist brought a winning bid of $170,000 during Day 1 of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training. The colt was consigned by Grassroots Training and Sales LLC, agent and cataloged as hip No. 41. The winning bidder for the bay juvenile was simply-named Team D. The colt […]

Modern dictated the pace throughout Sunday’s $50,000 Swift Thoroughbreds Inaugural S. to chalk up his fourth stakes victory, and sixth overall, in his 21 lifetime starts. The 6-year-old son of Tiznow has won or placed in nine stakes, and finished in the top three in two-thirds of his lifetime outings. Modern was the first foal […]

International super-star sire More Than Ready got his 18th Grade/Group 1 winner in Australia on Saturday when 2-year-old Prized Icon captured the $500,000 (AUS$) Champagne S. (G1) at Randwick Racecourse. With El Sicario running loose on the lead through the first half-mile, Prized Icon led the rest of the pack sitting in second. The front-runner […]

Cash Back kept her perfect record intact in Saturday’s $150,000 Instant Racing S. at Oaklawn Park, winning the six-furlong contest for 3-year-old fillies by two lengths to go four-for-four lifetime. The Congrats filly, a Bert Klein and Richard Klein homebred, was trying the main track for the first time after three turf wins, but had […]