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Alternation tops big day for Distorted Humor
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Alternation, making his first start since October, returned to the races with a easy-as-it-looked 3 1/2-length win in the $100,000 Essex H. at Oaklawn Park...
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Mr. Commons weaves his way to G2 Arcadia S. victory
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Despite not getting an ideal trip, Mr. Commons showed his class in the final furlong of the $150,000 Arcadia S. (G2) to give the 4-year-old son of Artie Schiller his second straight stakes victory...
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Dance to Bristol waltzes at Laurel Park
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Copperville Farm's Dance to Bristol scored an easy win in Laurel Park's $100,000 Marshua S. for 3-year-old fillies...
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Endorsement 'stakes ready' after GP alw win
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Distorted Humor's Endorsement continued his comeback with a track record-setting performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park...
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First foal arrives for MGSW Hold Me Back
Monday, January 30, 2012
Multiple graded stakes winner Hold Me Back sired his first reported foal on Jan. 23 when a chestnut filly was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, KY...
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Riley Tucker reigns in King Cotton S.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Veteran sprinter Riley Tucker won a spirited duel to take the $50,000 King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Park by 1 1/4-lengths on Jan. 28...
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Champion Summer Bird sires first foal
Friday, January 27, 2012
Three-time Grade 1 winner and Champion 3-year-old Summer Bird sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a colt was born at Fred Hertrich's Watercress Farm in Paris, KY...
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Super Saver's First Foals
Friday, January 27, 2012
2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver is siring SUPER FOALS. See them at www.superfoals.com.
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KY Derby winner Super Saver sires first foal
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver sired his first reported foal over the weekend when a chestnut filly was born at the Versailles-based WinStar Farm – also the home of Super Saver...
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Ellafitz dominates in Paseana Handicap
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Ellafitz rolled to a 4 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Paseana H. Jan. 15 at Santa Anita Park...
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Drosselmeyer's Breeders' Cup Classic win named NTRA “Moment of the Year”
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The come-from-behind victory by WinStar Farm's Drosselmeyer over Game on Dude in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) was voted the 2011 National Thoroughbred Racing Association "Moment of the Year"...
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Drosselmeyer ranked 1st in world on dirt
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
When the final 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings were released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities on Jan. 10, Drosselmeyer was the top ranked dirt horse at 124 pounds...
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Colonel John, U S Ranger shine with first yearlings at KEEJAN
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
WinStar's young stallions Colonel John and U S Ranger hit the bull's eye with their first short yearlings at the Keeneland January Sale...
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A Look Back at 2011
Monday, January 02, 2012
We reflect on another wonderful year on the farm and for our fantastic breeders, check it out!
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Distorted Humor tops $10M mark in '11
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Distorted Humor, the nation's leading sire in terms of progeny earnings with over $10 million, added to his impressive total on Dec. 3...
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Half-sis to Super Saver delivers Big A
Friday, December 30, 2011
WinStar Farm's homebred 2-year-old filly Lisa T., a half-sister to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) champ Super Saver, joined the winners' ranks with a game head victory Dec. 30...
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Now 19 SWs for Distorted Humor in '11
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Al Muhtasib scored a 3 1/4-length, gate to wire victory in the $75,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial H...
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Artie Schiller exacta in G2 Sir Beaufort
Monday, December 26, 2011
Even-money favorite Mr. Commons and Irish Art wrapped up an Artie Schiller exact in the Grade 2 Sir Beaufort S. Dec. 26 on opening day of the Santa Anita Park winter meet...
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Toby's Corner on comeback trail
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Toby's Corner, the 3-year-old son of Bellamy Road who won the Grade 1 Wood Memorial this spring, had his first workout in several months as he prepares to return to the races...
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Speightstown filly wins $75K Sandpiper S.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Quick Flip, a 2-year-old filly by Speightstown, got her first career stakes win Dec. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs...
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Summer Bird - the Fastest 3YO at two turns to enter stud in 2011
Friday, December 09, 2011
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Hammers Terror nails FG allowance
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Hammers Terror made it two in a row with a sharp-looking allowance win Dec. 8 at Fair Grounds...
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WinStar to auction racing memorabilia
Thursday, December 08, 2011
This Christmas season, WinStar Farm has announced it will auction some of the farm's most historic racing memorabilia this Friday to benefit the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.
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Speightstown juvy wins Pandera S. at Aqu
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Dance to Bristol became Speightstown's latest stakes winner on Dec. 7 with a hard-fought nose victory...
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Sabercat Adds Fangs to Bluegrass Cat
Monday, December 05, 2011
After a 10-year wait, the grand opening of Aqueduct’s racetrack casino came in October. The impact on racing and breeding in New York has been immediate and dramatic...
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Ellafitz wires field in Grade 2 Bayakoa Handicap
Sunday, December 04, 2011
The 4-year-old Tiznow filly Ellafitz sprang right to the front out of the gate and cruised to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Bayakoa H. Dec. 5 at Hollywood Park...
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A Shin Cool D gets fourth SW of 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
A Shin Cool D, Distorted Humor's second leading earner of 2011, racked up her fourth added money score this year in Japan on Nov. 25...
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Gemologist stays perfect in G2 win at CD
Saturday, November 26, 2011
WinStar Farm's Gemologist ran his record to a perfect 3-for-3 with a 1 3/4-length win in the $150,000 Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs...
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Artie Schiller 2yo rolls in turf debut
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Blingo looked like another Artie Schiller runner with a promising turf future after flying home late to win his career bow...
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Lovely Lil best in G2 Go for Wand H.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Tiznow's 4-year-old daughter Lovely Lil got her first career graded stakes win Nov. 25 in Aqueduct's Grade 2, $150,000 Go for Wand H...
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Speightstown colt wins second straight stakes
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Poseidon's Warrior coasted to a 3 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Le Bagoter S. at Penn National on Nov. 23...
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Essence Hit Man continues Woodbine roll
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Essence Hit Man got his fifth career stakes win and first graded victory in the Nov. 19 Kennedy Road S. (G3) at Woodbine Racecourse...
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Sabercat strikes gold in $1M Delta Jackpot (G3)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Making his graded stakes debut, Sabercat rolled to a four-length victory in the $1 million Delta Jackpot S. (G3) on Nov. 19...
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Drosselmeyer retired, to stand at WinStar for $17,500
Friday, November 18, 2011
Plans for recent Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) champion Drosselmeyer were finalized on Friday, and the 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor has been retired and will stand in 2012 at WinStar Farm for a fee of $17,500...
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First Down Under SW for Artie Schiller
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Artie Schiller was represented by his first Australian bred stakes-winner on Nov. 12...
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Gerry Duffy named stallion seasons director
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Gerry Duffy has been named stallion seasons director at WinStar Farm, it was announced by the farm Saturday. Duffy comes to WinStar after working on the stallion nominations team at Darley America for the last five years...
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WinStar Farm sets 2012 stud fees
Friday, November 11, 2011
WinStar Farm announced 2012 fees for its expanded roster of stallions, led by North America's Leading Sire Distorted Humor who will stand for $100,000 stands and nurses and will breed an exclusive book of only 100 mares this upcoming season...
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U S Ranger weanling hits $190,000 mark at Keeneland November sale
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Two-time champion U S Ranger logged his first six-figure weanling at auction at Keeneland's November sale on Nov. 10 with hip No. 925, a bay colt, selling for $190,000...
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Tiznow mare tops Kee day 3 at $1.85M
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The broodmare Quiet Now was easily the highest price of the third session of the Keeneland 2011 breeding stock sale...
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Colonel John six figure Keeneland weanlings
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
A pair of weanlings colts from the first crop of WinStar stallion Colonel John topped the six figure mark during day 3 of the Nov. 7-17 Keeneland November sale...
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Classic win opens options for Drosselmeyer
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
WinStar Farm will make a decision on the future of recent Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) hero Drosselmeyer some time next week, the farm reported on Wednesday...
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$400K mare in foal to Summer Bird at Kee
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
The first mare in foal to Summer Bird offered at auction brought welcome price of $400,000 at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale...
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G2 Red Smith goes to Boisterous
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Boisterous, a 4-year-old Distorted Humor colt, came with a strong stretch drive to close out his 2011 campaign with an emphatic two-length victory in the $150,000 Red Smith H. (G2)...
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Drosselmeyer wins BC Classic for WinStar
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Drosselmeyer's win in the $5 million Breeder's Cup Classic (G1) on Nov. 5 was doubling pleasing for WinStar Farm, who owns the 4-year-old colt and also stands his sire Distorted Humor...
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Colonel John First Recruits contest winner announced
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Gary Smith of English Range Farm in Ocala, FL won the Colonel John First Recruits contest after his weanling colt – “Recruit No. 10” – had received the most votes at the close of the contest on Nov. 1...
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Irish Art crafty in his stakes debut
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Artie Schiller's 3-year-old colt Irish Art proved easily best with a 3 1/4-length win in his stakes debut in the $75,840 Uniformity S. at Santa Anita Park...
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My Bellamy earns first career stakes win
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Three-year-old My Bellamy won the the $88,750 Frances Slocum S. Oct. 23 at Hoosier Park for her first career stakes win...
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Haynesfield takes $200K Empire Classic
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Haynesfield made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Oct.22...
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Hammers Terror strikes in Keeneland maiden
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Artie Schiller added Keeneland maiden special weight Hammers Terror to the growing list of winners for the top-10 second crop sire...
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Princess Cecilia gets third career stakes win
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Sharp Humor's Princess Cecilia, a two-times stakes winner in 2010 as a juvenile, got her first added money win of this year...
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Harlan's Holiday 3yo routes in Hawthorne Derby (G3)
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Willcox Inn got his third stakes win of 2011 in the $200,000 Hawthorne Derby (G3), dominating the 1 1/8 mile turf race by 4 1/2-lengths...
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Boisterous triumphs in G3 Knickerbocker
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Boisterous picked up his second stakes win of 2011 on Oct. 15 at Belmont Park in the $100,000 Knickerbocker S. (G3)...
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Poseidon's Warrior rules $75K New Castle S.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Poseidon's Warrior, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, controlled the pace throughout the six furlong, $75,000 New Castle S...
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Baker accepts GM duties at WinStar
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Chris Baker has accepted the position of General Manager at WinStar Farm, it was announced on Tuesday, Oct. 11th...
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Speightstown filly wins rough Stormy West S.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Exchange Funds avoided the trouble in deep stretch and was rewarded with a victory in the $60,000 Stormy West S...
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Leave of Absence comes home first
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Harlan's Holiday got his third winner of the weekend when Leave of Absence fought his way to a neck victory in a three-horse photo finish...
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Bellamy Brew conjures up Belmont win
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Bellamy Brew dug deep in the final furlong to win his career debut at Belmont Park on Oct. 7...
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Harlan's Holiday colt gavels for $180K
Thursday, October 06, 2011
A yearling by Harlan's Holiday brought $180,000 at the Oct. 4-5 Fasig-Tipton Fall Yearlings sale at Timonium, Md...
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Cissell leaves WinStar
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Tony Cissell is leaving his post as General Manager of WinStar Farm, it was announced late Thursday...
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Speightstown gets SW #10 of 2011
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Indian Pond emerged from a tight pack at the head of the stretch to win the $150,000 Carotene S. on Oct. 2 at Woodbine Racecourse...
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Sabercat rolls by 6 in Garden State S.
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Sabercat kicked clear in the final furlong to lock up a six length victory in the $75,000 Garden State S. Oct. 2 at Monmouth Park...
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Bellamy Jones best in $87k Hoosier S.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Bellamy Jones locked up his second career stakes win at Hoosier Park with a handy 3 3/4-length score in the $87,850 Hoosier Breeders' Sophomore...
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Drosselmeyer tops $1M in earnings
Saturday, October 01, 2011
WinStar Farm's Drosselmeyer, winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes, finished a fast-closing second in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Oct 1. at Belmont Park...
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Artie Schiller firster rolls at Woodbine
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Actionontwo got it right on her first take, as the 2-year-old daughter of Artie Schiller drew off to a 2 3/4-length win in her debut...
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Katy Now captures first stakes win
Friday, September 30, 2011
Katy Now broke into the ranks of stakes winners with a 2 3/4-length victory in the $60,000 Dispute S. Sept. 30 at Belmont Park...
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Bluegrass Cat to New York as Vinery/WinStar Venture
Friday, September 30, 2011
Vinery Ltd. partnered with WinStar Farm to stand leading second-crop sire Bluegrass Cat at its New York operation at Sugar Maple Farm in 2012...
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WinStar offers Tiznow season to any filly or mare that wins BC Classic
Friday, September 30, 2011
On the 10-year anniversary of Tiznow becoming the only horse to win back-to-back Breeders' Cup Classics, WinStar is offering a complimentary season to Tiznow for any filly or mare that wins the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)...
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Distorted Humor WinStar KY Cup Distaff (G3) top 3 finishers select stallion seasons
Sunday, September 25, 2011
In addition to earning black type, the top three finishers in the $100,000 Distorted Humor WinStar Kentucky Cup Distaff were awarded a stallion season each to one of three WinStar stallions: Colonel John, Hold Me Back, and Super Saver...
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Grade 2 WinStar Kentucky Cup highlights Turfway Park's Day of Champions
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The $200,000 WinStar Kentucky Cup (G2) is the marqee race on Turfway Park's rechristened Kentucky Cup Day of Champions on Sat., Sept. 24...
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Unbridled Humor tops G3 Noble Damsel
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Stalking a fast pace suited Unbridled Humor to a tee as the 4-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor tallied her first graded stakes win in the $100,000 Noble Damsel S...
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Distorted Humor filly sells for $600,000 at KEE SEPT
Monday, September 12, 2011
Day two of the Keeneland September yearling sale saw a filly by Distorted Humor bring a final bid of $600,000...
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WinStar named TOBA owner of the year
Saturday, September 10, 2011
WinStar Farm has been named 2010 national owner of the year by the Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association...
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Shot Gun Pennie triumphs in Lady Finger S.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Shot Gun Pennie blew right out of the gate and never looked back as the 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown cruised to a 1 1/2-length win $135,325 Lady Finger S...
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Sabercat all heart in maiden score
Monday, September 05, 2011
Bluegrass Cat's Sabercat dueled the entire way through a one mile maiden race to prevail by a half length for a well-deserved victory...
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Debut win for Distorted Humor $2M sale grad
Monday, September 05, 2011
Distorted Humor's 2-year-old colt Forward March , a $2.05 million Keeneland September yearling sales grad, debuted with an eye-catching five length win...
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Norm's Passion turns up heat at Del Mar
Monday, September 05, 2011
Norm's Passion, a 2-year-old Artie Schiller colt, cruised to a sharp-looking 4 1/4-length victory at Del Mar...
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Bellamy Road colt graduates at Del Mar
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Hurry Home Clover was a smart looking 1 1/4-length winner in a Del Mar maiden 2-year-old race...
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Distorted Humor 2YO tops British Group 3
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Distorted Humor's 2-year-old daughter Shumoos finished with a determined run to annex her first stakes win in the Group 3 Sirenia S...
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Wine Police adds to Speightstown's SWs
Friday, September 02, 2011
Speightstown's eighth stakes winner of 2011 came at Saratoga on Sept. 2 when Wine Police made a last-to-first move to win the $75,000 Distorted Humor...
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Zow zips to Saratoga stakes win for 'Cat'
Friday, September 02, 2011
Bluegrass Cat's 2-year-old colt Zow handled the jump from a maiden race to a stake with style to take the $75,000 Gold and Roses S...
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'Artie' runners go the distance on turf
Friday, September 02, 2011
Champion grass horse and Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) winner Artie Schiller was a natural on the turf, and many of his offspring are proving just as adept on the green...
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Artie's Love shows style in maiden romp
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Artie Schiller, a top-10 second crop sire in Kentucky, had a good-looking maiden winner Sept. 1 at Hoosier Park...
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Distorted Humor mare keeps rolling in Japan
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A Shin Cool D, the eighth million dollar earner for Distorted Humor, won her third stakes in her last four starts...
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Artie Schiller filly makes the grade in Colleen S. (G3)
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Artie Schiller's Anne's Beauty won her second consecutive stakes at Woodbine on Aug. 27, taking the $152,805 Ontario Colleen S. (G3)...
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Speightstown's Japanese star wins again
Monday, August 22, 2011
Do Slice won his second stakes in two weeks in Japan on Aug. 15 when the 5-year-old romped by six lengths...
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SW #7 of 2011 for Tiznow
Monday, August 22, 2011
Lovely Lil got her first career stakes win in the $75,000 Union Avenue S. Aug. 22 at Saratoga to become the seventh stakes winner of the year for her sire Tiznow...
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Bridgetown all class in Saratoga's Troy S.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Bridgetown's emphatic 6 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 Troy S. Aug. 17 at Saratoga gave the 4-year-old son of Speightstown his second stakes win of 2011...
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Colonel John's first foals contest launched
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
WinStar Farm has launched a campaign to promote the first crop of foals from their multiple Grade 1-winning stallion Colonel John. The campaign, dubbed “First Recruits”, features a contest using Facebook where the general public can cast votes – by clicking the “Like” button – on photos of 32 Colonel John foals that were selected by an expert panel...
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Savvy reigns ‘Supreme’ in Monmouth Oaks
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Making her two-turn debut, WinStar color-bearer Savvy Supreme strode to a commanding victory in the 87th running of the Monmouth Oaks (G3) on August 12.
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Fairy tale debut for $540,000 2-year-old
Friday, August 12, 2011
Tales of Grimm, a Distorted Humor colt who was the sale topper at the 2011 Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale, broke his maiden in his career bow today at Newbury, England.
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Distorted Humor sires eighth millionaire
Thursday, August 11, 2011
A Shin Cool D became the eighth career millionaire for Distorted Humor, when she won a Listed race in Japan on August 4th...
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WinStar-bred colt is Saratoga Sale Topper
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
A half-brother to 2010 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver, already named Superfection, was the highest-priced yearling of the Saratoga Selected Sale, selling to Sheikh Mohammed for $1.2 million...
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Harlan's Holiday filly romps in Iowa Oaks
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Someplace Else took off in the lane and galloped home to a 5 1/4-length victory in the $75,000 Iowa Breeders' Oaks...
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Tizway rolls to three length win in Grade 1 Whitney
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Tizway took control coming into the stretch en route to a comfortable three length victory in the $750,000 Whitney H. (G1) Aug. 6 at Saratoga...
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Modern Cowboy best in $125K WV Gov S.
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Tiznow's Modern Cowboy finished strongly in the final quarter mile to win the $125,000 West Virginia Governor's S. at Mountaineer Park...
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WinStar sponsorship returns Kentucky Cup to Turfway Park
Friday, August 05, 2011
The Kentucky Cup Day of Champions will return to the Turfway Park fall schedule this year and for the first time will run under sponsorship. WinStar Farm has assumed presenting sponsorship for the day...
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Rule outgames Sangaree in Birdstone S.
Thursday, August 04, 2011
WinStar Farm LLC's homebred colt Rule proved best by a neck in the $75,000 Birdstone S. Aug. 4 at Saratoga...
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Bellamy Road arrives at WinStar
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
WinStar Farm welcomed three of its four newly acquired stallions Tuesday, as Bellamy Road, Summer Bird and U S Ranger arrived at their new residence at the Versailles-based farm...
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Sidney's Candy finds Saratoga to his liking in G2 Fourstardave S.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Making his first start for WinStar Farm, Sidney's Candy gave his new owners plenty to smile about with a front-running, 1 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Fourstardave S. (G2)...
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Speightstown adds SW to 2011 tally
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Poseidon's Warrior was razor-sharp in his 6 1/4-length win in the $100,000 East Hanover S. July 30 at Penn National...
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