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Speightstown sires 30th stakes winner!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Speightstown sired his third stakes winner in 10 days, when Sum of the Parts earned a hard-fought victory in the $100,000 Tom Ridge S...
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Multiple GSW Cowtown Cat sires first winner
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Cowtown Cat became the first Florida freshman to sire a winner when his two-year-old filly Richie'slilcowgirl scored a debut win in the first race at Arlington Park on May 11...
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Speightstown filly wins stakes debut
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Going to Kukaro battled her way to a nose victory in the $85,000 Genuine Devotion S. May 12 at Belmont Park
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Morning Line wires field in G2 Mervyn LeRoy
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Morning Line returned from an eight month layoff to charge to a front-running, half-length victory in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy H. (G2)...
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Boisterous annexes G3 Fort Marcy S.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Boisterous made it four career stakes wins for the 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor with a one-length score in the $150,000 Fort Marcy...
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Pretension prevails in Canonero II S. battle
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Pretension came out on top in a three-way photo to collar the $75,000 Canonero II S. May 5 at Pimlico...
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Essence Hit Man strikes again in G3 Vigil S.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Essence Hit Man's front-running style proved too much once again for his foes as he rolled to a 3/4-length victory in Woodbine's $168,000 Vigil S. (G3)...
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Tiznow filly rolls by 6 ½ in Heatheren S.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
In her stakes debut, Cash for Clunkers splashed to a 6 3/4-length victory in the $90,000 Heatherten S...
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Endorsement tops in G3 Texas Mile
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Despite a less than ideal trip, Casner Racing LP's Endorsement scored a come-from-behind victory in the $200,000 Texas Mile (G3) on April 28 at Lone Star Park. The 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor,...
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All Squared Away's big Lexington surprise
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Bellamy Road's All Squared Away pulled off the biggest upset of the 2012 Triple Crown trail with a 70-1 shocker in the Grade 3, $200,000 Lexington S...
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Harlan's Holiday colts top OBS Day 1
Monday, April 23, 2012
WinStar Farm stallion Harlan's Holiday had two of the top five priced horses sold at the first day of the OBS April Select 2-year-old sale...
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Blingo shines in Santa Anita's La Puente S.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Three-year-old Blingo became Artie Schiller's newest stakes winner on April 20 with a half-length score in the $76,500 La Puente S. on the turf course at Santa Anita Park...
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Harlan's Holiday 2yo rolls at Big A
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The first 2-year-old race of 2012 in New York went to a sharp-looking Harlan's Holiday colt April 19 at Aqueduct...
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Town Prize crushes field in $150K Woodstock
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Town Prize dismissed his foes with a runaway 5 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Woodstock S. April 15 at Woodbine...
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Alternation scores Oaklawn Park stakes trifecta with Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap win
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Alternation continued his dominance of the older male category at Oaklawn Park in the biggest race of the meet with front-running, 2 1/2-length victory in the $400,000 Oaklawn H.(G2)...
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Artie Schiller adds to growing black-type list
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Sadir, a 4-year-old colt by Artie Schiller, emerged victorious in the Classic Augusto Maggiolo Cavenecia S. at Peru's leading racetrack...
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Gavel falls at Kee for $270K Tiznow juvenile
Monday, April 09, 2012
A Tiznow colt went for $270,000 at the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds, one of the top 12 sale prices...
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Speightstown colt brings $560K at Keeneland
Monday, April 09, 2012
A dark bay colt by Speightstown was one of the Keeneland April 2yo auction highlights, selling for the $560,000, the second-highest price of the sale.
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Essence Hit Man repeats in Cartier S.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Essence Hit Man, fresh off being named Canada's 2011 champion sprinter earlier in the week, captured the $168,300 Jacques Cartier S. for the second year in a row...
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Laurie's Rocket takes off in $75K Bachelor S.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Bluegrass Cat's 3-year-old colt Laurie's Rocket kicked into high gear in the Oaklawn Park stretch to win the $75,000 Bachelor S...
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Gemologist takes $1 million Wood Memorial (G1) to remain undefeated
Saturday, April 07, 2012
WinStar Farms' Gemologist ran his undefeated streak to a perfect five-for-five with stirring stretch run to capture the Wood Memorial (G1)...
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Canadian champion for Speightstown
Friday, April 06, 2012
Essence Hit Man, a 5-year-old son of Speightstown, was recently named Canada's 2011 Sovereign Award winner for the male sprinter category...
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Artie Schiller offspring rack up Group stakes double in Australia
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Top American third-crop sire Artie Schiller's reputation as an international stallion continues to grow with a Australian Group stakes double on the final day of March...
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Bluegrass Cat colt gets stakes win in Peru
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Bluegrass Indy got his first career stakes win recently in Peru, taking the 1,200 meter Clasico Junta Ejecutora at Monterrico racetrack...
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Distorted Humor colts sells for $1.2 million
Monday, March 26, 2012
A chestnut son of Distorted Humor hammered for $1.2 million at the March 26 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale of 2-year-olds...
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Advice retired to New Vocations
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Kentucky Derby starter Advice, winner of the 2009 Lexington S. (G2), has been retired. The six-year-old gelding was purchased privately by WinStar Farm and Barry & Shari Eisaman of Eisaman Equine Services...
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Tiz Miz Sue all business in G3 Azeri S.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tiz Miz Sue's powerful stretch run carried the 5-year-old daughter of Tiznow to a three length victory in the $150,000 Azeri S...
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Gemologist scintillating in 2012 debut; on the road to the Triple Crown
Friday, March 16, 2012
WinStar Farm's Gemologist took his first step on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) March 16 at Gulfstream Park, winning with devastating ease by seven lengths over Grade 1 winner Currency Swap...
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Artie Schiller sires top filly at Magic Millions
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A yearling daughter of Artie Schiller from the immediate family of dual Classic winner Little Current topped the second session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Wednesday, March 14 in Adelaide, South Australia...
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Alternation shows his love for Oaklawn again in Grade 3 Razorback Handicap
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Alternation made it two stakes wins in a row at Oaklawn Park on March 10 with a front-running victory in the $125,000 Razorback H. (G3). The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Feb. 4 $100,000 Essex H...
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1st mares in foal for Drosselmeyer, 'Sidney's'
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Drosselmeyer and Sidney's Candy, a pair of Grade 1-winning millionaires new to the WinStar Farm stallion ranks for 2012, each had their first respective mares pronounced in foal...
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Doubles Partner triumphs in G3 Canadian
Sunday, March 04, 2012
WinStar Farm's Doubles Partner returned to the races on Saturday with a win in the Grade 3 Canadian Turf at Gulfstream Park...
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Do It All garners G2 Zabeel Mile
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Do It All became Distorted Humor's 109th career stakes winner on March 1 with a front-running victory in the $250,000 Zabeel Mile...
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Country Day best in $75K Colonel Power
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Country Day sauntered to a one-length victory in Fair Grounds' $75,000 Colonel Power S. on Feb. 25...
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Summer Applause on Oaks trail after Silverbulletday triumph
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Harlan's Holiday could have a filly on her way to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in the name of Summer Applause...
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VIDEO: Foal standing for first time
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
It's easy to point out negatives in our industry, but moments such as the one recently captured on video at WinStar Farm remind us of why we love this game...
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Ellafitz gets third straight stakes win in Grade 2 Santa Maria S.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Ellafitz continued on her stakes-winning tear with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Santa Maria S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park...
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Bluegrass Cat colt get first stakes win
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Pretension forged to the lead a furlong from the wire to go on to a 1 1/4-length win $75,000 Sweet Envoy S. Feb. 11...
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Mendip gets back-to-back wins in G2 Maktoum Challenge
Friday, February 10, 2012
Mendip came from the back of the pack to score an authoritative 1 1/2-length victory in the $250,000, Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Feb. 9...
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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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