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Speightstown GSW Dances to 5th Straight Win

Dance to Bristol sped to a new stakes record today, winning her first Graded stakes in the...

Speightstown filly a back-to-back SW at BEL

Speightstown’s 4-year-old filly Munnings Sister, a full sister to the talented Munnings, earned her second straight stakes victory at Belmont Park with a front-running win in the $85,000 Smart and Fancy S. on Thursday...

Fast Bullet newest GSW for Speightstown

Speightstown's son Fast Bullet emulated his sire, speeding gate to wire to win the $400,000 True...

Dance to Bristol easily in $100K Skipat S.

Speightstown's speedy 4-year-old filly Dance to Bristol was an easy winner in Friday's $100,000 Skipat S. at Pimlico Race Course...

Golden Ticket takes Churchill feature

Speightstown's Grade 1 winner Golden Ticket scored a sharp victory in the May 2 feature race at Churchill Downs...

Essence Hit Man treble in Cartier S.

Speightstown's venerable sprinter Essence Hit Man won the $169,200 Jacques Cartier S. for the third straight year Saturday at Woodbine...

Munnings Sister triumphs in Gold Princess S.

Munnings Sister gave Speightstown his second stakes winner in as many days with a half-length victory in Sunday's $85,000 Gold Princess S...

Stakes double for Speightstown

Dance to Bristol was in top form Saturday night at Charles Town Races, running away to a facile nine length victory in the $200,000 Sugar Maple S...

Essence Hit Man repeats as Canadian champ

For the second straight year Speightstown's Canadian sprint star Essence Hit Man was named the Sovereign Award winner...

Fearsome steps clear in Charles Town Dash

Fearsome's three-length win in the $50,000 Charles Town Dash H. on Saturday night kicked off a stakes daily double for his sire Speightstown...

Burban stirs up stakes win at Aqueduct

Speightstown, America's second-leading sire of 2013, got another stakes winner on Thursday at Aqueduct...

Speightstown's Reynaldothewizard triumphs in Grade 1, $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen

Speightstown's veteran sprinter Reynaldothewizard held off the fast-closing Balmont Mast to win the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) by a quarter of a length on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse...

Calistoga cruises again at Gulfstream Park

Speightstown's brilliant 3-year-old filly Calistoga turned in another stellar performance Thursday at Gulfstream Park...

Speightstown duo up for Sovereign Awards

A pair of Speightstown's best Canadian runners of 2012 were announced as Sovereign Award finalists by the Jockey Club of Canada...

Rising Star for Speightstown at Gulfstream

Calistoga rocketed to a 5 1/2-length victory in her career debut Saturday at Gulfstream Park

Speightstown's Fast Bullet dazzles with 109 Beyer

Fast Bullet, by 2012 North American leading sire Speightstown, dazzled on Dec. 6 at Hollywood Park with a brilliant 7 1/4-length win in the Thursday feature at the Inglewood, Ca. racetrack...

Speightstown doing well after colic surgery

Leading sire Speightstown is recovering well after undergoing colic surgery for a nephrosplenic entrapment Saturday morning at Hagyard’s in Lexington...

Speightstown '12 stakes winners now total 20

Lighthouse Bay, a 2-year-old daughter of Speightstown, got up jut in time to win the $100,000 Smart Halo S. at Laurel Park...

Breeders' Cup Preview: Speightstown

Speightstown will have six runners in this year's Breeders' Cup Championships at Santa Anita Park...

Speightstown, Distorted Humor lead G1 Breeders' Cup Pre-Noms

Speightstown and Distorted Humor lead all sires by number of pre-entries for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup World Championship races on November 2nd and 3rd...

Lunar Victory rules in Empire Classic

Lunar Victory outgamed Saratoga Snacks to take Saturday's $250,000 Empire Classic, the centerpiece of New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park...

Delegation elects to go to the front early, wires field in Grade 3 Durham Cup

Delegation, a three-year-old bay son of Speightstown, became the latest stakes winner for his sire in Sunday's $150,300 Durham Cup S. (G3) at Woodbine...

Speightstown tops $8 million mark in 2012

Munnings Sister took the $80,000 Dream Supreme S. Sunday at Belmont Park for her second stakes win of 2012...

Bridgetown shows his class in Grade 3 Woodford S.

Eugene Melnyk's homebred Bridgetown scored a come-from-behind victory in the $150,000 Woodford S. (G3) Saturday at Keeneland...

Sum of the Parts goes gate to wire in $175,000, Grade 3 Phoenix S. at Keeneland

Julien Leparoux sent Sum of the Parts to the lead out of the gate and never looked back as the 3-year-old son of Speightstown led the entire six furlongs to take the Grade 3 Phoenix S...

Jersey Town cruises in G2 Kelso H.

Jersey Town stamped his ticket to the Breeders’ Cup with a come-from-behind, 3 ½-length victory in...

Cougarstown reaps bounty in Harvest S.

Speightstown now has a remarkable 17 stakes winners in 2012 after Cougarstown came through with a three-quarter length victory in the $50,000 Harvest S...

Speightstown leads way with 16 SW

Weekend Hideaway's victory in the $100,000 David S. on Aug. 29 at Saratoga put Speightstown atop the 2012 General Sire list...

Speightstown's Golden Ticket shares historic dead heat victory in Grade 1 Travers

Golden Ticket rode the inside rail to battle to finish on even terms with favorite Alpha in the Grade 1 Travers S. Saturday at Saratoga...

Lunar Victory wins fifth straight

Lunar Victory continued his torrid streak with his fifth consecutive win this year Aug. 23 at Saratoga...

Bridgetown adds $100K Troy S. to resume

Bridgetown led at every stride to win the $100,000 Troy S. by a half-length Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course.

Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt S. goes to Speightstown's Poseidon's Warrior

Poseidon's Warrior found the sloppy going to his liking Sunday at Saratoga as the 4-year-old Speightstown colt claimed a hard-fought neck victory in the $400,000 Alfred Vanderbilt H. (G1)...

Speightstown: 12 SWs in 2012

Lunar Victory galloped to a 2 1/2-length score in the $100,000 Evan Shipman S. Monday at Saratoga to become the 12th stakes winner of the year for Speightstown...

Essence Hit Man goes gate to wire to win Grade 3 Bold Venture Stakes

Essence Hit Man fired to the front as usual to capture Wednesday's $174,900 Bold Venture S. (G3)...

Speightstown 3yo controls $400K Red Legend

Sum of the Parts led every step of the way to take the rich $400,000 Red Legend S. at West Virginia's Charles Town Races on June 30...

Speightstown gets 11th stakes winner in 2012

Leading sire Speightstown continues to enjoy a fantastic year, as Munnings Sister – a full sister to the brilliant sprinter Munnings, as her name suggests – became her sire's 11th stakes winner already this season...

Island Bound claims G3 Winning Colors S.

Speightstown added Island Bound to his impressive roster of stakes winners when the 5-year-old mare rallied late to win the Grade 3, $110,100 Winning Colors S...

Stakes triple for Speightstown on June 2

Champion Speightstown sired three new stakes winners at three tracks and in two countries on June 2nd...

Speightstown sires 30th stakes winner!

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...

Speightstown filly wins stakes debut

Going to Kukaro battled her way to a nose victory in the $85,000 Genuine Devotion S. May 12 at Belmont Park

Essence Hit Man strikes again in G3 Vigil S.

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)...

Town Prize crushes field in $150K Woodstock

Town Prize dismissed his foes with a runaway 5 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Woodstock S. April 15 at Woodbine...

Speightstown colt brings $560K at Keeneland

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.

Essence Hit Man repeats in Cartier S.

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...

Canadian champion for Speightstown

Essence Hit Man, a 5-year-old son of Speightstown, was recently named Canada's 2011 Sovereign Award winner for the male sprinter category...

Country Day best in $75K Colonel Power

Country Day sauntered to a one-length victory in Fair Grounds' $75,000 Colonel Power S. on Feb. 25...

Dance to Bristol waltzes at Laurel Park

Copperville Farm's Dance to Bristol scored an easy win in Laurel Park's $100,000 Marshua S. for 3-year-old fillies...

Speightstown filly wins $75K Sandpiper S.

Quick Flip, a 2-year-old filly by Speightstown, got her first career stakes win Dec. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs...

Speightstown juvy wins Pandera S. at Aqu

Dance to Bristol became Speightstown's latest stakes winner on Dec. 7 with a hard-fought nose victory...

Speightstown colt wins second straight stakes

Poseidon's Warrior coasted to a 3 1/2-length win in the $75,000 Le Bagoter S. at Penn National on Nov. 23...

Essence Hit Man continues Woodbine roll

Essence Hit Man got his fifth career stakes win and first graded victory in the Nov. 19 Kennedy Road S. (G3) at Woodbine Racecourse...

Haynesfield takes $200K Empire Classic

Haynesfield made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle at Belmont Park on Oct.22...

Poseidon's Warrior rules $75K New Castle S.

Poseidon's Warrior, a 3-year-old Speightstown colt, controlled the pace throughout the six furlong, $75,000 New Castle S...

Speightstown filly wins rough Stormy West S.

Exchange Funds avoided the trouble in deep stretch and was rewarded with a victory in the $60,000 Stormy West S...

Speightstown gets SW #10 of 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...

Shot Gun Pennie triumphs in Lady Finger S.

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...

Wine Police adds to Speightstown's SWs

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...

Speightstown's Japanese star wins again

Do Slice won his second stakes in two weeks in Japan on Aug. 15 when the 5-year-old romped by six lengths...

Bridgetown all class in Saratoga's Troy S.

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...

Speightstown adds SW to 2011 tally

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...

Speightstown filly goes for $150K at Fasig

Speightstown's sole offering at the Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale brought a hammer price of $150,000...

Wine Police locks up Churchill allowance

Grade 1 two-year-old and TDN Rising Star Wine Police returned to action in fine form, putting the cuffs on the field in the $59,796 feature allowance at Churchill Downs on June 24.

Speightstown 2YO wins Norfolk (G2) at Ascot, stays undefeated

Bapak Chinta, a 2-year-old colt by Speightstown, remained undefeated with a smart victory in the Group 2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot...

Rose Catherine prevails in Nonsuch Bay

Rose Catherine, a 4-year-old Speightstown filly, held off Sea Road by a half length in the $60,000 Nonsuch Bay...

Speightstown colt sets new track record

It took Essence Hit Man just 1:08.16 to win the $175,000 Jacques Cartier S. April 17 at Woodbine, as the 4-year-old by Speightstown shaved 0.15 seconds off the existing six furlong track record.

Haynesfield once again NY Horse of the Year

For the second consecutive year, Speightstown’s Grade I millionaire Haynesfield has been voted New York-bred Horse of the Year. This is just the third time in history a horse has won the top...

Breeders' Cup Preview: Speightstown

Speightstown, sire of four previous Breeder's Cup starters, will double that total during the 28th renewal of this year's championships...

WinStar Stallions Have Great Year

WinStar stallions had a great 2010. Distorted Humor finished second in the General Sire standings with earnings of $8,719,841 losing to Giant's Causeway by less than $90,000. This is his...

Speightstowns finish 1st & 2nd in Cigar Mlle

When trainer Barclay Tagg talked owner Charles Fipke out of running Jersey Town in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, it was with the idea that the Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile would come up an easier...

Speightstown Colt on a Roll

When Todd Beattie scratched morning-line favorite Fabulous Strike out of Sunday's Grade 2 Tom Fool Handicap, he noted his respect for the 3-year-old Munnings and his uneasiness about spotting that...

Lord Shanakill Gives Speightstown Group 1

LORD SHANAKILL became the first winner at the top level for his sire Speightstown on Sunday when holding off the late charge of Oiseau De Feu at Chantilly on Sunday. His win also the marked the...

Despite the Odds Rolls in Sloppy Hill Prince

Despite the Odds (by Speightstown) became a graded stakes winner June 5 at Belmont Park, as he put away Affirmatif and romped to a 7 1/2-length victory in the $109,000 Hill Prince (gr. IIIT), which...

Munnings Wins Woody Stephens

Munnings r(by Speightstown) an the race his connections always thought he was capable of, impressively winning the Woody Stephens (gr. II) at June 6 at Belmont Park. The chestnut colt won his...

Speightstown Filly Wins La Voyageuse

It was a cold and windy Saturday at Woodbine for the kickoff to their 53rd season of Thoroughbred racing. Horses and riders at the Toronto oval faced wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, with...

Haynesfield a Force in Gotham

On paper, the $250,000 Gotham Stakes (gr. III) has turned out to be one of the most intriguing and highly-anticipated prep races of the season, as a number of promising 3-year-olds will attempt to...

Speightstown Colt Romps in Whirlaway

Gotham Next for Romping Haynesfield by Jack Shinar February 8, 2009 Bigger things await Haynesfield after the 3-year-old colt outclassed five rivals in the $107,600 Whirlaway...