Speightstown News - Winstar Farm

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...