Category: Featured Winstar News

Emmanuel returns with record-setting performance in Tampa Bay S. (G3)

Emmanuel, who had been away from the races for six months, made a triumphant return in the $175,000 Tampa Bay S. (G3) on Feb. 4, setting a new track record in the 1 1/16-mile turf affair. The 4-year-old colt, owned by WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC, is now a two-time graded stakes winner […]

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Surveillance takes Duncan F. Kenner S. for third straight stakes win

Constitution’s son Surveillance added a third consecutive stakes win to his record on Saturday at Fair Grounds with a victory in the $100,000 Duncan F. Kenner S. (WATCH RACE) After rains forced the race to be moved to the main track, Surveillance was one of six who went postward. He was last of six early […]

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First foal a colt for WinStar Farm’s Independence Hall

WinStar Farm’s multiple Graded stakes winner Independence Hall sired his first reported foal when a colt out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Seascape was born at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16 at Mahoney Eden Manor Farm in New York. Bred by Mahoney Eden Manor, Dark Horse Racing Stable, and Cutair Racing, the colt […]

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Constitution’s Law Professor dominates Queens County S.

Law Professor kicked off his 2023 campaign with a stellar performance in the $150,000 Queens County S. at Aqueduct, rolling to a 7 ½-length victory in the 1 1/8-mile contest. The 5-year-old son of Constitution now has three career stakes wins, including the Santa Anita Mathis Mile (G2) in late 2021. Constitution, who was the […]

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Constitution’s Surveillance finds stakes success in $175,000 Thanksgiving Classic S.

Constitution got his second stakes winner in as many days on Nov. 24 when Surveillance prevailed by a half-length in the $175,000 Thanksgiving Classic S. at Fair Grounds (WATCH RACE). The easy-to-spot gray 5-year-old was between horses a few lengths from the lead through a quarter-mile in :22.12. He shifted to the outside and was […]

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Good Samaritan gets first stakes winner in $150,000 Tempted S.

First-Crop sire Good Samaritan tallied his first stakes winner in Sunday’s $150,000 Tempted S. at Aqueduct when Good Sam won the one-mile contest by a widening 3 ½-lengths. The bay 2-year-old, who is undefeated in two starts, is trained by Chad Brown for Peter Brant and has earned $134,750. Good Sam was in the vanguard […]

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Speightstown loaded with four starters in Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup

Speightstown, already the sire of a pair of Breeders’ Cup winners, has four chances to add to that tally with his quartet of entries going postward during Saturday’s championship card. Leading the way is Olympiad with post 7 the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), race 11 at 5:40 p.m. ET.  The bay colt, owned […]

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Constitution looks to cap terrific year with Breeders’ Cup runners

Constitution, the nation’s leading Fourth-Crop sire with 12 stakes winners and 30 stakes horses in 2022, will have two chances for Breeders’ Cup wins with Webslinger in Friday’s Juvenile Turf (G1) and Law Professor in the Dirt Mile (G1) on Saturday. Webslinger, owned by D J Stable LLC, drew post 10 in the full field […]

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Grand Isle a romping first stakes winner for Always Dreaming

Grand Isle left the field behind with about a quarter-mile to run and went on to win the $100,000 Best of Ohio Juvenile S. Saturday at Mahoning Valley by 5 ½-lengths. The 2-year-old Always Dreaming colt, who was twice stakes-placed before Saturday’s breakthrough win, is the first stakes winner and eighth overall winner for his […]

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Always Dreaming’s D’ont Lose Cruz gate-to-wire in Big A MdSpWt

D’ont Lose Cruz was all heart in his maiden special weight win Thursday at the Belmont at the Big A, getting the better of Mariachi by a half-length after a duel that lasted nearly a half-mile of the six-furlong race. The dark bay 2-year-old is the seventh winner for Always Dreaming, who has also accounted […]

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