Category: Featured Winstar News

Constitution’s Law Professor an easy winner of the $125,000 Excelsior S.

Law Professor tallied his fourth career stakes win Saturday at Aqueduct with a dominant performance in the $125,000 Excelsior S., drawing off at the top of the stretch to win by 4 ¼-lengths. The 5-year-old son of Constitution is a stakes winner on both turf and dirt, including his lone graded score in the 2021 […]

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Dean’s List, Otago give Speightstown a Sunday stakes double

Speightstown chalked up a pair of stakes winners on the final Sunday of March to give the perennial leading sire a total of 10 stakes horses to date in 2023. And on Saturday’s Dubai World Cup card the venerable Switzerland was second by a nose in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), a race […]

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$675,000 & $625,000 colts top huge OBS closing day for Constitution

Constitution was the highlight of Wednesday’s closing day of the OBS March Sale of 2-year-olds in Training Sale when a pair of colts by the WinStar stallion sold for $675,000 and $625,000. First up in the ring was hip No. 574, consigned by Sequel Bloodstock and purchased by agent Lauren Carlisle. Sequel had secured the […]

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$500,000 Audible filly among top sellers Tuesday at OBS

Audible hit a personal high-water mark Tuesday at the OBS March 2-year-olds in Training sale when hip No. 450 hammered for $500,000. The price was the third-highest paid during the session for a filly by any sire. Consigned by Top Line Sales, agent, the filly went to Carolyn Wilson. The bay juvenile was bred in […]

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Yoshida starts off OBS March 2yo sale with $180,000 filly

First-Crop sire Yoshida’s initial 2-year-old offerings at the 2023 OBS March Sale included a filly that sold for $180,000 during Monday’s opening session of the three-day auction. Consigned by Thorostock LLC and cataloged as hip No. 268, the dark bay filly was scooped up by Japanese buyer Yoshiro Tsukada. The filly’s deep female family includes […]

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Audible’s first OBS 2YO goes for $425,000

Grade 1 winner Audible got off to a terrific start during Tuesday’s first session of the OBS Spring 2-year-old sale when hip No. 112 attracted a top bid of $425,000. Consigned by Eddie Woods, agent, the dark bay colt was purchased by Steve Young, agent. The juvenile was bred by Machmer Hall and is the […]

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Strong finish earns Emmanuel second straight graded stakes win

Winstar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC’s Emmanuel has started off 2023 with two graded stakes wins on the turf, the latest coming in Saturday’s $150,000 Canadian Turf S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Emmanuel did not get the cleanest of trips in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile test. He broke well and was in third just out […]

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First mares confirmed in foal to WinStar stallions Life Is Good and Nashville

The first mares bred to WinStar Farm’s multiple Grade 1 winner Life Is Good and track-record setter Nashville have been confirmed in foal, the farm announced today. Both stallions have multiple mares reported in foal, including Tiz Breathtaking, a graded stakes-winning daughter of Tiznow, and Tapas, a $1.3 million daughter of Tapit owned by CHC […]

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Paynter’s Hybrid Eclipse wins third career stakes in 2023 debut

Paynter’s Hybrid Eclipse kicked off her 5-year-old campaign in style Saturday at Laurel Park with a 2 ¼-length victory over Award Wanted in the $100,000 Nellie Morse S. Hybrid Eclipse broke alertly then was rated off the pacesetters Runaway Monet and Pistol Liz Ablazen down the backstretch as they posted fractions of :23.92 and :48.23. Only […]

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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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