When Consumer Spending crossed the wire first in the $200,000 Wonder Again S. (G2) June 9 at Belmont Park, it marked the 3-year-old filly’s first graded stakes win and put More Than Ready in elite company of sires with at least 100 worldwide graded or group winners. A two-time listed stakes winner prior to the […]
[ Read More ]WinStar Farm and Siena Farm’s Emmanuel, a 3-year-old colt by More Than Ready, made a sparkling turf debut on Saturday, June 4, at Belmont Park, leading from start to finish to take down top prize in the $200,000 Pennine Ridge S. (G2) at 1 1/8 miles. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for trainer Todd Pletcher, […]
[ Read More ]Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming was an immediate hit during Monday’s opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale when his hip No. 11 sold for $550,000. The price would stand at the end of the day as the third-highest paid for a colt during the session. Consigned by Top Line Sales, LLC, agent […]
[ Read More ]One year after Promise Keeper won the Peter Pan S. (G3), We the People became Constitution’s second consecutive winner of the 1 1/8-mile race with a blowout 10 ¼-length victory over the off going. The race serves as the local prep for the June 11 Belmont S. (G1), a race that is under strong consideration […]
[ Read More ]CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm’s track record-setting Nashville, a son of perennial leading stallion Speightstown, has been retired from racing and will stand alongside his accomplished sire at WinStar, the farm announced today. Blessed with world-class speed, Nashville was a brilliant and undefeated winner of the six-furlong Perryville S. at Keeneland on the 2020 Breeders’ […]
[ Read More ]Huntertown made a flashy career debut on Wednesday, May 11, cruising to a 6 ¾-length maiden special weight victory at Horseshoe Indianapolis, becoming the first starter and first winner for WinStar Farm stallion Good Samaritan. Ridden by Edgar Morales, Huntertown attended the early pace from third and swept to the front while in hand around […]
[ Read More ]Miss Leslie chalked up her fifth career stakes win on Sunday at Monmouth Park, rolling to a four-length win in the $100,000 Serena’s Song S. Miss Leslie, who placed earlier this year in the Ladies’ S. at Aqueduct, is one of Paynter’s seven stakes horses in 2022. After tracking the pace through the first half-mile, […]
[ Read More ]Olympiad won his fourth consecutive race and third graded stakes score Friday at Churchill Downs with a 2 ½-length victory in the $500,000 Alysheba S. (G2). Speightstown, currently in the top five on the 2022 General Sire list, has three more Derby Day stakes entries on Saturday at Churchill Downs, including Shirl’s Speight, recent winner […]
[ Read More ]Good Samaritan, whose first crop will hit the track in the coming weeks, was well-represented during Wednesday’s session of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in Training by a $210,000 filly purchased by Joe Balsamo. Hip No. 454 was consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales LLC, agent. The bay filly previously was a $55,000 Fasig-Tipton […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown got his second new Grade 1 winner in less than a month when Shirl’s Speight roared down the stretch to win a nail-biting rendition of the $600,000 Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) Friday at Keeneland. Speightstown now has 24 lifetime Grade 1 winners, with Shirl’s Speight and Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) winner Switzerland new additions […]
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