WinStar Farm has set 2023 stud fees for its stallion roster, headed by Constitution who will stand for $110,000 S&N and Speightstown who will stand for $80,000 S&N for the upcoming breeding season. The roster will be bolstered further by new arrivals Life Is Good, a multiple Grade 1 winner who will stand for $100,000 […]
[ Read More ]Heywoods Beach prevailed in Sunday’s Tokyo City Cup (G3) at Santa Anita Park to give the 5-year-old son of Speightstown his second graded stakes win in his last three starts. The dark bay has seemingly found a fondness for dirt marathon events, winning both Sunday and the July 24 Cougar II (G3) at 12 furlongs […]
[ Read More ]CHC Inc.’s and WinStar Farm LLC’s Life Is Good is headed to the Breeders’ Cup Classic after his victory in the $500,000 Woodward S. (G1) Oct. 1 at Aqueduct. Life Is Good got a stiff challenge from Law Professor, a son of WinStar stallion Constitution, but ultimately prevailed by 1 ½-lengths in the nine-furlong […]
[ Read More ]Paynter’s six-time listed winner Miss Leslie is now a graded stakes winner following her dominating performance in Saturday’s $500,000 Delaware H. (G2). The 4-year-old filly drew off in the stretch for a 12-length victory in her first attempt at 1 ¼-miles. The dark bay filly handled the sloppy going easily under a confident rider from […]
[ Read More ]Lady Speightspeare was as game as a horse can be in Saturday’s $175,000 Nassau S. (G2) at Woodbine, losing the lead in upper stretch to Our Flash Drive, then retaking it and battling to a dead-heat victory with Crystal Cliffs (FR) in the one-mile turf race. The 4-year-old filly was one of two graded winners […]
[ Read More ]Speightstown’s brilliant 4-year-old colt Olympiad delivered arguably his best performance to date in the $750,000 Stephen Foster S. (G2) on July 2 at Churchill Downs, dominating a classy field to win by 2 ¼-lengths. Olympiad has now won five straight races, the last four in graded stakes, dating back to January. His last loss came […]
[ Read More ]Life Is Good, making his first start since the Dubai World Cup (G1), turned in yet another dominating showing in the July 2 John A. Nerud S. (G2) at Belmont Park, defeating Speaker’s Corner by five lengths. The victory was the seventh in nine career starts for the 4-year-old co-owned by WinStar Farm and CHC […]
[ Read More ]Mardukas rallied strongly along the inner rail and powered home through the stretch to prove a determined winner of a $92,000 maiden special weight at 5 ½ furlongs at Churchill Downs on Sunday, becoming the first winner for his sire Always Dreaming, victorious in the 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1). Ridden by […]
[ Read More ]Breakpoint (CHI) became a dual hemisphere graded stakes winner on Sunday when the 5-year-old son of Constitution led nearly all the way in the “about” 1 ¾-mile San Juan Capistrano S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park. Breakpoint, owned by his breed Don Alberto Stable, was the unbeaten champion 3-year-old and Horse of the Year in […]
[ Read More ]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 […]
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